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CITY OFFICIALS, ATTORNEY .JACKSON INFORMED THE BOARD THAT ATTORNEY <br />COOKSEY POINTED OUT TO CITY OF VERO BEACH OFFICIALS THAT THE AGREE- <br />MENT ACTUALLY SAYS NOTHING ABOUT 500,000 GALLONS BEING DEDUCTED <br />FROM THE COUNTY'S ALLOCATION, BUT STATES THAT THE AMOUNT THE CITY <br />PROVIDED TO THE HOSPITAL WOULD BE DEDUCTED. ATTORNEY JACKSON CONTIN- <br />UED THAT IT IS THE CITY ATTORNEYS SUGGESTION THAT AN AGREEMENT BE <br />DRAWN BETWEEN RALMAR AND THE COUNTY AND SUBMITTED TO THE CITY FOR <br />APPROVAL, BUT APPARENTLY MAYOR SMITH MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT APPROACH <br />AND IS RELATING THE MATTER TO THE GIFFORD PROBLEM AND THE 201 STUDY. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT FELT THE PROBLEM MAY BE THAT CITY <br />COUNCIL TOOK THE POSITION THAT THE COUNTY RELEASED THE SERVICE AREA <br />ALONG WITH THE 500,000 GALLONS AND THAT ANY RELEASE MADE BY THE <br />HOSPITAL WOULD RELEASE THE SERVICE AREA BACK TO THE CITY, NOT THE <br />COUNTY. <br />ATTORNEY JACKSON NOTED THAT RALMAR, WHO IS SELLING THEIR <br />PROPERTY TO FLORIDA LIVING CARE, IS IN THE COUNTY SERVICE AREA. <br />ATTORNEY COOKSEY INFORMED THE BOARD THAT CITY MANAGER <br />LITTLE STATED THAT THEY RELEASED THE 500,000 GALLONS WITH THE SERVICE <br />AREA AND THAT'S THAT. MR. COOKSEY CONTINUED THAT HE POINTED OUT TO <br />THE CITY MANAGER THAT NOWHERE DOES THE AGREEMENT REFER TO 500,000 <br />GALLONS BEING RELEASED, BUT THAT IT DOES SPECIFY THAT THE SERVICE <br />THE CITY PROVIDED TO THE HOSPITAL WOULD BE DEDUCTED, ATTORNEY <br />COOKSEY WAS OF THE OPINION THAT THE CITY OF VERO REACH IS TAKING <br />AN ERRONEOUS POSITION AND TRYING TO WRITE SOMETHING INTO-T4+E--AGREE- <br />MENT THAT ISN IT THERE. <br />COMMISSIONER Loy STATED THAT WE DID RELEASE THE SERVICE <br />AREA BECAUSE WE HAD NO WAY TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE, BUT THE 500,000 <br />GALLONS WAS A TOPSIDE FIGURE AIMED AT THE FUTURE WHEN THE HOSPITAL <br />WAS COMPLETELY FINISHED AND AT TOTAL CAPACITY, AND THAT IS WHY THE <br />LAST PARAGRAPH IN THE AGREEMENT WAS WORDED THAT WAY. <br />ATTORNEY COOKSEY STATED THAT, IN HIS OPINION, THE COUNTY <br />HAS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 500,000 GALLON ALLOCATION GIVEN AND <br />THE ACTUAL SERVICE PROVIDED. HE NOTED THAT THE HOSPITAL IS A <br />VALUABLE CUSTOMER AND SERVICE AREA FOR THE CITY. <br />21 <br />OCT 101979 <br />p-ocix 41 FA,,F 649 <br />