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_I SEP 10 1980 Box 44 PAGE 547 STATUS REPORT - GIFFORD,SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANZ ENGINEER JOHN ROBBINS REPORTED THAT HE RECEIVED A COPY OF THE ENGINEERING REPORT ON THE SOILS AT THE PROPOSED GIFFORD SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT SITE AND HAS BEEN REVIEWING THIS WITH MR. BOSTWICK OF THE DER ALL MORNING. BASICALLY, THE REPORT INDICATES THAT THE SOIL IS SUITABLE FOR PERCOLATION PONDS, WHICH IS OF GREAT INTEREST BECAUSE THIS TYPE OF EFFLUENT DISPOSAL REQUIRES LESS LAND. HE CON- TINUED THAT HE HAS DONE A PRELIMINARY DESIGN FOR INSTALLATION OF ONE 100,000 GPD PLANT AND TWO EFFLUENT DISPOSAL PONDS, WHICH WOULD HANDLE UP TO 100,000 GPD EACH. MR. ROBBINS NOTED THAT THE DER RECOMMENDS A BACKUP POND, AND HE FELT THERE IS EVEN ROOM FOR A THIRD POND TO HANDLE UP TO 100,000 GPD. HE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT SHOULD THE PLANT AT PEBBLE BAY BE TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE, IT COULD BE RELOCATED TO GIFFORD, AND WITH MODIFICATION, YOU COULD HAVE TWO 100,000 GPD PLANTS OPERATING PARALLEL. MR. ROBBINS CONTINUED THAT, BY ROUGH CALCULATION, WE NEED ABOUT 12 ACRES OF LAND THE DER RECOMMENDS THAT THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT ON THE PROPOSED SITE BE ABANDONED, AND MR. ROBBINS' RECOMMENDA- TION WOULD BE TO ABANDON THE PLANT AND PLUG THE WELL. HE NOTED THAT IF THE COUNTY WANTS TO GO AHEAD ON THIS SCHEME, WE NEED TO WRITE REQUESTING THE RELOCATION, SEND IN THE SOILS REPORT, AND KEEP IN MIND THAT THE DER WILL KEEP US TO THE ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE ON THE FIRST PERMIT ISSUED, WHICH HAS ABOUT FIVE MONTHS LEFT. MR. ROBBINS REPORTED THAT HE HAS INCLUDED IN THE 12 ACRES ENOUGH BUFFER TO ALLOW THE ADJOINING OWNER FULL USE OF HIS LAND. HE RECOMMENDED THAT THE ATTORNEY BE AUTHORIZED TO NEGOTIATE AND FELT WE NEED A LETTER OF INTENT. COMMISSIONER LYONS FELT THAT IN ORDER TO AVOID ANY PROBLEM, WE SHOULD LET THE PUBLIC KNOW AS RAPIDLY AS POSSIBLE THAT THIS IS THE SITE WE PLAN TO USE, AND HE WOULD LIKE TO ADVERTISE AND HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. ATTORNEY COLLINS FELT THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF TIME TO DO THAT AFTER THE CONTRACT IS SIGNED. HE INQUIRED ABOUT THE PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN GETTING WATER TO THAT SITE. 111 � s r