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h ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT IT IS ISSUANCE OF A NEW FRANCHISE ON AN AREA THAT IS VOIDED. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT POINTED OUT THAT JUST BECAUSE RATHBUN AND WILLIAMS HAVE AGREED TO RELEASE THIS FRANCHISE DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THE BOARD HAS TO ACCEPT IT, AND THEY MUST CONTINUE TO OPERATE THE PLANT UNTIL.A DECISION IS REACHED. COMMISSIONER WODTKE ASKED IF TROPIC GROVES WOULD WANT THE FRAN- CHISE AT THE $4.75 RATE, AND MR. LEUTHJE DID NOT FEEL THIS WOULD BE ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE. COMMISSIONER WODTKE NOTED THAT THE PLANT WAS ORIGINALLY PUT IN TO SERVE THE WHOLE AREA, MR. LUETHJE STATED THAT IT IS VERY HARD TO ESTIMATE WHAT THE FUTURE FLOW WILL BE AND THE PLANT WAS A SMALL PACKAGE PLANT DESIGNED SO THAT IT COULD BE EXPANDED FOR THE LEAST EXPENSE, COMMISSIONER WODTKE ASKED IF THE PROPOSED RATE STRUCTURE OF $8.87 MONTHLY, PLUS $4.00 FOR EACH ADDITIONAL BATHROOM PROVIDES FOR THE COSI OF EXPANSION? MR. LEUTHJE EXPLAINED THAT THEY DIVIDED THE COST OF THE EXPANSION NOT BY THE 32 UNITS, BUT BY A FIGURE OF 104 ALLOWING FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF EXPANSION IN THE FUTURE, COMMISSIONER WODTKE INQUIRED AS TO THE PROJECTED COST OF EXPAN- SION, AND MR. LEUTHJE SAID TO SERVE 104 UNITS IT WILL BE ABOUT $6,300. COMMISSIONER WODTKE THEN INQUIRED ABOUT THE $500.00 CONNECTION CHARGE, AND MR. LEUTHJE SAID THE $6,300 IS NOT FOR THE EXPANSION BUT FOR TRANSMISSION LINES, ETC. COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED ABOUT ZONING, AND MR. LEUTHJE STATED THAT. IT IS R-2 AND NOTED THE DEVELOPMENT WAS ORIGINALLY PLANNED FOR 144 UNITS, DISCUSSION CONTINUED AS TO WHETHER THE PLANT IS OPERATING AT A PROFIT OR LOSS AND HOW THE EXPANSION WILL AFFECT THE EXISTING CONDOMINIUM OWNERS. COMMISSIONER WODTKE STATED HE FEELS THAT A DEVELOPER SHOULD FRONT END HIS CONNECTION MONEY FOR PURPOSES OF EXPANSION AND SHOULD NOT COME BACK LATER AND CHARGE THE PEOPLE WHO.BROUGHT THEIR UNITS IN GOOD FAITH _EXTRA RATES TO PAY FOR THE EXPANSION. 52 OCT 2® 1976 N.. y BOQt • ?7 y :132