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Regional Sewer Connection Fees Fee Sub-Type Facilities LAVWMA Com onent Total Fee Single Family Dwelling Unit $5,985 $7,015 $13,000 Second Dwelling Unit $2,901 $4,780 $7,681 All other users shall be assessed a connection fee, as determined by the Peak Month Unit Cost district enginccr, based on peak month Flow, gallon/day $24.36 $31.89 $56.25 flow, BOD and SS to be discharged to the sewer system as follows: BOD, pound/day $951.27 $951.27 SS, pound/day $500.57 $500.57 O erative Date July 1, 2008 Changes to the Sewer Rates within the Ruby Hill Subdivision In a separate staff report at tonight's June 3, 2008, City Council Meeting, Council is scheduled to approve amending the City's Master Fee Schedule to reflect changes in the sewer rates charged to customers in the Ruby Hill area based upon changes made in these rates by the City of Livermore. These changes also become effective July 1, 2008. As a result, the new Ruby Hill area rates have been included in the attached Resolution to this staff report amending the Master Fee Schedule accordingly. Proposition 218 Notice and Protest Hearing In November 1996 the voters of California adopted Proposition 218. Proposition 218 requires the City to mail information regarding proposed fee increases to every property owner and utility customer; hold a protest hearing at least 45 days after the mailing of the information; and if a majority of the affected property owners protest in writing the increase in the fee(s), the legislative body must reject the proposed fee increase. On or about April 19, 2008, staff delivered approximately 41,000 notices to the post office to mail to all property owners within the City as well as to all City utility customers (some customers may have received two notices due to the particular nuances of the two data bases used) notifying them of the proposed regional sewer rate change (decreases for the most part) effective July 1, 2008. On April 19, 2008, Pleasanton published the Notice of Public Hearing (Notice) in the Valley Times regarding the protest hearing to be held on June 3, 2008 before the City Council. Also, included in the Notice and in the mailed information were the instructions on how to register a protest for tonight's City Council meeting of June 3, 2008. As mentioned, if a majority of the affected property owners' protest in writing, the legislative body must reject the proposed fee increase. Given that the changes result in a decrease in the residential user fee, staff does not anticipate a majority protest of the affected property owners. Page 6 of 7