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CHAIRMAN WODTKE EMPHASIZED THAT ALTHOUGH THE DISTRIBUTION <br />LINES WILL BE TURNED OVER TO THE COUNTY WHEN WATER SERVICE BECOMES AVAIL- <br />ABLE, THE COUNTY WILL HAVE TO NEGOTIATE FOR THE PLANTS. WE, THEREFORE, <br />.DO NOT MANT SOMEONE TO PUT IN MORE PLANTS THAT WE WILL HAVE TO NEGOTIATE <br />FOR, ESPECIALLY WHEN THESE PLANTS MAY HAVE ZERO VALUE TO A LARGE SYSTEM' <br />AND ALSO BECAUSE THE 201 STUDY HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED, AND WE STILL DOgNOT <br />KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE COUNTY'S RESPONSIBILITIES WILL BE IN REGARD TO WASTE <br />WATER TREATMENT. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT COMMENTED THAT IF THEY CAN BE PROPERLY <br />WRITTEN, FRANCHISES ARE APPROPRIATE FOR DIFFERENT AREAS IN THE COUNTY, -BUT <br />NOT UNTIL WE GET A HANDLE ON THAT FRANCHISE BECAUSE THERE ARE TOO MANY <br />LOOPHOLES. <br />- ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED THAT SINCE 1959 THE COUNTY HAS BEEN <br />USING THE SAME FRANCHISE FORM AND JUST FILLING IN THE BLANKS. HE AGREED <br />WITH COMMISSIONER SIEBERT THAT WE NEED TO REWRITE THE FRANCHISE, BUT <br />COMMENTED THAT HE NEEDED SOME DIRECTION ON THIS FROM THE BOARD. THE <br />ATTORNEY FELT THE BEST WAY TO GO ON DISTRIBUTION LINES IS TO OBTAIN TITLE <br />AND THEN LEASE BACK SO THAT WE WOULD HAVE BETTER CONTROL. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED IF.ANY CONCLUSIONS HAVE BEEN <br />REACHED ABOUT ANY SEWER ALLOCATION TO THE SEWER LINE ON SIXTH AVENUE. <br />ENGINEER BEINDORF STATED THAT THIS HAS NOT BEEN DONE, AND THEY <br />ARE REALLY WAITING.UPON THE BOARD'S DECISION ON THAT. HE NOTED THAT ALL <br />THIS CAN BE TIED INTO THE 201 STUDY, WHICH WILL HAVE A BEARING ON WHAT <br />HAPPENS TO THIS AREA. IT WAS ENGINEER BEINDORF'S OPINION THAT THE NEXT <br />TWO OR THREE WEEKS WILL GIVE A GOOD INDICATION OF THE TREND OF THE 201 <br />STUDY, BUT IF IT CONTINUES TO DRAG ON, THEN SOMETHING MUST BE DONE. HE <br />NOTED THAT THE BOARD CAN ESTABLISH ANY WATER QUALITIES THEY DESIRE AS LONG <br />AS THEY ARE EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE STATE'S, AND HE WOULD HOPE THIS <br />WOULD BE THE DIRECTION THE BOARD WOULD GO IN REDOING THE FRANCHISE. MR. <br />BEINDORF NOTED THAT DEVELOPERS WHO HAVE TALKED TO HIM DON'T MIND DEVELOPING <br />WHATEVER STANDARDS THE COUNTY WANTS, THEY JUST WISH TO KNOW WHAT IS <br />REQUIRED. <br />COMMISSIONER LOY AGREED THAT WE SHOULD TELL THEM AS SOON AS WE <br />POSSIBLY ARE ABLE TO. <br />E <br />JAN 101979 <br />Boox 38 PAGE 0d <br />