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DISCUSSION FOLLOWED WITH REGARD TO THE COUNTY TAKING OVER THE WATER AND SEWER LINES. MEL SEMBLER OF MEL SEMBLER & ASSOCIATES, DEVELOPERS OF THE PROPOSED SHOPPING CENTER, (VERO MALL), STATED THEY WOULD HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THE COUNTY TAKING OVL;< THE SEWER LINE SO LONG AS ANYONE ELSE TYING INTO THE SEWER LINE WOULD NOT CREATE A PROBLEM AT THE SHOP— PING CENTER. HE CONTINUED THAT ALTHOUGH THE ELEVATED STORAGE TANK HAS A 125,000 GALLON CAPACITY, ONLY THE TOP 25,000 GALLONS IS AVAILreBLE FOR USE ELSEWHERE AS 100,000 GALLONS ARE REQUIRED FOR FIRE FIGHTING CAPA— BILITY BY THE INSURANCE UNDERWRITERS. LEONARD MCFEEDER, CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER FOR MEL SEMBLER & ASSOCIATES, INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE WATER TANK HAS A MORTGAGE ON IT; IT IS INCLUDED IN THE FACILITIES OF THE SHOPPING CENTER, AND THEY ARE NOT AT LIBERTY TO DO ANYTHING WITH IT. CHAIRMAN WODTKE NOTED THAT ALL OTHER FRANCHISES HAVE DEALT ONLY WITH THE SYSTEMS AND DISTRIBUTION LINES; SUCH THINGS AS THE PLANTS, WATER TOWER, ETC1.4 WOULD HAVE TO BE NEGOTIATED FOR BY THE COUNT:'. HE NOTED THAT IF THIS IS INCLUDED IN THE INDIAN RIVER UTILITIES FRANCHISE AREA, THEIR FRANCHISE INCLUDES TAKING OVER OF THE LINES. CITY ENGINEER LLOYD POINTED OUT THAT IT IS THE DEVELOPERS INTENTION TO BUY THE WATER FROM INDIAN RIVER UTILITIES, BUT THE FRAN— CHISE SHOULD BE IN THE NAME OF THE SHOPPING CENTER. ~COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER STATED THAT IT IS THE COMMITTEES RE— COMMENDATION THAT THE COUNTY ISSUE A WATER AND SEWER FRANCHISE TO THE SHOPPING CENTER OWNER. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT NOTED THAT HE UNDERSTOOD THAT CITY COUN— CIL HAS IN THIS CASE APPROVED MEL SEMBLER & ASSOCIATES AS A SEWER ONLY CUSTOMER. CITY MANAGER STATED THAT HE DID NOT FEEL THEY HAD ANY OBJEC— TION-IN THIS CASE, AND HE PROPOSED TO PUT THE VERO MALL ON THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT TO ASK THE COUNCIL TO OFFER THEM WATER AND SEWER SERVICE IF THAT�S WHAT THE COUNTY AND VERO MALL WISH DONE, 47 R 29 9� art �� 47