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o r <br />d <br />RIVERS ANDERSON, REALTOR, AND MEL SEMBLER OF MEL SEMBLER. <br />ASSOCIATES, APPEARED REQUESTING A SEWER ALLOCATION NOT TO EXCEED 30;000 <br />GALLONS PER DAY AND A WATER ALLOCATION NOT TO EXCEED 30,000 GALLONS PER <br />DAY. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT EXPLAINED TO THEM THAT THERE IS A DISCREPANCY <br />BETWEEN THE COUNTY ENGINEERS FIGURES AND THOSE OF THE CITY OF VERO BEACH <br />IN REGARD TO HOW MUCH GALLONAGE IS ACTUALLY AVAILABLE AND UNTIL THIS IS <br />RESOLVED, WE DO NOT KNOW HOW MUCH MORE WE CAN ALLOCATE. <br />MR. ANDERSON STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO BE ALLOWED TO MAKE <br />THEIR PRESENTATION REGARDLESS AND PRESENTED DRAWINGS OF A PROPOSED SHOPPING <br />MALL TO BE LOCATED ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF 12TH <br />STREET AND U.S.HIGHWAY N0. 1. HE NOTED THAT THE WATER ALLOCATION IS NECES— <br />SARY TO MAKE IT FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE TO GO AHEAD WITH THE PROPOSED MALL AS <br />THIS PROPERTY IS UNDER THE MID—FLORIDA UTILITIES SYSTEM WHICH HAS NEITHER <br />THE FLOW NOR CAPACITY AVAILABLE TO MEET THE FIRE CONTROL REQUIREMENTS. <br />THE ALTERNATIVES ARE EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE AND MIGHT NOT EVEN BE POSSIBLE. <br />THE SEWER SUPPLY IS ALSO A PROBLEM BECAUSE IT WOULD NECESSITATE EITHER <br />THE ACQUISITION OF ADDITIONAL LAND OR USING SOME OF THIS VERY EXPENSIVE <br />LAND FOR A LOCATION FOR A SEWER PLANT. HE STATED THEY MAY HAVE TO HAVE <br />A SEWER LINE DIRECTLY TO THE CITY OF VERO BEACH SEWER PLANT. MR. ANDERSON <br />CONTINUED THAT THE PROPOSED SHOPPING CENTER WHEN COMPLETED WOULD OFFER <br />MANY PERMANENT JOBS AND WOULD ELIMINATE PEOPLE GOING OUTSIDE THE COUNTY <br />TO DO THEIR SHOPPING. <br />MEL SEMBLER INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE IS A PROFESSIONAL SHOPPING <br />CENTER DEVELOPER AND HAS DEVELOPED MANY CENTERS AROUND THE STATE. THE ONE <br />UNDER DISCUSSION IS PLANNED TO HAVE TWO DEPARTMENT STORES, .J.C.PENNEY AND <br />JACKSON BYRON, PLUS A MORRISON'S CAFETERIA AND 26 SMALLER SPECIALTY SHnPs. <br />i HE STATED IT WOULD PROVIDE BETWEEN ZOO TO 300 JOBS LOCALLY AND NOTED THAT <br />FOR ITS SIZE IT IS ACTUALLY A VERY SMALL CONSUMER OF WATER. THEY ANTICI— <br />PATE A NEED FOR ONLY ABOUT 30,000 GALLONS PER DAY, BUT THEY DO REQUIRE A <br />STAND—BY CAPACITY FOR THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM IN CASE OF FIRE. <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER NOTED THAT THERE IS AMPLE ALLOCATION CO? <br />SEWER, BUT HE FEELS THE CITY USUALLY ONLY FURNISHES SEWER IF THEY ALSO <br />FURNISH THE WATER, <br />W, <br />JUL t-11976 <br />