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Alan Waters, 3165 62nd Drive, opposed the water line on Cherry Lane. He felt the assessment was too high. He is in f avor of public water but he thought that the County should run the lines down Kings Highway and down 66th Avenue and if anybody wants to run a line to their homes or developments, they can bear the cost. The homes on Cherry Lane are not congested and the people do not want the water. Wayne Russ, 6276 7th Place, Pine Tree Park Subdivision, stated that Pine Tree Park has poor water and anybody who thinks otherwise is f ooling themselves. Pine Tree Park is in a low area, homes must be constructed at high elevations and water quality is variable. He is concerned because when they have heavy rainfalls, some of the septic systems are not usable. He goes to his mother's house in Laurel Oaks Subdivision when he wants good water. He emphasized that it is time to get good water to Pine Tree Park Subdivision. Richard Votapka, 5875 24th Street, Rivera Estates, was in f avor of the water line. He asked how his subdivision will be affected if some subdivisions are excluded from this project. Chairman Bird explained that if the Board deletes certain portions, the total cost of the project would be recalculated, that cost would be divided among the remaining parcels, and there would be another public hearing. Lynn Williams, 5840 Cherry Lane, was opposed to the water expansion project. He disagreed with the statement that if assessments were calculated on 150 -foot depths, all assessments would be higher. His lot is 218 feet deep and by his calculations, his assessment would go down $1600. He reported that he asked the Utilities Department for the cost of installing the water line only on Cherry Lane. He felt that if the assessment is fair, leaving Cherry Lane out of the project would not make any difference to the cost to other subdivisions. He insisted that the residents on Cherry Lane would not hook up to the water line and asked whether the County has met its obligation to serve the urban service area if no one hooks up. If there is no mandatory hookup to the water line, what is accomplished by installing the water line? The residents will pay for the water line but they will not use it and they will not own it. If they do connect to the water line, there is another expense for that. Mr. Williams noted that other counties install water service to residents who petition for it, and he suggested that Indian River County should follow that 53 22 1991) Ur BOOK 89 FA -917