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MAR 191980 - - - tiooK ;, . 43 PAGE 60 <br />ALLOWING INDIAN SUMMER TO ADD THEIR 36 UNITS TO THE EXISTING PACKAGE <br />SYSTEM FOR $15,000 FOR THE SURGE TANK MODIFICATION SINCE ADDITIONAL <br />INFORMATION HAD BEEN RECEIVED INDICATING THAT THE $15,000 MAY NOT BE <br />AN EQUITABLE PAYMENT AND THAT ADDITIONAL MODIFICATIONS MUST BE MADE <br />TO THE SYSTEM IN ORDER TO MAKE IT OPERABLE; AND AGREED, IN PLACE OF <br />THE PREVIOUS ACTION, TO ACCEPT THE SEWAGE FROM INDIAN SUMMER THROUGH <br />A RENOVATED PACKAGE PLANT OR BY CONNECTION TO THE CITY.OF VERO BEACH; <br />INDIAN SUMMER TO BE EXPECTED TO PAY A PROPORTIONAL CHARGE FOR THE COST <br />OF MAKING THE SYSTEM OPERABLE. HE CONTINUED THAT SINCE THAT TIME, HE <br />BELIEVED THE BOARD HAS RECEIVED OTHER ENGINEERING REPORTS STATING <br />WHAT OTHER PROBLEMS EXIST AND WHAT IMPROVEMENTS ARE NECESSARY, ETC., <br />AND HAS AUTHORIZED THE ENGINEERS TO TAKE CERTAIN ACTIONS. <br />ATTORNEY O'HAIRE STATED THAT HE HAS HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS <br />WITH THE ADMINISTRATOR AND THE ENGINEERS IN THEINTERIM, AND THE CHARGE <br />THAT WAS RELAYED TO HIM WAS $40,000, WHICH IS MORE THAN IT WOULD HAVE <br />COST HIS CLIENT TO INSTALL A PACKAGE PLANT. HE EMPHASIZED THAT THEY <br />ARE PERFECTLY WILLING TO BEAR A PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF THE COSTS. <br />ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS DID NOT AGREE WITH MR. O'HAIRE'S <br />OPINIONS. HE STATED THAT THE $15,000 WAS MERELY DISCUSSION; THERE <br />WAS NO FIRM COMMITMENT; AND THERE NEVER HAS BEEN ANY TIME HE KNEW OF <br />WHERE THIS COUNTY HAS RENEGED ON AGREEMENTS. THE ADMINISTRATOR <br />CONTINUED THAT HE. COULD SEE NO REASON FOR THE TAXPAYERS OF THIS COUNTY <br />TO PICK UP $20,000-$30,000 COSTS TO HOOK UP HARBOUR ISLAND CLUB TO <br />THE PEBBLE BAY SYSTEM AND INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE TOLD THE <br />DEVELOPERS IF THEY COULD NOT'WOR K THIS MATTER OUT WITH THE COUNTY, <br />THEY SHOULD PROCEED WITH PUTTING IN THEIR OWN SYSTEM . <br />THE ADMINISTRATOR NOTED THAT IMMEDIATELY UPON THE COUNTY <br />TAKING OVER THE PEBBLE BAY SYSTEM, THE DER STEPPED IN, AND WE HAD <br />UNTIL MONDAY TO GET A PLAN IN TO THEM OR WE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN VIOLATION. <br />HE EXPLAINED THAT HE COULD NOT INCLUDE THE HARBOUR ISLAND CLUB SYSTEM <br />IN THE DRAWINGS BECAUSE IF HE SIGNED FOR IT, IT WOULD MAKE THE COUNTY <br />RESPONSIBLE. WE WERE UNDER AN OBLIGATION TO GET THE COUNTY OUT FROM <br />UNDER THE VIOLATION AND HAD TO PROCEED. ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS COMMENTED <br />THAT THE HARBOUR ISLAND CLUB HAS BEEN TOLD THAT WE WILL DESIGN THE <br />