An Initiative to
change the current fee approved Dec 15 2015 to the water fee schedule similar
to the fees approved August 4 2015.
This initiative changes the current water schedule to
provide a schedule that provides an incentive to save water by providing tiers
and removes the additional cost that raises the fee to $6.43 in April 2016. The
current fee does not reward parcel owners because tiers are eliminated in the
current fee schedule. This initiative requires the city to provide tiers, drop
the 30 year $25.5 million dollar bond and provide a capital improvement fund of
$20 Million instead of the $42 Million. The
water supply augmentation does not solve the water crises and Milpitas approving by
thousands of more parcels makes the water crises worse. email marini4mayor@yahoo.com for comment. Please sign the petition.
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The following is the reason for the petition. (500 words
or less)
Proposition 218
requires that the city provide the basis for the calculated fees in the written
notice to the public. The written notice sent in October did not disclose the
30-year $25.5 million bond at 4.25% interest, the transfer of $2.5 million out
of the water fund to the general fund and the doubling the capital improvement
fund from $20 Million to $42 million. $10 million of the bond fund for ground
water that will not be provided to the majority of parcel owners. Proposition
218 requires that you cannot charge for a service that will not be provided to
the parcel owners. Section 6 (4) states:
"No fee or charge may be imposed for a service unless that service is actually used by, or immediately available to, the owner of the property in question. Standby charges, whether characterized as charges or assessments, shall be classified as assessments and shall not be imposed without compliance with Section 4.”
To raise a bond it must follow California Article XIIID
section 4, which requires the city provide a ballot and the majority of voters
must vote in favor of the bond, not by asking the parcel owners to send in a
protest letter against the proposed bond. The bond was not even disclosed in the notice
sent to the public.
The city of Milpitas
failed to provide a proper notice to the public and hide a bond under section
6. This is not the service we expect
from our elected city council members.
The city current capital improvement program does not solve the water
drought problem effecting Milpitas. The city council has made the crises worse by
approving thousands of new parcel developments increasing by millions more
water needed instead of conserving water.
Anyone interested in signing this petition email marini4mayor@yahoo.com
