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BEACH REFUSING WATER TO THOSE WHOM WE HAVE AUTHORIZED TO GO TO THEM AND <br />FELT ITIS THE COUNTY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO START ACTION IMMEDIATELY TO <br />SETTLE THIS MATTER. HE CONTINUED THAT HE AGREED ABOUT OUR FUTURE <br />%•T.ER PROBLEMS, BUT THIS IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ISSUE, AND HE FELT THE <br />PROBLEM IN REUARD TO OUR PRESENT WATER ALLOCATION SHOULD BE ACTED ON <br />FIRST. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS POINTED OUT THAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT <br />THE COUNTY THINKS IS AVAILABLE AND WHAT THE CITY HAS STATED IS AVAILABLE <br />IS CONSIDERABLE, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT IN THE VIEW OF COUNTY NEEDS OVER <br />THE NEXT 10 YEARS, IT IS MINIMAL AND STOP -GAP AT BEST. WE MAY TRY TO <br />SETTLE THIS DISPUTE, BUT IT IS NOT GOING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM, ATTORNEY <br />COLLINS CONTINUED THAT.HE HAD A MEETING WITH THE COUNCILMAN GREGG AND <br />MAYOR SMITH WHO STATED THAT THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANY ADDITIONAL TAP -ONS <br />TO THE CITY SYSTEM EXCEPT FOR CUSTOMERS INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS, WHICH <br />PUTS THE COUNTY IN A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT IF IT IS THE DESIRE OF THE BOARD <br />TO PROCEED AND GET THIS MATTER SETTLED, HE FELT THE ONLY WAY LEFT IS <br />THROUGH THE COURT. <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER ASKED ENGINEER BEINDORF IF IT WERE NOT <br />REASONABLE TO ASSUME THAT THE 374,000 G.P.D. ALLOCATION TO U.D.U., WOULD <br />TAKE CARE OF 1,200 UNITS IN GIFFORD, 600 AS ON LINE NOW AND OOO IN <br />THE FUTURE, <br />MR. BEINDORF ANSWERED THAT IT HAS BEEN HARD TO WORK THIS OUT <br />AS THE METERS HAVE BEEN INOPERABLE.AND THERE HAS BEEN ILLEGAL USE OF <br />WATER, BUT HE FELT THAT 374,000 G.P.D. WITH THE STORAGE CAPACITY UP <br />THERE WOULD BE A REASONABLE FIGURE TO GO ON. <br />MR. BEINDORF FURTHER NOTED THAT THE STATE WILL NOT DENY PERMITS <br />FOR INDIVIDUAL WELLS FOR RESIDENCES WHERE THERE IS A MUNICIPAL WATER LINE, <br />BUT FOR A DOCTOR `S GROUP, CONDOMINIUM, OR SHOPPING CENTER, THEY WILL NOT <br />ISSUE SUCH PERMITS, AND, THEREFORE, HE'FELT THE COUNTY MAY HAVE TO GET. <br />INTO THE WATER.BUSINESS AS THE SITUATION HAS WORSENED OVER THE LAST THREE <br />YEARS, AND THERt ARE MANY WORTHWHILE PROJECTS THAT.WILL NOT BE ABLE TO <br />BE CARRIED OUT. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT AGREED THAT THE WATER SITUATION HAS GOT A <br />STRANGLEHOLD ON THE COUNTY AND THE COUNTY MAY HAVE TO GET INTO THE WATER <br />BUSINESS AS WHEN YOU LIMIT WATER YOU STOP GROWTH, HE CONTINUED THAT <br />WE MUST (1) ADDRESS THE REQUEST BEFORE US, (2) DECIDE THE POSTURE THE <br />33 <br />SEP 8 197, f <br />