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COMMISSIONER SIEBERT DID NOT FEEL IT IS INCONCEIVABLE THAT FUTURE LAND OWNERS WOULD HAVE TO PAY AN IMPACT FEE TO BE MADE PART OF THE DISTRICT. MRS. LYNCH REITERATED THAT THE BOUNDARIES OF THE DISTRICT WERE SET BY CONSIDERING A STUDY MADE SIX YEARS AGO, AND THEY SHOULD BE CHANGED BEFORE ANYONE IS TAXED, COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER POINTED OUT THAT WE WOULD LOSE ANOTHER TWO YEARS IF WE CHANGED THE BOUNDARIES AT THIS TIME. THERE HAS TO BE A STARTING POINT, AND THE WHOLE REASON FOR THESE DISTRICTS IS THAT WE WANT TO TAX THE PEOPLE WHO WILL RECEIVE THE SERVICES. COMMISSIONER LOY NOTED THAT THE BOUNDARIES ARE NOT ACTUALLY SIX YEARS OLD. THE LINES WERE SET AND PREDICATED ON POPULATION PROJECTIONS WHERE WE HAVE THE GREATEST NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS AND WHERE WE HAVE THE GROUP WITH THE LARGEST NUMBER OF PROBLEMS. SHE NOTED THAT WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE UNHAPPY, BUT IT IS A STARTING POINT. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT DISCUSSED THE POINT -MADE ABOUT A REFERENDUM VOTE AND NOTED THAT THIS WOULD BE TWO YEARS OFF; UNLESS YOU HAVE A SPECIAL ELECTION, WHICH WOULD COST ABOUT $17,000 OUT OF A TOTAL BUDGET OF $63,000. CHAIRMAN WODTKE STATED THAT THE BOARD COULD HAVE TAKEN THE EASY WAY OUT AND GONE TO A REFERENDUM, BUT IF THE PEOPLE TURNED IT DOWN, THE BOARD STILL WOULD BE FACED WITH THE QUESTION OF HOW TO SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS THAT CAN ONLY GET WORSE. HE NOTED THAT THE COUNTY IS BEING FORCED INTO THE WATER BUSINESS AND HAS GOT TO DO IT ON AN ECONOMICAL SCALE IN ORDER TO GET THE COST OF THE WATER DOWN TO A REASONABLE RATE. DISCUSSION CONTINUED ON THE ISSUES INVOLVED, AND COMMISSIONER SIEBERT RE—EMPHASIZED THAT CONSTRUCTION OF THE SYSTEM ITSELF WILL NOT BE PAID FOR OUT OF TAXES BUT WILL BE PAID.FOR BY THE PEOPLE ACTUALLY RECEIVING THE SERVICES. HE ALSO STATED THAT•THE PEOPLE MUST REALIZE d THAT;THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN OVERNIGHT, BUT IF THEY GET IN A BAD SITUATION AND WE POSTPONE THIS DECISION, IT WILL BE YEARS BEFORE WE CAN DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. 60 ' �AflK 36 PAGE .383 OCT 41979