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OCT 2 41979 BOOK 41 ATTORNEY COLLINS NEXT REVIEWED PARAGRAPH 6 WHICH STATES THAT THE CITY OF VERO BEACH WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TO FRONT ANY FUNDS FOR CAPITAL INSTALLATIONS OR IMPROVEMENTS. HE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAD TALKED BRIEFLY WITH ATTORNEY PALMER ABOUT A SUB -AQUEOUS CROSSING, AND IT SEEMS THAT IS NOT IMMINENT FOR SEVERAL YEARS DOWN THE LINE. IT WILL BE A CAPITAL OUTLAY. ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED THAT PARAGRAPH % WHICH DEALS WITH THE CITY NOT BEING REQUIRED TO SERVE CUSTOMERS SOME DISTANCE AWAY WITHOUT ALSO PROVIDING FOR SERVICE TO THE INTERMEDIATE AREA IS IM- PORTANT WITH RESPECT TO THE AREA SOUTH OF THE MOORINGS. HE STATED THAT THEY HAVE HELD OFF ON THIS PROJECT BECAUSE 2-32" LINE WOULD NOT BE WISE; IT SHOULD BE OVERSIZED. HE FELT WE NEED TO BUILD IN SAFE- GUARDS SO THE CITY WILL AGGRESSIVELY SERVE THESE AREAS. HE NOTED THE ABSOLUTE WORST THAT COULD HAPPEN WOULD BE TO TIE UP A TERRITORIAL AREA. THE ATTORNEY THOUGHT THE CITY'S BIGGEST PROBLEM IS SATISFY- ING THEMSELVES THAT THE COUNTY WILL HAVE AN INTERIM PLANT PHASED IN IN A TIMELY FASHION, IN RE THE ULTIMATE NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS DISCUSSED IN PARA- GRAPH S, THE ATTORNEY STATED THAT HE WOULD STRENUOUSLY OBJECT TO THE COUNTY CURTAILING ZONING, HE DID FEEL THE BOARD COULD MAKE A POLICY DECISION ON A PLAN THEY HAVE ALREADY ADOPTED AND ASSURE THE CITY THEY WOULD NOT TAKE ANY ACTIONS INCONSISTENT WITH THAT PLAN UNLESS OTHER METHODS OF SERVICE WERE AVAILABLE. HE POINTED OUT THAT THE CITY DOES NOT WANT TO PLAN TO SERVICE AN AREA AND THEN SUDDENLY HAVE THE NUMBER OF UNITS IN THAT AREA DOUBLED, COMMISSIONERS LYONS NOTED THAT THE CITY IS JUST TRYING TO BASE AN ESTIMATE ON A REASONABLE FIGURE, AND HE FELT POSSIBLY PARA- GRAPH S COULD BE WORDED DIFFERENTLY. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT SUGGESTED IT MIGHT STATE "ASSURANCES BASED ON ALLOWABLE DENSITIES CONTAINED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE USE PLAN." PARAGRAPH 9 DEALS WITH DEVELOPING THE U.S.J CORRIDOR AND PHASING COLUNTY SEWER AND WATER SERVICES IN WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME a