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DEC 91979 coax PAGE362 ATTORNEY COLLINS ASKED IF THE LIFT STATIONS ARE BOTH RE- QUIRED EVENTUALLY TO HOOK INTO THE CITY OF VERO BEACH SYSTEM. MR. ROBBINS REPORTED THAT THE TWO PEBBLE BAY LIFT STATIONS PUMP TO A COMMON PIPE THAT GOES INTO THE VERA CRUZ LIFT STATION, AND THEY COULD UPGRADE THAT STATION FOR ULTIMATE CONNECTION TO THE CITY OF VERO BEACH. HE NOTED THAT EVENTUALLY ALL FIVE LIFT STATIONS IN THIS AREA WOULD HOOK IN, AND RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE ONLY TWO THAT ARE IN ACCEPTABLE OPERATING CONDITION. COMMISSIONER LYONS FELT WE ARE AT THE END OF OUR ROPE AND DID NOT BELIEVE THAT ANYTHING LESS THAN THE PROPOSED RECOMMENDATIONS WILL MAKE US CONFORM WITH DER REQUIREMENTS. ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS CONFIRMED THAT IT IS A DAILY PROBLEM TO MAINTAIN AND KEEP THESE FACILITIES OPERATING, AND HE FELT STRONGLY THAT WE MUST PUT THIS SYSTEM IN PROPER WORKING CONDITION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. COUNTY UTILITY DIRECTOR, GEORGE LINER, REPORTED THAT THIS PAST WEEKEND TROUBLE WITH THE LIFT STATION UP THERE REQUIRED ALMOST IS HOURS OF OVERTIME, AND HE WAS OF THE OPINION THAT THE TWO LIFT STATIONS IN PEBBLE BAY ARE IN A CONDITION WHICH IS UNSAFE FOR OUR SERVICEMEN TO WORK ON. CHAIRMAN WODTKE AGREED WE MUST PROCEED, BUT WISHED TO HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT FUNDING. MR. ROBBINS NOTED THAT, IN TERMS OF A TOTAL OF $130,000, IT WOULD AMOUNT TO x702 PER CONNECTION FOR 215 UNITS. HE FELT THAT YOU CAN ADD ANOTHER 80, OR POSSIBLY A TOTAL OF 300 FOR THE ENTIRE SERVICE AREA WHICH WOULD BENEFIT BY THESE IMPROVEMENTS. MR. ROBBINS WAS OF THE OPINION THAT THE COST SHOULD BE SHARED BY ALL'AND FURTHER NOTED THAT THERE IS SOME VALUE TO VERA CRUZ FROM THE INCREASED FLOW. DISCUSSION ENSUED AS TO LEGAL PROBLEMS, AND IT WAS NOTED THAT SEA WATCH AND PEBBLE BAY VILLAS ARE IN THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES. CHAIRMAN WODTKE ASKED IF WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO ESTABLISH TAP -IN FEES, AND ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT WE DO, THE CHAIRMAN CONTINUED TO DISCUSS A POSSIBLE CHARGE FOR RESERVATION OF TAP -INS.