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Head Spacing A Toro spokesman acting on behalf of the architect stated in the meet- ing that we placed the Rain Bird heads in critical single row areas an 90 foot centers. This is not correct - the spacing in those criti- cal areas ranges between 65 and 70 foot centers. A review of the procurement to date would show that the specifications were changed several times to allow our competition to justify a higher price. Further information was presented to the Commission that did not accurately set forth the analysis of the two designs. I am looking forward to your prompt response to this letter before our firm takes further action. Very y yours, George eenfield Golf Manager I704 S. Missouri Ave. Mr. Michael Wright County Administrator INDIAN RIVER COUNTY 1840 25th Street . Vero Beach, FL 32960 Dear Mike: LINKS DESIGN INC. Lakeland, Florida 33801 F COURSE ARCHITECT (813) 688-8383 April 30, 1986 I would like to respond to several comments Mr. Greenfield made in his April 22, 1986 letter. I would like you to understand that we did not invite either the Toro representative or the Rainbird representative to the April 16 County Commission Meeting. Mr. Glover, the Toro representative attended the meeting at his company's direction, and was acting on his own behalf. Before discussing the differences of each system Mr. Greenfield addressed, I would like to make it clear that Links Design, Inc. does not care which company's irrigation system is installed at Sandridge Golf Course. Our primary concern is that Sandridge Golf Course gets the irrigation system that best satisfies the site's needs. The site is extremely sandy. This means -water will perculate through the soil rapidly, therefore it is important to chose the irrigation system that can supply the most water within the shortest time period (to save on electricity costs). To put 2 inches of water on the greens and 1 1/2 inches of water on the tees and fairways, Toro -requires 10 hours per night for 6 nights per week. However, Rainbird requires 10 1/2 hours per night for 7 nights per week. The Rainbird system puts out 432,000 gallons in one day on 18 holes, while the Toro system puts out 585,000 gallons per day for 18 holes. This means that the Toro system .puts out the most water in the shortest time period. We calculated how much it would cost to operate both pump stations using the General Service Demand Rate Schedule (GSD -1) and the General Service Demand Time of Use Rate (GSDT-1) each year. These calculations were based on the rates Mr. Jody Elovitz of F.P. & L provided: GSD -1 Toro Rainbird 24,969.00 23,528.40 GSDT-1 (time of use) Toro Rainbird 65 12,482.10 12,870.54 BOOK 64 FA�F 351