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<br />') r <br />~, <br /> <br />TUESDAY <br /> <br />JANUARY 24, 1984 <br /> <br />working parents, television influences, special education changes, the institution of <br /> <br />kindergartens by the school system, more required class-room hours, declining school <br /> <br />population, the need to provide more computer (data processing) training, continuing <br /> <br />changes in standards of quality and learning, increasing costs to meet required safety <br /> <br />standards, high school graduates and college graduates being attracted to vocational <br /> <br />fields other than the teaching profession, and problems in obtaining qualified teaching <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />personnel. Mr. Carter, in conclusion, while noting current and continuing efforts (which <br /> <br />he supports) to attract more industry to the area, emphasized the need for the City and <br /> <br />all interested parties, through private enterprise, to provide more and better housing <br /> <br />facilities and to that end suggested that Council consider appointing a special study <br /> <br />committee to develop ways and means of providing affordable housing for young married <br /> <br />couples. Council was then invited to join with the School Board in the near future in a <br /> <br />tour of local public school system facilities. <br /> <br />Under date of January 18, 1984, City Manager Edmonds presented the following report, <br /> <br />entitled "Sewage Treatment Issues", in response to Council's request from its regular <br /> <br />meeting held January 10, 1984: <br /> <br />Introduction <br /> <br />As directed by the Council at its last meeting, this report is intended <br />to summarize and clarify the situation we now face, along with the <br />Henry County Public Service Authority (P.S.A.), as to sewage treatment. <br />The primary challenge that I feel here is to be brief but that won't <br />be easy, for this matter has been subject to so many arguments, counter- <br />arguments and rhetorical questions that the realities have almost been <br />submerged. <br /> <br />It is, indeed, a complex and potentially expensive problem. The <br />situation is further complicated because sewage treatment is basically <br />an engineering science and it does not lend itself well to debate by <br />laymen--no matter how interested, affected or well-intended they may be. <br /> <br />Another obstacle to easy solution is that we are dealing with very few <br />hard facts. All we know for sure are our past flows, the ongoing <br />