Laserfiche WebLink
F_ <br />AUG 2 7 1sao.. �p <br />Boos 44 PAGEJ07 <br />IT WAS GENERALLY AGREED THAT WE DO NOT WANT THIS ISSUE TO <br />HOLD UP OUR AGREEMENT WITH INDIAN RIVER SHORES BECAUSE IF WE CAN <br />EFFECT THIS AGREEMENT, IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL IN BRINGING ABOUT THE <br />201 PROGRAM. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT QUESTIONED HOW THE MEMO WRITTEN BY UTILITY <br />DIRECTOR LINER RELATES TO THIS, AND COMMISSIONER LYONS EXPLAINED THAT <br />THIS IS INVOLVED WITH THE GRANT AGREEMENT HE IS TRYING TO NEGOTIATE - <br />THEY ARE TRYING TO USE THE NUMBERS OF THE 201 PLAN FOR THE CAPACITY OF <br />THE LINE THAT WOULD CONNECT INDIAN RIVER SHORES TO THE CITY OF VERO <br />BEACH. THIS WOULD BE THE LINE CONTEMPLATED BY THE 201 PLAN AS BEING <br />THE CONNECTION TO INDIAN RIVER SHORES SOUTH OF FRED TUERK DRIVE. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT THEN DISCUSSED THE "IMPACT FEE", OR $187.50, <br />WHICH HE FELT MR. LINERS MEMO INDICATED WE SHOULD NOT PAY, <br />MR. LINER NOTED THAT HIS POINT WAS THAT IF IT IS CONSIDERED <br />TO BE AN IMPACT FEE, THEN IT IS NOT A PROPER ONE. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS AND ATTORNEY COLLINS DID NOT BELIEVE IT <br />IS CONSIDERED AN IMPACT FEE AND EXPLAINED THAT THE $187.50 IS THE <br />STANDARD HOOK-UP FEE REQUIRED BY CITY ORDINANCE. THEY NOTED THAT <br />THEY ARE STILL NEGOTIATING ABOUT HOW THIS GETS PAID, BUT IN THE LONG <br />RUN THERE WILL BE A PAYMENT OF $187.50 PER CUSTOMER TO THE CITY WHEN <br />THAT LINE IS CONNECTED AND THEY DID NOT FEEL THIS CAN BE AVOIDED. <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED THAT ONE OF THE RATIONALES FOR THE <br />PAYMENT IS THAT THE TRI -PARTITE AGREEMENT OF 1973 CALLS FOR US TO <br />HOOK UP AT THE SEWER PLANT SITE AND WE ARE NOT DOING THAT UNDER THIS <br />AGREEMENT. HE CONTINUED THAT PART OF THE RATE STUDY THE CITY HAS NOW <br />IS TO DETERMINE IMPACT FEES THAT WILL BE CHARGED FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, <br />AND IF THAT IS PROPOSED BY THE CITY, IT WILL BE ON TOP OF THE $187.50 <br />WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. <br />COMMISSIONER LYONS STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT <br />WE STAY WITH THE $187.50 AND HE AND ATTORNEY COLLINS WILL DO THE BEST <br />THEY CAN ON WHO COLLECTS IT AND HOW IT IS PAID. HE FELT THERE ARE <br />OTHER ISSUES OF MORE IMPORTANCE. <br />91 <br />