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<br />7. Increase Recycled Irrigation Water Rates by 120tb effective July 1,2009, as follows: <br /> <br />78 <br />Page 3 <br /> <br />Existing Cost Proposed Cost <br />Rate Tiers er Unit* Rate Tiers Per Unit* <br />0-100% of consum tion 3.21 0-100% of consum tion 3.60 <br />(*Recycled water customers will continue to receive a 250tb discount on their water bill) <br /> <br />The proposed increase in water rates places Redwood City as the eighth most cost- <br />effective agency surveyed in the benchmarking study of other neighboring water <br />suppliers. The benchmarking study is comprised of 13 agencies and their existing <br />water rates for fiscal years 2008-09; note that the study does not take into account <br />these agencies pending rate increases for the 2009-10 fiscal years. <br /> <br />This Recommendation: <br /> <br />· Supports the guiding principle of basic service charge equal to fixed costs. <br />· Places Redwood City's as the 8th most cost-effective water agency when compared <br />to 13 other agencies. <br />· Continues to allow individual users to conserve and save money. <br />· Is consistent with the principle "The more you use, the more you pay", <br /> <br />ALTERNATIVES <br />The Council could reject or modify the Utilities Committee / staff recommendation. <br /> <br />FISCAL IMPACT <br /> <br />The recommended package of rates and charges will increase revenues for Fiscal Year <br />2009-10 by $1.8M over the budgeted revenues for Fiscal Year 2008-09; which is the <br />targeted amount delineated in the March 2009 Water Financing Plan cash flow <br />projection update. <br /> <br />~~ <br />Jy.sti~1I <br />&blb1lC Warks Superintendent <br /> <br /> <br />tlls-,~p ~~rY7gro--<V\ <br /> <br />Peter Ingram <br />City Manager <br /> <br />ATT ACHMENTS <br />1. Ordinance - Water Service Charges <br />2. Resolution - Water Rates <br />3. Notice of Proposed Increases in Water Rates <br />4. Utilities Committee - Water Rate Recommendation with billing impacts <br />5. Benchmarking of Residential Water Bills at 15 Units of Average Use <br />6. Redwood City Water Enterprise Guiding Principles <br /> <br />RELATED DOCUMENTS IN CITY CLERK'S OFFICE <br />None <br />