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ATTORNEY HENDERSON INFORMED THE BOARD THAT IN THE AMENDMENT <br />THEY WISHED TO DEFINE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A RESIDENTIAL UNIT AND A <br />COMMERCIAL UNIT WITH A VIEW TO THE POSSIBILITY OF A CONDOMINIUM WISHING <br />TO HOOK UP TO THE SYSTEM, <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT HE FELT WHEN THEY WERE ASSIGNED THE <br />FRANCHISE, THEY ASSUMED THE HOOK-UP CHARGES SET OUT IN THE FRANCHISE. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS SAID HE THOUGHT THIS WAS WHERE THE MISUNDER- <br />STANDING TOOK PLACE AS THE ONLY QUESTION ADDRESSED BEFORE WAS THE OUESTION <br />OF RATES. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY FELT THE ITEMS THAT WERE NOT CHANCED WOULD RE- <br />MAIN THE SAME AS IN THE ORIGINAL FRANCHISE. <br />ATTORNEY HENDERSON POINTED OUT THAT THERE IS NO PROVISION IN THE <br />FRANCHISE FOR SEWER HOOK-UP CHARGES AS THE ORIGINAL SYSTEM WAS STRICTLY <br />FOR WATER AS THEY DID NOT HAVE THE SEWER THEN, <br />LOWELL LOHMAN NOTED THAT THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ANYTHING IN THE <br />FRANCHISE IN REGARD TO SEWER CONNECTION DEPOSITS EITHER, BUT SOUTHERN GULF <br />HAS BEEN CHARGING $35.00 FOR SEWER AND WATER DEPOSITS OVER THE LAST 7 OR 8 <br />YEARS EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE NOT AUTHORIZED. <br />ATTORNEY HENDERSON INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE ORIGINAL FRANCHISE <br />HAS MONTHLY WATER RATES AND A DIFFERENT SET OF RATES FOR DUPLEX AND MULTI- <br />PLE UNITS, AND HE DID NOT FEEL THE FLAT RATE SET OUT IN THE MOTION GRANTING <br />THE INCREASE WAS VERY CLEAR IN REGARD TO EITHER OF THESE TYPE UNITS. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING SHOULD BE <br />ADVERTISED TO CLEAR UP THE QUESTIONS TH4 WERE NOT ADDRESSED AT THE LAST <br />HEARING THE QUESTION OF DEPOSITS, THE INCREASE IN CONNECTION CHARGES, AND <br />DEFINING THE VARIOUS UNITS, AND HE FELT THIS SECTION OF THE FRANCHISE <br />SHOULD BE TOTALLY AMENDED. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT NOTED THAT SOME QUESTION HAD ARISEN WHEN TREAS- <br />URE COAST UTILITIES ASKED THEIR CUSTOMERS TO PAY THEM DEPOSITS, BUT HE <br />HAD BEEN TOLD THE PEOPLE HAD BEEN REFUNDED THEIR OLD DEPOSITS. <br />MR. LOHMAN STATED THAT UNDER THE OLD FRANCHISE A $35.00 WATER <br />AND SEWER DEPOSIT COULD NOT BE LEGALLY REQUIRED, AND STATED THAT TREASURE <br />COAST HAS REPAID THE $35.00 DEPOSIT TO THOSE WHO HAD PAID IT. <br />W: <br />SEP 2 21976 <br />e6k f 9 4U _ <br />