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COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED WHAT PROPERTY IS DEVELOPABLE NORTH <br />OF WABASSO CAUSEWAY ON THE ISLAND SIDE, NOTING THERE IS AN 100' COASTAL <br />CONSTRUCTION SETBACK AND A LOT OF GROVE LAND IN THIS AREA, COMMISSIONER <br />SIEBERT NOTED THAT IMPACT FEES ARE NOT APPROPRIATE TO CURRENT HOME <br />OWNERS, BUT HE DOES NOT KNOW HOW WE CAN DELIVER WATER TO THEM AT A <br />REASONABLE RATE. <br />MR. SCHLITT STATED THAT HE BELIEVES THERE ARE DEVELOPERS WHO <br />WOULD BE WILLING TO PUT IN TRANSMISSION LINES, WHICH COST WOULD BE SHARED <br />BY FUTURE USERS AND NOT CURRENT RESIDENTS. HE POINTED OUT THAT A REVERSE <br />OSMOSIS SYSTEM WOULD COST $75,000 TO $100,000 AND HE FELT THE DEVELOPER <br />WOULD RATHER PUT THIS COST INTO TRANSMISSION LINES WHERE HE COULD _ <br />POSSIBLY RECOVER SOME OF THE COST, <br />COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER NOTED THAT WE HAVE THREE LARGE PRIVATE <br />UTILITIES WHICH ARE VERY UNSATISFACTORY AND NOTED THAT IF THE GOVERNMENT <br />GETS IN THIS BUSINESS, YOU AVOID THE SITUATION WHERE A DEVELOPER PUTS <br />IN A.SMALL SYSTEM WITHOUT ADEQUATE CONTROLS. HE §TATED THAT'APPARENTLY <br />WE HAVE A LARGE AMOUNT OF WATER UNDERGROUND AND.HE'FELT WE SHOULD GET <br />INTO THE WATER BUSINESS SO THAT THE WELLFIELDS AND WATER SYSTEMS. ARE <br />PROPERLY DESIGNED. COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER FELT, HOWEVER, THE REQUEST <br />SHOULD COME FROM THE PEOPLE IN THE DISTRICTS WE HAVE ALREADY SET UP. <br />MR. SCHLITT SAID HE BELIEVED UNLESS IMPLEMENTATION IS PUSHED, <br />THERE WILL BE FUTURE PROBLEMS, <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE AGREED THAT IF A DEVELOPER WANTS TO GO IN <br />THAT AREA, HE MUST EITHER SUPPLY HIS OWN WATER OR WAIT UNTIL THE -COUNTY <br />SUPPLIES IT. ALSO IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA THERE IS THE PROBLEM OF <br />GETTING THE WATER ACROSS THE RIVER AS IT IS NOT AVAILABLE ON THE OCEAN <br />SIDE. HE NOTED THAT TO GET INVOLVED WITH A TREATMENT PLANT AND PUMP <br />WATER ACROSS THE RIVER IS A COMPLEX PROBLEM. THE CHAIRMAN DISCUSSED <br />THE UNTREATED WATER NOW COMING ACROSS THE RIVER AND ALSO NOTED THAT THE <br />CITY OF VERO BEACH HAS A CONTRACT TO SUPPLY WATER TO JOHN'S ISLAND AND <br />VERO SHORES WHICH MAKES THE MATTER EVEN MORE COMPLEX. <br />COMMISSIONER Loy STATED SHE FELT WE OUGHT TO GO BACK TO OUR <br />WATER RESOURCES STUDY AND WITH THE HELP AND EXPERTISE AVAILABLE IN THE <br />COUNTY, SIT DOWN AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS, BOTH SHORT TERM AND LONG <br />TERM,AS TO HOW WE ARE GOING TO GET THIS WATER AND WHAT WE ARE GOING TO <br />DO WITH IT. SHE POINTED OUT THAT THE CITY OF VERO BEACH WILL SOON NEED <br />16 <br />JUN 221977 %nr, 30 75 <br />E <br />