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ATTY/RESO.0109/CC RESO WATER RATES REV: 11-05-25 MI Page 2 of 5 •The date, time, and place of a public hearing to consider the rate modifications; and WHEREAS, on July 21, 2025, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 16339 to initiate proceedings under Proposition 218 by scheduling a Public Hearing to consider adopting proposed water rates, authorizing the mailing of the notice (“Proposition 218 Notice”), and establishing procedures for considering objections to the proposed water rates; and WHEREAS, the Proposition 218 Notices were mailed on August 7, 2025, to owners of record for all parcels receiving water services from the City; and WHEREAS, pursuant to AB 2257, which became effective January 1, 2025, if the City complies with the requirements in Government Code section 53759.1, then ratepayers must bring an objection regarding the proposed water service rates to the City Council's attention prior to the deadline established by the Council as part of the ratemaking process and any judicial action or proceeding to review, invalidate, challenge, set aside, rescind, void, or annul the water service rates shall be subject to the requirements set forth in Government Code section 53759.2; and WHEREAS, the City's Proposition 218 Notice complied with Government Code sections 53755, 53756, 53759, and 53759.1, including the following requirements: 1.The City established a deadline of 4:00pm on September 25, 2025, to submit a written objection to the proposed water service rates, which is at least 45 days after the Proposition 218 Notice was mailed on August 7, 2025; and 2.The City made its proposed water service rates available to the public on August 7, 2025, which is at least 45 days before the September 25, 2025 deadline to submit a written objection. Further, the City made the Water Rate Study available to the public, by posting the Study on its website and filing the Study with the City Clerk's office at least 45 days before the September 25, 2025 deadline to submit a written objection; and 3.The City posted both the Water Rate Study and the Proposition 218 Notice on its website, and it included in the Proposition 218 Notice a link to the Water Rate Study; and 4.The City included in its Proposition 218 Notice the option for a property owner to request that the City mail the Water Rate Study; and 5.The City included, in its Proposition 218 Notice, a prominently displayed statement, which included the deadline for submission of a written objection to the City Clerk (4:00pm on September 25, 2025), and notified the ratepayer that the failure to timely object bars any right to challenge the water service rates through a legal proceeding and that such action may be limited to issues identified in the challenger's objection. Further, the Proposition 218 Notice included a prominently displayed statement that lists the substantive and procedural requirements for filing a written objection to the proposed water service rates; and