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CHAIRMAN WODTKE STATED IT IS HIS FEELING THAT IF WE SHOULD <br />GO THROUGH ANOTHER RATE HEARING IN DECEMBER THAT MID FLORIDA WILL <br />INCLUDE ALL THE ADDITIONAL EXPENSES INCURRED IN PREPARING THEIR <br />CASE AS PART OF THEIR INVESTMENT AND EXPECT A RETURN ON THEM, HE <br />WAS THOROUGHLY CONVINCED THAT MID FLORIDA WILL NOT DO ANYTHING TO <br />IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE WATER OR THE SERVICE UNLESS THEY ARE <br />GUARANTEED A RETURN OF 1010'a OR 11% ON THEIR MONEY, THE CHAIRMAN <br />ALSO FELT, IN VIEW OF THE COMMITMENT WE HAVE MADE IN REGARD -TO <br />DEVELOPING A COUNTYWIDE WATER SYSTEM, THAT SHOULD WE CONTINUE WITH <br />MID FLORIDA AND -REQUIRE THEM TO MAKE EXTENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS, THAT IN <br />TWO OR THREE YEARS WE WILL BE NEGOTIATING WITH THEM TO TAKE OVER <br />THEIR SYSTEM AND AT A CONSIDERABLY HIGHER PRICE. CHAIRMAN VIODTKE <br />FELT IT MUST BE UNDERSTOOD, HOWEVER, THAT IF WE WERE TO TAKE THIS <br />SYSTEM OVER, THAT WE HAVE NO WATER ANY BETTER THAN MID FLORIDA IS <br />ABLE TO PRODUCE RIGHT NOW, AND THAT.,HE IS ALSO ASSUMING THAT THE <br />COUNTY COULD WORK WITH THE CITY ON ANY EMERGENCY PROBLEM THAT MIGHT <br />ARISE AS THE CITY HAD INDICATED TO MID FLORIDA THAT IT WOULD WORK <br />WITH THEM ON ANY EMERGENCY SITUATION, <br />ENGINEER BEINDORF THEN REVIEWED THE FIGURES PRESENTED AND <br />THE PROBLEMS INVOLVED. HE NOTED THAT THE STATE HAS BEEN COMPLAINING <br />ABOUT THE SOLIDS AND THE IRON CONTENTS OF THE WATER, AND HE DOES NOT <br />BELIEVE MID FLORIDA HAS EVER COMPLETELY SATISFIED THEM IN THIS PROBLEM <br />AREA. ANOTHER AREA OF CONCERN AS THAT THERE IS ABOUT 16,000 TO <br />18,000 FEET OF 1-1/2" GALVANIZED LINE WHICH WAS PUT IN SOMETIME IN <br />THE 1960'S WHICH IS GIVING PROBLEMS FROM DETERIORATION AND SOME <br />REPLACEMENTS WILL HAVE TO BE MADE, THE ASBESTOS LINES LYING WEST <br />OF ROCKRIDGE HAVE NOT BEEN A PROBLEM, BUT AN IN DEPTH STUDY HAS NOT <br />BEEN MADE. ENGINEER BEINDORF FURTHER NOTED THAT THE 150,000 GALLON <br />ELEVATED STORAGE TANK WAS A USED TANK WHEN IT WAS PUT UP IN THE <br />EARLY 1960'S, AND ITS CONDITION IS NOT A KNOWN FACTOR. HE STATED <br />THESE ARE ALL PROBLEM AREAS, BUT FELT THAT $250,000 IS A TREMENDOUS <br />DROP IN PRICE. HE NOTED THAT THE SYSTEM HAS OVER 1,000 CUSTOMERS <br />AND THAT THERE IS A BIG POTENTIAL IN THIS AREA. ENGINEER BEINDORF <br />STATED THAT THEY WILL NEED TO STUDY THE SYSTEM AND SEE HOW IT WILL <br />34 <br />SEP ful6 19 <br />6� er^ �'C''a <br />