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ATTORNEY COLLINS REVIEWED WITH THE BOARD THE TRIPARTITE AGREE- 3 <br />MENT bETWEEM THE CITY OF VERO BEACH, INDIAN RIVER COUNTY AND VERO MALL, <br />WHICH AGREEMENT HAS ALREADY BEEN EXECUTED BY BOTH THE CITY OF VERO BEACH <br />AND VERO MALL. HE NOTED THAT THIS AGREEMENT AS DRAWN BY THE CITY ATTORNEY <br />DECREASES THE COUNTY'S WATER ALLOCATION AN THEIR SEWER ALLOCATION BY <br />20,000 GALLONS PER DAY, ALSO UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, THE CITY WILL OWN THE <br />SEWER LINE, WHICH ATTORNEY COLLINS UNDERSTOOD WILL RUN DOWN 6TH AVENUE. <br />CITY MANAGER .JOHN LITTLE CONFIRMED THAT THE LINE WILL GO DOWN <br />6TH AVENUE AS THIS WAY IT WILL OPEN UP A GREATER SERVICE AREA. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT SAID HE BELIEVED IT WAS INTENDED THAT THE <br />COUNTY SHOULD OWN THE SEWER LINE, LOOKING TO THE TIME WHEN THE COUNTY GETS <br />INTO THE SEWER BUSINESS. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE NOTED THAT HE HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE DEVELOPER <br />BEING REQUIRED TO PAY A $15,000 FEE TO THE CITY AND THEIR GALLONAGE BEING <br />TAKEN OUT OF THE COUNTY'S WATER AND SEWER ALLOCATION. HE WONDERED, IN <br />THE EVENT WE SHOULD MAKE ANY FURTHER ALLOCATIONS OF SEWER UNDER THE BASIC <br />TRIPARTITE AGREEMENT, IF THE CITY WILL REQUIRE A $15,000 FEE TO TAP INTO <br />THEIR SEWER LINES. <br />CITY MANAGER LITTLE FELT THE BOARD SHOULD NOT BE OVERLY APPREHEN- <br />SIVE. HE NOTED,THAT WE ARE ALL TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN BUT ARE <br />STILL BOUND TO SOME SEMBLANCE OF THE TRIPARTITE AGREEMENT UNTIL SOMETHING <br />ELSE IS WORKED OUT. HE CONTINUED THAT THE LAST TIME HE MET WITH THE BOARD <br />IT WAS CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD THAT THE BOARD DID NOT WANT TO RELEASE EITHER <br />THE CUSTOMER OR THE SERVICE AREA, WHICH IS FINE WITH THE CITY, AND ANY <br />TIME THE BOARD ASKS FOR THE CUSTOMER, THE LINES WILL BE CONVEYED TO THE <br />COUNTY WITHOUT CHARGE. HE POINTED OUT THAT RUNNING THE LINE DOWN 5TH AVE- <br />NUE IS COSTING THE DEVELOPER A GREAT DEAL MORE, BUT THE CITY INSISTED <br />ON IT IN ORDER TO OPEN UP THE LARGER SERVICE AREA, AND THE DEVELOPER DID <br />AGREE TO IT. MR. LITTLE EXPLAINED THAT THE $15,000 WILL GO INTO AN ESCROW <br />FUND FOR CAPITAL ADDITIONS TO WATER FACILITIES. IT IS ACTUALLY AN IMPACT <br />FEE FOR WHAT THE CITY WILL BE REQUIRED TO ADD TO THEIR SYSTEM BECAUSE OF <br />rN� INCREASED LOADS THAT ARE IJEVELOPING. MR, LITTLE FURTHER STATED THAT <br />IF TROPIC GROVES CONDOMINIUMS, OR ANYONE ELSE, WISHES TO TAP INTO THE <br />SEWER SYSTEM, THE CITY WILL NEED TO RECOVER ONLY THE $2,500 INVOLVED WITH <br />OVERSIZING OF THE LINES. <br />55 <br />MAY 41gr1 <br />