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COUNTY WILL TAKE ABOUT DISPOSITION OF WATER UNDER THE TRIPARTITE AGREEMENT, AND (3) DETERMINE WHAT WE DESIRE TO DO ABOUT LONG RANGE PLf i'M . FOR WATER. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ON THE TRIPARTITE AGREEMENT, AND COMMIS- SIONER Loy STATED THAT WE KNEW THERE WERE SOME GLARING FAULTS IN THE CONTRACT, AND THAT IT WAS DEFINITELY TO THE CITY'S ADVANTAGE, BUT WE SIGNED IT IN ORDER TO BAIL THE CITY OUT SO THEY COULD GET THE 1-1/2 MILLION DOLLAR GRANT THEY HAD ALREADY STARTED SPENDING, AND WE IN TURN ANTICIPATED COOPERATION FROM THE CITY. THE WHOLE ARGUMENT CENTERS AROUND THE FACT THAT WE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN CHARGED FOR ANY WATER ALLOCATION THAT WAS GIVEN IN THE COUNTY PREVIOUS TO THE SIGNING OF THE CONTRACT, COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER AGREED THAT WE MUST GO TO COURT TO STRAIGHTEN OUT THIS AGREEMENT AND WE MUST GO AHEAD WITH A WATER SYSTEM IN THE COUNTY, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, HE POINTED OUT WE DO HAVE 110,000 G.P.D. TO ALLOCATE AND HE FELT WE SHOULD MAKE A DECISION AS TO HOW TO ALLOCATE THIS RATHER THAN NOT ALLOCATE ANY WATER. COMMISSIONER WODTKE SUGGESTED THAT IF WE ALLOCATED ALL THE WATER WE HAVE LEFT, POSSIBLY SOME GROUPS MIGHT THEN BE ABLE TO GET WELL PERMITS; ALTHOUGH HE DID FEEL SOME WATER SHOULD BE KEPT IN RESERVE. ATTORNEY .JACKSON ASKED WHAT BETTER USE COULD THE COUNTY HAVE FOR 10,000 G.P.D. THAN FOR HEALTH-RELATED FACILITIES SUCH AS THEY ARE PLANNING. HE NOTED THAT THE REASON THERE ARE NOT MORE DOCTORS BY THE PRESENT HOSPITAL IS BECAUSE THE NEW HOSPITAL HAS BEEN IN THE PLANNING FOR EIGHT YEARS. HE CONTINUED THAT THE COUNTY GAVE THE OTHER DOCTORS' GROUP AN ALLOCATION, AND HE IS ONLY ASKING FOR 1/3 OF THE GALLONAZOE THEY WERE GRANTED AND FEELS HIS GROUP SHOULD BE GIVEN EQUAL TREATMENT, CHAIRMAN SIEBERT REQUESTED ATTORNEY JACKSON TO HOLD HIS REQUEST FOR TWO -WEEKS AS HE FELT WE MUST BE SURE ABOUT THE SITUATION IN GIFFORD WITH U.D.U. BEFORE WE ALLOCATE ANY MORE WATER. t ATTORNEY COLLINS RECOMMENDED THAT THE BOARD WRITE A DEMAND LETTER TO THE CITY OF VERO BEACH STATING THE COUNTY'S POSITION AND GIVE THEM A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD TO CLARIFY THEIRS. ; CHAIRMAN SIEBERT DIRECTED THAT ATTORNEY COLLINS AND COUNTY ENGINEER BEINDORF WORK TOGETHER TO WRITE A LETTER TO THE CITY AS RECOM- MENDED BY THE ATTORNEY. 34 i 1 i bid<�;. SEP 81976 ,00 �Q;