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'Joe Reynolds February 6, 1998 Page Three What should be done to this obnoxious wastewater charge for it to become equitable? As I don't know what is trying to be achieved, I don't have a solution recommendation. I just know that an additional "tax" equal to 125% of my water bill for no increase in service is totally unwarranted. Several years ago, when my building was built, second meters for landscaping were not allowed by the County -nor was the additional cost of installing a second meter justifiable. However, when Gold's Gym opened, because of the huge increase in water that they alone would be using, we installed a separate sub-meter to measure water used by them. From a landlord's point of view which is more important, to measure a tenant's huge use of water that the tenant pays for, or a separate meter for landscaping purposes that all ten- ants pay for? Obviously the sub-meter for the single tenant. Otherwise, how would one know how much that tenant was to pay? And the balance of water used would be charged proportionately to all other tenants. No tenant would pay a bill for anything other than his own sub-meter. That's not the way the Wastewater Division saw it when I requested a landscaping exemp- tion last August. At a cost to me of several thousands of dollars, they insist on a separate meter for the landscaping and would not accept my sub-meter for Gold's Gym. We're in the process of having a second water meter installed for our landscaping water, but the design required by the County, time and money are all working against us. In the mean- time, this insane wastewater charge goes on. And, we are required to pay all charges, re- gardless of their fairness, before we are even allowed to appeal these gross charges. If we have to pay a wastewater charge for no increase in service, it should at least be fair. Even the $10/month per tenant charge is unfair as we have one tenant, Gold's Gym, that uses water and seven that use no water. We even have one bay, without water, that we let a church choir store their stands they use when they perform, at no cost to them for the bay. Are we being charged extra for this? What incentive is there for our business to make charitable contributions if the government comes along and charges that business for so doing? Please enact a better wastewater charge system.