20250804Comment_1.pdf

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BAR CIRCLE S WATER PATRON 2025 !UL _1 AM II: 04
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JUNE 30T" 2025
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, US WATER HIKE
THIS LETTE
R IS IN REGARD TO THE OUTRAGEOU
S
OF 79 PROPOSED.
o/o THAT GEM STATE WATER DISTRICT HAS PR
OVER THE YEARS
WHEN BAR CIRCLE S OPERATED THIS SYSTEM,
WE HAD LITTLE
TO NO PROBLEMS. THE RATES WERE
AFFORDABLE AND INCREASES WERE MODERATE AND IS
ACCEPTABLE. NOW
THAT GEM STATE HAS PURCHASEOT OF
TES HAVE INCREASED UP TO A RATE
SYSTEM, OUR BASE RA
. BEFORE MY RETIREMENT, 1 OWNED
$35 PER 1,002.7 GALLONS WATER DELIVERY TRUCK
AND OPERATED A POTABLE W HERE FROM 65 CENTS PER
COMPANY. WATER COST ME ANYW 000 GALLONS. 1 CAN
1,000 GALLONS TO $10 DOLLARS FOR 49 MAKE A PROFIT BUT A
UNDERSTAND A COMPANY WANTING TO �°'`79/o INC LIVED AT THIS
o INCREASE IS OUTRAGEOUS!WE HAVE
ADDRESS FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS. WE ARE RETIRED AND, LIKE
TO KEEP
MOST R
ETIREES WE TRY
, ARE ON A LIMITED INCOME- OUR
OUR HOME AND YARD UP TO THE STANDARDS
OF NEIGHBORHOOD'
THERE IS 150 ACRES OF HAY FIELDS FOR SALE IN OUR AREA
SELLING AS 5 ACRE PARCELS. GEM STATE TOLD THE BROKERS
THAT ALL THE INFRASTR
UCTURE FOR THIS DEVELOPEMENT
WAS IN AND SUPPLYING
WATER WAS NOT AN ISSUE. SO WHY

THE PRICE HIKE? THEY HAVE DONE SOME MAINTENANCE FROM
TIME TO TIME LIKE ANY BUSINESS WOULD HAVE.
I UNDERSTAND GEM STATE IS AN OUT OF STATE COMPANY THAT
PURCHASED BAR CIRCLES WATER. THAT SHOULDN'T BEAN
ISSUE, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE GEM STATE MOVED IN HERE AND IS
WANTING TO MAKE A KILLING. WE, AND OUR NEIGHBORS,
WORK HARD TO KEEP OUR YARDS NEAT, CLEAN AND GREEN. TO
HAVE SUCH A DRASTIC INCREASE IN THE COST OF WATER IS
JUST GOING TO TURN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD INTO A DEAD,
BROWN DUST BOWL.
A MODEST INCREASE IS ACCEPTABLE BUT 79% IS AN OUTRAGE!
I URGE THE P.U.C. TO DENY THIS APPLICATION.
WHERE DOES GEM STATE GET THEIR WATER? OUT OF THE
AQUIFER, I'M SURE. WHAT IS THEIR COST PER 1,000 GALLONS?
THIS IS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE AND I HATE TO SEE IT TURN INTO
SEATTLE OR PORTLAND.
THANK YOU,
DICK STANDISH
17032 N CIRCLE S TRL
RAT H D RU M, ID 83858