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• <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS RECOMMENDED THAT THE BOARD AUTHORIZE THE <br />FINANCE OFFICER TO SET UP AN ESCROW ACCOUNT TO RECEIVE DEPOSITS FROM <br />THE EXISTING RESIDENCES SOUTH OF THE MOORINGS. HE STATED THAT EACH <br />RESIDENT IS TO PUT UP $200.00 WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT MORE THAN <br />THAT WILL BE REQUIRED. HE FURTHER RECOMMENDED THAT THIS MONEY BE USED <br />TO HIRE ENGINEERS TO DO THE INITIAL PLANS, AND WHEN THIS IS COMPLETE, <br />IT SHOULD BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE BOARD TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT TO OVERSIZE <br />THE LINE AND HOW MUCH IT WILL COST. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT ASKED IF THE CITY WOULD ALLOW US TO OVER- <br />SIZE THE LINE, AND ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT AS LONG AS THE CUSTOMERS <br />ARE LIMITED, HE DID NOT BELIEVE THERE WOULD BE A PROBLEM IN OVERSIZING <br />THE LINE. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE FELT THERE SHOULD BE A LEGAL DOCUMENT OBLI- <br />GATING THE RESIDENTS WHO PUT IN THE $200.00 SEED MONEY, TO PAY THE COST <br />TO PUT THE LINE IN REGARDLESS OF THE AMOUNT. HE FELT OTHERWISE WHEN WE <br />GET TO THE END OF THE LINE, THERE COULD BE SOME WHO MIGHT BE UNWILLING <br />TO PAY THEIR SHARE. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS FELT WITH THE SEED MONEY, WE CAN GET TO A <br />POINT WHERE THOSE DECISIONS CAN BE MADE, HE STATED THE MONEY WILL BE <br />UP FRONT BEFORE CONSTRUCTION.IS BEGUN. <br />HEPBURN WALKER, SOUTH BEACH RESIDENT, INFORMED THE BOARD THAT <br />CITY MANAGER LITTLE FELT THE COUNTY SHOULD OVERSIZE THE LINE. HE <br />INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAS COLLECTED SIX CHECKS FOR $200 EACH SO FAR <br />AND HAS INFORMED EVERYONE THAT THIS IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT COMMENTED THAT THE ENGINEERING FEES <br />COULD EXCEED THAT AMOUNT, AND MR. WALKER STATED THAT HE REALIZED THAT. <br />ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />SIEBERT,-THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO <br />COLLECT THE $200 FROM THE 27 RESIDENTS INVOLVED IN THE SOUTH BEACH <br />COUNTY WATER LINE; TO HOLD THESE MONIES IN ESCROW AS SEED MONEY FOR THE <br />ENGINEERING ON THE WATER LINE SOUTH FROM THE MOORINGS TO THESE 27 <br />RESIDENCES; AND TO EXPEND THESE MONIES FOR THE ENGINEERING COSTS RELATED <br />TO.THE PLANNING OF THIS LINE. <br />64 <br />i <br />BOOK 39 PAGE 314 <br />MAR 21 1979 <br />E' <br />