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0 CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP (Cont' d or water treatment plant expansion would be financed through the funds established under item 6 (the impact funds), and then from other Indian River Shores funds. This expansion would be directly related to system needs for the transmission and/or treatment of wastewater emanating from Indian River Shores. The impact funds would provide capital for future expansion. The agreement would also cover the possibility of a disagreement as to the applicability of the expansion to the Indian River Shores wastewater needs, the matter would be settled by an agreed upon arbitration form; (8) In order that there would be no burden placed on the present cus- tomer, the agreement would be constructed to provide the best facili- ties for the Town of Indian River Shores at the lowest and most reasonable cost and remove the present Vero Beach customer from the position of accepting the risk of future capital needs mandated by requirements rising from areas over which the City of Vero Beach would have no control; (9) Mr. Gregg envisions that it would be a further condition that new water and electric agreements would be simultaneously executed to provide similar provisions without the need for, the initial fee. Therefore, the agreements would. basically provide the same economic -basis as at present, but would spell out the areas of need and responsibility. Council agreed that there were no commitments to these points but that Mr. Gregg could use them as a basis of preliminary negotiations. They agreed that Mr. Gregg should discuss these points with the Council of Indian River Shores. Mr. Ziegler, Vista Del Mar in Indian River Shores, asked for an explanation of "impact fee". The $187.50 connection charge currently existing on the City's system is not an impact fee but he did not agree with this concept. Mr. Gregg stated that the $187.50 would probably become a portion of the impact fee in the future. Mr. Ziegler argued that the City had received funds from the Federal Government to expand the wastewater system with the understanding that Indian River Shores would automatically receive service. Council. disagreed with this concept strongly, and attempted to clear up Mr. Ziegler's misunderstanding. Mr. Ziegler believed that the City may be offering the service to Indian River Shores but they were pricing it so high as to make it financially impossible for individual to connect. Council attempted to explain that the transmission line from the City limits to the wastewater treatment plant had been paid for by the users of the wastewater system inside the City of Vero Beach. Mr. Gregg reiterated that if Indian River Shores were going to use that line as a transmission line to the plant, they would have to pay their fair share of the cost of that line. Council agreed that Mr. Ziegler's bringing the matter up only pointed out more graphically the extreme cost of providing services to new areas. Meeting adjourned at 10:30 p.m. CRS:gg .-6- CC Wkahp h/25/78 MAY - 10197. 800K 34 PACE 501n