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At Chairman Bird's suggestion, Commissioner Scurlock gave a detailed summary of events leading up to today's discussion. There were significant problems with both developments, but the emphasis was on the failure of the wastewater package plant in Village Green East, the original development on the north side of SR -60. In addition, Florida -Atlantic was not fulfilling all the requirements shown on the site plan for Village Green, Phase IV, on the south side of SR -60, which is now called Countryside North. A small group of residents from both developments met with him for almost 9 months to resolve these problems. Ed Nelson representing Village Green Phase IV and Wayne Gerhold of Village Green East were in that small group, and the result of that little committee was that in 1985 we finally had a recommendation to bring to the County Commission. Part of that recommendation was that Realcor, the new owner of Village Green Phase IV, enter into an agreement resolving the wastewater/water dispute and resolving the on-going litigation regarding the gazebo and other improvements. Commissioner Scurlock referred several times to a transcript of the meeting of June 5, 1985 when the County Commission adopted Resolution 85-61, amending Resolution 80-88, Water and Sewer Franchise for Village Green Phase IV West. He announced that anyone wishing to listen to the tape of that meeting may do so. Commissioner Scurlock stressed that our contractual agreements always have been with the owners of both parks, and today our program is still looking to the park owners. This agreement was done with the full consent and advisement of that small committee and the park owners. Those are the events leading up to today's meeting. Chairman Bird asked Attorney Vitunac if the 1985 agreement is the only agreement presently in effect between the County and the park owners, and Attorney Vitunac advised that the County entered into an agreement in 1985 which repealed the 1980 agreement. The agreement was always with the owner of the mobile home park, not with any tenants. The County has never indicated that the mobile home tenants have to pay the impact fees. Utilities Director Terry Pinto recalled that both he and Commissioner Scurlock started on this project at about the same time. When he arrived on the scene as Utilities Director, there were about 120 individual franchised package plants in the county. The franchise agreement that was written specifically for the Florida -Atlantic utility at Village Green was somewhat complicated and difficult to understand. In the absence of a proven method to follow on the payment of monies escrowed to the 32 BOOK O rAGE JOS J