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Item 4.a.
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CENTRAL CONTRA COSTA SANITARY DISTRICT Central Contra Costa Sanitary District
September 18, 2018
TO: ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
FROM: EMILY BARNETT, COMMUNICATIONS AND I NTERGOVERNMENT
RELATIONS MANAGER
REVIEWED BY: PHIL LEI BER, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
ROGER S. BAILEY GENERAL MANAGER
SUBJECT: RECEIVE MOCK-UPS OF SAMPLE PROPOSITION 218 NOTICES AS
REQUESTED BY COMMITTEE AT THE MAY 9, 2017 MEETING
At the May 9, 2017 Administration Committee, it was requested that staff provide a mock up Proposition
218 notice with different alternatives for which a customer might provide input, including a tear-off card.
Staff has developed three mock ups based on the 2017 Proposition 218 notice and will distribute them at
the meeting. The costs associated with each of the alternatives is provided in Attachment 1.Additionally,
the attachment includes case studies of two of the three known agencies that have pursued alternative
Proposition 218 response options.
For informational purposes, a copy of Board Policy No. 011 - Policy for the Submission and Tabulation
of Proposition 218 Notice Protests is included as Attachment 2.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Costs for Alternative Prop 218 options
2. BP 011 - Policy for the Submission and Tabulation of Proposition 218 Notice Protests
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Central Contra Costa
Number: BP 011 San1�U'�'�,/District
Authority: Board of Directors
Effective: March 17, 2011
Revised: June 1, 2017
Reviewed:
Initiating Dept./Div.: Administration
BOARD POLICY
POLICY FOR THE SUBMISSION AND TABULATION OF
PROPOSITION 218 NOTICE PROTESTS
PURPOSE
To establish a policy for handling protests related to fee or charge increases subject to
Proposition 218, in accordance with Article XIIID of the California Constitution and
California Government Code Section 53755.
POLICY
This policy establishes the criteria for handling written protests of fee and charge
increases subject to the Proposition 218 notification requirements. The policy provides
standards for validation of the tabulation of protests in the event of a challenge or claim
of irregularity.
Submittal of Protests
1. Any property owner and/or tenant of a parcel may submit a written protest to the
Secretary of the District for the affected parcel.
2. To be valid, a written protest must bear the signature of the record owner or
tenant of the parcel and may not have been altered by anyone who did not sign
the protest. Each protest must identify the affected property by Assessor's
Parcel Number or street address.
3. Protests may be delivered to the Secretary of the District or submitted at the
public hearing. Protests may be delivered by personal delivery or mail.
Electronic copies of signed written protests will also be accepted by fax or as a
PDF attached to an e-mail. Preferably, mailed protests will note on the envelope,
"Sewer Service Charge Protest" or "Recycled Water Fee Protest." Protests
submitted by mail, by fax or e-mail must be received prior to the start of the
public hearing; personally delivered written protests must be received by the end
of the public hearing. No postmarks will be accepted. No electronic means of
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Number: BP 011
PROPOSITION 218 NOTICE PROTESTS
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communication will be accepted as a valid protest unless it is fully compliant with
the signature and informational requirements set forth herein.
4. Only one protest will be counted per parcel. If a signed written protest is
received from both the property owner and tenant, only one protest will be
counted. If a parcel served by the District is owned by more than a single record
owner, each owner may submit a protest, but only one protest will be counted per
parcel and any single protest submitted in accordance with these rules will be
sufficient to count as a protest for that parcel.
5. Any person who submits a protest may withdraw it by submitting to the Secretary
of the District a written request that the protest be withdrawn. A property owner
may also withdraw a protest of a tenant. The withdrawal of a protest shall
identify the affected property by Assessor's Parcel Number or street address and
the name of the record owner or tenant who submitted both the protest and the
request that it be withdrawn.
6. The Board welcomes input from the community at any time, including during the
public hearing on the proposed charges, but only written protests consistent with
this policy will be counted as formal protests.
7. Upon the request of a property owner, the Secretary of the District will disclose
the receipt of a protest by a tenant for a particular property prior to the public
hearing.
Tabulation of Protests
1. The Secretary of the District shall determine the validity of all protests. The
Secretary of the District shall not accept as valid any protest if the Secretary of
the District determines that any of the following conditions exist:
a. The protest does not identify a parcel currently receiving sewer service
from the District or reasonably served by the District's recycled water
pipelines;
b. The protest does not bear a signature of a record owner or tenant of the
parcel identified on the protest;
C. The protest does not clearly state its opposition to the proposed charges;
d. The protest was not timely received prior to the public hearing or
presented to the Secretary of the District before the close of the public
hearing on the fee increase;
e. A valid request to withdraw a previously-submitted protest is received prior
to the close of the public hearing on the proposed charge;
f. The protest was altered by one other than the owner or tenant who
signed it.
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Number: BP 011
PROPOSITION 218 NOTICE PROTESTS
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2. The Secretary of the District's decision that a protest is not valid or does not
apply to a specific charge shall constitute a final action of the District and shall
not be subject to any administrative appeal.
3. A majority protest exists if written protests are timely submitted and not
withdrawn by the record owners or tenants of a majority of the parcels subject to
the proposed charge.
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