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NAR 16 1981 COMMISSIONER WODTKE AGREED THAT WHAT MR, SCENT HAS SAID SOUNDS VERY SIMPLE, BUT WHEN YOU COME DOWN TO THE FACT THAT THIS IS A PRIVATE BUSINESS AND THE COUNTY..HAS NO RIGHT TO TAKE IT OVER UNLESS WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE AND THEN ADD THE FACT THAT THIS BUSINESS IS PRESENTLY TIED UP IN LITIGATION, IT IS NOT SIMPLE. ATTORNEY COLLINS REQUESTED THAT MR. SCENT ACCEPT THE FACT THAT TONIGHT THE COMMISSION IS INITIATING LEGAL PROCESS TO TAKE THE STEPS HE I.� ASKING THEY TAKE AND THAT HE LET THE COMMISSION TAKE THESE STEPS AND NOT PRESS THEM TO TAKE STEPS THAT ARE NOT LAWFUL AND NOT WITHIN THE PROCESS. MR. SCENT URGED THAT THE BOARD TAKE WHATEVER ACTION THEY CAN AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE. TIME. MR. SALTER -AGAIN STATED THAT THEIR WATER QUALITY IS FINE, AND WENT ON TO SAY THAT IF THE COUNTY WANTS TO TAKE OVER THE SYSTEM FOR ANY REASON, HE HAS MADE THE OFFER TO MR. LYONS AND MR. COLLINS BEFORE, AND HE WILL GO INTO ARBITRATION AND HAVE A PHASED -OUT TURNOVER. CHAIRMAN LYONS STATED THAT HE WOULD ACCEPT MR. SALTER S STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD. DEPUTY CLERK HARGREAVES SWORE IN CATHERINE STANFORD, 673 5TH STREET SW, WHO DESCRIBED HER PROBLEMS WITH THE QUALITY OF THE WATER FROM TREASURE COAST UTILITY - ITS APPEARANCE, THE SCUM ON IT, ITS EFFECT ON HER HANDS AND HER HAIR AND HER CONCERN ABOUT ITS POSSIBLE CUMULATIVE EFFECT ON HER INTERNALLY. DEPUTY CLERK HARGREAVES SWORE IN LEROY BENNETT, ROUTE 1, Box 421, FORT PIERCE, DIRECTOR OF EAST COAST SELF-HELP HOUSING. MR. BENNETT STATED THAT THEY HAVE BUILT 13 HOMES IN THIS AREA, AND THEY ARE DEPENDENT ON THE SEWER AND WATER SYSTEM FOR THEIR EXISTENCE; HE NOTED THE FAMILIES LIVING IN THE AREA ARE IN THE LOW INCOME BRACKET AND CANNOT AFFORD TO PUT IN SEPTIC TANKS. HE STATED THAT HE WAS AWARE OF THE SILVER SPRING PLANT MR. SALTER HAD TALKED ABOUT AND HE WAS DISAPPOINTED WHEN THAT DID NOT WORK OUT.- MR. BENNETT BELIEVED