BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
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Adoption of Groundwater Production and Other Water Charges for Fiscal Year 2020-2021.
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RECOMMENDATION:
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A. Adopt a Resolution DETERMINING GROUNDWATER PRODUCTION CHARGES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020-2021; and
B. Adopt a Resolution DETERMINING SURFACE WATER, TREATED WATER, AND SOUTH COUNTY RECYCLED WATER CHARGES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020-2021.
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SUMMARY:
The Santa Clara Valley Water District (Valley Water) annually considers adjusting water charges necessary to provide the revenue for the service of providing water supply to Santa Clara County. Pursuant to Section 26.6 and 26.7 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 surface water charges includes a formal protest procedure consistent with Board Resolution 12-10. If written protests are filed by a majority of surface water operators/property owners, the surface water charge, for that zone, will not be increased.
On April 28, 2020, the Board opened the public hearing on the groundwater production charges for fiscal year 2020-21, accepted public comments, and closed the public hearing before adjourning the board meeting. Following the close of the public hearing, the process to validate and tabulate all protests received began. With the following parameters outlined in Resolution 12-10, Valley Water's Clerk of the Board has reported that Valley Water received no surface water protests in North County (Zone W-2), Llagas Subbasin (Zone W-5), Coyote Valley (Zone W-7), or the foothills below the Uvas and Chesbro Reservoirs (Zone W-8).
Since no valid protests were received for Zone W-2, Zone W-5, Zone W-7 and Zone W-8 from surface water operators, and respective parcel owners, there is no impediment to proceeding with the water charges that are at or below those proposed in the February 2020 Report on the ...
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