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Home My WebLink About07.b. (Handout) Revised Draft Proposition 218 NoticeCosta Sanitary District NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING /COMPLIANCE WITH PROPOSITION 218 A proposed increase in your Annual Sewer Service Charge will be considered at a Public Hearing at 2 p.m. on June 2, 2011 at the Central Contra Costa Sanitary District Board Room, 5019 Imhoff Place, Martinez, CA 94553. Dear Property Owner and /or Customer: The Central Contra Costa Sanitary District (CCCSD) provides sanitary sewage collection and treatment, household hazardous waste disposal, and recycled water services in the central county area. The District operates with an annual budget of about $100 million. CCCSD collects an annual Sewer Service Charge from each property connected to the sewer system. The current residential rate of $311 per year per single family unit is billed as a line item labeled "CCCSD SEWER CHG" on your Contra Costa County property tax bill. CCCSD also receives approximately $73 per residence each year from the County's property tax to renovate and /or replace existing facilities. The CCCSD Board must consider an increase in the annual Sewer Service Charge of up to $30 (58 cents per week) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 -2012 for a total of up to $341 per year effective July 1, 2011, and up to an additional $30 increase for FY 2012 -2013, effective July 1, 2012, for a total of up to $371 per year. �Nandout� -6. There has been no increase in CCCSD's Sewer Service Charge in two years, not since FY 2008 -2009. Since June 2008, new state and federal regulations involving water and air quality, additional testing, and treatment processes have financially impacted CCCSD and increased Operations and Maintenance p osts._ _- _ - Deleted: , along mm other ,ncreased FOR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS, whether a single- family home, mobile home, townhouse, condominium, apartment, or other multi - family home, this would mean an increase in the Sewer Service Charge of up to 9.6% in the first year and up to 8.8% in the second year. FOR NONRESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS, the service charge rates are calculated for each customer group based on the cost to provide service, considering both the quantity of sewage discharged and other sewage characteristics affecting the cost for treatment. The service charge increases being considered for this category are shown on the reverse side of this notice. The District operates under a 10 -Year Business Plan, developed by staff and updated annually. The Plan documents CCCSD operations, maintenance, facility needs, and their associated costs, and the needed revenue for the District to meet its regulatory requirements and fiscal responsibilities. A failure to meet the regulatory requirements could impact CCCSD's mission to protect public health and the environment and result in fines imposed by state and federal regulators that could run into millions of dollars. In the next decade, the District faces expenditures of more than $345 million in Capital Projects alone Those expenditures include $27 million per year ($270 million over 10 years) for ongoing repair and rehabilitation of CCCSD's 1,500 -mile sewer system, and renovation and upgrading of the treatment plant; $70 million potentially required for nitrification, a process to remove naturally occurring ammonia from treated wastewater; and $5.6 million in annual payments on bonds that were issued by CCCSD to pay for needed capital improvements ($56 million). CCCSD must also dda ress t he deficit caused by reduced revenue as a recover result of no Sewer Service Charge increases over the past two years while also reducing the District's th care.. ased on the results of the O-Year Business Plan, the Deleted:, a denraf fvnnerimpeded to meet its regulatory and (financial requirements. b Do=te mr energy and b n efds. efds. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Directors of the Central Contra Costa Sanitary District will hold a PUBLIC HEARING on this matter in the CCCSD Board Room, 5019 Imhoff Place, Martinez, California, on Thursday, June 2, 2011 at 2:00 p.m., at which time and place interested persons may appear and be heard. Only written and signed protests of property owners or customers that include the writer's address are to be counted to determine whether a majority protest to the proposed rate increases exists. Property owners or tenants can mail their protests to the Secretary of the District at 5019 Imhoff Place, Martinez, CA 94553; hand - deliver them to the Reception Desk at the same address; fax them to (925) 676 -7211; or e -mail a written, signed protest in PDF format to eboehme @centralsan.oro Protests must be received before the Public Hearing ends. A copy of the CCCSD Board Policy on filing a protest can be found on the CCCSD website at www.centralsan.org. Questions about the proposed Sewer Service Charges can be directed to CCCSD's Information Line by calling (925) 335 -7702 or by e- mailing rates @centralsan.org Notice mailed by April 18, 2011. CURRENT & PROPOSED SEWER SERVICE CHARGE RATES FOR NONRESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS Notes: A nonresidential customer's annual sewer service charge is determined by multiplying the appropriate user group rate times the annual wastewater discharge volume measured in HCF (Hundred Cubic Feet), usually estimated from the property's water use. For example, a bakery discharging 250 HCF per year would pay an annual sewer service charge at the July 1, 2011 proposed rate calculated as follows ($8.72 per HCF) x (250 HCF per year) _ $2,180.00 Alternatively, for 2011 -12 nonresidential customers can estimate their annual sewer service charge by multiplying the amount listed beside "CCCSD SEWER CHG" on their 2010 -11 property tax bill by 1.10. If billed directly, multiply the amount on the 2010 -11 invoice by 1.10. For a 2012 -13 estimate, multiply by 1.19. If you have questions regarding the Sewer Service Charge program, or would like the District to calculate a property- specific estimate of the sewer service charge for 2011 -2012 and 2012 -2013, please send an e-mail request including your name, Assessor's Parcel Number, address and phone number to rates(dcentralsan.org or call the District's Environmental Services Division at (925) 335 -7739. Additional information is available on the District's website: www.centralsan.org. MAXIMUM MAXIMUM PROPOSED RATE PROPOSED RATE EFFECTIVE EFFECTIVE USER GROUP CURRENT RATE JULY 1, 2011 JULY 1, 2012 Commercial and Other Non - Industrial Up to: Up to: Customers (per Hundred Cubic Feet (HCF)) Bakeries $7.95 $8.72 $9.48 Supermarkets with garbage disposals $600 $6.58 $7.16 Mortuaries $5.66 $6.21 $6.75 Restaurants $5.89 $6.46 $7.03 Others $2.88 $3.16 $3.44 Minimum Annual Charge $323.00 $35400 $385.00 Industrial Customers Flow (per HCF) $1.19 $1.30 $1.42 Biochemical Oxygen Demand (per thousand pounds) , $661.00 $725.00 $789.00 Suspended Solids (per thousand pounds) $473.00 $519.00 $564.00 Demand (per HCF /day in peak month) $142.58 $15633 $170.08 Minimum Annual Charge $323.00 $354.00 $385.00 j Determined Determined Determined Special Discharge Permits and Contracts individually individually individually Notes: A nonresidential customer's annual sewer service charge is determined by multiplying the appropriate user group rate times the annual wastewater discharge volume measured in HCF (Hundred Cubic Feet), usually estimated from the property's water use. For example, a bakery discharging 250 HCF per year would pay an annual sewer service charge at the July 1, 2011 proposed rate calculated as follows ($8.72 per HCF) x (250 HCF per year) _ $2,180.00 Alternatively, for 2011 -12 nonresidential customers can estimate their annual sewer service charge by multiplying the amount listed beside "CCCSD SEWER CHG" on their 2010 -11 property tax bill by 1.10. If billed directly, multiply the amount on the 2010 -11 invoice by 1.10. For a 2012 -13 estimate, multiply by 1.19. If you have questions regarding the Sewer Service Charge program, or would like the District to calculate a property- specific estimate of the sewer service charge for 2011 -2012 and 2012 -2013, please send an e-mail request including your name, Assessor's Parcel Number, address and phone number to rates(dcentralsan.org or call the District's Environmental Services Division at (925) 335 -7739. Additional information is available on the District's website: www.centralsan.org.