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From: Ron Carr <[e-mail]>
Sent: Monday, April 17, 2023 8:03 AM
To: Jan Noriyuki <[e-mail]>
Subject: Island Park Water. Aten�on Commissioners

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My name is Ron Carr, we have owned a family cabin at Aspen Ridge subdivision for 23 years. I have heard
there have been complaints about the public water system for our subdivision.
In the �me that we have owned our cabin I can only remember three �mes we were out of water and
that was due to freeze ups some�me in late spring. There have been a couple of �mes we have had low pressure due to a leak or construc�on ac�vity on the area. When this happened there were signs posted
at the beginning of street openings warning of a boil order. One �me there was a tag placed on our door
when we arrived at our cabin.
I for one have been very pleased with the service from Island Park Water. Dorothy had always been
pleasant to work with and explained the reason for the problem. Freeze ups are very difficult to work
with in the winter due to the snow. They are hard to locate and basically impossible to solve un�l the
weather warms up.
I feel the community water system is a great idea and quite a bargain. It is beter for the environment to
have one system serving the community rather than everyone having their own well.
If cabin owners are unhappy with the service they can drill their own well for about $25,000 to
$$30,000. A community well is easier to monitor and beter for the environment than looking a�er 150
individual wells. Private wells do have problems also and are expensive to maintain and cause
inconvenience when the are down which usually happens on a weekend. I know because our personal
home is on a private well.
There really hasn’t been very many issue un�l the Short term rental system started. Anyone who rents
expects everything to bet perfect and problems handled immediately when they arrive. Many are very
good people and there are a few who are completely rude and do not respect the property or other
cabin owners when they visit.

When we build our cabin we were told no short term rentals were allowed and could not even accept a
botle of wine if we let someone use it.

I will reiterate that I have been very pleased with the service from Island Park Water and think it is a
great service to the community.

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