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IV A • 4 CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP Cont'd Mr. Grosh asked for more of a definition of that policy. Mr. Gregg asked if this decision to serve no more landowners in the county also applied to areas such as Country Club Point that we are now serving. Mr. Palmer stated that in those areas of the county we have distri- bution responsibilities are those mainland areas contiguous to the City limits. Mr. Gregg asked if that same condition doesn't exist in the Moorings situation. Mr. Palmer stated that he believed it was quite clear what the intent of -the contract was - that the City has assumed more possible responsibility out o:;: the Annex because prior to that time the City had no distribution responsibility. Then by Annex No. 1 we had a distribution responsibility but they are limited to specific areas and they do not include -the south beach from the south city limits to the south county line. The Moorings service area was fixed prior to the bi-lateral agreement.. Mr. Little took exception to this interpretation from a utilities stdnd-point. He stated that if you happened to go down one of those streets right now and there is a lot that a property owner for reasons of his own didn't sign up under the Moorings agreement, he doesn't have water. You are forever excluding him from water service unless another company parallels and runs a line down that street or buys your system. Mayor Scurlock stated that there is a problem when we get to 1990 if we do expand into these areas and have to tell the City residents who pay City taxes that we don't have water for you. Mr. Hep Walker, resident in the area south of the Moorings, asked to speak and stated his strong objections to the interpretation of the bi-lateral agreement and the annexes by the City Attorney. Mr. Palmer stated that the agreement sets out our responsibility. It doesn't say we don't have the option to serve.that area, we don't have the legal requirement and this has nothing to do with what is proper in utility location in areas that have service and those that don't have service. It states only what our legal responsibilities are under this contract. Mr. Walker objected to the fact that the original bi-lateral agreement said there could be no changes in the service area and then the annex was signed and made changes in the service area. Mayor Scurlock stated that it was not the purpose of the workshop to get into that discussion and that the discussion should now go to wastewater. Mr. Little stated that Council should smite to the DER stating that we have no objections to Mr. Lohman receiving a permit for a reverse osmosis water system in the area south of the Moorings. Since we have never had -distribution responsibilities in that area (the above Council agreement not to extend the service area beyond that now being served by the City of Vero Beach, is in accordance with the Utilities Advisory Commission's policy recommendation to the Council - accepted for the record on the April,18th meeting "the area to be serviced by the City is set forth in the agreement between the City and county dated January 11, 1973 as amended should remain as established in Section 4 page 3 of such agreement so far as service to the beach areas is concerned"). If the Federal lawn does not change before 1985, then there can be no more discharge into an estuarine water body by the wastewater plant. This is why the wastewater department is making; plans for delivering effluent to the City nursery, the Riomar Goll' Course, and the Civic Arts Center with hangers on the 17th Street bridge. Mr. Little stated that the wasteload allocation of effluent to the river is currently under debate with the EPA. The City Administration wants to be able to put an 8.5 MGD wasteload allocation into the river as of 1985. If the City's opinion does not prevail with the EPA on wasteload allocation, the allocation at the present wastewater treat- ment plant would be in 1985 at about the maximum capacity of 5.5 MGD currently in use. Mr. Little stated that sludge disposal is going to the citrus industry at this time. There is even the possibility of handling sludge as a pelletized material to sell to the fertilizer industry, but this has economic problems which would have to be solved. Mr. Little felt that sludge could be handled tip to 8 MGD eapacity. The question also exists of whother we are going to continue with sewering; the City. Currently the plant can `4- CC Wk^hp /1/25/78 MAy 07� ROOK 34 PAGE, y 1� . 1