Vote Form

Name      ___________________________ 

Postal Address   _____________________
                             Milpitas Ca. 95035

I protest the new sewer and water rate increases.

Signature ________________________   Date ________________



      City Clerk
      455  E. Calaveras Blvd
      Milpitas, Ca. 95035

'Use the link on the right "Vote Form" to print out a sample letter. Then you can modify it/customize it.


Print out the above form and mail to above address or Fax in to City Clerk at (408) 586-3030

Save yourself $132.00 a year by sending in this form before May 1, 2011 or it will be to late and you will be stuck with the new rates for 4 years. If you would like to print this form, then print only page 1. Set  your webbrower to use print review ( under File tab)  and remove headers and trailers and then print. Another way is to just copy the form part to your editor like notpad or word and fill in your name and address and sign and date it and then print your edited version out.

Best city council members that money can buy.

Developer Robson Homes gave $700 to Vic Mayer Pete McHugh, council members Debbie Giordano and  Armondo Gomez. The city council members approved a tentative map site for 83  homes residential development  at 905 Los Coches st. Only  Mayor  Jose Esteves dissented.

Why is this a problem for the rest of the residents of Milpitas?

• Increases the demand on water and sewage so you must pay more. The city is asking for more money for sewage and water right now. Do you think it will go down as the population increases?
• You right to vote on sewage rates diminishes as more residents are increased . This is because the way the city attorney interpretation of  proposition  218 section 6 (2) paraphrasing "majority of residents must appose rate increase".  It should be interpreted as majority residents that write in an opposition to rate increase then those who in favor of rate increase. To appose a rate increase now requires more then 9,000 residents writing in an dissenting letter, because of the interpretation of of  the majority of  residents that "could vote" or interpreted as majority that "have voted". The interpretation by the city attorney is that "could vote", is that  you lost your right to vote on tax increases. There are about 18,000 residents so the majority is over 9000 residents.
• More residents increases traffic and more stop lights, cost of gas goes up etc.
• More Police, Fire fighters, schools etc are needed as population increases. The city unions are taking up 80% of the city budget as is, so the the city is creating even more budget problems. 

Milpitas sewer and water rates are going up again!

Here are the sewer rates for single and multifamily units

Residential bimonthly sewer rate

customer	current	Proposed 2011/12	Expected fiscal year rates			Proposed Maximum
			2012/13	2013/14	2014/15
Single family	$70.94	$75.92	$81.23	$86.92	$93.00	$93.00
Multi family	$50.68	$51.06	$51.44	$51.83	$52.22	$52.22
Mobile home	$31.18	$33.36	$35.69	$38.20	$40.87	$40.87

Notice that the single family (SF) rates are going up the most and the multifamily (MF) the least. So the SF rates will increase by $132 . This means that your rate  will increases from $426 to $558 per year. The MF unit will go up only about $9.00 per year. Is that fare? The water rates are going up too, that means that your total water, sewer rates and garbage will increase to about $1000.00 per year. Please send in a protest to these high rates by sending it in with your water/sewer bill or  mail your protest to
City Clerk
455 E Calaveras Blvd.
Milpitas, CA 95035

Remember you must sign and date the protest. A simple protest will look like the following:
John Doe
12234 western way
Milpitas, Ca. 95035

I protest the new water and sewer rate increase.

Sign _____________________   Date _3/16/2011

To get the full data on the water and sewer increases go to http://www.ci.milpitas.ca.gov/  look at what is happening section.