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EXHIBIT 16-B |
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DRAFT NOTICE OF EXEMPTION |
TO: _____ Office of Planning and Research FROM: Monterey Peninsula Water Mgt. Dist.
1400
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Project
Title: Adoption of Ordinance No. 123 Implementation
of 1.2% User Fee Increase to Fund
Completion of Phase I Aquifer Storage and Recovery
Project
Project
Location -- Specific: Monterey Peninsula Water Management District (MPWMD)
Project
Location -- City: service area of MPWMD
County:
Description of Nature,
Purpose and Beneficiaries of Project: The nature of proposed Ordinance No. 123 is to
increase MPWMD’s user fee collected on California American Water bills by 1.2%
(from 7.125% to 8.325%) to fund completion of Phase I of MPWMD’s Aquifer
Storage and Recovery Project and related water supply expenses. Expansion of the project is needed to provide
sufficient water for present or future beneficial use, and to protect MPWMD
water resources. Beneficiaries are
rate-payers and tax-payers within the MPWMD.
Name
of Public Agency Approving Project: Monterey Peninsula Water
Management District
Name
of Person or Agency Carrying Out Project: MPWMD
Exempt
Status: (check one)
_____ Ministerial (Sec. 15073)
_____ Declared Emergency (Sec. 15269 (a))
_____ Emergency Project (Sec. 15269 (b) and (c))
_____ Categorical Exemption.
__X_ Statutory Exemption, Guidelines 15273
(a) (1), Rates, Tolls, Fares and Charges
Reason(s) Why Project Is
Exempt: Ordinance No. 123 is for the purpose of
meeting operating expenses, including employee wage rates. Findings are included as part of Ordinance
No. 123; additional rationale and documentation are provided in staff
information packages of August 15, 2005 (second reading of Ordinance No. 123)
and July 18, 2005 (first reading of Ordinance No. 123). The MPWMD Board at a public hearing on July
18, 2005 determined that Ordinance No. 123 is not considered a “project” under
CEQA as its effects are solely financial and it would
not have a physical impact on the environment.
Agency
Contact Person Area Code Telephone Extension
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David
A. Berger Date
MPWMD General Manager
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