Water service raises numerous questions

In reading about the proposed Providence subdivision, I see that the city of Sandpoint has given a "will serve" letter to the developer for water. This is in direct opposition to what the city of Sandpoint's current Comprehensive Plan states (CD-2, Policy E); water service is only to be extended to development within urban and incorporated areas.

The State Land Use Act also discourages this kind of extension of service. So why did the city provide a "will serve" letter to a development that is not within the city limits of Kootenai but rather within their area of city impact?

Under what authority was that water service offered? And at a time, according to Mayor Shelby Rognstad in a recent KRFY interview, when volume capacity and flow are already challenged in that area? It makes no sense to me, and the city would be wise to withdraw that "will serve" letter.

CARRIE LOGAN

Sandpoint