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