KINGMAN - The Board of Supervisors tabled another proposed waterline project in the Golden Valley Water Improvement District Tuesday after a resident questioned the cost of the project.
Last year, the Board halted a project designed to bring 37 miles of waterlines to part of the district after residents protested the increased cost for the project.
Some of the residents in the area still wanted to have water service, so the improvement district started a new project designed to extend waterlines to parts of Carrizo, Cordes, Cowlic, Dilkon, Dragoon, Dugas, Eden, Elroy, Emery Park, Escuela, Glen Canyon, Guthrie, Hoover, Horse Mesa and Mormon Flat roads.
But the new project was tabled after a resident objected to the increased cost estimate.
Brian Miller said he had petitioned to have his street included in the project and was given an estimated cost of about $6,000. He was now told that the estimated cost of the project was going to be $12,000. He pays much less than that a month to have water hauled to his property. There are a number of people in the area living on fixed incomes who can't afford an assessment that large, he said.
"This is not fair to those people who are going to lose their property for water," Miller said.
He also felt it was unfair that the county could take all the time it needed to gather the signatures of 51 percent or more of the property owners in the area for the project, but he had only 20 days after the Board approved the project to gather the same amount of signatures in order to halt the project.
Deputy County Manager Mike Hendrix said the department would have to consult the County Attorney's Office to see if they could limit it to 51 percent of Miller's street in order to withdraw from the project.
The Board also:
• Approved resolutions supporting the county's application for Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery grants for improvements to Diamond Bar Road, Grace Neal Parkway, Vanderslice Road and the construction of Rattlesnake and Kingman Crossing/Interstate 40 interchange.
• Approved the abandonment of part of old U.S. 93 for the Albiasa project.
• Approved the purchase of two self-checkout units with CD/DVD storage for the county library system.
• Awarded a contract for a water tender for the Golden Valley Fire District to FDC Rescue Products of Glendale. The truck will cost $171,000 and be paid for with a Community Development Block Grant.
• Approved a request from the Mohave Sportsman's Club to use 5,000 cubic yards of material from the county's pit on Shinarump Road to increase the berm height for the 7 Mile Shooting Range.
• Approved a $5,000 donation to Arizona Town Hall.
• Authorized the use of $76,000 from a contract contingency fund to pay for additional asbestos removal at the Negus Building on Beale Street. The Board also approved allowing the Public Works Department to use additional funding from the contract's contingency fund to cover other expenses that may crop up in the remodel of the building to avoid any delays.
• Approved a zoning use permit and a minor amendment for a photovoltaic power plant near Hackberry Road.
Reader Comments
Posted: Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Article comment by:
Cristi
@ Shawn,
Thompson does not connect directly to Stockton Hill road. Unless you drive all over that area and stop at every little cross road to get there. Grace Neal Parkway would benefit more than the land owners. For those of us that drive to the airport area to work it would be a great bypass around Northern. And it's grant money they are trying to get to build it instead of raising taxes. I'm for it.
Posted: Saturday, September 12, 2009
Article comment by:
Shawn
Better yet, the neil parkway is a JOKE! Can anyone tell me why this is actually needed? Besides the fact that it will improve the value of the good'ole boy's who own property along the proposed path? I mean, what is this proposed road really for? the residents or property owners? We already have a connecting road, it's called thompson! I don't care if this is federal money or not, this money could be used elsewhere.
Posted: Saturday, September 12, 2009
Article comment by:
Voice of one in the desert
Many of the residents in Golden Valley are living in a beautiful area but are dirt poor. Many can not afford the cost of a first grade on side roads. Abrigo ought to be paved considering the traffic from Egar to Estrella. There are people here living in motor homes, sheds, garage type structures and what 'looks' like condemnable property. The ones who cann't afford to pay for everyday services need to move on. Live on a lake or by a stream.
Posted: Friday, September 11, 2009
Article comment by:
Bob
As stated before all partitions for water in the GV improvement district should be voided and a correct price for having water lines installed be give and have a five (5) year limit on each partition after that it expires. It is not fair to the residents to have 10 year old price estiments for installation of water lines.
