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County. Therefore it is a catch-22 so the County has stayed away from that and not committed to the TA. C) City' response by City of Vero Beach Mayor Robbie Brackett and staff Mayor Brackett said the City is not ready to start discussing prices. They have studies that they need to continue. He said this issue is strictly about the 1989 TA, which is why Chapter 164 was filed. He said they are not interested in talking about prices at this time so if the County does not agree to the contract then they don't have much to talk about. He said the City has a presentation that they would like to give on the history on how this all came about if they would like to see it. If they don't want to see it or hear from staff then that is their perogative. Chairman Flescher said they have already heard from staff. Mrs. Adams said their staff keeps them well aware of what has been going on. She felt at this point they are in the joint public meeting phase of the Chapter 164 process. She said in reading from the Statue relating to the joint public meeting phase, this is the time where staff has not been able to come to a resolution so now it is for both Governing Boards to try to work out a resolution. She said that Chairman Flescher indicated that he, and she believes the rest of the Commission members would be more interested in having a dialogue with the City Council versus having a dialogue with City staff. She said staff is to get together and go over their positions and if that doesn't work out then the next step is for the Governing Boards to try to work something out and that is where they and that is where the dialogue should be happening. Mayor Brackett said that dialogue would happen after staff makes their presentation. Mrs. Adams said the Commission is aware of what the presentation is about. They are very aware of the information provided in the binder that was given to them (on file in the City Clerk's office). They have been given multiple emails on public records requests, etc. She is more interested in jumping into the dialogue than going over the history of these documents that they have seen several times. Chairman Flescher said that he would like to see the "grit" of why they are there. He said the Mayor stated that they were not proposing rates, which he understands, but they can't expect any reasonable dialogue without lcnowing some kind of general number or some kind of a guarantee. He said what he previously stated was not an exact number. It was reasonable rates, consistent rates, and the transition of a five (5) year ease in with a 5% increase. That is not talking numbers, it is some general obligation rules so that they could go forward and make some sort of a cohesive decision together. That is why they are here today. Mayor Brackett said they have followed Chapter 164 for one (1) document and one (1) document only and there is no mention of rates anywhere in that document. He said that he is not prepared to talk rates and making a deal conditioned on rates. He said lets judge the document on its merit. 3 09/08/21 Joint City Council/County Commission