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0 INDIAN RIVER SHORES. HE SHOWED THE BOARD A SKETCH DEPICTING THE EXISTING WATER MUNICIPAL SERVICE TAXING DISTRICT AND LOCATING THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN THIS AREA WHO ARE INTERESTED IN GETTING POTABLE WATER. ATTORNEY CALDWELL INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THESE PROPERTY OWNERS HIRED AN ENGINEERING FIRM,.WHICH IS AN AFFILIATE OF ONE OF THE LARGEST ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERS IN THE COUNTRY, TO REPORT ON THE VARIOUS ALjTERNATIVES FOR OBTAINING WATER FOR THIS AREA. HE STATED THE REPORT IS NOT MEANT TO BE THE ANSWER TO EVERYTHING, BUT TO PROVIDE A BASIS FROM WHICH THE COUNTY CAN DEVELOP SOMETHING POSITIVE . ATTORNEY•CALDWELL INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE PURPOSE OF ASKING TO BE ON THE AGENDA TODAY IS TO REQUEST THAT THE COUNTY THROUGH ITS ADMINISTRATOR AND CONSULTING ENGINEERS INVESTIGATE AND SUGGEST A PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE DISTRICT FOR 1978-79 TO COVER THE ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES THAT MAY BE INCURRED IN DEVELOPING THIS PROJECT. HE SUGGESTED EXPANDING THE DISTRICT NORTH TO TAKE IN ADDITIONAL PROPERTY OWNERS AND NOTED THAT POSSIBLY THE DISTRICT SHOULD BE REDEFINED TO EXCLUDE GROVE OWNERS, THE CHAIRMAN NOTED THAT THE BOARD IS FAMILIAR WITH THE PROBLEMS IN THIS AREA AND FELT THAT THE REPORT WILL BE MOST HELPFUL TO THE COUNTY, BUT POINTED OUT THAT THE BOARD IS NOT IN A POSITION '•TO MAKE ANY DECISIONS UNTIL RECEIVING THE REPORTS ON WATER SOURCES IN THE HOBART PARK AREA FROM VINCENT AMY. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT POINTED OUT THAT THERE IS THE POSSI- BILITY THAT THE MONEY RAISED BY THE DISTRICT COULD BE EXPENDED FOR• A STUDY, WHICH.MIGHT RESULT IN THE DISTRICT BEING ABOLISHED AND MADE PART OF A LARGER DISTRICT. CHAIRMAN WODTKE NOTED THAT WE MUST BE. SURE WE ARE NOT TAKING WATER FROM ONE PARTICULAR AREA AND JEOPARDIZING ITS GROWTH, .WHICH MUST BE CONSIDERED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. HE THEN•DISCUSSED WATER DEMAND AND PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION AND WONDERED IF THE ,FIGURE IN THE REPORT IS A REALISTIC FIGURE.