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MR. RILEY PRESENTED TO THE BOARD PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE MID <br />FLORIDA WATER PLANT TAKEN BY .JOSEPH BLAKE. MR. BLAKE CAME FORWARD <br />AND IDENTIFIED THE FIVE PICTURES WHICH SHOW THE CONDITIONS OF THE <br />FACILITIES AND THE GROUNDS AROUND THE PLANT WHICH ARE COVERED WITH <br />A GREAT DEAL OF WATER. HE STATED THAT HE TOOK THESE PHOTOS ON <br />SEPTEMBER 7TH. THE PICTURES ARE MARKED EXHIBIT H -A, 8-B, 8-C, 83 <br />AND S -E AND ARE ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK. <br />MR. RILEY READ LETTERS FROM VELDE FORD AND DEPENDABLE <br />DODGE OPPOSING THE PROPOSED RATE INCREASE, WHICH LETTERS WERE IN- <br />'CLUDED WITH THOSE PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED AND MARKED EXHIBIT 4-0 AND 4-P, <br />THEY ARE ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED IF ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISHED TO <br />BE HEARD. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS SWORE IN VANCE 14ALKER OF 836 LOTH COURT, <br />WHO INFORMED THE BOARD THAT WHEN HE MOVED\INTO THE MID -FLORIDA FRANCHISE <br />AREA, HIS WATER BILL WENT FROM $9.00 A MONTH TO $35.00 A MONTH, AND THE <br />WATER WAS SO BAD HE HAD TO START BUYING DRINKING WATER HE DISPLAYED <br />THE SHOWERHEAD FROM HIS BATHROOM TO SHOW HOW THE WATER AFFECTED IT. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS SWORE IN JOSEPH HARRINGTON OF 631 15TH AVENUE <br />WHO STATED THAT THE WATER IN HIS HOME IS SO BAD THAT WHEN HIS FRIENDS <br />FROM COCOA COME TO VISIT, THEY BRING THEIR OWN WATER TO DRINK. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS ASKED IF ATTORNEY GATLIN FELT IT WAS <br />NECESSARY TO CONTINUE SWEARING EACH SPEAKER IN.. MR. GATLIN SAID HE <br />WOULD NOT INSIST ON IT. <br />ED KINNINGHAM OF TROPIC GROVES STATED THAT HE HAS RESIDED <br />THERE SINCE .JUNE OF 1975 AND IN ALL THIS TIME HAS BEEN UNABLE TO DRINK <br />THE WATER OR USE IT FOR COOKING. <br />.JIM SIMMONS OF 2235 LOTH LANE STATED THAT THE INCREASE <br />MID-FLORIDA.IS REQUESTING IS APPROXIMATELY 65% OVER THE BASE RATE, <br />WHICH HE FEELS IS UNJUSTIFIED BASED ON THE QUALITY OF THE WATER AND <br />THE SERVICE, HE STATED THAT HE WOULD NOT, OPPOSE A SMALL.RATE INCREASE. <br />MARILYN CHENNAULT OF HERITAGE ESTATES COMMENTED ON THE <br />CHEMICAL SMELL OF THE WATER AND HOW IT YELLOWS LAUNDRY, NOTING THAT <br />w <br />SEP 14 1977 ' <br />Box 31��3rQ <br />