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IT WAS 1,000,000 GPD OR 300,000 GPD. HE POINTED OUT THAT THERE WAS LONG RANGE PLANNING DONE FOR THE 90 ACRES, AND SOME USES PROJECTED FOR THE FUTURE WERE A MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY, A SELF-CARE FACILITY, OFFICES, CHILD CARE, ETC. WITH ALL THESE FACILITIES VISUALIZED FOR THE FUTURE, MR. GREGG STATED THAT HE, FOR ONE, COULD NOT ESTIMATE THE MAXIMUM POTENTIAL. HE ASKED THAT THE BOARD REALIZE THE CITY HAS THIS RESPONSIBILITY AND REQUESTED THAT BEFORE THEY TAKE THIS ACTION, THEY LET THE CITY COUNCIL ADDRESS THIS MATTER AND COME BACK TO THE COUNTY. HE EMPHASIZED THAT THE 500,000 GPD ALLOCATION WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS ACCEPTED UNILATERALLY, IF NOT LEGALLY; IT WAS NEVER CHAL- LENGED IN CORRESPONDENCE THOUGH IT WAS REFERRED TO MANY TIMES; AND MR. GREGG URGED THAT THE COUNTY BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT ARBITRARILY CHANGING THAT ACCEPTED ALLOCATION BECAUSE HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE CITY WOULD DO IN THAT EVENT, COMMISSIONER LYONS FELT THAT THE COUNTY AND THE CITY ACTUALLY HAVE THE SAME GOAL. THE COUNTY WOULD LIKE TO SEE AS MUCH OF THE ALLOCA- TION IN USE AS POSSIBLE, AND HE FELT THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO FIND A WAY TO UNTANGLE THE LOG JAM AND GET SEWAGE TO TREAT AT THEIR PLANT. HE NOTED THAT THE COMMISSION CERTAINLY DOES NOT WANT TO SEE VERO BEACH STUCK WITH SOMETHING THAT IS UNREALISTIC, AND HE DID NOT INTEND THAT WHEN HE ENTERED THE RESOLUTION. IT WAS HIS CONSIDERED OPINION THAT 400,000 GPD WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE HOSPITALS NEEDS IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, AND HE BELIEVED BEFORE THIS BOARD WOULD SEE THE CITY PUT IN AN UNTENABLE POSITION, THEY WOULD HAVE TO TAKE SOME OTHER STEPS, WHATEVER THEY MIGHT BE, BUT IN THE MEANTIME HE FELT WE OUGHT TO LOOK AT THE PRACTICAL STANDPOINT AND MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION MR. GREGG STATED THAT HE AGREED WITH MUCH OF WHAT COMMIS- SIONER LYONS SAID, BUT HE DID NOT AGREE WITH THE DIRECTION HE IS ASKING TO BE TAKEN. HE NOTED THAT AT A JOINT MEETING OF CITY, TOWN, AND COUNTY REPRESENTATIVES ON JULY 27TH, THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THE LONG TERM DEVELOPMENT OF THE HOSPITAL WOULD PROVIDE ANY RELIEF FROM THE ESTIMATED 500,000 GPD WAS DISCUSSED, AND HE, AS A REPRE- SENTATIVE OF THE CITY, SAID THEY WOULD LOOK INTO THIS MATTER AND SEE IF THERE WAS ANY UNNECESSARY ALLOCATION THEY ARE HOLDING TO RELEASE FOR INDIAN RIVER SHORES. HE STATED THAT THE COUNTY ALSO AGREED TO REVIEW THEIR ALLOCATION AND NEEDS TO DETERMINE IF THERE WAS ANY SEP 10194 104 sQOK 44" PA,UG544