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L� <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE EXPLAINED TO SIR. SALTER THAT THE COUNTY IS <br />NOW ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN STUDIES AND PLANNING TO GET INTO THE WATER <br />BUSINESS AND DESIRES AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE DATE TO ELIMINATE <br />THE PACKAGE PLANT AT PEBBLE BAY. HE DID NOT FEEL IT WOULD BE FAIR <br />OF THE COUNTY TO LET SIR. SALTER MAKE AN ADDITIONAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT <br />IN THAT SYSTEM WHEN IT MIGHT WELL BE THAT THE PLANT CAN BE <br />.ELIMINATED WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT AGREED, <br />MR. SALTER STATED THAT HE WOULD BE A LITTLE HESITANT <br />ABOUT PUTTING OUT THE MONEY FOR CAPITAL EQUIPMENT UNLESS IT WOULD BE <br />REFUNDED TO .HIM WHEN THE SYSTEM WAS TURNED OVER. HE NOTED THAT IN THE <br />MEANTIME, HOWEVER, THE SYSTEM DOES NEED TO BE RUN AND SERVICE IS <br />REQUIRED, AND HE IS REPUESTING TO BE ALLOWED TO PROVIDE THESE <br />SERVICES FOR VERY PRUDENT FINANCIAL REASONS. <br />COMMISSIONER LAY ASKED MR. SALTER WHYS, ESPECIALLY BEING <br />AN ATTORNEY, IT TOOK HIM FROM APRIL UNTIL AUGUST TO GET IN TOUCH <br />WITH ANYONE DOWN HERE AND WHETHER HE DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING IN ALL <br />THIS TIME TO MAKE HIM WONDER ABOUT THE SITUATION. <br />MR. SALTER STATED THAT HE SAW SEVERAL THINGS, BUT THE <br />BIGGEST WAS THE MORATORIUM. IN REGARD TO DEFECTS, AN ENGINEER HAD <br />BEEN ENGAGED TO LOOK OVER THE VARIOUS SITES. HE POINTED OUT THAT <br />THERE WERE GOING TO BE TWO OTHER INVESTORS IN THIS, BUT THEY DROPPED <br />OUT. MR. SALTER FELT THE SITUATION IS NOT INCURABLE. HE NOTED <br />THAT THERE ARE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE AT DIXIE GARDENS AS WELL <br />AS PEBBLE BAY, BUT THERE HAS GOT TO BE A SUFFICIENT RETURN OF <br />REVENUE TO JUSTIFY THE CAPITAL EXPENDITURE. <br />COMMISSIONER Loy POINTED OUT THAT MR. SALTER IS THE ONE <br />WHO BOUGHT DIXIE GARDENS, AND IT -IS NOT THE BOARD'S JOB TO PROVIDE <br />HIM WITH THE REVENUE TO TRY TO MAKE UP FOR A BAD INVESTMENT. <br />COMMISSIONER Loy CONTINUED THAT IN REGARD TO PEBBLE BAY, THAT <br />AGREEMENT HAS BEEN TERMINATED FOR NON-PERFORMANCE AND THERE IS <br />NOTHING THERE AS FAR AS MR. SALTER'S COMPANY IS CONCERNED. SHE <br />NO THAT IF ANY ARRANGEMENTS WERE TO BE MADE WITH MR, SALTER <br />INVOLVING PEBBLE BAY, THERE WOULD BE NO GUARANTEE THAT THEY COULD <br />LAST A WEEK OR TWO MONTHS OR A YEAR AND SHE COULD NOT IN GOOD FAITH <br />73 <br />SEP 0 6 1978 <br />Poo, 36 1 <br />