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a .y MINUTES OF CITY COUNCIL WORKSIIOP APRIL 25, 1978, 7:00 p.m. _.._ COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL, VE FtO BEACH, FLORIDA PRESENT: Mayor Don C. Scurlock, Jr.; Councilmen David Gregg, _ Jay A. Smith, Patrick B. Lyons, Thomas W. Lockwood; City Manager John V. Little; City Attorney Thomas C. Palmer; City Finance Director Thomas R. Nason; Water/Wastewater Manager Elliott Grosr; Consulting Engineer Robert F. Lloyd; Consulting Engineer Vincent Amy of Geraghty & Miller; City Clerk Caryl R. Stevens. ABSENT: None. Mr. Little opened the meeting with a five-page summary of notes that had been gathered together by the staff and the various comments given him by•Council members. He stated that there were four areas of concern; water resources for additional supply of raw water, the cost to acquire the additional supplies, the staff and financial commitment and disposal of sludge. Mr. Lyons believed that before Council could address the problem of water resources, they should assess what long-term commitments the City has as far as water to total development of the City of Vero Beach and the binding contractural agreements the City has with areas outside the corporate City limits. After further dis- cussion, the City Attorney gave his interpretation of the areas delineated by the so-called tripartite or bi-lateral agreement and its annexes. Mr. Palmer stated that -the City had an agreement with the Town of Indian River Shores in the original tripartite agreement that stated the City had a Crater supply responsibility but not a water distribu- tion responsibility. The City of Vero Beach has the responsibility under the agreement and annex to provide service and distribution to the Town of Indian River Shores for water. We have no responsibility to provide distribution service south -of the City limits on or off the beach, other than that which is contained in the 1,000 one -inch equivalents within the Moorings' acreage area. Water service under the agreement was limited to 1.3 MGD at the plant for water and 1.39 MGD at the plant for sewer service to the county (excepting the Moorings). It was Mr. Palmer's opinion that since the county alloca- tion for water is used up, there is no water available for that area; and since Annex No. 1 was signed, the City had no responsibility to serve or distribute water in the area south of the Moorings. Mr. Palmer stated that the Annex said that the county would assume the responsibility for water distribution within the county. Mr. Palmer stated that the Annex contemplated that the county would come right up to the plant with their facilities and that the City would assist with the granting of easements on facilities within the City limits. The City Attorney stated that there were several areas in the county.,. adjacent to the City such as the Country Club area where the City already had service. It was assumed by the agreements that these areas would remain as the City's water service areas and if the county ever put in.wastewater facilities, the City would sell them the water facilities also. The Mayor reiterated the salient points that.the present customers in the county were all that the City had to serve, that the County's allocation of water and sewer is essentially used up. We have 17 years to go on the Indian River Shores agreement. In addition, we have existing; customers in the county that bring that allocation to 1.5 million gallons. The City is serving the Moorings under the 1,000 one -inch taps in a selected amount of acreage. Mr. Little delineated further areas of concern. He spoke of water treatment sludge disposal being a problem in the future and mentioned that if -the water treatment plant was ever expanded a possible method of disposing of the sludge would be to put in a calcifying and drying plant which would create more lime than i;: used by the system. Accord- -1- CC Wkslp //25/78 MAY i 01978 GOOK 34 FACE 405"