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AND CITY MANAGER LITTLE INFORMED THEM THAT THE CITY, UNDER THE TRIPARTITE AGREEMENT, MUST PROVIDE WATER TO THE WHOLE SOUTH BEACH AREA, AND THEY DO HAVE THE WATER TO PROVIDE, ATTORNEY SHARP CONTINUED THAT THE PEOPLE IN THE PROPOSED DISTRICT LIVE SOUTH OF SPYGLASS LANE AND THE MOORINGS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE ST. LUCIE COUNTY LINE, BUT NINETY-NINE PERCENT OF ALL THE HOUSING IN THIS AREA IS WITHIN 5/10 OF A MILE FROM THE PRESENT WATER LINE, THE REMAINING AREA (1.6 MILES ALTOGETHER) IS MAINLY UNINHABITED. THESE PEOPLE WISH TO SET UP A LEGAL MEANS TO WORK OUT ASSESSMENTS SO THEY CAN GET CITY WATER AS THEY HAVE SEVERE WATER PROBLEMS, ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED THAT THERE ARE rNin ALTERNATIVES - THE COUNTY CAN SET UP A MUNICIPAL SERVICE TAXING DISTRICT OR THE RESIDENTS BY REFERENDUM CAN SET UP A SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT. CHAIRMAN WODTKE EXPLAINED THAT BY ORDINANCE THE COUNTY CAN CREATE A MUNICIPAL SERVICE TAXING DISTRICT AND THE COUNTY WOULD RUN THE DISTRICT, BUT IF THE PEOPLE WISH TO RUN THE DISTRICT THEMSELVES, PREPARE THE BUDGET, ETC,, THEY CAN, BY REFERENDUM, SET UP A SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT SIMILAR TO ROCKRIDGE.STREET LIGHTING DISTRICT. COMMISSIONER Loy POINTED OUT THAT IF THE:COUNTY SET UP A, --MUNICI- PAL SERVICE TAXING DISTRICT, IT WORLD BE A YEAR BEFORE WE COULD FUND IT, HEPBURN WALKER STATED THAT THERE ARE ZO HOMES IN THIS AREA THAT NEED WATER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED IF SOME ARRANGEMENT COULDN'T BE WORKED OUT WITH THE CITY TO PUT IN THE LINE. CITY MANAGER LITTLE AGREED THAT THE TRIPARTITE AGREEMENT PUTS THE SOUTH END OF THE BEACH IN THE CITY'S SERVICE AREA, BUT THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE CITY -DOESN'T EXTEND SERVICE EVEN IN THE CITY LIMITS TO A DEVELOPER WITH°CITY MONEY, HE FELT THERE MUST BE A FEE TO FULLY FUND THE NEW LINE SO THAT RATES IN.GENERAL WOULD NOT HAVE T0. BE RAISED.TO PAY FOR IT. MR. LITTLE FURTHER NOTED THAT THE CITY'S AGREEMENT WITH THE MOORINGS COVERS FROM THE CITY LIMITS TO THE MonRINGS AND THE AREA NORTH OF THE MOORINGS, AND THE 12" LINE ACTUALLY DOES NOT EVEN PROVIDE ENOUGH WATER FOR THE AREA IT PRESENTLY COVERS. HE CONTINUED THAT HE IS NOW WORKING TO SEE WHAT NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT CAN BE REACHED TO SET THE MOORINGS AGREE- MENT ASIDE, RESERVING THEIR PRESENT RIGHTS, BUT ALLOWING THE CITY TO DEAL WITH OTHER PEOPLE AND GIVE ADEQUATE WATER TO THE ENTIRE AREA, 1: MAY 18 1977