<p>I think that Krauss stated that we could charge out of town water users a premium or sorts, and he either said, or I have read, that we charge out of town users about double what we charge those who live in town. That is a premium charge, and the question for debate would be not whether there is a premium or not, but whether that much of a premium is worth it or not.</p><p /><p>Bruce Livingston</p><p /><p><br />-----Original message-----<br />From: Garrett Clevenger garrettmc@verizon.net<br />Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:04:26 -0800<br />To: vision 2020 vision2020@moscow.com<br />Subject: [Vision2020] 65 acre feet of water equals $2 million of food<br /><br />> Pat writes:<br />> <br />> "So you weren't at the meeting last night or heard any<br />> of the <br />> explainations for the vote?? Too bad you might have<br />> learned some things."<br />> <br />> <br />> <br />> I'm not sure why Pat writes this as my post had<br />> not!
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do with an explanation for the vote.<br />> <br />> However, I was at the meeting and learned that my<br />> suspicions about the deal are well founded. <br />> <br />> The questions I asked were:<br />> <br />> Since Hawkins is responsible for collecting fees from<br />> end-users of water in the mall, what's to prevent<br />> Hawkins from profiting from the water we sell them?<br />> <br />> According to Wayne Krauss, nothing will prevent them<br />> from profiting. In fact, if I understood his answer,<br />> since Hawkins is a corporation, they are entitled to<br />> profit from the water.<br />> <br />> Yes, that was about his answer, as unbelievable as<br />> that seems. Krauss thinks it's ok for Hawkins to<br />> profit from the water we sell them, even though Moscow<br />> cannot profit from water it sells Hawkins.<br />> <br />> My second question was:<br />> <br />> Since Moscow can't profit on wat!
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sells, is the<br />> council justified in saying we can charge Hawkins a<br />> premium for the water we sell them since we can only<br />> charge what it costs to deliver the water.<br />> <br />> Krauss's answer was basically we can charge them<br />> appreciation of infrastructure and went into the way<br />> fees will be charged to Hawkins for water. He failed<br />> to answer the question, I thought, and only said what<br />> we already know. The problem with his answer is that<br />> those fees are exactly what everybody else pays, so it<br />> isn't a premium.<br />> <br />> The rest of the forum pretty much said how Hawkins<br />> will not be beneficial to Moscow, but more than likely<br />> is bad for Moscow.<br />> <br />> I'm not sure what Pat got out of the meeting as she<br />> didn't go into detail about what she learned. Perhaps<br />> she will enlighten us with what she learned?<br />> <br />> gcl!
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