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Commissioner Zorc stated that the Department could have provided water to certain parcels to address their request for water without crossing the canal to loop or balance the system. Alex Walters, 1295 60h Avenue Parcel 13, advocated apportioning the costs based on the square footage of the owners' properties. MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner Solari, SECONDED by Commissioner Flescher, to approve staffs recommendation. Bob Johnson, Coral Wind Subdivision, wondered whether the 70/30 split would become a precedent for future projects. Administrator Baird advised that normally the utility customers would pay 100% of the costs for connecting to County water; however, staff was recommending the 70/30 split in this case, because the looped portion of the system is a benefit to the utility system. The Chairman CALLED THE QUESTION, and by a 4-1 vote (Commissioner Zorc opposed), the Board: (1) determined that the appropriate cost recovery method is a 70/30 split with eighteen property owners from 8 h Street to 16th Street who may elect to connect to the water main, who will be responsible for 70% of the costs and the Indian River County Department of Utilities (IRCDU) who will be responsible for 30% of the costs for the non - assessment water project and (2) authorized the IRCDU to collect the proportionate project costs of $13,637.29 per property owner for UCP No. 4040, if and when a resident makes an application for service along 66th Avenue January 21, 2014 12