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Commissioner Lyons noted that the above memo refers to purchase of the entire issue, and Attorney Brandenburg confirmed that was consistent with his statement. Community Services Director Thomas noted that-HETRA has indicated that they were working with a number of institutions and suggested that "institution" in the underscored line.in the above memo be changed to "institution(s). OMB Director Barton wished to be assured that HETRA has a commitment from a group or an individual to purchase the entire issue. Director Thomas believed that the County would need more protection in accepting a commitment from an individual than from a recognized financial institution, and Administrator Wright agreed there would have to be some type of guarantee in that case. Commissioner Bird asked if we had any written commitment from HETRA-re their timetable as to the utilization of this bond issue. Robert Byer, Vice President of HETRA Computer & Communication Industries, Inc., felt that was a very difficult question to answer, but reported that they have done a number of things over the last several weeks, including the commission of a Vero Beach firm to design the road into the facility, and they have dealt with several banks in regard to the purchase of the bonds. At this point, he anticipated a commitment from at least one of them in the next week or two, at which point they will get the architects working on the design of the building and proceed immediately with the construction. It is the company's hope that they could occupy the building by late summer 1984. Whether they can obtain that objective is, to.some extent, beyond their control. One of the things that might hamper this timeframe is obtaining telephone service, which is critical to their operations. The service needs to be brought up the road, 33 FEB1 1984 `PA�c� a0 ` .