What About Negotiations?

I am curious about your earlier post about negotiating. Why couldn't a negotiated agreement be reached - what was RKLD afraid of? We could have saved hundreds of thousands of dollars by negotiating with either the LKWA or DNR.
Name Witheld

Each and every meeting regarding negotiating a settlement prior to the Contested Case Hearing hinged on RKLD's acceptance of a "summer drawdown." Both LKWA and DNR demanded a periodic summer drawdown (whether every 3, 5, or 7 years was open for discussion.)

A summer drawdown was the poison pill that the RKLD would not, could not, agree to.
Brian