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are in various stages of multi-year increases and the comparative rates are expected to <br /> increase from what is shown in Figure 2. <br /> Figure 2 <br /> Bay Area Annual Water Charges - (2022-2023) <br /> Based on @ 8 units per month <br /> San Jose 51.:05 <br /> San Francisco 51,157 <br /> Palo Arlo 51,120 <br /> North Mann 51 008 <br /> Mann MWD I 5974 <br /> Livermore 5972 <br /> Hayward 5936 <br /> EBMUD $894 <br /> Los Altos 5862 <br /> Contra Costa $840 <br /> OSRSO 5938 <br /> ACW D $827 <br /> PkasaMon(Proposed) $658 <br /> Pleasanton(Current) 5497 <br /> SO 5200 5400 5600 5800 51.000 S1,200 $1.300 <br /> Source: East Bay Municipal Utility District; Pleasanton's proposed rates were added for comparison <br /> purposes. Some of these rates were effective before July 1, 2023, and those agencies may have had <br /> another rate increase since then. <br /> Collectively, these factors combine to demonstrate the critical need to begin to increase <br /> rates, particularly for the water enterprise. The water rate increase is an initial step to <br /> ensure the continued delivery of safe, reliable drinking water to the Pleasanton <br /> community by immediately funding water system improvements, specifically including <br /> the design of water line expansions on Stoneridge Drive, Bernal Avenue and Sunol <br /> Boulevard, as well as a turnout replacement and booster station, all designed to allow <br /> sufficient capacity of water to be delivered through the water distribution system. <br /> Public Notice <br /> Article XIII D, Section 3(a), added to the Constitution by Proposition 218, allows <br /> agencies to adopt property-related fees, like water rates, if they issue a notice of public <br /> hearing to all ratepayers no less than 45 days prior to the date of the public hearing and <br /> hold a public hearing to adopt the proposed rates. <br /> On July 18, 2023, the Council reviewed the proposed rates and authorized staff to mail <br /> the Proposition 218 notice to the ratepayers regarding the proposed changes to the <br /> water and sewer rates and set the public hearing date for consideration of this matter by <br /> the City Council on September 19, 2023. The rate notice establishes the highest rate <br /> that the City is permitted to adopt at this Public Hearing. The City may adopt rates lower <br /> than the rates included in the Proposition 218 public hearing notice, but it may not adopt <br /> Page 5 of 19 <br />