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PUBLIC HEARING TO REVIEW DISTRICT AQUIFER STORAGE RECOVERY (ASR) FEES |
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June 21, 2010 |
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Prepared
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Rick
Dickhaut |
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General Counsel Review: N/A |
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Committee Recommendation: The Administrative Committee reviewed this item on June 15, 2010 and recommended approval. |
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CEQA Compliance: N/A |
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SUMMARY: The
Board of Directors is required to hold a public hearing each year in
conjunction with review of the annual District budget to review the amounts
collected and expended in relation to the 1.2% portion of the water user fee
that was re-authorized and extended on December 8, 2008 to fund Aquifer Storage
and Recovery (ASR) and related water supply projects. Exhibit
28-A is the Annual Status Report on 1.2% Water User Fee. As the report indicates, expenditures for the
stated purpose through Fiscal Year (FY) 2009-10 will total approximately $3,290,608
and revenue collected are expected to be about $1,763,037, leaving a balance of
approximately $1,527,571 to be collected for activities through June 30, 2010. The importance of continued funding for ASR
and related water supply projects is even more important now that the stay of
the Cease and Desist Order issued by the State Water Resources Control Board
against California American Water has been lifted.
RECOMMENDATION: District staff recommends that the Board of Directors determine that the purpose of the fee is still required and that the 1.2% water user fee be continued during FY 2010-11 to fund ASR and related water supply projects.
BACKGROUND: On December 8, 2008, the Board of Directors adopted Ordinance No. 138, An Ordinance of the Board of Directors of the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District to Re-authorize a Water User Fee to Fund Aquifer Storage and Recovery and Related Water Supply Projects. In addition to re-authorizing and extending the 1.2% portion of the water user fee for the stated purpose, the Resolution required that the Board of Directors hold a public hearing each year in conjunction with review of the annual District budget to review the amounts collected and expended in relation to the purposes for which the fee was imposed. The District shall require that the 1.2% user fee to sunset in full or in part unless the Board determines that the purpose of the fee is still required, and the amount of the fee is still appropriate. If the purpose had expired, the fee shall be required to sunset. If the purpose for the fee is determined to continue, but the amounts needed to fund that purpose are decreased, the fee shall be reduced to a lesser amount.
28-A Annual Status Report on 1.2% Water User Fee
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