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