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Christina Casha <br /> From: Ellen Holmgren <br /> Sent: Friday, September 15, 2023 1:43 PM <br /> To: Art Gwerder <br /> Cc: Pleasanton City Clerk <br /> Subject: RE: Proposed Water Increase 50% Majority +1 <br /> Dear Art Gwerder, <br /> Thank you for your email to the Mayor and City Council. This email acknowledges receipt of your message. In this <br /> email, I have moved the Mayor and City Councilmembers to the "bcc" line to avoid violating the Brown Act/open <br /> meeting laws. <br /> If this comment relates to an item on the current City Council agenda and you would like to submit written public <br /> comment, please visit https://forms.citvofpleasantonca.gov/f/writtenpubliccomment. Please note that the public <br /> comment link will close at 12 p.m. on the Council meeting date, and no comments will be accepted after that time. <br /> Thank you for your interest in the City of Pleasanton. <br /> Regards, <br /> Ellen Holmgren, Administrative Assistant <br /> City of Pleasanton <br /> 7rom:Art Gwerder <br /> Sent: Friday, September 15, 2023 12:06 PM <br /> To: Mayor and City Council <citycounciI@cityofplea santonca.gov> <br /> Subject: Proposed Water Increase 50% Majority+1 <br /> ***[EXTERNAL]This message comes from an external organization.Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links,especially from unknown <br /> senders.*** <br /> Dear City Council Members, <br /> Besides being a resident jointly paying our very high (average $182/mo in 2022) City water bill, I am also the Treasurer <br /> and Board member at my daughters' condominium HOA, Country Roads, on Rachael Place. <br /> 1. For our residence, 2 of us are both jointly shown as separate rate payers on our account. Since we each pay, we will <br /> each be filing a formal protest of the confusing proposed water rate increase. <br /> 2. For CRHOA where we have 39 mostly low-mid income and/or fixed income seniors ($48 avg per month in 2022) <br /> indirectly paying their water bills through the HOA, I calculated assuming the proposed increases: <br /> $48/mo ($576/yr) *30% increase = $62/mo ($749/yr) for 2024, *20%= $75/mo ($898/yr) for 2025, *12% = $84/mo <br /> ($1005/yr) for 2026. Due to the power of compounding 3 proposed rate increases from 2023 to 2026 = 75% <br /> increase. Our PUD-Owners simply cannot afford to pay this added burden to their current$515 HOA dues that <br /> include numerous City-shirking services including streets, sidewalks, street lights and power, backflow water <br /> '^ prevention, etc. <br /> As such, I will each be filing a formal protest on behalf of our 39 properties (representing up to 78 voter/owners) the <br /> confusing proposed water rate increase. <br />