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APR 4 1984 BOOK 56"PAGE�� lawns, etc. He noted our older citizens on fixed incomes cannot afford this and asked if this had been taken into consideration. Mr. Raftelis pointed out that the problem you would get into if the cap were lowered to 5,000 or 6,000 gallons is that there would be a large percentage of water returned to the sewer that would not be charged for. Chairman Scurlock stressed that this would result in the base charge having to increase, and Mr. Pinto agreed, noting that then the lower income person would be carrying the burden and the person with a little better position who uses a whole lot more water would get off scot free. Chairman Scurlock emphasized that conservation also is an important factor, and serious consideration was given to an inverted rate structure which highly penalizes excessive uses of water. Commissioner Lyons believed the sewer cap for the City of Vero Beach is the same, and staff confirmed that it was. Mr. Vernon stated that he felt that the County Commission has fallen down on the job. They let the developer of Ixora Park, Melvin Tanen, get away scot free. He got a rate increase and didn't do a thing to improve the system; the DER found him in default, but he has never been fined. All Mr. Tanen did was get rid of a lemon by dumping it on the County Commission, and now the Commission is coming back and charging the same old taxpayer again. Mr. Vernon wished to know just how long the County can keep making these mistakes and keep coming back to the citizens. Chairman Scurlock felt it is tremendously interesting that some of the greatest debate we get is in the area where we have to spend the most money and make major improvements to bail them out. He did not feel the Commission is to blame; in fact, quite the opposite. The Chairman emphasized that we pursued every legal recourse we had available 14