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	Name:	MartiniMan -
	Subject:	480 level
	Date:	1/13/2009 2:53:18 PM

I agree we should be grateful for the water we have but some of us who live in a slough (that's the way its spelled) are really impacted when levels go to winter pool. It's a way of life in the winter and not a big deal as we realized some purchase price savings not being on deep water. But when we bought we did so assuming we would have sufficient water to get in and out of our boat houses when the weather is warm and the skies are blue. Recognizing that we all have to suck it up in a drought, there are legitimate concerns and even complaints about APCO's management of water levels during the drought or decisions by other agencies that impacted APCO's water-level management.

As an example, rather than doing the dredging project on the Alabama River during the winter when flows are higher the USCOE in their infinite wisdom had to do it in the summer of 2007 during a drought that forced APCO to drop Lake Martin way below winter pool. It seems to me that was not the best decision and for that they deserved some criticism. On the other hand, APCO did a much better job last year and our hope is they continue that trend into the future.

As for APCO, delaying submitting the variance application to late December knowing they needed to complete a 30-day comment period that drags into late January seems to call into question their request to start filling the lake on January 15 (i.e., only 18 days into the 30-day comment period). They submitted and were granted variances on other lakes under their control and why they waited for Lake Martin is a mystery. So I think the anxiety, questions and concerns are a result of latent distrust of APCO and while I remain cautiously optimistic their past decisions legitimately open them to greater scrutiny by stakeholders.