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WORK AUTHORIZATION ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK TO THE BOARD 12.12. REOVEST CLARIFICATION AND DIRECTION FOR SERVING UTILITIES AND SOLID WASTE TO THE CITY OF FELLSMERE Utilities Director Erik Olson briefed the Board on the cities served by the County, which include the unincorporated areas and the City of Sebastian, and does not serve the City of Vero Beach, and the City of Fellsmere Wastewater Utilities, but not for water. They do, however, have an emergency inter -connect with the City of Fellsmere. He asked for Board direction of whether staff should enter into discussions with Fellsmere for the provision of water and sewer services, pointing out that if the Board were to instruct staff as requested, Fellsmere would be perceived as any other developer as far as impact fees go. Vice Chairman Davis thought this was long overdue, and was more comfortable with negotiations between Fellsmere and County than between Fellsmere and Palm Bay. He was in favor of consolidating services wherever we could and believed taxpayers would be better served by one utility serving City and County. Fellsmere City Manager Jason Nunemaker agreed with Vice Chairman Davis and remarked that when looking at the CDM report sometime ago, it seemed the obvious conclusion would be that long-term planning would dictate a more regional approach to water resource delivery, and they are definitely an advocate for that. He assured the Board that the discussions they have had with Palm Bay were just discussions, and it was never envisioned that it would be possible to have a partnership there that would service the subject areas. Commissioner O'Bryan thought Fellsmere had signed an MOU with Palm Bay, in particular, to provide water to the Fellsmere Joint Venture properties to the west, and Mr. Nunemaker gave details of the Joint Planning Agreement, stating that apart from sharing data on October 7, 2008 30