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ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT HE FELT IT WOULD BE WISE FROM •THE COUNTY'S POINT OF VIEW TO HAVE SOME TRACK RECORDS ON HOW THE PROBLEM IS BEING HANDLED AROUND THE STATE. CHAIRMAN WODTKE INSTRUCTED THAT CONSIDERATION OF THIS AGREEMENT -WITH THE DOT BE PUT ON THE AGENDA FOR THE FIRST MEETING IN .JULY. ATTORNEY COLLINS REPORTED ON MEETINGS IN REGARD TO THE ISSUING OF COUNTY SEWER AND WATER FRANCHISES. HE NOTED -THAT ONE ASPECT'REVOLVED AROUND THE UPGRADING OF THE RULES AND REGULATIONS AND THE OTHER DEALT WITH THE QUESTION OF THE COUNTY GOING INTO THE•WATER BUSINESS AND HOW WE SHOULD TREAT THE EXISTING FRANCHISES, PARTICULARLY WITH REGARD TO THE EXPANSION OF ANY. HE ASKED FOR THE BOARD'S FEELING ON THE IDEA OF SETTING A MORATORIUM FOR A REASONABLE PERIOD OF TIME UNTIL THE COUNTY CAN COME UP WITH A UNIFORM POLICY. COMMISSIONER LOY AGREED THAT THE BOARD SHOULD PROCEED ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT WE PROBABLY WILL HAVE TO INVOKE A MORATORIUM UNTIL WE CAN GET ON MORE FIRM GROUND WITH UPGRADED RULES AND REGULATIONS, BUT SHE PREFERRED THAT IT BE.DONE THROUGH NORMAL CHANNELS RATHER THAN BY AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE. CHAIRMAN WODTKE NOTED THAT THE .JUDGE'S ORDER IN THE MID FLORIDA SUIT IN REGARD TO SETTING UP STANDARDS OF PROCEDURE, ETC., WOULD REQUIRE THAT WE LOOK VERY CAREFULLY AT ANY FRANCHISE EXPANSION. HE STATED, HOWEVER, THAT HE WOULD WANT TO SET A MORATORIUM ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS ONLY IF IT WERE ABSOLUTELY A DIRE NECESSITY. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT QUESTIONED WHETHER THIS MIGHT NOT BE A DIRE NECESSITY AND IF THERE WAS ANYTHING OF THIS KIND IN THE OFFERING. COMMISSIONER LOY DID NOT BELIEVE THERE WAS AND FELT WE SHOULD JUST LET THE GENERAL PUBLIC KNOW THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING THE POSSIBILITY OF A MORATORIUM. IOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER LOY TO AUTHORIZE THE ATTORNEY TO PREPARE AND ADVERTISE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR AN ORDINANCE IMPOSING A MORATORIUM ON THE ISSUING OF NEW WATER AND SEWER FRANCHISES AND EXTENSION OF AREA.OF 6 35 fAv, 115