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ATTORNEY .JACKSON NOTED THAT THEY HAVE A GOVERNMENTAL PROBLEM WITH THE <br />STATE, THE CITY AND THE COUNTY IN THAT THE COUNTY HAS DENIED THEM A WATER <br />ALLOCATION, THE CITY REFUSES TO GIVE THEM PERMISSION TO TAP INTO <br />THEIR LINE TO THE HOSPITAL, AND THE STATE WILL NOT GIVE THEM A PERMIT <br />FOR A WELL BECAUSE A PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY FACILITY RUNS BY THIS PROPERTY. <br />ATTORNEY .JACKSON INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THEY HAVE PLANNED <br />FOR THIS PROPERTY 40 CLUSTERED SINGLE -STORY OFFICE BUILDINGS FOR DOCTORS <br />AND NEED AN ALLOCATION OF 10,000 GALLONS PER DAY. HE POINTED OUT THAT <br />THE HOSPITAL IS ANTICIPATED TO OPEN NEXT .JUNE; THERE IS_A NEED FOR <br />SUCH ANCILLARY; HOSPITAL -RELATED OFFICES NEARBY; AND THEY ALREADY HAVE. <br />SEVERAL LETTERS OF INTENT FROM DOCTORS WHO WANT TO START CONSTRUCTION. <br />ATTORNEY JACKSON CONTINUED THAT ACCORDING TO THE CITY OF VERO BEACH, <br />THE COUNTY DOES HAVE 110,000 GALLONS PER DAY OF WATER LEFT TO ALLOCATE, <br />AND WHILE THIS ALLOCATION WOULD BE FOR PRIVATE ENTERPRISE, HE COULD <br />NOT THINK OF ANY PRIVATE ENTERPRISE WHICH WOULD DESERVE IT MORE SINCE <br />IT IS HEALTH RELATED. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT NOTED THAT JAMES BEINDORF IS CONSULTING <br />ENGINEER FOR THE COUNTY AND ALSO ENGINEER FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, <br />AND BECAUSE OF THIS CONFLICT, HE DID NOT FEEL MR. BEINDORF SHOULD BE <br />ASKED TO MAKE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS. <br />MR. BEINDORF COMMENTED THAT HE FELT THE MAIN THING ATTORNEY <br />JACKSON WAS TRYING TO POINT OUT IS THAT HE IS IN A POSITION WHERE HE <br />CAN IT DO ANYTHING. <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER RETURNED TO THE MEETING AT 10:25 O#CLOCK <br />A.M. <br />DALE SORENSEN, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE INDIAN <br />RIVER COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT, APPEARED AND STATED THE HOSPITAL BOARD IS <br />EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT SEEMS TO BE SOME SORT OF ANTI -HOSPITAL <br />OR ANTI -DOCTOR ATTITUDE ON THE PART OF OUR GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES AND <br />CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY THESE PEOPLE, WHETHER THEY ARE DOCTORS OR NOT, <br />ARE HAVING +!411, A VERY DIFFICULT TIDE GETTING THEIR PROBLEMS RESOLVED. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT THE BOARD HAS NEVER EXPRESSED ANY <br />ANTI -BUSINESS, ANTI -DOCTOR, OR ANTI -ANYTHING SENTIMENTS IN REGARD TO <br />WATER ALLOCATION. <br />MR. SORENSEN APOLOGIZED AND CONTINUED THAT THE HOSPITAL BOARD'S <br />FEELING IS THAT, IF THERE IS.110,000 GALLONS PER DAY AVAILABLE, THEY WOULD <br />ASK THAT THE BOARD GIVE SERIOUS CONSIDERATION TO ALLOCATING THE MAJOR <br />30 <br />SEP 8-1976 <br />JIM", � 32 <br />