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02/09/1956 . , , . " ',., . , , , .. : ' ;.. .. '.' , " .... I , ,~ ',' , . ", ' .' ' ~. . , ", '. f. ' ;0 I . , . " 'to ~.' \ Uinut,cs of mooti.n~ 'l'hurfJ(}a~ li'cbrlllUI .~...I lOGu" An l~~n.IU~i!lJ1 ,~Ofll"(~ o~r:Lc..o. P'JtJ.~ ; Present ,...epo membors Kruso, Levison, Hat'pins, Hoatlc, Norton and , ' Huscarella, City Enginoor Llcktol1, Nicl: Hompon of tho 01 t~7 ~nginocpt s Offico, Joe Devlin 01' the CICUl'''i\utcl'' ~tUl, Hr. Albul"Y of the st. PetOl"s- burg Times and Hr. Hic.ldleton", C1 ty Hunager.. The meeting \~as opened at 3: 15 P.M. by Chairman Kruse. The minutes 01' tho p1"ovious moeting ,.,01"0 approved for transmission to the City Conullission. Hr. Kruse read a lotter \"l1ich had been ,.,ri tton to the City Conmdssioll inviting its members to attend a joint meeting ,-lith tho Planning Board ,for the:purpose of reviewing "HasteI' R 1". This led to informal discussion , , " t ( , .. ~l . ~~'. . .. ;. .<, ~, , ',' , . .' ..! . ,/:. of nMaS~~,~ It 1't and of south HY1'tle Avenue extension and or the proposed ~ '-. . 'to ~.. :.. seawall>line'~' No :formal action tvas tulcen. '..~ ,:~', ',~......4'J. lI> . ,', r-rr.1,Midclleton then arrived" after a City Commission meeting, and imnlediately began an exposition of the City water supply situation. , " , . :' In IJeriods of dry weather, such as nm\T, ~yater consumption is 12 million gallons per day. In periods 'vhen there is ac1cquate rqinfall consqmption for la\vn s!>rinlcling services tvill drop to four' million gallons per 'day and in dry periods tvill rise to eir;ht million g;allolls. Con- .. ~\~. ' sumption :for all other purposeS is approx:Lmately r01U~ million ~allol1s. Tue City has 27 wells ",111c11 tl.t present are rUllnin!..; at capaoity and , ( . " "t ,(~ the Oi ty is purchasing ono million gallon s pel" <lay from the COlU1ty. , " Under the long t~H"Il1 contruct tvhich has beon Si:'7)10<1 ,>'1 tl1 t.he County for ~, supplying' tva tel' from the nCH tvell field t.he Connty is obliga tell to \. ,~ , , . \, f'urnish a mnximlUil 01' 15 million gallons per liay. Tho 01 ty expects to i, h' continue opel"atiol1 of its ,,,ells after the County begins delivery of water '. oJ "{I: , ~. from the llO\V \ve 11 1'1 e ld. .~. . 11'0 Ul'llUl'Y U" l!)GO Paga 2 ,~ It is ovident thrn"oforn that City twlls 0.1'0 not." pl'ouucil1t?; apl)l'OX- imatc1y 11 million ,'~o.lloJ1s pOl" da.y. 1"i1' teon million gallons ,.;ill becomo o.va.ilublo from tho County unu therefore total sUPIlIJ' of 26 million gallons is to be expectecl" VOPSUS prosont maximwl1 consumption of 12 million gall'ons. At the present rate of growth of the city it 1s to be expected that consumption ,~ill overtake total availa.ble supply wi thin a fm., YGUI's., Production at the nO\o1 ,"veIl fiold CUll be increasecl hy si.n1<:ing additional twIls and transmission capacity of the not.; 30 inch line from Clear,.;ater to the \Jell field can be increasell by steppin~ up operating pressure. The trullsndssion line will be operated 75 to 80 1)81 and oporating pres- suro can be increased to 100 psi. 'rhis 'olill probably involve changes or addi t10l1S to line pwnping equi1Jment and to the lIlotop Ul"i,'es. It is '~) not kllmm holY greatly supply cun be increased by adopting the various available measures. It is expected that scheduling or rationing t.he use of \m.tel' i'01" lawn sprinkling \11111 continue to be necessar:r until clolivcpy of t.;utor :tram the nO\11 \.;el1 field is begtul in August. The f'ol"egoing stUlllnul"izes the \Yater supply and dcmc.nd si tuatioll of the City. Mr. Hictdletoll then explained the (listrilmtion situation. Briley... 'lvild & Associates.. Consulting Enc;ineers" of lJaytona Deach have prepared " a comp'rehensivc tlistributioll plan ,\\'l1ic11 it \v..~S 1101)00. \Vould n.nticipnte ;~,. ~~.. ';E.:'!i' C1 ty needs for ton years. Hr. Hidcl1eton is dOlllJtf'ul that the Dr:iley- l-lild plan \<1ill be adecl1.mtc in vi m.; (1) or the curren t l~apid grovth of C1 ty populatiollJ1 (2) the probable annexution or i\l'naS tlm t arc nm.; outside the City lindts and arc currently sup]llied by the City aIld (0) the conti.nued development 01' nm\T subuivisions. At this poi-at Hr'. Licl~ton stated. thnt 1 ' , ""- ~} ........... I vtd February 0, 1950 Page 3 ostimates of grm"th ou ,"ldch Drilcy-Hilll hat! based its plan ancI cstimntos 01' grm-Jth by tho Planning Dou.rll \0/0l'0 not fur allnrt. Portions of the Hl"iley-l'iilcl <l:tstrihution plan ure nm.; being built and the City is gradually roplacing such smull lines as the t,",o inch ones ,,,hicit servo some parts of the City ",,1 th 'six inch distributi on lines as is required for fuvorable insurul1co rates. Hr. Hicldleton believes in acIdi tiolr to the 20 1nc1:1 lines shmm on the Driley-Wild plan it will be necessary to lay 20 inch lines in Lnkeview or Delleair Streets or both. Ordinance 632 requires develol1ol's to install ,.;ater lines and \.;hore such lines.are ill the City, the City specifies sizes of pipes to be used. l'lhen subdivisions outside the C1 ty are anl10xell rlr. Hiclll1eton anticipates that in some instances it lull be necessary to replace the present water supply lines with larger ones, and w1fortunntely the City will be obligated to bear the cost of this '-lOr1,_ Recently water pl"essul"es have been incl'cased in the City to 50 psi on the mainland and 62 psi on Clear\.;ater Beach. '11h1s has bl"ought many f'avol"a,ble cOll1ments from residents_ The City '(vater system is complet,ely integrated so that all of the '\ lyells anll the County \'lutel' system :reed. L\ complete inter'connected. dist.ri- bution system_ Therefore" an tmusual dcmanu in 0110 section of the City would be partially supplied b,'\' City ,,,,ells \.;111eh ape l"emotc from the area of uemand. Mr. Hidd,leton oxpects tho. t ul timn. tcly three stor'n.ge tallIes on Clear- '.Jater 'Deach ,viII be nece SSFLr'Y. OUe at tile IlOl'th CIH1, one in the ceuter near the Yacht Club uncl 0110 on the south cud. Hr. 1:oIidclleton su!;geste(l that the Bl':i,lcy-Hiltt \vater distl'ilmtioll plan be superimposed on the Plamdnz Dorwll t s "Hnst-or' n 1". lIe also SUf"[:csteu .t~ ~ that the Board unclel'take plamlj.ng or SUllplj' to tIle follO\d.ng at'cas: (1) cast y " ~'. ..': ~ > , . .' , " ..' , -'\0 ~ ' . .' , . . I' ,..;'\ ' _, I'. , ,..' I ..... ~ ..' <, ..'.;/, . ,,' '. " , .1'" ' l' a:l C a::: .ex: Cl ~', Z ;, <( f:"'~\- " 'r.n l~ebrull.ry 0" lUGO IJago ' 4 of Highlu.ml and nOl"th of Palmetto" (2) cnst of llolohcr Roau. and (0) ., '-, I" ' south of Druicl. No similar comprehensive lllu.ns.hn.vc boen mu.do for storm o.nd sanit.ary 8e'-I01" systems. It is lCn0\o111 howevor" that 0. se'~o.ge disposal plant will be nec.cssal"Y on Clearwater Beach and one on the ,:,'., ,'T .; t,.' t:. L ' -: ,..... extreme east of the City and south or Gulf-to-Bay wIdeh will discharge its effluent into ~rampa Bay. The Dtiard thanlced ?o1r. Hict(lleton for a very complete antI helpful report and illVi ted him to attend 1'utU1'o meetings of tho Board. 'rhero was not time for a discussion of gas supply. The meeting adjourned at 5:00 P.M. " ,. 'c' '4,' . " ., .. , , ' ,. ' , '. .'. . ,> c. {~> ,. .'. Respectfully submitted \S~~~~ar:~~\~ 'J;':' " ~} ;.,. I . ~~...'- " , ~~,~ : i... H .' :'~' '. .. .. , . , " , 0:..', " ' CI:S : " 00' 1""\' ......." 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