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Chairman Scurlock reported that the Windsor Polo Club and the Town of Orchid are agreeable to moving ahead with participation in the county utilities system in the initial stages of 200 and 100 reserved units. They are agreeing to the concept of line expansion which would bring potential utility service to the Summerplace areas and, at some point in the future, water and sewer to our parks which we have acquired through the Save Our Coasts program. They also have seriously discussed an exclusive franchise for utility services. The Chairman explained that because.,of the time constraints here, he was unable to complete negotiations with the Town of Orchid on a new franchise agreement, and pointed out that at this point, the Windsor Polo Club still is within the unincorporated area of the county. We have had on-going discussion and are exploring the possibility of a joint submittal through our Community Development Dept. for a joint review of their developmental plans. Chairman Scurlock felt that both the Windsor Polo Club and the Town of Orchid have been acting in extremely good faith, and at this point, he would like to request additional time to negotiate an exclusive franchise. Commissioners Eggert and Wheeler are working with the two entities on other matters of emergency response and law enforcement. Commissioner Eggert reported that she has heard from one legislator and is still waiting to hear from two others about what, if anything, we could do with regard to the annexation, and wanted to table this matter for two weeks. Chairman Scurlock noted that the Legislature does not meet until after the first of the year, and a Special Act could not be offered until that time; however, he understood that we have no standing in the annexation issue at this point. He felt we have a better ability to accomplish our purpose through the utility agreements we are structuring rather than be at loggerheads with OCT 1988 16 E1OOK 190