(Click here for BRWAA agreement)
Hello everyone,
Over the past few months, we have been working on building the number of participating homes, to lower the costs per household by as much as possible.
Now due to the recent decision of Northway Water Co-Op #2 to join the group, we are receiving a huge number of new entrants into the water project very rapidly. At this moment, including that trust, we have 116 members of the BRWAA, and that number should continue to climb. This is well above the 50 or so members we expected to sign up from the outset.
As each additional household enters into the association, the price will continue to fall. At this point, because the news is so new, we are adjusting and reacting as quickly as possible to the influx of new members. Due to the fluidity of the situation, we do not have specific pricing but it will continue to lower as each additional household enters into the association.
At this time, we believe that every single member signed to the BRWAA should be serviced by city water, and not one single signed up member will be denied access to the water infrastructure due to lack of interest near them. The city water project will encompass almost the entire neighborhood, and will provide water access to just about the entire area.
Tomorrow Evening (December 20) actions will be taken by the Village Board regarding the financing aspects of the project. It is preferable that everyone who is interested in participating in the city water project sign up for the project by 12 noon on that day.
As always, please feel free to contact me if you have any questions, or would like some more information. To sign up for the project, please print out The Bayside Residential Water Access Association agreement is available from the following link below:
Bayside Residential Water Access Agreement
To sign up or city water, please sign and notorize the agreement. The best way to get this back to us would be to drop it off at Village hall (for convienience, there is also a notary at Village hall).
We are also asking for an up front payment of $300. If for some reason we are unable to service your residence with the city water infrastructure, this payment will be returned to you.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions, at northwaywater@gmail.com
Thank you much
... Howard
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Bayside Residential Water Access Association
Hello everyone,
First of all, thank you for all who attended our meeting tonight.. The Bayside Residential Water Access Association agreement is avaialble from the following link:
Bayside Residential Water Access Agreement
The last page has the contact information sheet, which will explain the steps necessary to join the association.
Basically we ask that you sign and notorize the agreement, and get it back to us either by mailing it back to me, dropping it off at my paper box, or dropping it off at Village hall (there is also a notary at Village hall)
We are also asking for an up front payment of $300. This payment will be returned to you if it is determined that we are unable to service your residence with the city water infrastructure.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions, at northwaywater@gmail.com
Thank you much
... Howard
First of all, thank you for all who attended our meeting tonight.. The Bayside Residential Water Access Association agreement is avaialble from the following link:
Bayside Residential Water Access Agreement
The last page has the contact information sheet, which will explain the steps necessary to join the association.
Basically we ask that you sign and notorize the agreement, and get it back to us either by mailing it back to me, dropping it off at my paper box, or dropping it off at Village hall (there is also a notary at Village hall)
We are also asking for an up front payment of $300. This payment will be returned to you if it is determined that we are unable to service your residence with the city water infrastructure.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions, at northwaywater@gmail.com
Thank you much
... Howard
Public meeting venue change
Hello everyone,
Due to the possibility of a high turnout at the city water project meeting, the meeting place has been changed to the Bayside Middle School, at 601 E. Ellsworth Lane. The meeting will be held in the school cafeteria at the same time (7:00pm)... I apologize for the confusion and the late notice, but hopefully we won't have to crowd in so much over there..
.... Howard
Due to the possibility of a high turnout at the city water project meeting, the meeting place has been changed to the Bayside Middle School, at 601 E. Ellsworth Lane. The meeting will be held in the school cafeteria at the same time (7:00pm)... I apologize for the confusion and the late notice, but hopefully we won't have to crowd in so much over there..
.... Howard
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Public meeting date set
Hello neighbors,
Today I sent out some mailers to inform the neighborhood that we have another public meeting scheduled for Wednesday, September 19th at 7:00pm, to be held atVillage Hall the Bayside Middle School Cafeteria.
The purpose of the meeting is to update everyone on our progress, and to inform the public on what steps have to be taken in order to formally join the project. There will be more details in the days to come, but please remember to reserve the date if you would like to find out more and have your questions answered in a public forum.
Also, I will be attending the village picnic on Saturday September 8th at Ellsworth Park. I am not sure exactly where I will be situated, but you can find me by looking for a large posterboard sign labeled "City Water Project" or similar. Please stop by and I will be glad to have a one-on-one discussion with you.
As always, please feel free to email, or call my phone number, and I will be glad to discuss any aspect of the project. You can always see the email address and other contact information by selecting "Contact Information" under "Pages", to the right.
.... Hope to see you at the picnic, and I hope to see you at the meeting!
.... Howard
Today I sent out some mailers to inform the neighborhood that we have another public meeting scheduled for Wednesday, September 19th at 7:00pm, to be held at
The purpose of the meeting is to update everyone on our progress, and to inform the public on what steps have to be taken in order to formally join the project. There will be more details in the days to come, but please remember to reserve the date if you would like to find out more and have your questions answered in a public forum.
Also, I will be attending the village picnic on Saturday September 8th at Ellsworth Park. I am not sure exactly where I will be situated, but you can find me by looking for a large posterboard sign labeled "City Water Project" or similar. Please stop by and I will be glad to have a one-on-one discussion with you.
As always, please feel free to email, or call my phone number, and I will be glad to discuss any aspect of the project. You can always see the email address and other contact information by selecting "Contact Information" under "Pages", to the right.
.... Hope to see you at the picnic, and I hope to see you at the meeting!
.... Howard
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Meeting video posted online
Hello Neighbors,
I have posted the video tape recording of the meeting that took place at Village Hall on Tuesday, February 7.
The video is in two parts.. The first part (from the camcorder) shows the two presentations as given by Jim Voigt (from the water utility) and myself, and the second part (from the i-phone) shows most of the question and answer session that followed.
Big thank you goes out to Roy Dietsch for providing the second part.. Roy had the presense of mind to start filming the meeting on his i-phone as the video tape ran out on the camcorder.
The videos may be a bit soft on the audio, but if you turn the volume up on your speakers you should be able to hear the audio well enough. Also if you have trouble seeing the presentations on the screen in the video, you can follow along on your computer using the presentation links found in the prior post.
Watching the video back, it occurrs to me that I did not answer (or did not understand) some of the questions fully enough. My apologies for that. If you would like a more complete answer to something that you or someone else may have asked at the meeting, of course you should email me at northwaywater@gmail.com .
Anyhow, you can access the video online with the following links:
Part 1 - Presentations
Part 2 - Questions and Answers
If you have trouble viewing the video, please let me know.. And, as always, if you have any questions please feel free to email me...
... Hope all is well
... Howard
I have posted the video tape recording of the meeting that took place at Village Hall on Tuesday, February 7.
The video is in two parts.. The first part (from the camcorder) shows the two presentations as given by Jim Voigt (from the water utility) and myself, and the second part (from the i-phone) shows most of the question and answer session that followed.
Big thank you goes out to Roy Dietsch for providing the second part.. Roy had the presense of mind to start filming the meeting on his i-phone as the video tape ran out on the camcorder.
The videos may be a bit soft on the audio, but if you turn the volume up on your speakers you should be able to hear the audio well enough. Also if you have trouble seeing the presentations on the screen in the video, you can follow along on your computer using the presentation links found in the prior post.
Watching the video back, it occurrs to me that I did not answer (or did not understand) some of the questions fully enough. My apologies for that. If you would like a more complete answer to something that you or someone else may have asked at the meeting, of course you should email me at northwaywater@gmail.com .
Anyhow, you can access the video online with the following links:
Part 1 - Presentations
Part 2 - Questions and Answers
If you have trouble viewing the video, please let me know.. And, as always, if you have any questions please feel free to email me...
... Hope all is well
... Howard
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Meeting presentations posted online
Hello Neighbors,
First of all, thank you all for what I feel was a great success in our meeting from last night. It was very encouraging to see such a huge turnout, I would guess there were about 80-90 people there last night.
I have posted the two presentations that were given at the meeting online, for anyone to view or download. You can view or download these presentations using the following links:
1) City Water Presentation
2) Northway City Water Project Presentation
I have been getting a lot of feedback since last night, and most of it is encouraging. I will work on updating the interest level maps to see where we are at. If you feel your interest level has changed, please let me know.
The survey site will be up until the 20th of February, so we can still use it to gather peoples' information.. So, if you haven't done so yet, please head over to the survey site and fill out the survey.. You can access the survey site using the following link:
Northway City Water Survey
As always, if you have any questions or need some more clarification concerning the presentations or anything else, please send an email to: northwaywater@gmail.com
Thank you all again for a successful meeting last night!
... Howard
First of all, thank you all for what I feel was a great success in our meeting from last night. It was very encouraging to see such a huge turnout, I would guess there were about 80-90 people there last night.
I have posted the two presentations that were given at the meeting online, for anyone to view or download. You can view or download these presentations using the following links:
1) City Water Presentation
2) Northway City Water Project Presentation
I have been getting a lot of feedback since last night, and most of it is encouraging. I will work on updating the interest level maps to see where we are at. If you feel your interest level has changed, please let me know.
The survey site will be up until the 20th of February, so we can still use it to gather peoples' information.. So, if you haven't done so yet, please head over to the survey site and fill out the survey.. You can access the survey site using the following link:
Northway City Water Survey
As always, if you have any questions or need some more clarification concerning the presentations or anything else, please send an email to: northwaywater@gmail.com
Thank you all again for a successful meeting last night!
... Howard
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Meeting date set
Hello Neighbors,
Well, the survey is complete and we recieved some very useful results.
Approximately 1 out of 3 homes surveyed responded, and 5 out of 6 of those responses showed at least some level of interest in obtaining city water for their homes.
For those of you who responded to the survey, thank you for taking the time to do so. Using this data we will be able to come up with possible route and cost scenarios, which we can present to the community.
Almost all of the survey responses also showed interest in attending a meeting, so they could learn more about the city water project. A meeting is ideal, becuase it will make it easier to lay out the different scenarios, and explain the various costs and options avaialble.
So, we have arranged for a meeting to be held on the following date and place:
Time: Tuesday, February 7th, 6:30pm
Place: Bayside Village Hall (located at 9075 N. Regent Rd)
At the meeting we can discuss the results of the survey, the benefits of a city water conversion, some proposed routes, and of course the financing and the costs (which is what everyone wants to know). We can then answer questions anyone may have.
Hope to see you all there!
... Howard
Well, the survey is complete and we recieved some very useful results.
Approximately 1 out of 3 homes surveyed responded, and 5 out of 6 of those responses showed at least some level of interest in obtaining city water for their homes.
For those of you who responded to the survey, thank you for taking the time to do so. Using this data we will be able to come up with possible route and cost scenarios, which we can present to the community.
Almost all of the survey responses also showed interest in attending a meeting, so they could learn more about the city water project. A meeting is ideal, becuase it will make it easier to lay out the different scenarios, and explain the various costs and options avaialble.
So, we have arranged for a meeting to be held on the following date and place:
Time: Tuesday, February 7th, 6:30pm
Place: Bayside Village Hall (located at 9075 N. Regent Rd)
At the meeting we can discuss the results of the survey, the benefits of a city water conversion, some proposed routes, and of course the financing and the costs (which is what everyone wants to know). We can then answer questions anyone may have.
Hope to see you all there!
... Howard
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Whose water is it?
Hello neighbors,
So it has been a few days since the surveys were sent out, and so far we have been able to collect a lot of good data from fair number of respondents so far, but of course it could be a lot better. For those of you who have responded to the survey, thank you so much for doing so. These survey responses will do a lot of good, not just for those who will ultimately switch to city water, but to the rest of the neighborhood as well…
I have personally made it a point to call or email back anyone and everyone that calls the phone number (215-0671) or emails the address (northwaywater@gmail.com), to address all concerns and questions anyone may have. Please, if you have questions or would like to know more feel free to call or email me with your message, and I will make sure to get back to you within a day.
One question (or misconception) that keeps popping up from people calling or emailing in is that there are concerns that the water from the Mequon water utility is coming from the wells in Mequon, and that the Mequon wells may have bad quality water. People would prefer that the water come from Milwaukee instead of Mequon.
The Mequon water utility actually does not obtain its water supply from Mequon, and in fact they obtain their water supply from Milwaukee. More specifically, to service this area, the Mequon water utility obtains its water supply from the North Shore Water Commission, which is the same entity that services Glendale, Whitefish Bay, and Fox Point. The water is treated Lake Michigan water coming from the North Shore filtration plant, which is located near Nicolet high school.
Please be assured that the water we are bringing in to this community is amongst the highest quality water in the country, and is tested and treated before it is pumped to the homes in the North Shore.
Again, I would like to thank everyone who has responded to the survey so far. For those of you that have not responded, please make sure to do so by a week from Monday, January 16th.
Hope all is well,
… Howard
So it has been a few days since the surveys were sent out, and so far we have been able to collect a lot of good data from fair number of respondents so far, but of course it could be a lot better. For those of you who have responded to the survey, thank you so much for doing so. These survey responses will do a lot of good, not just for those who will ultimately switch to city water, but to the rest of the neighborhood as well…
I have personally made it a point to call or email back anyone and everyone that calls the phone number (215-0671) or emails the address (northwaywater@gmail.com), to address all concerns and questions anyone may have. Please, if you have questions or would like to know more feel free to call or email me with your message, and I will make sure to get back to you within a day.
One question (or misconception) that keeps popping up from people calling or emailing in is that there are concerns that the water from the Mequon water utility is coming from the wells in Mequon, and that the Mequon wells may have bad quality water. People would prefer that the water come from Milwaukee instead of Mequon.
The Mequon water utility actually does not obtain its water supply from Mequon, and in fact they obtain their water supply from Milwaukee. More specifically, to service this area, the Mequon water utility obtains its water supply from the North Shore Water Commission, which is the same entity that services Glendale, Whitefish Bay, and Fox Point. The water is treated Lake Michigan water coming from the North Shore filtration plant, which is located near Nicolet high school.
Please be assured that the water we are bringing in to this community is amongst the highest quality water in the country, and is tested and treated before it is pumped to the homes in the North Shore.
Again, I would like to thank everyone who has responded to the survey so far. For those of you that have not responded, please make sure to do so by a week from Monday, January 16th.
Hope all is well,
… Howard
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Letter and surveys sent out
Hello neigbors, and welcome!
My name is Howard, I am the trustee of the Northway Water Co-Op #1, and I live in the neighborhood here on Navajo road.
If you are viewing this site, that means that you have received the survey in the mail, and would like to know more about the city water project we are launching for this subdivision.
First of all, thank you for taking the time to read the letter, and for taking the time to visit this blog site. We sent out more than 200 surveys throughout the subdivision, and it is our hope that with this outreach we will find many more households in the area that are as frustrated with the water situation as we are, and would like to do something about it.
The blog site will be used to help keep everyone informed of the latest project developments, and answer questions people may have. Please send your questions to the email address: northwaywater@gmail.com, and I will either answer it with an email, or post it to the blog as part of an FAQ so I can answer it for everyone.
If you haven't done so already, please head over to the survey site at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NorthwayWater and take a few minutes to answer the survey. If you answer the survey online then there is no need to fill out and return the survey on paper. Answering the survey does not commit you to anything or exclude you from anything, we simply want to use it to collect information at this point.
Again, welcome to the blog site and thank you for taking the time to answer the survey. There are sure to be some developments over the next few days, so please keep checking back for the latest information.
Hope all is well,
.... Howard
My name is Howard, I am the trustee of the Northway Water Co-Op #1, and I live in the neighborhood here on Navajo road.
If you are viewing this site, that means that you have received the survey in the mail, and would like to know more about the city water project we are launching for this subdivision.
First of all, thank you for taking the time to read the letter, and for taking the time to visit this blog site. We sent out more than 200 surveys throughout the subdivision, and it is our hope that with this outreach we will find many more households in the area that are as frustrated with the water situation as we are, and would like to do something about it.
The blog site will be used to help keep everyone informed of the latest project developments, and answer questions people may have. Please send your questions to the email address: northwaywater@gmail.com, and I will either answer it with an email, or post it to the blog as part of an FAQ so I can answer it for everyone.
If you haven't done so already, please head over to the survey site at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NorthwayWater and take a few minutes to answer the survey. If you answer the survey online then there is no need to fill out and return the survey on paper. Answering the survey does not commit you to anything or exclude you from anything, we simply want to use it to collect information at this point.
Again, welcome to the blog site and thank you for taking the time to answer the survey. There are sure to be some developments over the next few days, so please keep checking back for the latest information.
Hope all is well,
.... Howard
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