Re_ Resolutions 5968 and 5969 Public Comment 2 from Mary BohacFrom:Western Associates
To:Kalispell Meetings Public Comment
Subject:[EXTERNAL] Re: Resolutions 5968 and 5969
Date:Monday, May 4, 2020 3:44:44 PM
Also, to clarify my comments below, after checking with Kyle Waterman I understand the
elimination of the summer sprinkler rates is part of these resolutions. I hope the city hasincluded a projection in each resolution of how that will drastically increase resident water
bills, although I didn't see it in the agenda attachments. If that information hasn't beenprovided to the city council it is an enormous oversight which needs to be rectified.
On Mon, May 4, 2020, 10:45 AM Western Associates <westat755@gmail.com> wrote:
It's incomprehensible that the city council would even consider resolutions that penalize current Kalispell
residents in favor of developers. The council representatives hold their positions based on the responsibility to
protect the welfare of the residents that elected them, not the interests of developers.
The cost of expanding Kalispell utility infrastructure to accommodate new development should be paid for by
that development. If the financial burden of development utility expansion is not borne by its cause, the question
must be asked how and why city council members are being influenced.
I look forward to the city council recalling their responsibility to the resident taxpayers that elected them and
voting down both resolutions. New resolutions should be drafted that increase development fees to pay for any
utility expansion and maintenance of existing infrastructure would be paid for by existing residents.
Mary Bohac
Kalispell resident