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A City Council of Pleasanton, meeting Tuesday 12/6/16 47 Don't let a good CRISIS, (the water shortage)go to waste Initiate water rate increases! in is how does the City of Pleasanton My main question tonight, before I cover specific related points, y justify the exorbitant (much higher than the CPI=Consumer Price Index)water rate increases? And related to this,the question:was a formal report that details the billing increases and their justification,ever presented to the Pleasanton Zone 7 customers?(Or ONLY notice of a rate increase?) One more point, prior to some specifics to follow:This exorbitant water rate increase by Zone 7 you are permitting violates Proposition 218 I believe.This makes BOTH Zone 7 &the City of Pleasanton culpable in this issue. (Both Zone 7&the City reap financial benefit off the backs of the residents here.) Many homeowner/customers have experienced significant raising of their water bills.(This bill is tied to the sewer bill. BOTH are billed by the City of Pleasanton to homeowners.This is a combining of charges on one statement, (likely because Pleasanton contracts with Zone 7 for its water and this combing•is efficient, hence the ONE bill for both water&sewer.)Therefore,the City of Pleasanton should be aware of this on average 35%water rate increase by Zone 7.This increase in Pleasanton residents'water bills has far outpaced the CPI =Consumer Price Index of maybe 3%. We, Pleasanton residents,your voting constituents, have found our bills gone up this average 35%since March I think. In many cases,customers' bills are higher I think. (I assume these homes use more water.) So most of us are still conserving well below the August 2013 base usage date.Why are we being penalized by Zone 7? We ask you look into this issue please. It is not fair nor proper customer service by Zone 7 to ask us to conserve water then charge us higher rates AND take pay raises when we comply with their water- conserving wishes. I have learned, because of us conserving well,Zone 7's revenues are down. BUT instead of trimming their costs, meaning'live within their budget,'they take pay raises&charge water users MORE (currently 35%more I'm told and in the future another 19%rate increase Jan 2017. (There is talk by them of putting this off a year. Perhaps because we are so upset.) no EN J /71LqiG