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<br />8B <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />Basic Residential and Fixed Rate <br /> <br />Current Monthly Proposed Proposed <br />Rate FY 2010 - 2011 FY 2011 - 2012 <br />Rate Rate <br />$44.70 $48.72 $53.11 <br /> <br />Additional charges to commercial users will vary (as shown below) and are calculated <br />based on metered water use, which is added to the minimum basic service charge. <br /> <br />Tabl f C <br /> <br />eo ommercla sers ae ang es <br /> Commercial Current Proposed Proposed <br /> Customer Charge Per FY 2010-11 FY 2011-12 <br />(Non-Residential) Unit Effective July 1, Effective July 1, <br /> 2010 2011 <br />Institutional/Public $3.29 $3.59 $ 3.91 <br />Retail / Commercial $3.67 $4.00 $ 4.36 <br />Hospitals $3.67 $4.00 $ 4.36 <br />Restaurants $8.91 $9.71 $10.58 <br />Supermarkets $8.91 $9.71 $10.58 <br />Industrial $2.93 $3.19 $ 3.48 <br /> <br />. I U <br /> <br />R t Ch <br /> <br />Note: Rates shown in the table above represent the additional monthly <br />charge per one hundred (100) cubic feet of waste or wastewater discharged <br />or deposited into the sewerage facilities in excess of one thousand (1000) <br />cubic feet. <br /> <br />The SBSA infrastructure replacement and repair projects continue as the primary driver <br />to drive the cost increases in the Sewer Fund. The total projected costs are slightly <br />more than $400 million (with cost inflation) over the next 1 O-year period. Redwood City's <br />estimated share of these costs during the first five years of the program is $90 million. <br /> <br />In consideration of the proposed sewer rate increase, staff initiated the following public <br />notification activities: <br />· Mailed approximately 26,000 notices of the increase according to the Proposition 218 <br />notification process on February 25, 2010 to property owners <br />· Explained the proposed sewer rate increase in the City's conservation newsletter sent <br />to customers in the utility billing <br />· Posted all of the above information on the City's website <br />· Place a public notice in the local newspaper on March 26, 2010 informing residents of <br />this public hearing to consider the rate change <br /> <br />To date, the City received six protest letters opposing the sewer service charge <br />increases. <br />