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Written Announcements
a) Service Awards Luncheon Reminder
The Annual Service Awards Luncheon will be held on Wednesday, October 27,
2010 at 12 p.m. in the Multi- Purpose Room. If you have not RSVP'd and plan to
attend, let Secretary of the District Elaine Boehme know as soon as possible.
General Updates
b) Reimbursement Account Holders Annual Notices Mailed
Annual notices were mailed to Reimbursement account holders (Installers) on
October 8, 2010, in accordance with District Code Section 6.20.200. Installers
were reminded of the need to keep the District informed of any change of
address. Installers were asked to update their information and return the notice
to the District in the prepaid envelopes provided. Having current address
information will enable the District to notify Installers when reimbursement fees
are collected on their behalf. All notices were sent to the last known address of
the Installer, and research was done to locate current addresses for account
holders.
c) State Water Board Increasing Rates
The State Water Board proposes to raise $19.31 million dollars this FY 2010 -11
in revenue to support the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
(NPDES) regulatory program, as compared to $17 million in FY 2009 -10. The
approach is straightforward, increase fees paid by all NPDES dischargers by
13.6% and the Surface Water Ambient Monitoring Program (SWAMP) to 21 % of
the total facility fee. This increases the anticipated fee the District will pay from
$127,000 to $143,000. The Water Code allows the State Water Board to
establish a fee schedule that "conforms to revenue levels" set for in the Budget
Act. State revenue is down because stormwater mitigation fees collected from
construction sites are lower because of the recession and some aspects of the
program funded in the State General Fund were moved over to the Water Board
budget.