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DEVELOPER, AND ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT IT IS ANTICIPATED THEY WILL BE PRIVATE AND THE DEVELOPER WILL HAVE A CONTINUING RESPONSIBILITY FOR MAINTENANCE UNTIL A BETTER SYSTEM CAN COME IN. CITY MANAGER,JOHN LITTLE INQUIRED IF THE COUNTY IS PROPOSING TO HAVE THOSE CUSTOMERS BE RETAIL CUSTOMERS OF THE CITY OF VERO BEACH. HE STATED THAT THE CITY IS NOT INTERESTED IN RETAIL SEWER CUSTOMERS WITHOUT THE WATER SUPPLY, HE WAS INFORMED THAT IS NOT THE INTENT. CITY MANAGER LITTLE EXPLAINED THAT FOR THE MOST PART WASTE WATER SYSTEMS LOSE MONEY, AND THEY WOULD NOT WANT A WASTE WATER CUSTOMER ONLY UNDER THEIR PRESENT RATES BECAUSE THE RATE PAYERS WOULD BE SUB- SIDIZING THIS. CITY MANAGER LITTLE EXPLAINED THEIR RATE FORMULA, NOTING THAT THEY MAKE ALLOWANCES IN MULTI -FAMILY FOR SWIMMING POOLS, ETC., AND HAVE A CUT OFF AT 9,000 GALLONS AS AN AVERAGE FOR USE INSIDE THE HOUSE. ATTORNEY COLLINS ASKED IF THE BOARD WISHED TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION SUBJECT TO THE AMENDMENTS HE CITED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS DISCUSSION. MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER LYONS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 79-48 WITH THE AMENDMENTS CITED BY ATTORNEY COLLINS, PLUS THE ABILITY FOR A SINGLE WELL SYSTEM SUCH AS DISCUSSED TO GET ONTO THE SEWER LINE, BY MAKING AN EXCEPTION TO THE FRANCHISE REQUIREMENT FOR THOSE AREAS WHO DON `T HAVE TO HAVE A PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY UNDER DER REQUIREMENTS, AND SETTING AN ALLOCATION OF UP TQ 600,000 GPD. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT NOTED THAT MOST OF THIS AREA IS ZONED MULTIFAMILY AND HE BELIEVED SOME OF THEM COULD GET TOGETHER'AND HOOK IN. COMMISSIONER LYONS FELT WE ARE PROTECTED AS FAR AS THE CENTRAL. -WATER SUPPLY IS CONCERNED, EVEN THOUGH WE MAY NOT LIKE THE QUALITY OF WATER BEING SUPPLIED. CHAIRMAN WODTKE EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE WATER AND FELT WE MAY HAVE PEOPLE HERE COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT FELT IF IT IS•THEIR WELL, THERE IS GOING TO BE A LOT LESS COMPLAINT. 119, MAY 2 3 1979 BOOK 40 PACE 337 4