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NOV 141979 HOUSE IN SEBASTIAN WHERE THERE WERE PROBLEMS. 800K 42 PAGE 9„j ON THE ONE OCCASION, ABOUT FOUR CALLS WERE MADE WITH NO ANSWER; ON THE OTHER OCCASION, THEY HAD PROMPT ACTION. CHAIRMAN WODTKE FELT THAT MANY OF THESE COMPLAINTS RELATE TO PROBLEMS CAUSED BY HOME OWNERS THEMSELVES, AND HE DID NOT KNOW HOW RESPONSIBLE WE MUST REQUIRE THESE FIRMS TO BE. HE FELT CONFIDENT THAT MR. HAIMOWITZ WILL DO EVERYTHING HE CAN TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM AT SHADY REST AND HOPED THIS IS ACCEPTABLE TO THE RESIDENTS OF THAT AREA. COMMISSIONER DEESON NOTED THAT MOST OF THE COMMENTS MADE BY THE SHADY REST RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN DIRECTED TO THE WORLD SERIES TIME AND ASKED IF THEY CONTINUED TO HAVE PROBLEMS SINCE THAT TIME. THE RESIDENTS STATED THAT THEY HAVE. COMMISSIONER LYONS AGREED THAT THERE ARE SOME PROBLEMS THAT CAN NEVER BE STRAIGHTENED OUT, BUT POINTED OUT THAT THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE ARE COMING BACK AND SAYING NOTHING IS IMPROVED SINCE LAST TIME. HE DID NOT FEEL HE COULD VOTE FOR AN INCREASE UNTIL THIS SITUATION IS RESOLVED. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT INFORMED HIM THAT THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE WAS NOT AT THE PREVIOUS HEARING FOR A RATE INCREASE, AND THERE WERE PEOPLE PRESENT AT THAT TIME FROM A MUCH WIDER AREA. MR. HAIMOWITZ STATED THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM AT SHADY REST IN 1975 OR 1976 AND THEY REPLACED ABOUT 800' OF CABLE IN THE PARK, WHICH CLEARED UP THEIR PROBLEMS FOR A LONG TIME. HE REITERATED THAT HE WILL GO OUT TO SHADY REST AGAIN AND SEE WHAT PROBLEMS THERE MAY BE, IF ANY EXIST. COMMISSIONER LYONS STATED THAT HE HAS NO PROBLEM WITH THE INCREASE REQUESTED AS LONG AS IT INVOLVES SATISFACTORY SERVICE. HE ASKED IF THE PEOPLE PRESENT WERE WILLING TO ACCEPT MR. HAIMOWITZ' ASSURANCES THAT HE WOULD LOOK INTO THEIR PROBLEM, AND THEY INDICATED THEY WERE. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT COMMENTED THAT THE ISSUE OF THE FRANCHISE FEE HAS NOT BEEN DISCUSSED. HE NOTED THAT SEBASTIAN DOES NOT HAVE A FRANCHISE FEE AND THAT COULD CREATE A BILLING PROBLEM.