The text is available, here.
It's a hot-button issue given Waukesha's declining daily water demand - - a recent blog discussion with history about the issue is here - - and an editorial in the Racine Journal Times reinforces the connection between water and growth in Waukesha as also beneficial for Racine and regionally, too.
Here is the editorial, which gets into the job discussion this way:
Concerns have focused on whether Racine will be selling jobs along with water. About 15 percent of Waukesha’s area is available for growth, and the city’s application for Lake Michigan water projects a maximum daily demand in 2030 of 16.6 million gallons. But that’s also for a projected 24 percent population increase.Milwaukee officials have long argued that a water deal with Waukesha needed to take into account the benefits and impact of water on jobs, transportation, housing and other regional issues.
The mistaken assumption is that these supposed jobs would come to the Racine area if they don’t go to Waukesha. Yet they would be available to Racine County people who commute, especially to residents of the Burlington-Rochester-Waterford corridor.
Also, companies settling initially in Waukesha may create spin-off divisions near Racine, or they may attract related companies which settle here.
What we should be working on is making the region stronger, for economic strength in Waukesha County helps everyone. It makes the entire area more attractive and dynamic.
A Milwaukee Common Council resolution about city water sale policy can be found here.
