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City Council Meeting - Submit Submitted On: your written public comment Nov 6, 2023, 04:11PM PST City of Pleasanton Full Name First Name: Bryan Last Name: Shadish Email (this entry is disclosable [email protected] if included) City Council Meeting Date November 07, 2023 Agenda Item Number 16 Comments Address: 4318 Campinia Place, Pleasanton Ca 1 am the property owner and the Pleasanton Utility account holder Suggestions 1. Transition to fixed charge to cover fixed costs. My first suggestion is to move the Pleasanton water utility fee structure to have the fixed charge be increased in order to cover M&O costs, and have the Pleasanton water usage variable part be set to that which is necessary to maintain and operate the Pleasanton wells. 2. Water Enterprise fund Emergency Replenishment temporary increase My second suggestion is to add a sunset any increase that provides for the current replenishment needs of the Water Enterprise fund. The city is going to need to reassess water utility funding in the future in any case, in order to address the currently unknown costs of PFAS water treatment. As an option, add a new line item on the water bill - something like "Emergency Water Enterprise Recovery" Background Experience from the last drought illustrates the problem with paying for fixed costs with a variable revenue steam. When water usage went down due to conservation in response to the drought, Pleasanton's water utility needed to raid its Water Enterprise fund surplus. Add to that the sudden shut down of our own wells, and Water Enterprise fund depletion was inevitable. Unlike Pleasanton, Livermore does not charge for variable water usage beyond the cost of water from Zone 7. Livermore utility M&O revenues are only from the fixed service fee based on connection size. And, as your Q&A on-line documentation shows, Livermore