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BACKGROUND A petition has been received from the residents of Hallmark Homes (26th Avenue) requesting the County to supply sewer service to the residents. We are now coming before the Board of County Commissioners to seek approval to begin design of the above-mentioned project. (See attached petition, plat map, and letter from petitioners.) ANALYSIS There are 33 homes (on 34 lots); 2 of the owners own 1.5 lots. There are no vacant lots. Of the 33 owners, 21 (or 64%) have signed the attached petition in support of proceeding with the installation of a sanitary sewer system. In 1992 this subdivision received County water in a petition -driven water assessment project. Twenty-one (64%) of the water assessments have been paid off; twenty-six (or 79%) of the homes are now connected to the County's water system. Twenty-eight (or 85%) of the homes are owner -occupied. Attached are letters from M. J. Galanis, Environmental Health Director, agreeing that this neighborhood warrants public sewerage and should be a high priority. A letter from the Lynn residents, owners who live on 26th Avenue, expressing concerns and problems they have experienced over the past twenty years is also attached, together with letters from two owners objecting to the proposed project. Typical lot sizes are .17 to .19 acre and are undersized" as defined in Indian River County's Comprehensive Plan. (See attached schedule of parcels, lot sizes, and map, which displays the area to benefit from the assessment project.) This project is to be paid through the assessment of property owners along the proposed sewer line route. In the interim, financing will be from the assessment fund. Design service will be provided by the Department of Utility Services. Based on our proposed survey for the project, the most cost effective method of providing sewer service will be determined prior to commencement of design. RECOMMENDATION The staff of the Department of Utility Services recommends approval of the above - listed project and requests authorization for the Department to proceed with the design engineering work and award a contract for survey services through the issuance of a purchase order based on the most favorable quote in preparation for the special assessment project. ON MOTION by Commissioner Eggert, SECONDED BY Commissioner Macht, the Board unanimously approved the Hallmark Homes Subdivision Petition Sewer Service, Project No. US -98 -18 -CS, and authorized the Department to proceed with the design engineering work and award a contract for survey services through the issuance of a purchase order based on the most favorable quote in preparation for the special assessment project, as recommended in the Memorandum. November 10, 1998 101 BOOK 107 PAGE