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a cost of $7 -million. However, if the City of Vero Beach should undertake the subaqueous crossing, it would enhance their entire system on the beach. Chairman Scurlock pointed out that in order for the annexation issue to be placed on the ballot, it would have to be requested by 30% of the registered voters and residents. The other route would require 510 of the landowners, by acreage, to ask that the annexation issue be placed on the ballot. Attorney Brandenburg explained that in order for the referendum to pass, it must have a simple majority for residents only in both the City of Vero Beach and the South Beach annexation area. Attorney Brandenburg wanted to make sure that the matter of whose responsibility it is to service the area is clear. The contract provides that when we turn over the 255 taps to the City, they will become the service responsi- bility of the City. The City will continue to service any other vested customers that they have down in that area, but they do not have any obligation to provide service to other vacant properties. The owners of those vacant properties would have to come into the City just like any other City customer and negotiate whatever fees are applicable before they could obtain service. He pointed out that it was not made clear in the agreement whether or not the entire South Beach area automatically, by virtue of the County turning over the 255 taps, becomes the City service area. His interpretation is that it does not. Therefore, for them to extend service beyond those 255 taps, they would probably have to continue to send over Resolutions like they do on the subdivisions saying that the County relinquishes its service area to the subdivision, etc. The County Attorney advised that if the Board does not want that to be the case, we can work something out with the City whereby the County 31+ FEB15 1984 BOOK ' y PAGE$ 4