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r purchases a utility; so, this agreement was presented to the Boards, today in concept only. If any Commissioner has any changes to propose, they should be presented as soon as possible since the intent is to send a copy of the blank contract to Bent Pine this 'afternoon so hopefully we can have a signed version of it for next Tuesday's agenda. Chairman Scurlock commented that this matter put both him and Director Pinto in a very difficult position personally; they felt ',they had been adversely affected and that the comments in the newspaper as a result of the suit were damaging. The Chairman stated that, as he remembers it, the original offer by Bent Pine was in the range of almost $800,000. This particular 'propo'sal provides that none of our existing customers are harmed, and he felt comfortable with the land value and the arrangement for the impact fees coming in to pay the remainder over 15 years. Chairman Scurlock felt there is no question but that this is a good ,agreement from the standpoint of the county, especially since i there are some intangibles involved that relate to other programs that are on-going in the county. Therefore, he and Director Pinto have been convinced that their responsibility is to recommend the agreement, which they have tried to structure withl,a personal note of apology to them for the statements made. He stressed that he and Mr. Pinto have never acted in any way others than at the direction of the Commission, and it is hard tc be objective when you are attacked personally. Utilities Director Pinto first wished to commend Mr. Vitunac in leading these negotiations because it was extremely difficult for him personally to sit there and go through them in an unbiased way. Mr. Pinto continued that one of the reasons he is putting his own personal issue aside is he strongly feels that had this offer had been made and structured this way in the very beginning, we would have accepted it. It meets the criteria we set up a long time ago for purchasing a utility whereby it cannot affe t the present customers in a negative fashion. It gives the 39 BOOK 69 PAGE.