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r <br />AUG 2 71980 - mox .44 PACE385 <br />NO OTHER COURSE. MR. ROBBINS STATED THAT THEY NOW ARE TAKING A LOOK <br />AT WHAT THE IMPACT OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES WOULD BE RELATIVE TO'THE <br />OVERALL 201 PROGRAM, AND HE WOULD KEEP THE BOARD UPDATED. <br />REPORT ON SOUTH COUNTY—WATER AGREEMENT WITH CITY OF VERO BEACH <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS REPORTED THAT HE AND UTILITY DIRECTOR LINER <br />WENT BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL AND DISCUSSED THE PROPOSED WATER AGREEMENT <br />THAT GENERALLY AFFECTS THE AREA KNOWN AS THE MID FLORIDA.UTILITY AREA. <br />HE CONTINUED THAT THEY BASICALLY TALKED ABOUT INCREASING THE WATER <br />SUPPLY IN THE MID FLORIDA AREA FOR A PERIOD OF APPROXIMATELY 2-1/2 <br />YEARS OR UNTIL THE COUNTY SYSTEM IS ON LINE AND ABOUT REDUCING THE <br />RATE STRUCTURE THAT WOULD BE CHARGED WITHIN THAT AREA FOR WATER RECEIVED <br />BY THE COUNTY. ATTORNEY COLLINS REPORTED THAT HE OUTLINED TO THE CITY <br />THAT THERE IS ADDITIONAL CONTIGUOUS DEMAND. THE CITY WAS CONCERNED <br />ABOUT MAKING A DECISION ABOUT RATES WITHOUT HAVING THE FACTUAL DATA <br />FROM THEIR RATE STUDY WHICH IS ALMOST COMPLETED. THE CITY ALSO WAS <br />CONCERNED ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE TO THE <br />COUNTY DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME. ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT <br />IDEALLY WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ABOUT 700,000 GPD (WE HAVE UP TO 300,000 <br />NOW), AND HE RECEIVED THE IMPRESSION FROM CITY MANAGER LITTLE THAT <br />THE CITY WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH ABOUT 550,000 GPD WITH WORDING IN <br />THE AGREEMENT THAT ADDITIONAL WATER WOULD BE AVAILABLE WHEN THE NEW <br />PLANT IS COMPLETED AND THE TREATMENT ABILITIES ARE INCREASED. ATTORNEY <br />COLLINS ASSURED MR. LITTLE THAT THE COUNTY WOULDN'T EXPECT THEM TO <br />STRETCH BEYOND THEIR CAPABILITIES. ATTORNEY COLLINS ENVISIONED THAT <br />THERE WILL BE MEETINGS NEXT WEEK TO TRY AND RESOLVE THE RATES SITUATION. <br />THE RATES QUESTION IS TWOFOLD — WHOLESALE RATES IN THE WHOLESALE AREA <br />AROUND THE HOSPITAL AND THE RATES THAT ARE CHARGED IN THE MID FLORIDA <br />AREA. APPARENTLY THE CITY IS NOT HAPPY WITH THE 1973 AGREEMENT AND <br />THE DEFINITION OF WHOLESALE RATE, AND HE FELT THE CITY RECOGNIZES THAT <br />THE RATE THE COUNTY IS CHARGING IN THE SOUTH COUNTY AREA IS HIGHER <br />THAN IT NEEDS TO BE FOR THEM TO MAKE A PROFIT AND THE COUNTY TO <br />RECEIVE THE BENEFIT. <br />38 <br />O <br />