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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />49 <br /> <br />1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br /> <br />MR. DANIELSON: Mr. Chairman? <br /> <br />MR. KROEGER: Yes, Jeris? <br /> <br />MR. DANIELSON: You know, I fully support what John <br /> <br />is saying. I think there's a need for more applied <br /> <br />research money than the State is spending at this point, <br /> <br />particularly in the water area. <br /> <br />The problem that I have, Norm already has a mechanism <br /> <br />in place to prioritize the research requests that he <br /> <br />gets in the institute. <br /> <br />I think Bill sits on that board. I sit on it. <br /> <br />There's industry representatives, things of this nature, <br /> <br />so now we've got another <br /> <br />the two priority lists. <br /> <br />Secondly, the kinds of research done by the institute <br /> <br />I don't know how we mesh <br /> <br />are not necessarily totally water oriented. They do a <br /> <br />lot of other things and I just <br /> <br />I feel as Bill does; <br /> <br />that if Norm needs that money, I think -- I have no <br /> <br />problem helping him lobby for it somewhere, but I just <br /> <br />don't think it's properly a part of our construction fund. <br /> <br />/1R. KROEGER: Bob? <br />MR. JACKSON: Well, the research is fine. I don't <br /> <br />quite understand who specifies what the research will be <br /> <br />at this point, but I don't think it ought to be a part of <br /> <br />either our budget or of our construction fund, John, <br /> <br />because our budget is not one that's particularly <br />