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THE CHAIRMAN ASKED IF ANYONE PRESENT WISHED TO BE HEARD. <br />JOSEPH STEINITZ, OF 6TH AVENUE, QUESTIONED THE INTENT OF <br />THE MORATORIUM AND ASKED IF THE COUNTY HAS ANY PLANS WHATSOEVER <br />FOR HANDLING THE WATER AND SEWER SITUATION AT THE SOUTH END OF THE <br />COUNTY. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE INFORMED HIM THAT THE COUNTY HAS GONE ON <br />RECORD AS INTENDING TO GET INTO THE WATER BUSINESS. THE ENGINEERS <br />ARE ON CONTRACT AND ARE PRESENTLY INVOLVED IN EXTENSIVE STUDIES <br />AND TESTS. BECAUSE OF THIS, THE CHAIRMAN FELT IT WOULD BE VERY <br />POOR PLANNING TO AUTHORIZE EXPANSION OF ANY EXISTING FRANCHISES OR <br />CREATE NEW FRANCHISE AREAS THAT WE MIGHT VERY WELL HAVE TO BUY OUT <br />IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. HE ALSO FELT THAT IT IS POOR PLANNING <br />TO HAVE A LOT OF PACKAGE FRANCHISES WITH A QUALITY OF WATER THAT <br />IS NOT SATISFACTORY TO THOSE BEING SERVED. <br />.TAMES CRONIN OF FORT PIERCE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAS M <br />AN OPTION ON PROPERTY WHICH HE INTENDS TO DEVELOP AT 6TH AVENUE <br />AND 10TH STREET AND EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE TIME ELEMENT. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE NOTED THAT THE SIX MONTHS IS JUST SUFFICIENT <br />I. TIME FOR THE COUNTY TO GET REPORTS FROM THEIR HYDROLOGISTS AND <br />ENGINEERS AND DOES NOT MEAN THAT IN SIX MONTHS THAT AREA WILL HAVE <br />WATER HE FURTHER NOTED THAT THESE.STUDIES RELATE ONLY TO WATER, NOT <br />SEWER. <br />MR. C.RONIN NOTED THAT THE AREA HE IS DISCUSSING IS ONLY TWO <br />.BLOCKS FROM THE CITY -COUNTY SEWER MAIN AND ASKED HOW IT WILL AFFECT <br />SEWER ALLOCATION IF THE WATER MATTER IS RESOLVED IN SIX MONTHS, <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE STATED THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED NUMEROUS <br />' APPLICATIONS TO TIE ON TO THIS SEWER LINE WHICH ARE ON FILE, AND <br />WE WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT WHEN WE DETERMINE WHAT IS AVAILABLE. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT AGREED THAT NO DECISION ON SEWER <br />ALLOCATIONS CAN BE MADE UNTIL THE WATER SITUATION IS DETERMINED, <br />BUT FELT IF WATER WERE TO BE AVAILABLE IN THE AREA UNDER DISCUSSION, <br />WE THEN WOULD HAVE TO EVALUATE THE REQUESTS WE HAVE FOR SEWER. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE DID NOT -FEEL IT WOULD BE FAIR FOR THE BOARD <br />TO GUESS WHAT THE ENGINEERS ARE GOING TO SAY AND GIVE ANYONE <br />FALSE HOPES. <br />21 <br />J U L 0 51972 y <br />241 <br />