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a M 1/2 ERU (Equivalent Residential Unit) rather than a minimum of 1 ERU because their records show an individual home does not use 1 full ERU of capacity. That would leave capacity which the County could sell to other customers. He urged the Board to listen to and seriously consider the facts, the quotes, the suggestions and the requests from the grassroots people who rely on the Board to represent them. The Board should then comprehend their situation, give equal weight to each side, and base the decision on personal knowledge, conscience, judgment and conclusions. Mr.�Nelson referred to the 201 facility plan, the temporary nature of package plants and the County's need to comply with DER requirements in order to obtain federal grants for the regional utilities system. He stated that everyone was aware of the temporary nature of the package plants based on ordinances, resolutions, and agreements but the County did not abide by every detail of those ordinances, resolutions and agreements. Rather they chose to enforce certain clauses and ignored the rest. Mr. Nelson addressed the letter from the DER which stated that CMHP is a threat to the Indian River Lagoon. He argued that CMHP is 9 miles from the Indian River Lagoon, and he asked the Board to allow the homeowners to fight that issue with the DER. They want to make DER prove that the park is a threat to the lagoon 9 miles away. Mr. Nelson expected litigation because a change from the private system to a public system will create additional costs to the homeownersin violation of their leases. Mr. Nelson urged the Commissioners to make their decision based on the fact that there would be no advantage to a change; more study must go into the pros and cons of impact fees and so- called reserved plant capacity; the cost of public service should not be thrice the cost of a private system; CMHP has never voluntarily reserved capacity in any County system; CMHP has a perfectly good, well -operating and well-maintained plant, working at a little over 40 percent of design capability with many years of life left;, there is not and never has been any environmental health problem; not one person in CMHP favors connection to the County system; and on December 15, 1992 County Attorney Vitunac verified that the Commission does have the right to legally change dates for connection to the County system. Mr. Nelson asked the Board to make its decision and let the mobile home owners fight the DER, and the Board's decision would be contingent upon the homeowners' final success over the DER. The homeowners agree with the park owner in the request for the extension of the date for connection to the County wastewater system to coincide with the date for water connection to the year 2002. 19 JAN 191993 BOOK 88 PAGE 588