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MR. ZIMMER NOTED THAT IN THREE OF THE PROPOSED DISTRICTS, THERE <br />IS NO GRANT MONEY AVAILABLE AND NO INDICATION OF WHEN THERE WILL BE, AND <br />HE FELT THE ESTABLISHING OF THESE DISTRICTS SHOULD BE POSTPONED UNTIL <br />PETITIONS ARE RECEIVED FROM PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS INDICATING THEY DO WANT <br />:,THIS. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS EXPLAINED THAT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS RULED <br />THAT UNLESS A DISTRICT IS ESTABLISHED BY THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, TA;;cS MAY <br />N^T BE LEVIED DURING THAT YEAR, THE ORDINANCE IS DRAFTED SO THAT THERE <br />MAY NOT BE A LEVY AT ALL. WE ARE JUST TRYING TO GET THE DISTRICT IN <br />EXISTENCE, AND DURING BUDGET SESSIONS CAN DETERMINE THAT THERE WILL BE NO <br />TAX FOR ONE, TWO, THREE YEARS, OR WHATEVER TIME IS DESIRED, BUT WHEN THE <br />OPPORTUNITY COMES ALONG, THE DISTRICT WILL BE THERE. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT POINTED OUT, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE JOHN'S <br />ISLAND LINE SHOULD BECOME AVAILABLE, WE WOULD NEED TO PROVIDE TREATMENT <br />FOR THE WATER AND WE WOULD HAVE NO MONEY TO PUT IN THE TREATMENT FACILITY <br />WHEN THIS BECAME AVAILABLE IF WE DID NOT HAVE THE DISTRICT ESTABL'SHED. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE NOTED THAT IN THE GIFFORD AREA WE HAVE A WATER <br />ALLOCATION FROM THE CITY OF VERO BEACH. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A <br />SOURCE OF WATER TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE WATER IN OTHER AREAS, AND WE CANNOT <br />PROVIDE WATER TO THESE AREAS WITHOUT PUTTING IN A FACILITY FOR TREATMENT. <br />HE CONTINUED THAT THE EAST WABASSO AREA IS BEING CONSIDERED SIMPLY BECAUSE <br />THERE IS A LINE GOING ACROSS TO THAT AREA NOW, THE CHAIRMAN STATED THAT <br />HE DOES NOT FEEL THERE WILL BE ANY TAX LEVIED THERE WITHIN TWO OR THREE <br />YEARS, BUT FEELS THE MECHANISM SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED IN CASE SOMETHING <br />SHOULD OCCUR SO THAT WATER COULD BE MADE AVAILABLE. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT NOTED THAT ONE OF THE REASONS THIS DISTRICT <br />IS BEING CONSIDERED IS THAT THIS AREA HAS ONE OF THE POOREST SOURCES IN <br />THE COUNTY FOR WATER, <br />MR. BALL ASKED IF THE BOARD IS SAYING THAT THERE WILL BE NO <br />ASSESSMENT UNTIL WATER IS SUPPLIED, AND THE BOARD AGREED. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED IF IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE FOR US TO TAX A <br />MILL AND NOT DO ANYTHING IN THAT DISTRICT FOR A FEW YEARS. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT IF YOU LEVIED AND BUILT UP A FUND <br />AND USED IT SOLELY IN THE DISTRICT LATER, HE FELT THAT WOULD BE LEGAL, <br />19 <br />DEC 16 1976 <br />.� <br />�, 19 <br />