BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
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Preliminary Fiscal Year 2019-20 Groundwater Production Charge Analysis Update.
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RECOMMENDATION:
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Discuss and provide direction on the preliminary Fiscal Year 2019-20 Groundwater Production Charge analysis prepared by staff.
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SUMMARY:
This agenda memo is an update to the January 14, 2019 follow-up discussion of the Preliminary Fiscal Year (FY) 2019-20 Groundwater Production Charge Analysis (Item 2.1). This item addresses Board requests to see the impact of certain adjustments on the preliminary FY 2019-20 groundwater production charge analysis. Staff is seeking Board input on the preliminary analysis to incorporate into the development of the groundwater production charge recommendation.
The groundwater production charge recommendation will be detailed in the Annual Report on the Protection and Augmentation of Water Supplies that is planned to be filed with the Clerk of the Board on February 22, 2019. The public hearing on groundwater production charges is scheduled to open on April 9, 2019. It is anticipated that the Board would set the FY 2019-20 groundwater production charges by May 14, 2019, that would become effective on July 1, 2019.
Groundwater Production Charge Projections Presented on January 8, 2019
Staff presented 5 preliminary groundwater charge scenarios on January 8, 2019 for Board review. For North County Municipal and Industrial (M&I) groundwater production, the scenarios ranged from an increase of 4.7% to 8.1% for FY 2019-20, and from 5.7% to 7.7% for South County M&I groundwater production depending on the scenario.
The overall impact of the 5 preliminary analysis scenarios for FY 2019-20 to the average household that uses 1,500 cubic feet on average per month would be an increase ranging from $2.09 to $3.60 per month in North County and from $0.88 to $1.19 per month in South County.
For reference purposes the projects and assumptions included in the original 5 sc...
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