BOARD00326

• Board Meeting Date: 1/19/1977
• Description: Agenda, Minutes, Resolution
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

if the community falls below:those, we could consider their application.
If not, I think simply the fact that water rates might double because
of the installation of water meters may not be germane because the
water rates may be one-fourth of what people are. paying any place else.
.So, I would appreciate it very, much if that will become part of the
agenda for the next meeting.

MR. STAPLETON: All right. .

MR'. FETCHER: Could. you give us the basis of' each of these different -
criteria.?

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MR. STAPLETON: The factors that go into it?

MR. FETCHER: Well, in other.words, you take number eight there. Every-
body got ten. I ass.ume that's: the most you' can get for "conforms with
existing plans."

MR. STAPLETON: I'm told, for example, the way that was rated is if they
go to 'the county' commissioners.: and if there was :no opposition, they
wou1d:give them a ten. I'm told that one place previously where there'
were three county: cOmmissioners I and there was 'a two;..to.-one vote.. .
they'v~reduced it. 'That doesh t maKe much sense to me, but that is a
part of the computation,' and I think.we'll be interested in getting
those. fac.tors that go" into' it.

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Some of them, for example, if it were just people affected, which is
only one of many, that wou1q mean, obviously,' that the bigger cities
would have a better chance, all things considered; to get:their'proj-
ects approved, so I would instead of going equally across the board, .
we're try,ing to get some percentage of input, some changes, and allow
you to find out just what the items consi~t of.

MR: FETCHER: Okay, but that still does.n' t answer what 'the top number
is that you could get for~ach of these. For .instance, take the one
you said, people affected. I see that the top' number :is ten. Is .that
the most you can get for population? .

MR. . STAPLETON: Ten is the mos t. Zero was the 'least.

MR. .FETCHER: I:see.

MR. STAPLETON: So what they did was try and draw a curve; That's
why you've got.in one and five some 1.6, for example. I'm not sure I
understand enough about statistics, but that doesn't appeal to me as
creating much:more fairness.

MR. FETCHER: How much can you get for recreation?

MR. VANDEMOER: Ten.

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MR. SPARKS: There is a curve used in some of these factors. These.
projects are weighed in re1ationship.to'each other. That's the .
fundamental part of the~ana1ysis, and we've thrown in every factor that

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