Originally Posted by fatlazyless

... Seems a stretch to name it Meredith Bay and be located in the Weirs section of Laconia, ...

Originally Posted by fatlazyless

Akwa Soliel is difficult to spell for an internet search, and in his words, sounds like it's a toilet bowl cleaner. (?)!

Originally Posted by Paugus Bay Resident

Interesting first post eh ;)

Originally Posted by SIKSUKR

... How about tidy bowl estates?

Originally Posted by krm

I do find the name change odd, and wonder how city officials feel about it.

But as a matter of fact, the project is not claiming to be in the Town Meredith, it is claiming to be on Meredith Bay and in fact after looking on a map, it is in fact on Meredith Bay the body of water.

Originally Posted by SAMIAM

I agree that the lighthouse is an eyesore but I believe they are just trying to dress up a water tower.

Originally Posted by fatlazyless

So, how's the Laconia water? Is it a good working system with regards to pressure, taste, smell, color, and price?

Originally Posted by fatlazyless

Typically, a housing deveoper like Akwa Soliel pays to build the inferstructure like the roads, walkways, and this rebuilt water tower, and then just gives them for free to the municipality. Spending over 700k just on the lighthouse design watertower for a better appearance than a traditional circular concrete storage tank, is a BIG price tag.

Originally Posted by Laconia Citizen

The city agreed to give Stonefence Acquisitions, which is controlled by the Mailloux family, several parcels of land on Centenary Drive, where the company wants to build a marina, in exchange for easements around the water tower, whose operation will eventually be assumed by the Laconia Water Department.

Stonefence, as is customary with other developments in the city, designed and built the water system at its own expense but also worked out a formula with the municipality where it would receive "payback" money for off-site extension.

The amount was to be $181,800, Water Department Superintendent Mike Matthewman told the planning board, but now stands at $520,000.

Meanwhile, the planning board has approved several projects whose development was conditioned upon the water extension, among them the Beaver Pond subdivision on Roller Coaster Road.

Earlier this year, Southworth became a partner with the Maillouxes in Akwa Vista but Matthewman said the easement negotiations are continuing to take place with the latter's lawyer.

Attorney Regina Nadeau, who represents the Beaver Pond developer, suggested that the planning board should table the Akwa Vista re-subdivision if the easement issue is not resolved soon.

She said her client has "no intention to stand in the way of the developer" but was anxious to begin his own project.

Peter Alpert, who is executive vice-president of Southworth Development, pointed out that "a lot of these issues" predate his company's involvement with Akwa Vista, adding that progress has been made and "we think we'll reach a solution."

Planning board member Gerry Mailloux said the water department was wasting ratepayer money by having to dump water monthly — about 500,000 gallons, valued at between $2,000 and $3,000, according to Matthewman — because the water in the Akwa Vista tank was getting "stale" since only a handful of homes have been built there.

Originally Posted by fatlazyless

Typically, a housing deveoper like Akwa Soliel pays to build the inferstructure like the roads, walkways, and this rebuilt water tower, and then just gives them for free to the municipality. Spending over 700k just on the lighthouse design watertower for a better appearance than a traditional circular concrete storage tank, is a BIG price tag.

The lighthouse-water tank sits on the highest spot in Laconia. The water gets pumped from Paugus Bay, at the Water Dept facility, which is just upstream from the Irwin Marine boat business and gasoline station. Probably, the water gets treated with chlorine and fluoride at the Water Dept facility, methinks. Storing it at the highest spot in town is a method to create water pressure as opposed to using a pump and pressurized tank.

So, how's the Laconia water? Is it a good working system with regards to pressure, taste, smell, color, and price?

Heard it's best to mix with bourbon before brushing teeth?