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JUN A 4 B0a 57 FAGE36 <br />LETTER OF INTENT - FmHA (IXORA/TREASURE COAST) 2.75M ISSUE <br />Attorney Brandenburg explained the history of the <br />situation relating to the purchase of the Treasure Coast and <br />Ixora systems, the need to expand our customer base towards <br />the SR 60 area, the combining of two revenue bond issues, <br />the complications that arose with the marketing of the <br />notes, and the need to get all the required paperwork to <br />FmHA before the call date of July lst to avoid having to <br />refinance the interim note, which would cost the County <br />$150,000. He noted that one further complication is that in <br />order to get the lA commitment letter from FmHA, the <br />construction contracts must be let before the assessments <br />are out for the water line along SR 60. We do, however, <br />have an agreement with the developers about the assessments <br />and will put provisions in the construction contract to take <br />care of any contingencies that may occur. The immediate <br />concern is to get all the paperwork to the FmHA, and, <br />therefore, the Board needs to execute the amended Letter of <br />Intent to Meet Conditions and other related items. <br />Administrator Wright.informed the Board that the bids <br />on Ixora and Treasure Coast came in slightly under budget. <br />Commissioner Wodtke noted that the letter from FmHA <br />says the County will furnish evidence that 8,369 water users <br />have agreed to connect. <br />Attorney Brandenburg explained how this came about was <br />that the FmHA looked at the county preliminary engineering <br />report of the area, saw all the homes in the area where the <br />county is going to expand and went under the assumption of a <br />mandatory hook-up policy. The Attorney believed the point <br />is that the project was determined to be financially <br />feasible with just Treasure Coast and Ixora and none of the <br />additional connections out SR 60, and FmHA really doesn't <br />care what that number was; they recognize that realistically <br />we will not be able to hook up 100% of those homes, and that <br />69 <br />M <br />