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I appreciate the financial state of Pleasanton and the need to grow revenue to properly fund city services. However as I have publicly expressed I still have <br /> significant concerns with the current Staff rate proposal. Most succinctly I will share a summary paragraph that I previously shared with Gerry <br /> "Net you are asking for legacy residence to cover the historical City miss to properly assess past new development, disproportionally share the burden of go- <br /> forward needed capital investments, cover disproportionally the cost burden of recent population increases and pay a higher variable rate (driven primarily by <br /> growth) to reduce the variable cost burden all other customer categories. In the spirit attempting to increase my understanding, I welcome your challenges to an <br /> any impressions I have that are not accurate." <br /> There is a more equitable approach to necessary rate increases: <br /> - Implement tiered rates with Multi-family, Commercial as like proposal for Single Family (categories that drove vast majority of recent pop growth and <br /> overall marginal system cost increases) <br /> Increase Recycled Water rates-to fund commensurate capital investments <br /> Significantly increase new development fees to cover the complete incremental infrastructure costs <br /> As a last resort, increase base rate for all to cover remaining revenue gap <br /> If you do approve current rate proposal, please appreciate the unfairness and indefensible nature of it. <br /> Regards, <br /> Bart Hughes <br /> 2 <br />