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ATTY/RESO.0072/CC RESO INITIATING PROP 218 PROCESS TO ADOPT WATER RATES REV: 07 -09-25 MI Page 2 of 4 1. Establish a deadline for any ratepayer or property owner to submit an objection to the proposed water rates that is at least 45 days after the Proposition 218 notice has been mailed; and 2. Make the proposed water rates and the Rate Study available to the public no less than 45 days before the deadline for a ratepayer or property owner to submit an objection; and 3. Post on the City’s internet website the Rate Study, which is a written basis for the proposed water rates, and include a link to the Rate Study in the Proposition 218 notice; and 4. Mail the Rate Study to a ratepayer or property owner on request; and 5. Prominently display the following information in the Proposition 218 notice: a. A statement that all written objections must be submitted to the City Clerk by the deadline and that failure to timely object in writing bars any right to challenge the proposed water rates in court and that any such action may be limited to issues identified in such objections; and b. All substantive and procedural requirements for submitting an objection to the proposed water rates; and 6. Before or during the hearing, the City Council shall consider, and the City shall respond in writing to, any timely written objections. The City’s responses shall explain the substantive basis for retaining or altering the proposed water rates in response to the written objections, including any reasons to reject requested amendments. In exercising its legislative discretion, the Council shall determine whether: a. The written objections and the City’s responses warrant clarifications to the proposed water rates. b. To reduce the proposed water rates. c. To further review the proposed water rates before determining whether clarification or reduction is needed; or d. To proceed with the hearing and absent a majority protest, adopt the rates; and WHEREAS, if the City Council adopts the proposed water rates in compliance with the requirements of Government Code section 53759.1, no person may bring a judicial action or proceeding alleging that the water rates do not comply with the California Constitution or other applicable law, unless that person submitted to the City Clerk a timely, written objection to the water rates specifying the grounds for alleging