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Acting as the Board of Directors of the Pajaro County Sanitation District
Introduce, waive reading, and set a public hearing for July 9, 2024, at 10:30 a.m. as the date and time to consider adoption of an ordinance to amend Section 16 of Pajaro County Sanitation District (PCSD) Ordinance No. 05054 to provide for rate increases for wastewater sewer service rates.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors, acting as the Board of Directors of the Pajaro County Sanitation District (PCSD), introduce, waive reading, and set a public hearing for July 9, 2024, at 10:30 a.m. as the date and time to consider adoption of an ordinance to amend Section 16 of PCSD Ordinance No. 05054 to provide for rate increases for wastewater sewer service rates.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The PCSD wastewater collection system (System) is in the unincorporated northern area of the County of Monterey. The System serves the communities of Bay Farms, Las Lomas, Pajaro Sunny Mesa, and Pajaro. It includes approximately 16.5 miles of gravity sewer pipe, six pump stations, and approximately 2.4 miles of force sewer main. There are approximately 1,047 sewer connections and 1,768 billing units. The PCSD System is a wastewater collection system only. Collected sewage is pumped to the City of Watsonville wastewater treatment plant for treatment.
On May 21, 2024, acting as the Board of Directors of the PCSD (Board), the Board conducted a Proposition 218 Protest Hearing on the then proposed rate increase. A minimum 45-day notice of the Protest Hearing was provided to property owners within the jurisdictional boundaries of the PCSD. Per the Proposition 218 Majority Protest process, the then proposed new rate structure would not have been implemented if, at the conclusion of the Protest Hearing on May 21, 2024, a majority (50% plus one [1]) of written protests had been received. A total of three (3) written protests were received by the Clerk of the Board and Publi...
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