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7!2 <br />We the undersigned resident- f -,f the Vcrt.-) Shores <br />object to and oppose the proposes:: rate increasF� for watEIr ar�,d� <br />sewer service by General Development Ulk.-ilities ln,.-. <br />The monthly bill for the resiOentia'tl, custo,,rer using 5000 gallons of -wairer <br />%stated to be the approxiizia--e average) would', rise -f"rom $4.05 to $8.1-15 <br />por monkth, a 121 percent in= -ease. The montInly sewer bill ,vould incrc-ase <br />from $4.00 to $7.50 which is almost doubic the present, rate. <br />Actually, the average. Monthly water usage of many res dents in thc <br />Vero Shores Conurainity is about 4 times what GDU clai-mis as the average. <br />is due to the fact that nianv of the homes operate -;-,.uto-_n1at2_C sprinkler systens. <br />Based upon the projected rate increases the avOrage monthly; water/-: Iwer <br />bill for a Vero Shores household could be of the i-nagnit-u'lle of $40-$45 <br />which is excessive by any standard. <br />In the past the qunlit' of water furnished by thn 'Urt-ility Co-wip.any <br />has been poor containing sediments and having an objectionable ojor. <br />Many residents have, as a result-, purchased bottled drinking water and/or <br />installed treatment facilities. <br />It is apparent --hat <br />- General Development is projecting ttiese.excessive <br />rate increases to help offset the cosl- of planned expansion principally in <br />the Vero Highlands. We feel it -,s unfair that long time established <br />residents in Vero Shares be forced to bear any such development costs <br />at this point in time. <br />A moderate rate increase may be Justified based strictly upon <br />increased operating costs and consistent with prevailing -rates of comparable <br />operatinq utility companies, <br />MR. DAVENPORT EMPHASIZED THAT A MAJOR PART OF THEIR CONCERN <br />IS THE BASIC 5,000 GALLON STANDARD WHICH SEEMS TO BE MINIMAL, AND <br />HE FELT THE INCREASED RATES BASED ON ACTUAL USAGE WOULD EARN MUCH <br />MORE THAN ESTIMATED. <br />MR. DAVENPORT, SPEAKING AS AN INDIVIDUAL, THEN READ TO THE <br />BOARD THE FOLLOWING MAILGRAM WHICH HE HAD SENT TO THE CHAIRMAN: <br />39 <br />DEC 111979 Boa 42 PnE2384 <br />