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ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT EVENTS HAVE OCCURRED RECENTLY <br />WHICH PROBABLY WOULD CONSTITUTE A DEFAULT OF MID FLORIDA IN REGARD TO <br />PROVIDING SERVICES TO THEIR FRANCHISE AREA, AND HE SUGGESTED THAT THE <br />BOARD MIGHT WANT TO DRAFT A LETTER TO MID FLORIDA DECLARING THE AREA <br />OF DEFAULT.AND GIVING TIME FRAMES WITHIN WHICH THESE AREAS ARE TO BE <br />RECTIFIED. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE AGREED THAT THIS WOULD BE APPROPRIATE AND <br />STATED THAT HE HAS ASKED FOR A MEETING WITH THE PARENT COMPANY THE <br />LATTER PART OF THIS WEEK. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />DEESON, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED THE ATTORNEY TO WRITE MID <br />FLORIDA UTILITIES AND OUTLINE THE AREAS OF DEFAULT. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS ANNOUNCED THAT THE CITY OF VERO BEACH HAS <br />FORWARDED TO THE BOARD A CONTRACT ENTITLED TEMPORARY EMERGENCY WATER <br />SERVICE AGREEMENT, WHICH SETS OUT TERMS FOR THE TEMPORARY WATER SUPPLY <br />BEING SUPPLIED TO MID FLORIDA BY THE CITY. <br />THE ATTORNEY DISCUSSED PARAGRAPH 22 WHICH STATES THAT MID <br />FLORIDA SHALL PREVENT EXCESSIVE USE AND WASTE OF WATER BY ITS CUSTOMERS, <br />AND THAT MID FLORIDA AND THE COUNTY SHALL TAKE ALL NECESSARY STEPS, <br />INCLUDING THE ENACTMENT OF NECESSARY ORDINANCES AND/OR REGULATIONS, <br />TO ENFORCE THIS PARAGRAPH. ATTORNEY COLLINS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT <br />HE IS OPPOSED TO MAYOR 8CURLOCK'S INTERPRETATION OF THIS PARAGRAPH IN <br />HIS LETTER OF APRIL 18TH, WHICH WOULD GRANT ADDITIONAL POWERS TO THE <br />FRANCHISE HOLDER. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS CONTINUED THAT IN PARAGRAPH 18 THE COUNTY <br />IS BLINDLY INDEMNIFYING THE CITY FOR ANY DAMAGES THAT MAY ACCRUE FROM <br />SUPPLYING THE WATER TO MID FLORIDA AND HE FELT THIS CREATES A LIABILITY <br />OF WHICH THE COUNTY SHOULD BE AWARE. HE NOTED THAT PIPES COULD BREAK <br />FROM INCREASED PRESSURE, AND A MYRIAD OF THINGS COULD HAPPEN. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE POINTED OUT THAT THIS IS AN EMERGENCY SITUA- <br />TION AND EXTENDS ONLY UNTIL .JULY 1ST. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT AGREED THAT THIS IS AN EMERGENCY] AND <br />HE FELT THE CITY SHOULD BE HELD HARMLESS AND THAT THERE IS NO REASON <br />t. FOR US TO DISPUTE THIS PROVISION. . <br />69 <br />