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INIATIVE MEASUER TO BE SUBMITTED DIRECTLY TO THE VOTERS

 

The City Attorney has prepared the following title and summary of the purpose and points of the proposed measure.

  Initiative Measure Regarding the City of Milpitas Water Rates and Charges

This Measure would amend Milpitas Municipal Code, Title VIII, Chapter 1, Section VIII-1-6.13 with regard to water rates and charges based on quantity per hundred cubic feet or “HCF.” On December 15, 2015, the City Council of the City of Milpitas adopted Ordinance No. 120.47 imposing new water rates and charges. Ordinance No. 120.47 amended Milpitas Municipal Code Section VIII-1-6.13 to impose new quantity charges per HCF to include both a volumetric charge and a capital surcharge, as follows:

RATES AND EFFECTIVE DATES FOR QUANTITY CHARGES ($/HCF)
Customer Class	Volumetric Charge 1/15/2016	Volumetric Charge 4/1/2016	Capital Surcharge 4/1/2016
Residential:	$4.75	$5.13	$1.30
Commercial / Industrial / Institutional / Construction Meter	$4.75	$5.13	$1.30
Irrigation (potable)	$4.75	$5.13	$1.30
City Accounts (potable)	$4.75	$5.13	$1.30
Ed Levin Park	$3.75	$3.79*	NA
Recycled - Irrigation	$2.42	$2.78	NA
Recycled - Industrial / Dual Plumbed/ Construction Water	$2.42	$2.78	NA
City Accounts (recycled)	$2.42	$2.78	NA

 

 

 

The Measure would impose a volumetric charge different from the City’s volumetric charge and eliminate the capital surcharge. The legality of this proposed Measure is unknown at this time.

 

               RATES AND EFFECTIVE DATES FOR QUANTITY CHARGES ($/HCF)

Category	Charge
Residential:0-10 HCF	$3.35
Residential:11-20 HCF	$4.45
Residential:21-30 HCF	$6.00
Residential:>30 HCF	$6.42
Commercial, Industrial, Institutional, Construction	$6.42
Potable Irrigation	$6.42
Ed Levin Park	$3.79
City of Milpitas	$6.43

·         Keep the current rate of $4.08 for Recycle Irrigation, Recycled Industrial, Dual plumbed, Construction at $2.65, and Recycled City of Milpitas $2.78

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More information about the current water rates  from city of Milpitas 

            http://www.ci.milpitas.ca.gov/_pdfs/FinalWaterRateStudy.pdf

 

             http://www.ci.milpitas.ca.gov/_pdfs/FinalWaterRateStudy.pdf

 

 

 

 

 

 

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