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BOOK 64 f'v;J-150 <br />Irrigation Sales Since 1958 A Np <br />®PUMP <br />•—. eOARD CGilndJy ' <br />SSIOPdERS ' ani - <br />April 22, 1986 u�� ��' DISTPISUTICN _LIST <br />J-� Comm!ssmners <br />Indian River County Commission <br />1840 25th Street <br />Vero Beach, Florida 32960 <br />Attention: Mr.. Michael Wright, <br />Subject: Sand Ridge Golf Course <br />Dear Mr. Wright: <br />Adtri:�istrator <br />X fnrney <br />Perconnn: <br />pi r�ic t;,ori:s <br />^cmm �nity Cev. <br />County Administrator�� <br />Finance -- <br />(•: hrr <br />I learned that there was a meeting of the County Commission last Wednesday, <br />April 16, in which the golf course architect made his recommendation as to <br />which irrigation system to use on the golf course. Further, the architect <br />had the Toro representative attend the meeting and the same invitation <br />was not extended to our firm. <br />Hence, on Monday, April 21, I took the opportunity to listen to the tape <br />recording of tht tect's recommendation. During the presentation,. <br />there were misleading sL. ._, ,s �^ ,- _ , _� information presented <br />to the County Commission._y� E:; mess only three (3) <br />areas of erroneous information. These three (3) areas are as follows: <br />Pune Station <br />The pump station that we proposed was represented as being approxi- <br />mately $300.00 per year more expensive to operate than that of our <br />competition. Our analysis of the cost to operate these pumping <br />stations is based on estimated use and the use of the normal Florida <br />Power '& Light rate for 1 year (based on a 30 day Month). We used <br />only the variable cost components of the rate that applied to the <br />energy consumed during the one year period. <br />System Cost Per Year <br />Toro $20,022.12 <br />Rain Bird $12,858.60 <br />The energy savings per year for the present 18 hole golf course <br />would be $7,163.52. <br />Watering Rate and Time <br />Based on the water rate requirement of 2 inches on the greens and <br />12 inches on the tees and fairways, the following is our analysis <br />of the time required for each system to meet the watering rate. <br />The time is expressed in hours per day for each type of week. <br />System 7 Dray Week 6 Day Week <br />Toro 9 hours 10.5 hours <br />Rain Bird 9.6 hours 11.2 hours <br />In my letter of April 8, to you I stated that the architect wanted <br />a 9 hour day in a 6 day week time requirement. I.stated in the letter <br />that both systems would require changes to meet that time requirement. <br />In the architect's recommendation he stated that the 9 hours were not <br />a requirement. Hence, the above analysis shows that we can meet the <br />latest specification without changing our price. <br />64 <br />