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rti TMA"R 13 975 .MR, HERRING INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE WILL PUT UP THE MONEY NEEDED TO REPLACE U,D,U,'S SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT, WHICH A CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE HAS ORDERED THAT IT MEET STATE POLLUTION STAND- ARDS- BY THE FIRST WEEK IN APRIL, 1975. MR, HERRING -HAS PLANS TO BUILD 224 HOMES IN THE GIFFORD AREA THAT WOULD TIE INTO THE NEW U.D.U. SEWER TREATMENT SYSTEM, CONTINGENT UPON A SOLUTION TO THE WATER PROBLEM, MR, GREEN INFORMED THE COMMISSIONERS THAT A DECISION MUST BE MADE BY APRIL 15TH, 1975 OR F.H.A. WILL HAVE TO RETURN THIS GRANT AND LOAN MONEY TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, CHAIRMAN LOY STATED THAT IF THE COUNTY DID GET INVOLVED IN SUPPLY WATER TO U,D,U „ THERE IS NO WAY THAT IT WOULD NOT COST SOME MONEY, EVEN IF IT IS A NOMINAL -AMOUNT, AS FOR U,D,U,'S DEBTS, SHE STATED "THERE IS NO REASON WHY THE TAXPAYERS OF THIS COUNTY SHOULD PAY -ANY DEBT FOR SOMETHING THAT IS NOT WORKING," COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT WE ALL KNOW IF THE COUNTY GETS INVOLVED INSUPPLYING WATER TO U.D.U. THAT IT WILL BECOME A TREMENDOUS MORAL OBLIGATION TO INDIAN RIVER COUNTY TO SEE THAT THEY HAVE GOOD WATER IN THE GIFFORD AREA, HE STATED THAT HE WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF ENTERING INTO A CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF VERO BEACH TO SUPPLY U.D.U. WITH WHOLESALE WATER BUT HE'DID NOT AGREE WITH THE COUNTY ENTERING INTO A CONTRACT WITH F.H.A. AS OPERATOR -MANAGER OF U,D,U „ BUT WOULD ATTEMPT TO COME UP WITH A CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF VERO BEACH AS THEY HAVE THE EXPERTISE, ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS AGREED WITH COMMISSIONER SIEBERT'S STATEMENT, A MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED NEGOTIATING WITH THE CITY OF VERO BEACH RELATIVE TO THE SUPPLYING OF WATER TO URBAN DEVELOPMENT UTILITIES, INC, AND AUTHORIZED THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, COUNTY CONSULTING ENGINEERS AND THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO WORK WITH, THE CITY OF VERO BEACH CITY MANAGER AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY UTILITIES' DEPARTMENT, BOOK 2 par