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80G Q3 APR 11981 NEEDS, AND IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT WHILE THE DEVELOPER WOULD TIE INTO OUR SYSTEM, THE INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTS CANNOT AFFORD THE EXPENSE. CHAIRMAN LYONS AGREED THAT THE PROBLEM IS THERE IS NO WAY TO GET THE WATER TO THESE RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS UNLESS THEY CAN FINANCE THE LINES. FURTHER DISCUSSION ENSUED WITH REGARD TO CROSSING U.S. I OR TYING IN AT THE VERO MALL, AND MR. LUETHJE STATED THAT HE HAD ORIGINALLY ENVISIONED GOING UNDER U.S. I, BUT IF THE COMMISSION PREFERRED THAT THEY COME DOWN TO 12TH ST. TO TIE IN, POSSIBLY THEY COULD -CROSS UNDER RUSSELL CONCRETES ENTRANCE ROAD AND SIZE THE MAIN SO THAT OTHER DEVELOPMENTS, SUCH AS TOYOTA AND FORD COULD UTILIZE IT; THEN THEY WOULD DEED THE MAIN OVER TO THE COUNTY. HE NOTED THAT THEY HAD TALKED AT ONE TIME ABOUT GOING BY THE CLOCK RESTAURANT, WHICH HAS ITS OWN SEWER PLANT BUT RECENTLY HAD TO MAKE A BIG EXPENDITURE TO UPGRADE IT. COMMISSIONER WODTKE STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE MR. LUETHJE COME BACK WITH INFORMATION AS TO WHERE THE LINE WOULD G0, WHERE IT WOULD TIE IN TO THE 6TH AVENUE MAIN, WHAT ADDITIONAL CUSTOMERS COULD TIE IN, WHAT PACKAGE PLANTS COULD BE ELIMINATED, ETC. HE STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THIS LINE AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE IN THE; .AREA. UTILITY DIRECTOR LINER NOTED THAT WE DID GO THROUGH THE ADVERTISING PERIOD, AND THIS 230,000 GPD OF TENTATIVE AGREEMENTS IS THE RESULT; WE DO NOT HAVE AN OVERPOWERING DEMAND FOR USAGE EITHER FROM DEVELOPERS OR RESIDENTIAL. MR. LUETHJE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HIS CLIENT IS OUT FOR BIDS RIGHT NOW, AND THEY SHOW A SEWER AND WATER PLANT ON THEIR PLANS. THEY, THEREFORE, NEED TO KNOW IF THEY ARE GOING TO BE ALLOTTED THE 25,000 GPD FOR THEIR PROJECT OR NOT SO THEY CAN PROCEED ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, CHAIRMAN LYONS PERSONALLY BELIEVED IT IS UP TO THE COMMIS- SION TO PROVIDE WATER WHEN IT IS AVAILABLE, AND HE COULD NOT SEE