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MAY 2 11975 <br />CHAIRMAN LOY STATED THAT SHE GETS UPSET WITH THE IDEA THAT THIS <br />BOARD IS PUT IN THE POSITION THAT THEY CANNOT DEAL WITH THE PEOPLE WHO <br />OWN THE SYSTEM AND THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD <br />OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT CERTAIN THINGS WOULD MAKE IT 'WORK AND IT HAS NOT <br />WORKED AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT THE WHOLE THING WILL BELONG TO THIS BOARD. <br />IF WE CAN BE ASSURED THAT WE WOULD GET PAID SO WE CAN PAY THE CITY OF <br />VERO BEACH, AND THAT WE ARE NOT PUT IN A POSITION THAT WE HAVE TO TURN <br />OFF THE WATER, THAT IS ALL WE WANT FROM A GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY. <br />LEON YOUNG, ENGINEER WITH U.D.U. APPEARED AND STATED THAT THE <br />PROBLEMS OF U.D.U. WILL CHANGE WITH GOOD WATER. HE STATED HE FEELS <br />POSITIVE THAT THE PEOPLE WANT GOOD WATER AND WILL PAY THE PRICE FOR <br />GOOD WATER. WE HAVE PEOPLE BUYING WATER AND PAYING FOR WATER SOFTENERS. <br />HE CONTINUED THAT THERE ARE 50 NEW APPLICATIONS ON FILE FOR GOOD WATER. <br />THE PEOPLE IN THE AREA ARE COUNTING ON YOUR APPROVAL AND DEPENDING ON <br />THIS BOARD NOT TO LET THEM DOWN. <br />CHAIRMAN LOY ASKED IF ANYONE HAD ANY EXPERIENCE WITH THIS <br />SERVICE MANAGEMENT COMPANY. <br />MR. WEATHERS STATED THAT HE HAS HAD NO DEALINGS WITH THEM. <br />DR. SMITH STATED THAT THIS SERVICE COMPANY MADE A PROPOSAL TO <br />THE COUNTY, BUT WE CAN REVIEW OTHER COMPANIES. <br />CHAIRMAN LOY ASKED IF THIS PROPOSAL IS NOT EXECUTED AS PRESENTED. <br />WHAT WOULD BE THE ALTERNATIVES. <br />MR.WEATHERS STATED THAT THE ONLY.OTHER ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE <br />FOR F.H.A. ENGINEERS TO LOOK FOR WATER SOMEWHERE ELSE AND THIS WOULD <br />BE VERY COSTLY. <br />CHAIRMAN LOY ASKED, "WASN'T THAT INVESTIGATED?" <br />MR.WEATHERS STATED THAT EXTENSIVE STUDIES HAVE BEEN MADE FOR <br />WATER AND THE INFORMATION WE HAVE IS THAT THERE IS NO KNOWN GOOD SOURCE <br />OF WATER IN THAT AREA. WE KNOW THAT WE CAN TAKE THE WATER THEY NOW HAVE, <br />PUT IN A BETTER TREATMENT PLANT,AND WE CAN GET GOOD WATER, BUT THIS <br />WOULD BE VERY COSTLY. <br />JAMES BEINDORF, COUNTY CONSULTING ENGINEER INFORMED THE BOARD <br />THAT THE COUNTY IS NOT GOING TO MAKE MONEY ON THIS AT ALL. FINANCIALLY, <br />IT ISNOT A SITUATION THE COUNTY SHOULD GET INTO. HE THOUGHT THE BOARD <br />SHOULD CONSIDER, IF THEY ELECT TO GO INTO THIS PROPOSAL, <br />25 <br />. F <br />X00 )' 22 PAGr384 <br />