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TO: Honorable Members of Indian DATE: River County Board of Commissioners THROUGH: Michael Wright County Administrator October 19, 1982 FILE: SUBJECT: Termination of Water Franchise for Tropic Villas North and Customer Services, Inc., and Public Hearing for rate chanqe to franchise customer. e FROM: George finer REFERENCES: Utilities Manager DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS: In anticipation of an early start-up of the Reverse Osmosis water plant and the desire of the county to improve the customer number base and to enhance the rate study figures, there were early discussions between staff and the franchise owners as to a mutually convenient time to -terminate the subject franchises and provide county water to them. The dates were agreed to be: Tropic Villas North October 25, 1982 Customers Services, Inc. November 1, 1982 At the suggestion of the county attorney, a public hearing was scheduled for October 20, 1982, in order to advise residents of the change of billing to the county's established standard rates. For the periods of time before the county water plant starts production, we will serve these projects from purchased city water. (We will still be below the peak contract availability of 600,000 gallons per day allowed by Vero Beach.) Background information for each is provided in the following: 1. Tropic Villas North: The county already provides sewer service to this subdivision so we already have the meter records and customer accounts established. -As of October 25, our regular meter reading date, the meter records will be used by the franchise to.issue,their final bills for 116 units and one recreational building while simultaneously being loaded into the county's billing computer as the initial meter reading upon which to base county provided water service. During the munth, the customers will be established as water and sewer customers (riot sewer only). This franchise was negotiated recently enough that impact fees and maintenance fees were established and escrowed in county accounts of $22,600 and $2,278 respectively. When we provide water service, the impact fee fund can be transferred to the county. The developer has requested a refund of the accrued escrow maintenance fund since different disposition was not provided in this first such franchise resolution. 2. Customer Services, Inc.: This subdivision of Laurelwood containing 248 lots had been mutually agreed to have its final franchise meter reading as of .November 1, 1982. It will be performed in a similar manner to that discussed above for Tropic Villas North. However, the franchise shall turn the water system only over to Indian River County while the sewage franchise will continue to be operated by the franchise under the terms of the franchise resolut4on. Preceding the county acquiring the water which shows the customer lists to set up and a bill -of -sale for the distribtuion of the system. system, we shall have documentation meter records, as -built drawings, mains prepared for the transfer pw 689 4 OCT 2 0 1982 x 1