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DISTRICTS AS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND NOTED THAT THE FIRST <br />STEP SHOULD BE TO DETERMINE IF THERE IS AN ADEQUATE SOURCE OF WATER <br />FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. MR. SCHLITT POINTED OUT THAT THE WATER STUDY <br />DONE SEVERAL YEARS AGO INDICATED THAT THERE IS SUCH A SUPPLY AVAILABLE <br />r AND IF THIS IS SO, A WAY TO TAP THIS WATER SUPPLY 'WITHOUT AFFECTING <br />CURRENT WATER USERS SHOULD BE FIGURED OUT AND A PROGRAM SET UP WHERE ANY f <br />COST FACTOR WHICH MIGHT BE INVOLVED, SUCH AS DRILLING WELLS, ETC., COULD BE <br />OFFSET BY IMPACT FEES AND/OR AD VALOREM TAXES FROM THE ADDITIONAL <br />-DEVELOPMENTS THAT WILL RESULT. MR. SCHLITT INQUIRED ABOUT EXPANDING <br />A TAXING DISTRICT AND ASKED WHETHER THE BOARD CAN MAKE A DECISION TO <br />i <br />BROADEN THE CURRENT AREAS THAT ARE INVOLVED. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT THE DISTRICTS THAT ARE SET UP <br />t ARE AMENDABLE AND THE BOARD CAN DO THIS BY ORDINANCE, BUT THE PROPERTY TO <br />BE ADDED WOULD HAVE TO BE CONTIGUOUS PROPERTY. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE POINTED OUT THAT YOU MUST TAX EVERYONE WITHIN <br />A DISTRICT EQUALLY, BUT IF YOU HAVE A NEW DEVELOPMENT, THE DEVELOPER <br />i <br />CAN IMPACT A LOT OF THE COST INTO THE DEVELOPMENT INSTEAD OF PLACING <br />AN.UNFAIR BURDEN ON A PROPERTY OWNER WHO DOES NOT NEED OR REQUEST THE <br />WATER, SUCH AS AGRICULTURAL OWNERS WITH RAW LAND. J <br />MR. SCHLITT INFORMED THE BOARD THAT IN THE LAST SIX OR EIGHT I <br />MONTHS THERE HAS BEEN A DECLINE IN THE AMOUNT"OF PROPERTY SUITABLE FOR <br />DEVELOPMENT AND HE FEELS INDIAN RIVER COUNTY MUST HAVE ADEQUATE FACILITIES <br />IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN ITS PRESTIGE POSITION. HE STATED THAT.HE KNEW OF <br />ONE DEVELOPER CONTEMPLATING A REVERSE OSMOSIS SYSTEM AND FELT THIS WOULD <br />BE DISADVANTAGEOUS TO THE COUNTY'S LONG RANGE PLANS. HE ALSO NOTED <br />THAT SUCH SYSTEMS ARE VERY SENSITIVE AND CAN BE THROWN OFF BALANCE WHICH <br />i <br />WOULD CAUSE PROBLEMS IN THE FUTURE, <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT SAID HE FELT IN THE MATTER OF PRIORITY WE <br />MUST CONSIDER THE RESIDENTS WE HAVE HERE NbW WHO DO NOT HAVE ACCESS <br />TO A GOOD SUPPLY OF TREATED WATER; ALTHOUGH FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IS ALSO <br />A PRESSING MATTER. <br />MR. SCHLITT STATED THAT THE WATER STUDY INDICATED THAT THERE <br />i <br />IS A GOOD BASIC SUPPLY OF WATER AND AGREED THAT THE PEOPLE IN WABASSO <br />SHOULD BE PROTECTED AS THEY WERE HERE FIRST. HE POINTED OUT THAT WATER <br />I .. <br />IS AN IMPORTANT COMMODITY AND FELT THE COUNTY COULD SELL IT. HE AGAIN <br />DISCUSSED IMPACT FEES AND ASSESSMENTS. <br />15 <br />c <br />JUN 2 21977 y ... _ 74 <br />i <br />, <br />v <br />