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SEP 2 2 1976 - As all parties are aware, the County has not gone into an active water program and I find it very hard to believe that the area referred to in this Annex should. be charged against Indian River County's allocation until such time as the County in fact either services the area or is capable of taking over the service in the.area. F. Continuing on in Annex 1, paragraph 5, page 4, Plant capacities reserved for the County. Section B says: "After completion of the plant capacity of 29.0 MGD's capacity 1.3 million gallons per day at a maximum flow rate of 900 gallons per minute at 5 PSI or more pressure." This paragraph applies to the allocation and it's an allocation to be made after the date the Agreement is signed. Obviously -the present consumption areas were served by the City of Vero Beach prior to that date and it is difficult to believe that the allocation was tj be applied retroactively. Certainly nowhere in the Agreement is that provision to be found. C. The County Commissioners who were involved during the negotiations all indicated that at no time was *he matter of present consumption uses brought up as to a reduction of the County's allocation. The Agreements that I have referred to above do not refer to such a reduction, and, in fact, by the terminology quoted, indicate that that is not the case. In summary, it is Indian River County's position that ' they cannot allocate any additional reserve until this matter is settled. As you are aware the County has many requests for water service by parties who potentially will provide a public service to the County as a whole. These requests include shopping centers and medical offices for the new Indian River Memorial Hospital. For the purposes of negotiation Mr. Lloyd's peak figures have been used and by our calculation presently 5000,000 gallons per day have .been allocated to Indian River Memorial Hospital, 31,500 gallons per day to Indian River Community College, and 374,400 gallons per day to Urban Development Utilities. By my calculations, Indian River County has allocated 905,900 gallons per day as of to s date. There should, therefore, be left 394,100 gallons per day to be allocated. The Indian River County Commissioners will be meeting on Wednesday, the 22nd. On their Agenda is•a request for water allocation for doctors° offices at the Hospital. The Commissioners must know the City's position before making any decisions. I, therefore, request you notify me on Wednesday morning of the City's resolution of this matter; thereafter, the County will take.appropriate action. Thank you for your consideration in this matter. Sincerely, GEORGE G. COLLINS, JR., Attorney to the Board GGC,Jr/ph cc: Mr. Willard W. Siebert., Jr. Chairman of the Board : Rot .,.378