BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
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Adoption of Groundwater Production and Other Water Charges for District Fiscal Year 2018-2019.
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
A. Adopt the Resolution DETERMINING GROUNDWATER PRODUCTION CHARGES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018-2019; and
B. Adopt the Resolution DETERMINING SURFACE WATER, TREATED WATER, AND SOUTH COUNTY RECYCLED WATER CHARGES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018-2019.
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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 rate setting process for groundwater and surface water charges includes a formal protest procedure consistent with Board Resolutions 12-10 and 12-11. If written protests are filed by a majority of well/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 10, 2018, the Board opened the public hearing on the groundwater production charges for fiscal year 2018-19. The public hearing was continued to the evening of April 12, 2018 in Gilroy and closed on the evening of April 24, 2018 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 external, independent third-party auditor from C.G. Uhlenberg and following parameters outlined in Resolution 12-11, the District's Clerk of the Board has determined that a majority of groundwater well owners and/or parcel owners did not protest in either North County (Zone W-2) or South County (Zone W-5). Additionally, with oversight from the same auditor and following parameters outlined in Resolution 12-10, the District...
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