DATE: June 20, 2023
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Protest Hearing on Water Service Fees - Increases for County Service Area 30 Water Service Fees - El Porvenir
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Conduct public hearing and receive written protests submitted prior to the close of such public hearing from property owners (including their tenants) receiving water service from County Service Area 30, El Porvenir (CSA 30), on a proposal for annual increases in the water service fees for surface water (including any automatic adjustments for any changes by the County's surface water supplier, in the cost of surface water provided to the County for CSA 30, and the County's pass-through of any such cost changes to such water users [Gov. Code secs. 53755 and 53756]) and for groundwater (after the new groundwater wells are completed and are in service) to be paid by such water users of the CSA 30 community water system beginning July 1, 2023 and continuing through and including June 30, 2028, pursuant to California Constitution Article XIIID, Section 6 (Proposition 218) and, and upon completion of the public protest hearing, approve action item A (additional direction needed for B and C) or D, below, as applicable:
A. If the Board of Supervisors (Board) finds that there is not a majority protest against such proposal to increases in the water service fees, the Board may adopt a Resolution authorizing such annual increases (including any such automatic adjustments for any changes in the cost of surface water, and such the pass-throughs of any such cost changes) in the water service fees for CSA 30, El Porvenir, beginning July 1, 2023 and continuing through and including June 30, 2028; and
B. If the Board finds there is not a majority protest and adopts the Resolution described in proposed action A, above, the Board should direct Department staff to utilize revenues to fully amortize and pay ...
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