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6.5B <br />Page 5 <br />(g) Bi-Monthly Billing. Water meters or classes of water meters may be <br />read bi-monthly, and the corresponding billing period shall be for atwo- <br />month period. In such event, the cubic foot delivery amounts specified in <br />the foregoing rate table shall be doubled for the purpose of computing the <br />applicable water quantity charges. <br />(h) After-hour Turn-on Fee. The fee for direct costs associated with <br />turning on water meters or classes of water meters during non-business <br />hours of the Public Works Services Department shall be $320.00. When <br />after-hour turn-on is requested by a user, this fee shall be charged and <br />collected on the user's next ensuing Utility Bill. <br />SECTION 2. This ordinance is statutorily exempt under Public Resources Code <br />Section 21080(b)(8). The City Council finds that the water service charges and fees are <br />for the purpose of meeting operating expenses, including employee wage rates and <br />fringe benefits, purchasing or leasing supplies, equipment, or materials, meeting <br />financial reserve needs and requirements, and obtaining funds for capital projects <br />necessary to maintain service within existing service areas. The Staff Report dated <br />April 12, 2010 expressly states in the "Background" section and in "Attachment 3" and <br />"Attachment 6" that increases in wholesale water rates necessitate a rate increase and <br />that revenues are used for the operation and maintenance of the water system, for an <br />emergency reserve, and for replacement of the system. <br />SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) days from the date of <br />its adoption; provided, however, that water utility bills pertaining to the period before <br />July 1, 2010 shall reflect the existing billing service charges and fees for the portion of <br />the billing period prior to July 1, 2010 to which the bills apply. <br />SECTION 4. All residential and commercial water utility bills generated on or <br />after July 1, 2010, shall reflect the revisions in billing service charges and fees for the <br />portion of the billing period commencing on July 1, 2010 to which the bills apply. <br /> <br />Atty/Ord/Ord.330 <br />033010 5 <br />