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Staff Report for a City of San Leandro City Council Resolution to Amend the City of San Leandro Administrative Code Title 6, Chapter 4, Section 6.4.110 to Adjust Sewer Service Rates
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Upon completion of the public noticing, protest period, public hearing, and counting of protest votes, as required by Proposition 218, where a majority protest against the increase to the sewer rates was not achieved, staff recommends that the City Council by resolution amend the sewer service rates to the amounts shown in Exhibit A. Sewer rates in future years may be raised to the amounts shown in Exhibit B without further public notice and public hearing under Proposition 218 because such rates were noticed and heard under this current notice and hearing period. They will, however, be subject to City Council approval during the annual rates and fees adjustment process.
BACKGROUND
At the May 6, 2018 City Council meeting, the City Council accepted a Wastewater Utility Financial Plan and Rates Study ("Study"), and authorized City staff to move forward with sending notices to property owners, to open the legally required 45 day protest period, and to hold a public hearing to receive and count protest votes to ascertain whether a majority protest against the proposed sewer rates was achieved, all as required by and in compliance with Proposition 218.
Notices were mailed to all property owners in the City of San Leandro sewer service area on May 17, 2019, which allowed for more than the required 45-day protest period before the Public Hearing on July 15, 2019. The City Clerk kept a record of all protest notices received and will report on the total number of protest votes, including those made in person at the Public Hearing. City staff mailed 15,468 notices, so if fewer than 7,734 protests are received, the City Council is authorized under Proposition 218 to consider approving the proposed rates described in the notice.
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