[Vision2020] The (New) Troy Reservoir

[Mark Solomon]

Everyone I've taken has been quite impressed as to the potential for 
a reservoir. But as is said, "You can take a horse to water but you 
can't make it drink."

This type of public infrastructure is usually funded by a bond 
approved by the voters and repaid over the length of the bond term by 
a charge to the water rate. There's always hope that there's a pot of 
federal dollars out there somewhere to help but most of that money 
seems to be going into a black hole called Irag. Or was that 
Halliburton?

m.

At 2:25 PM -0700 8/11/06, Steven Basoa wrote:
>On Aug 11, 2006, at 10:30 AM, Mark Solomon wrote:
>I've taken city staff and others on several mountain tours over the 
>past year highlighting reservoir potential.
>
>Mark
>
>******
>And what has been the Moscow staff's reaction?  Do they seem to be 
>actively interested?  Do they feel as if this a worthwhile option? 
>(If not, then why not?).
>
>Regarding Tom Ivie's question about funding:  The ultimate back-up 
>funding is always the taxpayers wallets. This is Troy's next step: 
>convincing their tax base that this is a worthwhile goal.  I assume 
>that there might be options such as government/private sector grants 
>or funding.  Obviously a Moscow area reservoir would take a 
>tremendous effort and much creative planning.  Once a decision is 
>made that a reservoir is feasible, I suppose the next step would be 
>to figure out the funding.  And that is certainly beyond my scope. 
>(But I'd be willing to make a small donation...)
>
>SB