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MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner Adams, SECONDED by Vice Chairman Ginn, for discussion, to approve staffs recommendation. Under discussion, Vice Chairman Ginn was concerned about the number of people who seem to not want the County to install this water and sewer service. Assessment Projects Manager Dan Chastain advised that staff has not circulated a petition recently, but over the years there have been a number of inquiries. Concerns were expressed at a January Commission meeting regarding the potential of pollution of the Indian River Lagoon. The figures he will discuss today were requested at that time. A number of the homes in the developments are on septic tanks and wells. Some have requested water. others have requested sewer. Based on the initial estimates, the projected costs for water are approximately $1 million and for sewer are $1.2 million. This cost would be the greatest of any assessment project the County has ever done and would undoubtedly be controversial. For a typical ,/ acre parcel, the assessment would be in excess of $20,000 and then the capacity charge is another $4,000 if the owner connects to both water and sewer. If a mandatory connection is not enforced, it might not affect many of the owners of existing homes. He has been told that a private water system for new homes is quite costly, from $12.000 to $15,000, and the water quality is still substandard and requires additional equipment to remove the sulphur smell. If the County moves fonvard with this, new construction would bring mandatory connection to County service. He pointed out that roofs on some of the homes cost equal to this. Some of the homes" taxes are in excess $25,000 per year; this service could bring a potential savings on insurance premiums. If water and sewer services are put in, restoration costs will be high because we would not Jul;} 8, 2003 �0 �3 t