DATE: June 30, 2026
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 49 Water Service Fees - Five Points
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
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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 49, Five Points (CSA 49), on a proposal for annual increases in the water service fees for surface water (including any automatic adjustments for any changes by Westlands Water District, in the cost of surface water provided to the County for CSA 49, and the County's pass-through of any such cost changes to such water users (Government Code Sections 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 49 community water system beginning July 1, 2026, and continuing through and including June 30, 2031, pursuant to California Constitution Article XIII D, Section 6 (Proposition 218), and upon completion of the public protest hearing, approve action item A or B, 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 49, beginning July 1, 2026, and continuing through and including June 30, 2031; or
B. If the Board finds that there is a majority protest against the proposal for such increases in the water service fees for CSA 49, make the determination that there is such a majority protest and abandon the proceedings regarding the proposal for such increases in ...
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