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Manufacturers <br />Moving Water Worldwide - Reliably and Efficiently <br />Established 1926 <br />Jason Brown <br />County Administrator <br />Indian River County <br />180127th Street <br />Vero Beach, FL 32960 <br />March 24, 2021 <br />Dear Jason, <br />MWI Pumps enjoys a long relationship with Indian River County. In 1983, we purchased the <br />ongoing business of Couch Pump Company (est. 1917) in Grant Florida (Brevard County) from <br />Allis Chalmers Corporation. As MWI Pumps continued to grow, we were not able to expand the <br />operations in Grant, so we purchased 20 acres off Oslo Rd, and custom built a multimillion <br />dollar facility for the expansion of our Repair and Rental operations. <br />Eventually we relocated the total operations of Couch Pump Company to this location, along <br />with over 40 jobs. <br />Subsequently, the county decided that they needed our property to expand the solid waste <br />facility, through which the property was sold to the county, and we were allowed to rent back <br />our facility to continue operations.. <br />Almost 20 years later we were fortunate to be able to re -acquire 12 of the 20 acres back from <br />the County. <br />Today, because of the security we now have in Indian River, we are starting to plan long term <br />investments for the future again. These investments are currently in property, plant and <br />equipment. Over the past few years, we have invested over 350,000$ in building <br />improvements, and are preparing to invest more as we connect the facilities to the county <br />water and sewer system. In 2020, we also purchased another Pump manufacturer, FPI aka <br />Farmers Pump Company est. 1938, located originally in Pompano Beach FL., and relocated <br />them to our Vero facilities. <br />Theguruose of this letter is to request that the County sell us the adjacent 10 acres to our west. <br />As indicated, we originally had 20 acres, and to be able to meet our future expansion plans, <br />MWI Pumps will still need to have addittional space for buildings, manufacturing, office and <br />warehouse space. <br />MWI Pumps 173 <br />33 N.W. 2nd Street Deerfield Beach, Florida 334411 p. (954) 426-15001 f. (954) 426-15821 www.mwipumps.com <br />