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u <br />HAVE AN ADDITIONAL SUPPLY OF WATER TO THE .JOHN'S ISLAND AREA. <br />THEY NEED <br />ADDITIONAL WATER AS THE SITE THEY HAVE FOR THEIR WELLFIELD IS NOT ADEQUATE <br />FOR THEIR NEEDS AND THEY WILL BE FORCED TQ ACQUIRE ANOTHER WELLFIELD SITE. <br />I <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE REITERATED THAT MR. ECCLESTONE DOESN'T WANT OTHER THAN RAW 1 <br />WATER THROUGH HIS LINE, BUT WOULD BE COOPERATIVE WITH A TREATMENT PLANT AND <br />DIFFERENT LINES. THE CHAIRMAN NOTED THAT ALL THIS DISCUSSION WAS ON A <br />PRELIMINARY BASIS AND NO COMMITMENTS WERE MADE, BUT POINTED OUT THAT WE <br />DID CREATE A WATER TAXING DISTRICT IN THIS AREA. <br />THE ADMINISTRATOR AGREED THAT WATER GREATLY AFFECTS THE TYPE OF <br />DEVELOPMENT AND IS THE KEY TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS AREA. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT NOTED THAT ALL ALONG THE OCEAN THERE IS AN ! <br />lOO' COASTAL CONSTRUCTION SETBACK, WHICH WOULD LEAVE VERY LITTLE ROOM FOR <br />DEVELOPMENT NORTH OF SUMMERPLACE, AND TO THE WEST YOU HAVE THE WETLANDS AND <br />CITRUS GROVES. HE POINTED OUT THAT THE MASTER PLAN SHOWS NOTHING FOR THIS AREA. <br />COMMI $IONER Loy STATED THAT THE CITY OF VERO BEACH HAS NO MORE <br />6 <br />WATER.FOR THE COUNTY, AND SOME DAY WE WILL HAVE TO -HAVE SOMETHING THAT RE- <br />LIEVES THE CITY OR THEY WILL HAVE TO EXPAND. P <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS SUGGESTED THE BOARD MIGHT ASK THE PROPERTY <br />OWNERS INVOLVED TO GIVE THEM SOME INDICATION AS TO WHETHER THEY WANT THAT <br />SERVICE AREA FUNDED THIS YEAR, <br />ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS SUGGESTED GOING OVER THE TAXING DISTRICT <br />AREA AND REVIEWING THE OLD WATER STUDY PLANS AND DISCUSSING THIS WITH THE <br />PROPERTY OWNERS. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THE BULK OF THIS LAND IS IN CROVES <br />AND HE FELT THESE PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE SOME INPUT IN SUCH A DISCUSSION. HE <br />ALSO FELT THAT WHEN WE DO PROVIDE THE WATER NECESSARY FOR DEVELOPMENT, WE <br />MUST BE READY TO GIVE UP THAT AREA FOR AGRICULTURAL USE. <br />KENNETH PANGBURN, DIRECTOR OF THE WABASSO CITIZENS ASSOCIATION, j <br />INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THEIR ASSOCIATION WOULD LIKE TO BE KEPT INFORMED <br />OF ANY PROPOSAL THE BOARD MAY CONSIDER OR ANY COMMITTEE THAT MAY BE FORMED. p <br />R <br />ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS ASSURED HIM THAT THE INTENT WOULD NOT BE { <br />TO TAKE ANY MORE WATER FROM THE PRESENT SOURCES, BUT FROM ANOTHER WELLFIELD, <br />AND THE BOARD AGREED THAT THE ASSOCIATION WILL BE KEPT INFORMED. <br />N <br />53 <br />