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years we've e,itber not raised warter <br /> rates at all or we've raised then <br /> substantially below the cost of <br /> living &M the cost of acquiring the <br /> cost at raw water. We're playing <br /> catch up. I'■ not in favor of the <br /> citizens of Louisville subsidizing <br /> anyone. <br /> Howard: z'■ concerned when the issue of <br /> discrimination is brought up in the <br /> context of diversity of housing. <br /> whit that Roans is minorities in <br /> particular can't afford the housing <br /> stock that ere have. I would hope <br /> that Council steers away from <br /> arguments that have to do with gross <br /> insults to my people, which is that <br /> we cannot afford to live in t.'te city <br /> of Louisville. Concerning the cost <br /> of the water not being paid, Y just <br /> came faro■ a meeting today with the <br /> senior community. Most ore on fixed <br /> incomes. You don't want those <br /> people who have liv*4 her* all of <br /> their lives to have to pay for the <br /> newcomers. what the seniors are <br /> getting out of the growth are paved <br /> streets and increased facilities. <br /> They sho-ildn't get an increased bill <br /> every month. if the City subsidizes <br /> thou, then that bill is pushed off <br /> onto the working families that live <br /> hero. We either put a blanket <br /> increase, in our cost per Aonth, <br /> which will effect the stniors of <br /> this community, which is not <br /> equitable, or we suberidise their <br /> water bills, which is to the <br /> detriment of the other members of <br /> the community, which is also not <br /> equitablo. Let growth pay its own <br /> way. Right now it's not paying its <br /> own way in terms of water. <br /> Sisk: If the fees wont up $4,000.00, we're <br /> talking about $40.00 per month on a <br /> 30 year mortgage. S think the <br /> people who build new homes should <br /> pay their own way. <br /> Davidsont A current assessment on water bills, <br /> 17 <br />