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MR. LEUTHJE CONTINUED THAT THERE ARE 32 EXISTING UNITS WITHIN THE CONDO- MINIUM AREA, AND THE OWNERS OF THESE HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED AS WELL AS ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 300 FEET, HE THEN PRESENTED TO THE BOARD A PREPARED RESOLUTION AND NOTED THAT IT IS A STANDARD SEWER FRANCHISE REQUEST. COMMISSIONER WODTKE INnUIRED WHETHER THEY WERE ASKING FOR A TRANSFER OF THE TWO EXISTING FRANCHISES OR FOR A NEW FRANCHISE. MR. LEUTHJE EXPLAINED THAT THEY ARE ASKING FOR A TRANSFER, BUT IT IS A NEW FRANCHISE, AND THEY HAVE AGREEMENTS FROM THE FRANCHISEES CONCERNED AGREEING TO RELEASE THE FRANCHISES TO THEM, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE PLANT ON RATHBUN AND WILLIAMS 10 ACRES IS IN OPERATION, AND COMMISSIONER WODTKE ASKED IF THIS PLANT IS SUFFICIENT TO TAKE CARE OF THE ADDITIONAL FIVE ACRES. MR. LEUTHJE STATED THAT IT IS NOT AND WILL HAVE TO BE ENLARGED. COMMISSIONER WODTKE NOTED THAT HE IS CONCERNED THAT THE PEOPLE ALREADY LIVING THERE WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR THE COST OF EXPANSION TO ANOTHER AREA. MR. LEUTHJE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT TROPIC GROVES HAS NO DEFINITE PLANS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THAT AREA AT THIS TIME, AND ALL THEY WOULD BE SERVING ARE THE EXISTING CONDOMINIUMS. HE NOTED THAT MID -FLORIDA UTILITIES IS PRESENTLY SERVING THIS AREA AND HAS COMMITTED TO SERVE THE ENTIRE 15 ACRES WITH WATER. COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED 'TF THE RATES OUTLINED IN THE PROPOSED FRANCHISE ARE THE SAME AS THOSE BEING CHARGED NOW, MR.-LEUTHJE STATED THAT THEY ARE NOT. THE MONTHLY CHARGE NOW IS $4.75. HE NOTED THERE NEVER WAS A RATE SCHEDULE SET UP IN THE RATHBUN AND WILLIAMS FRANCHISE NOR IN MID -FLORIDA'S. COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED THAT MR. LEUTHJE OUTLINE ANY PLACE IN THE PROPOSED FRANCHISE THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM THE RATHBUN AND WILLIAMS:• FRANCHISE. MR. LEUTHJE NOTED THAT RATHBUN & WILLIAMS WAS ACTUALLY ONLY AN ACCEPTANCE OF AN ORIGINAL FRANCHISE WHILE THEIRS IS A COMPLETE NEW FRANCHISE, DISCUSSION AROSE AS TO WHETHER THIS IS ACTUALLY A TRANSFER OR A NEW FRANCHISE. 51 OCT z 01976 Bay 27 X31