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ri <br />ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR NELSON STATED THAT UNFORTUNATELY, THE - <br />DECISION MADE BY THE BOARD WAS MADE ON INCOMPLETE DATA REGARDING THE <br />OPERATION OF THE PLANT, AND AT THE TIME, IT APPEARED THAT A SURGE TANK <br />WOULD BE THE ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM. A MORE DETAILED INVESTIGATION OF <br />THE PLANT HAS SINCE REVEALED MANY DEFICIENCES: THE PLANT IS NOT LEVEL; <br />THE HYDRAULICS ARE NOT CORRECT, PIPES HAVE TO BE REBUILT; THE "AS BUILT" <br />DRAWINGS DO NOT CONFORM TO THE ACTUAL INSTALLATION OF THE PLANT; THE LIFT <br />STATIONS ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY AND:MAY BE TOO SMALL, ETC. IT NOW <br />APPEARS THAT THE COST FOR RENOVATION OF THE LIFT STATIONS AND THE SEWER <br />PLANT MAY RUN ABOUT $60,000 INSTEAD OF $3,000,WHICH THE COUNTY NAIVELY <br />ASSUMED WOULD CORRECT THE SITUATION WHEN THEY FIRST TOOK OVER THE PLANT. <br />MR. NELSON STATED THAT ELLIOT GROSH OF THE CITY OF VERO BEACH WILL BE <br />WORKING WITH THE COUNTY ON THE RENOVATION. HE CONTINUED THAT IT IS THE <br />RECOMMENDATION OF THE ADMINISTRATOR'S OFFICE THAT, UPON COMPLETION OF <br />THIS STUDY, THE BOARD CONSIDER A COMPLETE RENOVATION OF THE PEBBLE RAY <br />SEWER TREATMENT..PLANT.TO.BRI!NG LT:UP TO THE STANDARDS REQUIRED BY THE CITY, <br />AND THAT THE COST BE BORNE BY THOSE SERVICED BY THIS RENOVATION, INCLUD- <br />ING INDIAN SUMMER. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS FELT THAT IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT $60,000 <br />TO RENOVATE THIS SEWAGE SYSTEM, WE OUGHT TO TURN OUR ATTENTION TO GETTING <br />THAT SYSTEM OUT OF BUSINESS AND INTO THE CITY OF VERO BEACH SYSTEM, <br />HE STATED THAT ENGINEER BEINDORF WAS GOING TO FURNISH PRELIMINARY FIGURES <br />ON HOW THAT COULD BE DONE. <br />• ATTORNEY O'HAIRE STATED THAT REGARDLESS OF INDIAN SUMMER, THE <br />COUNTY HAS THE DER AFTER IT ABOUT THIS PLANT. HE NOTED THAT HIS CLIENT <br />IS NOT LOOKING FOR A FREE RIDE, BUT JUST WANTS TO KNOW WHAT HIS POSITION <br />IS SO HE CAN GET GOING. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS INTERJECTED THAT THE BOARD BASED THEIR <br />DECISION ON THE BEST INFORMATION THEY. HAD AVAILABLE AT THE TIME. <br />ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS NOTED THAT THE COUNTY INHERITED A VERY <br />INFERIOR SYSTEM IN THIS SEWER TREATMENT PLANT. HE INFORMED THE BOARD <br />THAT THE REALTOR, MR. MCGEE, SAID IF THE ADMINISTRATOR WOULD WRITE A <br />LETTER STATING THAT THIS COMMITMENT WAS FIRM, THAT WAS ALL THAT WAS <br />NEEDED TO TRANSFER FROM ONE DEVELOPER TO ANOTHER, BUT MR. .JENNINGS FELT <br />THIS IS A CRITICAL SITUATION AND HESITATED TO WRITE A LETTER OF THAT SORT. <br />• li <br />JUN -2 01979 aaax 4i PACE �. <br />I <br />