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� 1 ■ ■ 9 l • � <br /> p�i l�/OS TIJE 18::9 FA.[ 202�9JT772 DAR11 OnE� ; .� ` „�,� r � ry ,_ •.��- 'S <br /> _ ��..��os�....... . _ „ QCungre�g~nf �'�'°"" <br /> - �ICene�.4.mY1Y �nw�tiu�Yw��. <br /> �f0 GuwH MK w+wu[ <br /> pENOCFATICLEGOER �ouge af 3.tepregmtattbes i"'f�.,.r.fa,���e�s�cn <br /> ]»� Mn�o. Howe E/�s Mr �w ��..•..qa.�,.trowa�e+ <br /> w�..��.�� ���e+w �fittsfjittgtort. �flQ� 205t5-05d8 --�.•�....,„.��; <br /> � <br /> March 8, 300a <br /> The Honorable Jim Nussle The Hvaorablc Ioha Spra[t s <br /> Chairn,an 1t.nldag Memher <br /> House Budget Committce House Budg�K Comnucua <br /> 309 Cannon House Office Builcling H-71 Cxnnon House Office Bvilding <br /> Washingtan, DC 20515 Washin DC 20515 <br /> Dear Chairman Nussle und Rxnking Mcmbnr Spratt: <br /> Th�n1; you for your leadership ol'lhe Budget Committee. I aza writing to cxpress my opposiuon <br /> to a provision in the Presidccrt's fixcal yeaz 2U05 budgct requcst that would allow the National � <br /> Park Service to charge the City and Cuunty of San Franciseo "reatal paymrnes" in the amounc of <br /> SR mitlion por ycar for the Hach Hetehy Reservoir ia Yosemite Nafional Puk. ' <br /> 'Chis fcc would piacc a large burden on S:m Hrnncisco at a lime whea fhc City isatready facing a <br /> budget deficit af up [o $300 million iII the next fxscal year. Thc new fee would in all likelihoad <br /> ra;sc thm cast of drinlciiig water to t]sc 2.4 million customers on the kIetch Hetchy system, whieh <br /> servcs S:uitu Clara, San Mateo, and Alauneda counlies as well u San Franciseo. <br /> Iustification for the prc�pascd feo is lacL'ing. No convcrsauons werc held witL local or r`egional <br /> `�-- oFf cials before it was inaerted in Uu budget request The budget documrnu do aot providc any <br /> rationale foz it u1 resyonse w inquiries, not a single Adsainis[raaen official haz been ablc co <br /> pcov�de the melhodology employed to :uiive at thc $8 million figure. <br /> "fhe fee cannot be cxplaihed by spplication ef tbe Fedcrnl Po�vec Aet to ihe Heteh Hetchy <br /> system. The fedenl gavernment has lone fallowed a policy of cxempting municipalities from <br /> annual liceiising fces for powcr used Eor municips! purpos�s or sold without prcfit. Even if San <br /> Francisco wcte a private eatity, thc proposed S$ million fee would be far in excess of a typical <br /> rent�l paymrnt. Undcr t6a Act the hi;hest per acre figmt chazgul to pri�ate partics in thc most <br /> exprnsive cotmty in Califonlia is just unQer $80. San Ftaneisco's Heteh Hetchy resetvoir znd <br /> associ•rtul facilitics eacomp:us 6,871 ures. Ifconsidered on a per ucre basis, the President'S <br /> - budsc� te�uest would sugacst an annual rental paymenl of �] 1G4 per accc for Hetch Hetchy. <br /> I requese that you omi[ [nc Administration's proposed $8 +nillion fce.from tlte FY05 Budoet <br /> Resolution. San Francisco curKntly provides Uetween two and three million dollars annually to <br /> Yoscmite National Paek. These funds support activities such as watershed protection and f uility <br /> sccurity. In :uidit�on, th� City provides numerous in-kind setvicee, including hbusing for park <br /> scrvice employecs, maintrnance ofroads and trsiils. small capital pzojcae, and snow plowing. <br /> � TNIf� STATIONEFY �RIN/ip (� OaPEA MACE UF RECYCLEO F�qERS . <br /> � <br />