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Proposition 218 Notice

· Proposed Water Rates
· Proposed Sewer Rates
· How to Calculate Your Bill
· Resource Articles on Rates

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Proposed Water Rates

Proposed Effective Date 7/1/11

The City’s monthly charge per billing unit:
(1 unit = 100 cubic feet = 748 gallons)

Single Family Residential Customers	Inside City	Outside City
1 to 5 units	$5.73	$11.46
6 to 25 units	$7.17	$14.34
26+ units	$8.99	$17.98
All Other Customers
1 to 5 units	$5.73	$11.46
6+ units	$7.17	$14.34

A 5% utility users tax is applied to the water portion of the bill.

Proposed Sewer Rates

Proposed Effective Date 7/1/11

Billed every month, the City’s monthly charge is:

Type of Building	Monthly
Single Family Residence (includes single metered condo’s and townhouses)	Minimum charge: $7.01 per dwelling unit Volume charge per unit: $7.73 Total monthly fee capped based on average winter water consumption (AWWC)
Master-metered Multi-family dwellings in any duplex, apartment house, or rooming house	Minimum charge: $7.01 per account Volume charge per unit: $7.73 Accounts without separate irrigation meter: Total monthly fee capped based on AWWC Accounts with separate irrigation meter: No cap
Mobile home or trailer park	Minimum charge: $7.01 per account Volume charge per unit: $7.73 Accounts without separate irrigation meter: Total monthly fee capped based on AWWC Accounts with separate irrigation meter: No cap
Public, private, or parochial school, average daily attendance (ADA) at the school	$6.26 per ADA
All Other Accounts	Minimum charge: $7.01 per account Volume charge per unit: $7.73

How to calculate your residential sewer bill using the sewer billing cap methodology:

Let’s assume your winter water usages were as follows:

December 2010 billing period	7 units
January 2011 billing period	5 units
February 2011 billing period	6 units

Average 2010-2011 winter water usage would equal 6 units which means your annual sewer cap starting July 2009 equals "6".

In the above example, on your August 2011 bill, the following sewer charges would appear:

Sewer base fee	$ 7.01
Sewer volume fee	$46.38	(sewer cap of "6" x $7.73)
Total	$53.39

If you use more than 6 units of water in any given billing period, your bill for sewer will be “capped” at the 6 units as shown above. If you use less than the cap amount (6 units), you will be billed in a similar manner, but only for the amount that you use. Example: if you use 5 units of water, you would be billed as follows:

Sewer base fee	$ 7.01
Sewer volume fee	$38.65	(actual usage: "5" x $7.73)
Total	$45.66