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CITY OF LODI
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AGENDATITLE: Set Public HearingforApril 20,2005, to Consider Resolution Adopting Water
Rate Increase
MEETING DATE: March 16,2005
PREPARED BY. Public Works Director
RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the City Council set a public hearing for April 20, 2005, to
consider resolution adopting a water rate increase.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: In the spring of 2004, the City Council approved a rate increasefor
water service (as well as increases in wastewater and refuse
services). The City-wide public notification done then included
provisions for future rate adjustments based on the Consumer Price
Index (CPI). At that time, the rate increase for wastewater was adopted to take place in two steps, with
the second one to occur in July 2005. Refuse rates, per our agreement with Central Valley Waste
Services are adjusted annually and were the subject of a separate public hearing in March 2005.
Water rates were increased significantly in 2004, mainly to account for the Woodbridge Irrigation District
water purchase contract and, in part, to help fund PCEITCE contamination remediation and legal costs.
At this point, while significant progress has been made on the contamination issue, the City's actual costs
are still uncertain. While it seems dear that higherwater rates will be necessary, the amount and timing
of increaseswould, at this point, have to be set with a "best -guess" process.
Given these uncertainties, staff is recommending that the City proceed with a CPI -based increase at this
time and defer consideration of a more significant increase until both costs and cash-flow requirements
are better known, Staff feels that increasing utility rates on a more frequent basis will maintain better
cash flow and reserves within the utility and ultimately be more palatable with customers than waiting
longer periods and adopting large increases.
The San Francisco-Oakland-SanJose Consumer price index for all items (unadjusted) for
December2003 was 195.3 and 199.5 for December 2004, which translates to 2.2%. This increase on all
water service charges results in total water rates as shown on ExhibitA. The increase amount for a
3 -bedroom home is $0.58 per month. The effective date of the increase is May 1, 2005, which is one
year from the previous increase.
FISCAL IMPACT: Increased annual water fund revenuewill be approximately $170,000.
FUNDING AVAILABLE: Not applicable.
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Richard C. Prima, Jr.
PublicWorks Director
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Attachment
APPROVED:""?
Blair King, City MaWager
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Exhibit A: Water Utility (3/8/05 DRAFT)
Proposed 2.2% Water Utility Rate Increase
Residential Flat Rate (per month):
Present Rate
Proposed New Rate
Single Family Unit (one bedroom)
$
18.24
$
18.64
(two bedrooms)
$
21.90
$
22.38
(three bedrooms)
$
26.26
$
26.83
(four bedrooms)
$
31.54
$
32.24
(five bedrooms)
$
37.85
$
38.68
(six bedrooms)
$
45.41
$
46.41
(seven bedrooms)
$
54.47
$
55.67
Multiple Family Unit (one bedroom)
$
15.66
$
16.00
(two bedrooms)
$
18.78
$
19.19
(three bedrooms)
$
22.53
$
23.02
+ 20% for ea. add'I. bedroom
Commercial Flat Rate varies add: 2.2% (Examples below)
(Existing accounts only. New accounts are
metered.)
Present Rate
Proposed New Rate
V service
$
26.26
$
26.83
1" service
$
39.41
$
40.28
1'/2' service
$
52.54
$
53.70
2" service
$
65.69
$
67.14
3" service
$
91.97
$
93.99
4" service
$
118.23
$
120.83
Metered Rate $0.707 per 100 cu. ft. $0.723
plus monthly base charge:
Present Rate
Proposed New Rate
%" meter
$
15.43
$ 15.77
1" meter
$
23.14
$ 23.65
1'/i' meter
$
30.85
$ 31.53
2" meter
$
38.58
$ 39.43
3" meter
$
54.00
$ 55.19
4" meter
$
69.43
$ 70.96
6" meter
$
100.29
$ 102.50
8" meter
$
131.17
$ 134.06
10" meter
$
162.04
$ 165.60
Construction Water Charges:
Present Rate
Proposed New Rate
per 100 cu. ft.
$
0.707
$ 0.723
Note: Charges are total, includes 2.2% increases for infrastructure replacement charges.
The above are the most common examples of existing water rates, all other rates, including
Discount, Outside City, City and Miscellaneous water rates will also be raised 2.2%.
CITY OF LODI
Carnegie Forum
• 305 West Pine Street, Lodi
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Date: Apri120,2005
Time: 7:00 p.m.
For information regarding this notice please contact:
Susan J. Blackston
City Clerk
Telephone: (209) 3336702
NOTICEOF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Wednesday, April 20, 2005, at the hour of 7;00 p.m., or as soon
thereafter as the matter maybe heard, the City Council will conduct a PublicHearing at the Carnegie Forum,
305 West Pine Street, Lodi, to considerthe following matter:
a) a resolution adoptingwater rate increases.
Information regardingthis item may be obtained in the office of the Public Works Department, 221 West Pine
Street, Lodi, California. All interested persons are invited to present their views and comments on this
matter. Written statements may be filed with the City Clerk at any time prior to the hearing scheduled herein,
and oral statements may be made at said hearing.
If you challengethe subject matter in couri, you may be limitedto raising only those issues you or someone
else raised at the Public Hearing described in this notice or in written correspondencedelivered to the City
Clerk, 221 West Pine Street, at or prior to the Public Hearing.
By Order of the Lodi City Council:
Susan J. Blackston
City Clerk
Dated: March 16,2005
D. Stephen Schwabauer
CityAttomey
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DECLARATION OF POSTING
SET PUBLIC HEARING FOR APRIL 20,2005, TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION ADOPTING
WATER RATE INCREASES
On Friday, March 18, 2005,
copy of a Notice of Public
increases, (attached hereto,
locations:
Lodi Public Library
Lodi City Clerk's Office
Lodi City Hall Lobby
Lodi Carnegie Forum
in the City of Lodi, San Joaquin County, California, a
Hearing to consider a resolution adopting water rate
marked Exhibit "A), was posted at the following four
declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
Executed on March 18,2005, at Lodi, California
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Kari J. 06dwick
Administrative Clerk
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State of California, under the date of May 26th,
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