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ATTORNEY ROEN INQUIRED IF MR. DAVENPORT HAD CONTACTED THE <br />UTILITY OFFICE IN REGARD TO THE ODOR AND SCUM REFERRED TO. <br />MR. DAVENPORT STATED THAT HE HAD NOT. HE NOTED THAT HE <br />HAS BEEN A RESIDENT OF FLORIDA ALL HIS LIFE, AND IN GENERAL, WATER <br />IN FLORIDA IS LIKE THAT. MR, DAVENPORT COMMENTED THAT 30 DAYS BEFORE <br />THIS HEARING THE WATER MYSTERIOUSLY GOT BETTER, AND EXCEPT FOR THAT <br />IT HAS BEEN VERY, VERY POOR. <br />ATTORNEY RQEN FELT IT WOULD BE ONLY FAIR TO INFORM THE <br />UTILITY COMPANY OF THE PROBLEM. <br />MRS. MARGE DAVENPORT STATED THAT THEY HAVE LIVED IN THIS <br />SUBDIVISION FOR THREE YEARS. IN REGARD TO NOT MAKING A COMPLAINT, SHE <br />COMMENTED THAT THEY WERE ADVISED BY ANOTHER RESIDENT EITHER TO GET <br />USED TO THE WATER OR BUY BOTTLED WATER. <br />OTTO PISANI OF VERO HIGHLANDS FELT THAT MR. DAVENPORT HAD <br />COVERED EVERYTHING VERY WELL, AND THAT IT ALL APPLIED TO VERO HIGHLANDS <br />AS WELL AS VERO SHORES. HE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAD COMPLAINED <br />TO THE UTILITY COMPANY ABOUT THE SMELL, ETC., AND THEY ADVISED HIM TO <br />CHANGE THE PIPE GOING FROM THE METER INTO HIS HOUSE. MR. PISAN I <br />CONTINUED THAT HE CHANGED THE PIPE TO PVC AND HAS COPPER PIPE IN HIS <br />HOUSE, BUT STILL HAS THE SMELL AND OTHER PROBLEMS. HE COMMENTED THAT <br />THERE HAS BEEN NO MENTION OF CITY INVESTING COMPANY, AND NOTED THAT <br />AT A GENERAL MEETING HELD AT THE RIVERSIDE THEATRE CONCERNING EXPANSION <br />OF VERO HIGHLANDS, ONE OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES MENTIONED CITY <br />INVESTING AND SAID IT WAS THE HOLDING COMPANY FOR GENERAL DEVELOPMENT. <br />HE CONTINUED THAT THE THOUGHT COMES TO MIND AS TO WHAT PERCENTAGE OF <br />GDV's REVENUE CITY INVESTING REQUIRES, WHICH WOULD ALSO ADD TO THE <br />CUSTOMER S COST FOR THEIR SERVICES. <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE NOTED FOR THE RECORD THAT HE HAS RECEIVED <br />LETTERS IN OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED RATE INCREASE FROM WALTER <br />MELLOR, JR.; JOHN AND ANGIE DAUNIS; PAUL AND JUNE OTT; WILLIAM AND <br />BETTY GATLING; AND ADELE GEISZ. SAID LETTERS ARE ON FILE IN THE OFFICE <br />OF THE CLERK. <br />DEC I 11979 41 Boa 42 FACE 286 <br />