BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
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Adoption of Groundwater Production and Other Water Charges for Fiscal Year 2017-2018.
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RECOMMENDATION:
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A. Adopt a resolution increasing the District's groundwater production charges effective July 1, 2017 and DETERMINING GROUNDWATER PRODUCTION CHARGES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017-2018; and
B. Adopt a resolution increasing the District's surface water charges, treated water charges and South County recycled water charges effective July 1, 2017 and DETERMINING RAW SURFACE WATER, TREATED WATER, AND SOUTH COUNTY RECYCLED WATER CHARGES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017-2018.
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SUMMARY:
The District annually considers adjusting water charges necessary to provide the revenue for the service of providing water supply to Santa Clara County. Pursuant to Section 26 (and its applicable subsection) of the District Act, an annual public hearing is held before the Board on or before the fourth Tuesday of April to consider whether or not to levy a groundwater charge. The District has aligned its rate setting process with the majority protest requirements of Article XIII D, Section 6 of the California Constitution.
The process includes a formal protest procedure consistent with Board Resolutions 12-10 and 12-11 for the imposition of groundwater production charges and surface water charges for each charge zone. If written protests are filed by a majority of well operators/property owners, or surface water operators/property owners, the groundwater production charge or surface water charge, respectively for that zone, will not be increased.
On April 11, 2017, the Board opened the public hearing on the groundwater production charges for fiscal year 2017-18. The public hearing was continued to the evening of April 13, 2017 in Morgan Hill and closed on the evening of April 25, 2017 in San Jose. Following the close of the public hearing, the process to validate and tabulate all protests received began. With the oversight of an e...
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