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8009 <br />43 PACE 478 <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS NEXT DISCUSSED THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING <br />AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN JUST THE COUNTY AND THE CITY OF HERO BEACH, AND <br />TREATING THE QUESTION OF AN AGREEMENT WITH INDIAN RIVER SHORES AS <br />A SEPARATE ITEM, I.E., WE WOULD RESERVE X AMOUNT OF SEWAGE SUBJECT <br />TO IT BEING CHOPPED AWAY AS THE NEEDS AROSE. COMMISSIONER LYONS <br />STATED THAT IF, AFTER ATTORNEY COLLINS HAS ONE MORE MEETING WITH <br />THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES, THEY DO NOT SHOW ANY FURTHER MOVE- <br />MENT TOWARD AGREEMENT, HE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE PROCEED TO REACH <br />AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF VERO BEACH WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF <br />INDIAN RIVER SHORES ENTERING IN AT SOME LATER DATE. HE POINTED OUT <br />THAT IF INDIAN RIVER SHORES DOES NOT BECOME A PART OF THE AGREEMENT <br />WITH THE CITY, THE 12" LINE,WHICH WAS GOING TO BE THE SEWER LINE, <br />IS IN LIMBO, AND THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE PEBBLE BAY PLANT AND <br />THE CITY WILL HAVE TO BE DONE ON A DIFFERENT BASIS. SECONDLY, HE <br />DID NOT FEEL THAT THE CITY OF VERO BEACH WILL AGREE TO PICKING UP <br />WHAT REALLY AMOUNTS TO REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT EXPENSES FOR UPGRADING <br />THE LIFT STATION AT PEBBLE BAY SINCE THEY FEEL THAT THE LIFT STATION <br />SHOULD BE AT SOME ACCEPTABLE STANDARD BEFORE THEY ACCEPT IT: THERE- <br />FORE, IT WAS HIS FEELING THAT THE MONEY FOR THE REFURBISHING OF THE <br />PEBBLE BAY LIFT -.STATION IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE SPENT BY THE COUNTY <br />IN ANY EVENT. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS CONTINUED THAT HE WAS VERY DISCOURAGED <br />AND IRRITATED, BUT FELT THAT WE HAVE REACHED THE POINT WHERE THERE <br />IS A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY THAT WE CAN END UP WITH A WORKABLE AGREE- <br />MENT WITH THE CITY OF VERO BEACH TO TAKE CARE OF THE SOUTH REACH <br />PROBLEMS AND STILL HANG ON TO THE 6TH AVENUE AREA. HE NOTED THAT <br />THE 201 REQUIREMENT STILL HAS TO BE SATISFIED, BUT FELT WHAT WE ARE <br />SAYING IS, THOUGH WE STILL ARE IN NEGOTIATION WITH INDIAN PIVER <br />SHORES, WE CAN'T AFFORD TO KEEP EVERYTHING ELSE OPEN WHILE WE DICKER <br />WITH THEM. IN ADDITION, IT APPEARS THAT THE HOSPITAL IS PRESENTING <br />A PROBLEM IN THAT IT CANNOT BECOME A COUNTY CUSTOMER UNLESS THE <br />HOSPITAL AGREES, AND THE PROBLEM IS THAT COUNTY RATES ARE HIGHER <br />THAN CITY RATES. AS LONG AS THE HOSPITAL SITS THERE AS A POSSIBLE <br />j <br />