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SENIOR AFFAIRS COMMISSION MINUTES OF WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1994 COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chairperson Anthony, Commissioners Berglund, Jordan, Lloyd, Metzdorf, Sharp and Truscelli COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: None GUESTS PRESENT: Executive Director Maria Bransford, TEWCI Chairperson Roger Willey STAFF PRESENT: Superintendent Sally Hartman, Recreation Supervisor Mary Kucala, Management Analyst William Adams, and Secretary Denise Monroe The regular meeting of the Senior Affairs Commission was called to order at 9:04am by Chairperson Jack Anthony at the Fair Oaks Senior Center, 2600 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, California. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The minutes of the February meeting were approved as mailed. CORRESPONDENCE There was no correspondence. ITEM 1 - REPORT ON WATER & SEWER RATES Management Analyst William Adams of the General Services Department explained that Redwood City has 22,000 water customers and has 300 miles of water mains throughout the City that are as much as 60 to 90 years old. The General Services Department employs 85 people and has 25 people in the Water and Customer Service Division. He explained that in December 1992, the General Services Department began examining the Enterprise Fund and its current status of a $1.1 million deficit and a $2.6 million deficit in the Water Division's Capital Improvement Project fund. It was also determined that 50% of the customers were paying for the fixed costs of the system. A committee consisting of members of the City Council and staff began looking at ways to bring the system current and it was decided to take a moderate approach in trying to correct the problem. The committee determined that there were fixed costs and variable costs in operating the water system. The fixed costs were items such as salaries, operations and maintenance, cash management and engineering. The variable costs consisted of costs from the