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fatlazyless · 01-26-2007, 07:02 AM

I no longer have that paper as it got thrown out with the trash but here's what I recall. The five member Meredith board of selectpersons, (4 guys & 1 very effective lady cost cutting, budget do-with-outer) have a major concern because the intake for the town water supply is located in Meredith's Lake Waukewan directly in front of a rail road shoreline which some of the abutters wish to lease. The Meredith selectman have shown a lot of concern for the public water quality and do not want the state of NH leasing out the state owned shoreline for what is very low rent to an individual residential home owner(s) for a dock &/or waterfront recreational use.

By comparsion, the city of Laconia has its public water intake on Paugus Bay just up stream and next door to the large Irwin Marine business which operates a boat gasoline station. The Laconia public water supply and Irwin Marine have coexisted, side by side neighbors for about eighty years, and one can be sure that Laconia takes their water quality very seriously.

Also, a big issue has got to be the relatively low price that the state is getting for their rent. Comparing the sliver of waterfront shoreland sandwiched between the railroad tracks, or railroad right of way, and the lake water to an entire waterfront lot is in no way an apples to apples comparision. But, the state of NH is short of money, and the waterfront property is where NH towns and in this case the State, can tap into mostly out-of-state money.

01-26-2007, 07:02 AM	#9
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,736 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 300 Thanked 1,007 Times in 735 Posts	...on the waterfront I no longer have that paper as it got thrown out with the trash but here's what I recall. The five member Meredith board of selectpersons, (4 guys & 1 very effective lady cost cutting, budget do-with-outer) have a major concern because the intake for the town water supply is located in Meredith's Lake Waukewan directly in front of a rail road shoreline which some of the abutters wish to lease. The Meredith selectman have shown a lot of concern for the public water quality and do not want the state of NH leasing out the state owned shoreline for what is very low rent to an individual residential home owner(s) for a dock &/or waterfront recreational use. By comparsion, the city of Laconia has its public water intake on Paugus Bay just up stream and next door to the large Irwin Marine business which operates a boat gasoline station. The Laconia public water supply and Irwin Marine have coexisted, side by side neighbors for about eighty years, and one can be sure that Laconia takes their water quality very seriously. Also, a big issue has got to be the relatively low price that the state is getting for their rent. Comparing the sliver of waterfront shoreland sandwiched between the railroad tracks, or railroad right of way, and the lake water to an entire waterfront lot is in no way an apples to apples comparision. But, the state of NH is short of money, and the waterfront property is where NH towns and in this case the State, can tap into mostly out-of-state money.