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THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Adopted this Order on April 19,1994, by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Smith, DeSaulnier, Torlakson and Bishop
NOES: None
ABSENT: Supervisor Powers
ABSTAIN: None
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SUBJECT: CORRESPONDENCE
Item No.
1.181 LETTER dated March 23, 1994, from Sterling Stevenson, Chair, Bay Point Municipal
Advisory Council, 3105 Willow Pass Road, Bay Point, CA 94565, advising of the MAC's
commitment to work with the West Pittsburg/Bay Point School Linked Services Planning
Coalition to provide improved services for the community.
***ACKNOWLEDGED RECEIPT
1.182 LETTER dated March 23, 1994, from Ron Beagley, Mayor, City of Walnut Creek, 1666
North Main Street, Walnut Creek 94596, requesting that the City/County Joint Planning
Committee be reconvened to discuss various land use issues which could affect both the
City of Walnut Creek and Contra Costa County.
***REFERRED TO DIRECTOR, GROWTH MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
1.183 LETTER dated March 23, 1994, from Bill Highfield, President, W.A.T.E.R. (Water
Allocation Through Equitable Rates), 696 San Ramon Valley Blvd., Suite 300, Danville
94526, urging the Board to request from the Board of Directors, East Bay Municipal
Utility District, an explanation of the District's surcharge rate applicable to counties and
cities.
*** REFERRED TO WATER COMMITTEE
cc: Correspondents
County Administrator
Water Committee
Growth Management and Economic Development Agency
i hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of
an action taken and entered on the minutes of the
Board of Supervisorg_on the at c�yvyv�n.t
ATTESTED:—a 0/y , T_9
PHIL BATC ELOR, Clerk of the Board
of Supervisors d County Administrator
By Deputy
W.A.T.E.R.
(Water Allocation Through Equitable Rates)
696 San Ramon Valley Blvd., Suite 300
Danville, CA 94526 RECEIVED
March 23 , 1994 OR 2 5 1994
To: Supervisors, Contra Costa County CLERK BOARD OF SUPERVISORS E
Supervisors, Alameda County CONT(IA COSTA CO.
Mayors of Cities in these Counties
At the regular public meeting of the EBMUD Board on March 22,
I presented to the Board my response to Jorge Carrasco's memo to
the Board concerning rates. A copy of this memo is enclosed.
Originally, I had sent a letter to President F1a$hman and the
EBMUD Board requesting that consideration be given to charging
the counties and cities at the rate of $1.15 per unit (the cost
of service) , rather than the surcharge rate of $1.29 per unit
which is now charged.
Please note that the memo's first paragraph states that I
recommended the first tier residential rate which is $1.04 per
unit. This is not correct. I recommended $1.15 per unit which is
cost of service rate.
The last paragraph states that a survey revealed that none of
several area water agencies charges a "special rate" for public
agencies.
When the reference to "special rates" is compared to the
first tier residential rate ($1.04 per unit), they admit that the
first tier rate is a "special rate". This preferential special
rate applies to the two thirds of residential customers on the
Bay side of the District. This means that the $1.29 public agency
rate subsidizes the residential first tier residential of $1.04.
We request that you write to President Flashman and the EBMUD
Board requesting an explanation of your surcharge and that you be
charged for cost of service. EBMUD's address is 375 E eventh
Street, Oakland 94623. Also, please send a copy to W.A.T.E.R.
Thank you.
Mayors:
Alameda
Berkeley
Danville Sincerely,
Lafayette
Oakland
Orinda 1
Piedmont
Pinole
Pleasant Hill Bill Highfield, Preident
San Ramon W.A.T.E.R.
Richmond
Walnut Creek
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March 10, 1994
MEMO TO: Board of Directors
FROM: Jorge Carrasco, General Manager 4wrL-�,
SUBJECT: W.A.T.E.R. Public Authority Rate Proposal
At the February 8, 1994 Board meeting, Mr.. Bill Highfield of W.A.T.E.R. requested
consideration of a water rate reduction for public agencies. He recommended charging
public agencies the same rate as the first tier rate for single-family residential customers.
The District's public agency customers cover nearly all aspects of goverri nen al orgar,"tioa
and activity: City, County, State, Federal, Special Districts (including parks and recreation,
sanitary, fire, transportation, flood control, SD-1, etc.), School Districts, Housing
Authorities, University of California, Port of Oakland, and so on.
In FY93, the District billed these agencies for approximately 5.6 million units of water. Of
this total, 0.8 million units were billed at the multifamily residential rate of $1.17 per unit
and the balance of 4.8 million units were billed at $1.29 per unit. If the 5.6 million units
were billed at the current $1.04 per unit single-family residential low tier rate, District
revenues would decline by about $1.30 million. If these rate changes occurred, and we
recovered the lost revenue by adjusting rates uniformly, rates would increase by
approximately one percent for all customers. This would reduce savings to public agencies
by $50,000, for net savings of $1.25 million.
We surveyed seven Bay Area public water agencies and determined that none provide special
rates for public agencies. The seven agencies were: Alameda County Water District, Contra
Costa Water District, City of Livermore Water Department, Marin Municipal Water District,
North Marin Water District, City of Palo Alto Water Department, and City of San Francisco
Water Department.
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cc: Bill Highfield, W.A.T.E.R.