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CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP Cont' d ) handle for treatment purposes 5 MGD firm. We have already experienced a peak of 2.7 MGD this year. Mr. Little believes that the City can serve its present commitments at 8 MGD to 1990 at the present plant site. Mr. Little stated we do not have a commitment to serve outside the City limits except for the hospital, Vero Mall, Ral Mar, and Vero Med which totals 570,000 gallons with a contractural agreement with the county of 1.39 MGD allocation. Mr. Grosh stated that he antici- pated 5.7 MGD needed for in -city residents at 26,000 population in 1990. If Indian River Shores were to be connected to the sewer system they would need 1.5 MGD sewage at'a population of 7,000 in 1990. With the contractural agreement with the hospital, Vero Mall, Ral Mar, and Vero Med, the County has only approximately 820,000 gallons a day capacity for sewer remaining. Thus the 1990 requirements would be 5.7 in -city and 1.5 Indian River Shores and the county allocation stay at 1.38 MGD. Council discussed whether the county has given part of Its allocation for sewage treatment to Indian River Shores or to Gifford. Mr. Gregg understood that the EPA and Atlanta had told us that Indian River Shores received a priority on the wastewater treat- ment. Mr. Little gave an explanation of peak periods of wastewater treat- ment and how they could be used for short periods of time. His sug- gestion was that these could not be planned upon because of the inability to treat the effluent for any length of time at that peak. Totalling the demand including the Indian River Shores would come to 8.6 MGD in 1990 according to way Council reads the current agreements. Part of the Indian River Shores requirements would come out of the county allocation. Mr. Little felt there wouldn't be any problem with these figures because of the transfer of use of the Indian River Memorial Hospital which is inside the City limits to the new hospital located in the county. He stated that he could not envision any use for the old hospital which would use the quantities of water that is now being used as an in -city customer. Mr. Little stated that in the county's thorough 201 study, the City's plant is being shown as being limited to 7.5 MGD because of the land area involved for that site. Mr. Gregg discussed with Council a personal proposal he had made to the Mayor of Indian River Shores that he would like to propose to their Council. Mr. Gregg outlined the discussion idea he had for a possible intergovernmental agreement between Indian River Shores and the City of Vero Beach for wastewater treatment. He outlined them as follows: (1) That the Town of Indian River Shores would pay to Vero Beach an initial fee of, for example, $500,000 to provide for Vero's investment in transmission and treatment facilities for the present 1100 units in Indian -River Shores; (2) The Town of Indian River Shores would agree, with the signing of the contract, that they would pay the in -city connection fee plus 10/, the in -city impact fee plus 10;,6, and the in -city rates plus 10%; ( 3 ) The Town of Indian River Shores would agree to take title to all wastewater collection and distribution facilities within its town and to lease them back to the City of Vero Beach for $1 per year for a period of 30 years with a firm option for renewal for another 20 years; (4) the Town of Indian River Shores would agree to enact all necessary ordinances and administrative codes conform to this proposed agreement; (5) the City of Vero Beach would agree to maintain the wastewater collection and distribution system in accordance with established good practices which would be defined in the agreement. The City would agree to collect and treat wastewater in accordance with existing DER require- ments. Should the DER requirements change to require capital modifi- cations of any major nature, Indian River Shores would pay its pro rata share first from the impact fee fund, and then from other town sources, such as a utilities tax. The pro rata share for Indian River Shores would be based on a pre -determined method of calculation, such as gallonage, for example; (G) the City of Vero Beach would establish an impact fund from these impact fees collected in Indian River 11.11ores and separate them into two sub funds under an agreed formula. First a transmission -impact fund, and second, a treatment plant -impact fund. All interest income earned by the j'urids would be credited to each appropriate fund; (7) expansion of°the system either for tran:nnission -'5- CC Wkahp 4/25/78 MAY I Q 1979 �OGK 34 FAuF 0