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CONFLICT OF INTEREST: None RECOMMENDATION AND ALTERNATIVES: Staff recommends the City Council/Authority proceed as follows: 1. Request staff report presentation from staff; 2. Open the public hearing and take public comments; 3. Close public hearing; 4. Request that City Clerk talley the number of protests received; 5. Request that the City Clerk announce the talley. If protest ballots represent less than 6,619, the City Clerk shall announce there has been no majority protest and the meeting will proceed. If there are 6,619 protests or more, the protests will need to be verified in accordance with Government Code, Section 53750 and the item should be continued to the next meeting. 6. If protests are less than 6,619, City Council should discuss and take action. Staff further recommends the Colton Utility Authority Board review, ratify and to the extent necessary direct that the City Council take one of the following alternative actions: Alternatives: A. Introduce Ordinance. The City Council/CUA Board are asked to waive first reading, read by title only and introduce the attached Ordinance proposing a revised water rate structure and resulting water rate and meter service charge adjustments, as the recommended changes will assist the City and CUA with the need to meet operational, capital, and debt coverage requirements. The ordinance must be approved with 5 affirmative votes. B Denial of the Ordinance. The City Council/CUA Board may deny the ordinance if it is not supported by at least 5 affirmative votes. Should this happen, the water system will not be able to support infrastructure/operational needs and meet bond coverage requirements. Finally, without the increase, the City/CUA will not be able to fund maintenance and repair projects and perchlorate clean-up activities, resulting in higher costs in the future (and larger potential increases). In addition, the City/CUA may be declared in default on its current bond covenants, which would make the bonds subject to recall and decrease the bond credit rating of the City/CUA. Attachments: (1) Ordinance 15-98 (2) Proposed Ordinance No. 0-03-09 (3) Rate Comparison with Other Local Agencies (4) Sample Proposition 218 Notice (5) 2009 Water Rate Study Eric Fraser REVIEW TEAM ONLY City Attorney: M • i :'p 04 ` G Finance Director: City Manager: CUA Executive Director: