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MAY 12 1987 <br />BOOK <br />Utilities Director Terry Pinto reported that the County has <br />negotiated agreements with the City of Sebastian to take over <br />their service area. To fund this project we are looking at the <br />method used on the SR -60 sewer project, that being an assessment <br />for each ERU (Equivalent Residential Unit) Wastewater <br />Reservation. We started out with less than 1000 interested <br />people, and we are over 7000 units, which is why we feel it is <br />time to ask the Board's permission to proceed with the project. <br />Earl Masteller provided the Commissioners a Feasibility <br />Report (under blue cover) and an assessment Report (under cream <br />cover), along with a large blueprint of the project. (This <br />material is on file in the Office of the Clerk to the Board.) He <br />reported that what started out as a wastewater plan for the <br />Roseland area snowballed into a project that will extend from the <br />north county line down to Hobart Road. The pieces of the sewer <br />plan started to fall in place once Sebastian city officials <br />decided to join the effort, as they have been seeking public <br />sewer for the past several years. Commercial development in <br />downtown Sebastian is limited because of the septic system, and <br />this system will provide for much more orderly growth. In <br />addition, the sewer system will eliminate 18 of the 19 package <br />sewer plants in the north county area, which is a goal of county <br />officials. The project will also do a great deal to clean up the <br />Indian River and the Sebastian River since many of the package <br />plants are dumping either directly or indirectly into the rivers, <br />and other leakage is coming from the septic tanks of residential <br />homes located near the rivers. Mr. Masteller advised that the <br />project will be paid for with the County's standard wastewater <br />impact fee of $1250 for each unit hooking up to County sewer. <br />Those who have voluntarily committed to the project's first phase <br />will pay through a 10 -year special assessment program. <br />Mr. Masteller felt this is a very exciting project in that <br />it is an indication of partnership between the private and public <br />sectors. <br />44 <br />