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f <br />PETITION <br />By our individual acts of signing this petition, each of us has in- <br />dicated-his <br />n-dicated his full support of the following request of the Board of County <br />Commissioners of Indian River County, Florida. <br />We hereby request that the Board of County Commissioners, in fulfill- <br />ment of its responsibilities to the residents of Eastview Gardens and <br />Ixora Park subdivision:,, take all possible steps to prevent unfair and <br />inflationary increases in the water and sanitary sewer rates charged by <br />Ixora Utilities, Inc. It is our belief that the board can d.: m,ich.to <br />accomplish this by: <br />1) Insisting on certified data that substantiates any such need <br />for an increase. <br />2) Insisting that improvements in the present facilities (ie: better <br />water quality, constant water pressure, reduced odor from the <br />sewage treatmentplant, and an "All -Hours" telephone number for <br />emergency service) accompany any rate increases. <br />3) Assuring that rate increases, if any, are such that they provide <br />a fair rate of return, but not an exorbitant windfall profit, to <br />the utility. <br />4) Releasing property owners from restrictive covenants and/or re- <br />strictive conditions which compel residents to purchase water <br />and sanitary sewer services from Ixora Utilities, Inc. Private <br />wells and/or septic tanks may be more economical for the land- <br />owners. <br />For these reasons, each of us fully supports the above indicated <br />request of the Board of County Commissioners. <br />THIS PETITION WAS RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE IN THE OFFICE <br />OF THE CLERK, <br />MR, ALDHIZER STATED THAT MOST OF THE RESIDENTS AGREE THAT THE <br />PRESENT RATES ARE LOW, BUT THE WATER QUALITY DOES NOT MERIT H$GH PRICES, <br />HE STATED THAT MR, BEINDORF MENTIONED THAT THE TREATMENT OF SEWAGE HAS <br />CHANGED CONSIDERABLE SINCE 1960 AND ASKED WHY SOMETHING, WASN'T DONE WHEN <br />EASTVIEW GARDENS WAS ADDED IN 1968, HE ALSO INFORMED THE BOARD THAT <br />WHEN YOU BUY THERE ARE RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS STATING THAT YOU MUST BUY <br />YOUR WATER AND SEWER FROM IXORA PARK UTILITIES, <br />DOYLE VERNON ASKED WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL COST OF THE PLANT, <br />WHAT HAS BEEN THE NET PROFIT OVER EACH YEAR, WHAT HAS BEEN RETURNED <br />BACK INTO THE PLANT, AND HOW MANY CONNECTIONS WAS THE FACILITY ORIGINALLY <br />DESIGNED TO SERVICE? <br />X04 <br />