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Mr. Pinto noted that the County originally got into Ixora And Treasure Coast Utilities in order to accommodate a bad situation, and we had to sign an agreement with the DER that we would proceed with the design of the improvements for waste water disposal within 120 days. It was planned to accomplish this by taking the waste water into the Vista Royale system. It now appears that we will have to reroute to get to the Vista Royale plant and also that some modi- fications may have to be made to that facility, which has increased the cost over the original estimate. The alterna- tive now proposed is to route this waste water into the City plant Administrator Wright commented that actually the cost is about the same for either route, but the Vista plant may have to be modified. The main advantage of the City route• is that it would make the system available to other users and we could recoup some of the costs. Commissioner Scurlock expressed great concern about the needs of the 6th.Avenue corridor and the disadvantage of running by this area to an undeveloped piece of property; he i also was .concerned about using up allocation. Considerable debate continued, and Engineer Robbins reviewed the route to Vista Royale in detail, noting that it includes a railroad crossing and special construction required by the DER in the mangrove area. Commissioner Scurlock questioned transporting the waste the distance to the Vero Beach plant, even if it were cheaper, when we have needs that are closer. Further discussion ensued regarding the fact that the new route would go by Hibiscus Airport, and Mr. Pinto stated that even if that property were not involved, the route would be the same as far as going to the City plant is concerned. He noted there are two other routes to Vista - Royale that would be cheaper, but we can't go that way. I 52 MAR 2 1983 ton Mr. PAGE 9116'