BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
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Follow-up discussion of the Preliminary Fiscal Year (FY) 2020-21 Groundwater Production Charge Analysis (Continued from January 14, 2020).
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RECOMMENDATION:
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Discuss and provide direction on the preliminary FY 2020-21 Groundwater Production Charge analysis prepared by staff.
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SUMMARY:
This agenda memo is a follow-up to the January 14th, 2020 Work Study Session on the Preliminary Fiscal Year (FY) 2020-21 Groundwater Production Charges and the Fiscal Years 2021-25 Preliminary Capital Improvement Program (CIP). This item specifically focuses on the preliminary FY 2020-21 groundwater production charge analysis and includes additional scenarios for Board consideration. 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 28, 2020. The public hearing on groundwater production charges is scheduled to open on April 14, 2020. It is anticipated that the Board would set the FY 2020-21 groundwater production charges by May 12, 2020, that would become effective on July 1, 2020.
Groundwater Production Charge Projections Presented on January 14, 2020
Staff presented 4 preliminary groundwater charge scenarios on January 14, 2020 for Board review. For the North County Municipal and Industrial (M&I) groundwater production charge, the scenarios ranged from an increase of 8.1% to 8.7% for FY 2020-21, and from 4.7% to 5.3% for the South County M&I groundwater production charge depending on the scenario.
The overall impact of the preliminary analysis scenarios for FY 2020-21 to the average household would be an increase ranging from $3.83 to $4.12 per month in North County and from $0.78 to $0.88 per month in Sou...
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