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UTILITY DIRECTOR GEORGE LINER INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAS AN EXERPT FROM A REPORT BY ENGINEER JOHN ROBBINS ON THE STATUS OF THE GIFFORD AREA SEWAGE IMPROVEMENTS. THE FINAL PLAN AND SPECS FOR THE REDESIGN OF THE GIFFORD SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT AND ASSOCIATED WORK ARE BEING PREPARED IN VERO BEACH. THE ANTICIPATED COMPLETION DATE IS OCTOBER 27TH. MR. LINER COMMENTED THAT AT THE LAST MEETING, THE BOARD DID AUTHORIZE THE POSSIBILITY OF NEGOTIATING THE CONTRACT RATHER THAN REBIDDING FOR THIS PROJECT BECAUSE WE HAVE A DEADLINE TO MEET, AND THEY ARE STILL WORKING IN THAT DIRECTION. HE CONTINUED THAT SOME SUPPLEMENTARY WORK WAS DONE FOR CONSIDERATION AS TO THE POSSIBILITY OF LOOKING INTO COSTS FOR SEWER SERVICE TO GEOFFREY'S SUBDIVISION AND THE MIDDLE 6 AND 7 SCHOOLS. COMMISSIONER LYONS NOTED THAT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR REGAN WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HOOK THE GEOFFREY SUBDI- VISION INTO THE CITY OF VERO BEACH SYSTEM, BUT BECAUSE OF PAST HISTORY, HE SUGGESTED THAT THEY LOOK INTO PUTTING IT IN THE GIFFORD SYSTEM. COMMISSIONER WODTKE BROUGHT UP THE POSSIBILITY, IF WE WERE TO BE FUNDED IN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM, OF CHECKING INTO WHETHER THAT WOULD BE PERMISSIBLE FUNDING AND WHETHER THE COST OF THE LINE DOWN U.S.1 MIGHT BE A LEGITIMATE COST. HE NOTED THE PROGRAM HAS COSTS SET ASIDE FOR WATER SERVICE, AND WHILE THE GEOFFREY SUBDIVISION HAS WATER SERVICE, THEY DONT HAVE SEWER SERVICE. MR. LINER INFORMED THE.BOARD THAT THE INFORMATION FROM ENGINEER ROBBINS' REPORT WAS GIVEN TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR REGAN, BUT HE DECIDED THE COST WOULD BE PROHIBITIVE. ENGINEER ROBBINS REPORTED THAT HE DID PREPARE A PRELIMINARY DESIGN TO INSTALL A COLLECTION SYSTEM, PUMPING STATION, ETC., AS CALLED FOR IN THE 201 PROGRAM, IN GEOFFREY SUBDIVISION; THERE ARE ABOUT 177 HOMES IN THAT AREA, AND THE FIGURE WAS IN EXCESS OF $550,000. THE MAJORITY OF THE COST INVOLVED WAS IN THE FORCE MAIN ITSELF, WHICH WAS ABOUT 11,000' LONG. OCT 2 2 1980 67