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Mr. Richardson came up again and pointed out that many of the property owners didn't receive the initial letter sent out by the Utilities Dept. When they went door to door, many of the people said they hadn't known of the assessment until they received the letter of notification of this meeting. Mr. McCain stated that several letters were returned as undeliverable, and they sent them back out again using the addresses listed on the Property Appraiser's assessment roll. Dorothy Mislick, 656 42nd Court, pointed out a discrepancy in the address on the notice of assessment sent to her. R.C. Snyder, 635 41st Avenue, was not in favor of the water project, and wanted to see another letter go out on how many others are against it after finding out that they have to pay the impact fee as well as the assessment. Bob Renton, 745 41st Avenue, explained that he has lived there 25 years and his well is in good condition. His main concern is about the County implementing a surcharge on the gallons of water used. He felt this was just another tax. Attorney Vitunac advised that it is a franchise fee, not a surcharge. The County does not have the ability to put on a surcharge, and Commissioner Scurlock explained that there is a 60 franchise fee on al_I utilities in the county. Pamela Rudd, 786 42nd Court was all for the water project, but she didn't approve of the high prices and felt the system could be put in at a much lower cost. Joseph Richardson, 620 42nd Court, explained that he had water problems with his original well which was down only 53 feet. He had to drill another well which goes down 91 feet, and now his water is good. He felt the builders won't go deep enough unless you insist on it. Fred Lipton returned to say that his driller went down 100 feet and the water quality wasn't as good as it was at 50 feet. He didn't agree that the well drillers do not try to go deep AUG 211990 23 WK��,