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B
And
welcome
to
the
San
Bruno
city
council
special
meeting
of
February,
the
14th
call
the
meeting
to
order
and
we
do
apologize
for
technical
difficulties,
and
so
because
we
have
advertised
that
it
would
be
a
hybrid
meeting,
meaning
Zoom
as
well.
We
are
obliged
to
do
that,
and
so
we
are
here
now
and
we
will
now
call
the
meeting
to
order
roll
call.
Please.
B
C
D
Well,
nice
to
see
folks
again
I,
you
know,
we've
got
the
speaker
in
front
of
us,
some
of
you
in
the
past
and
others
knew,
but
today
this
is.
This
is
a
preliminary
presentation
on
Water
and
Sewer
rate
study.
Thank
you.
Oh
that's
better,
and
the
purpose
of
this
presentation
is
not
to
give
you
the
be-all
end-all.
D
I'll
keep
moving
on
in
the
presentation,
we'll
cover
some
background
stuff,
and
you
know
talk
about
what
the
the
rate
proposed
rates
look
like
and
again.
We
want
to
get
council's
input
and
are
we
moving
in
the
right
direction?
Are
there
other
things
Council
would
like
to
see?
Some
of
this
is
going
to
be
a
little
bit
of
a
background
again
just
to
make
sure
we're
all
kind
of
up
to
speed.
D
It's
been
about
five
years
since
the
city's
done
any
kind
of
rate
increases,
but
in
terms
of
your
finances,
your
water
and
sewer
utilities
are
self-supporting.
Financial
Enterprises
rates
are
the
main
source
of
Revenue,
and
the
rates
really
underpin
all
the
financial
and
operational
stewardship
and
everything
you
do
so
you
got
to
keep
your
rates
at
adequate
levels.
D
A
hundred
percent
of
the
rate
revenues
go
to
the
water
and
sewer
Enterprises,
so
they
don't
not
use
for
any
other
City
purpose
and
when
we
look
back
at
what
the
city's
done
over
the
last
20
years.
From
my
perspective,
it's
been
very
strong
financial
management.
You've
adopted
gradual
annual
rate
increases
year
after
year
to
keep
revenues
in
line
with
expenses.
D
Last
time
you
did
five
years
of
five
percent
rate
increases
that
were
from
2017
to
2021,
but
we
know
during
covid
that
the
the
final
year
of
that
five-year
rate
increase
was
canceled
and
there's
been
no
rate
increase
in
the
subsequent
year,
and
there
are
many
agencies
that
did
that
during
covet
as
well.
So
where
that
leaves
us
now
is
after
a
long
run
of
gradual
rate
increases.
There's
been
no
rate
increases
for
the
past
two
years.
D
Sorry,
while
I
wait
for
this
here,
we
go,
and
so
what
our
recommendation
is
for
the
city
to
get
back
on
track
again.
You've
had
no
rate
increases
for
two
years.
We
recommend
you
know
getting
back
on
course,
with
these
gradual
annual
rate
increases,
and
this
slide
here
summarizes
the
preliminary
findings
on
the
water
side.
D
It
would
be
six
percent
rate
increases
not
starting
this
July
we're
proposing
to
do
those
starting
next
January
when
water
use
is
low
after
two
years
of
zeros
and
on
the
sewer
five
percent
get
back
in
line
with
five
percent,
so
with
these
rate,
increases
you're
still
going
to
be
behind
where
the
rates
had
previously
been
projected.
D
When
we
did
the
last
rate
study,
we
had
assumed
that
these
five
percent
rate
increases
would
go
on
year
after
year,
so
we're
not
recommending
like
a
15
percent,
not
recommending
a
15
rate
increase
to
catch
up,
but
due
to
the
financial
condition
of
each
Enterprise
that
you
know
you
got
by
with
two
years
of
no
rate
increases
just
need
to
keep
it
moving
in
the
right
direction.
This
slide
real,
quick,
just
summarizing.
What
we
see
are
best
financial
management
practices
for
water
and
sewer
utilities,
and
many
of
these
are
the
same.
D
You
know,
practices
that
are
put
forth
as
good
practice
by
you
know,
standard
and
Poor's
and
fits
ratings.
Other
independent
rating
agencies
and
gfoa
number
one
is
long-term
financial
planning.
It's
not
good
to
be
looking
just
one
year
at
a
time
with
your
rates
and
we've
been
doing
that
the
city's
been
doing
that,
looking,
you
know
longer
term
and
aiming
rates
in
the
right
direction.
D
Two
is
keeping
prudent
fund
reserves
in
case
there's
an
emergency
or
unexpected
expense,
or
even
in
case
there's,
a
drought
and
your
water
sales
go
down
that
you
don't
need
to.
You
know,
have
your
backs
against
the
wall
and
have
to
do
immediate
rate
increases.
The
next
is,
you
know,
don't
forget,
funding
for
infrastructure,
repair
and
replacement,
and
you
as
a
city
has
not
ever
had
that.
D
Out
of
your
mind,
going
back
to
when
we
started
working
with
the
city,
it's
been
a
long-standing
council
priority
to
address
the
Aging
infrastructure
and
gradually
phase
in
more
and
more
funding
to
keep
replacing
pipelines
and
other
aging
facilities
which
are
approaching
the
end
of
their
useful
life
in
terms
of
funding
capital
projects.
We
always
think
it's
the
best
idea.
If
it's
an
ongoing
recurring
cost
it's
best.
If
you
could
fund
that
on
a
pay-as-you-go
basis,
just
build
it
into
your
rates
over
time
and
keep
it.
D
You
know
funded
every
year,
however,
debt
can
make
sense
when
you
have
an
elevated
level
of
capital
needs
and
you
want
to
spread
those
spread.
Those
costs
over
a
longer
time
frame.
So
a
strategic
use
of
debt
when
needed
and
a
big
thing
from
our
perspective
is
the
gradual
annual
rate
increase
is
much
preferable
than
you
know,
trying
to
do
zeros
for
a
number
of
years
than
having
a
big
rates
bike,
which
other
agencies
have
done.
That
have
tend
to
regret.
D
D
But
you
probably
don't
want
to,
because
you're
going
to
be
falling
further
and
further
behind
digging
yourself,
a
bigger
Financial
hole
which
often
turns
into
a
bigger
political
challenge
to
deal
with
as
well
in
terms
of
your
rates,
when
we
did,
we
did
a
survey
of
I
think
it
was
like
19
agencies
all
up
and
down
the
peninsula
and
San
Mateo
County,
and
your
rates
are
right
in
the
middle
of
the
pack,
with
your
both
Water
and
Sewer.
D
One
thing:
that's
a
little
different
from
many
other
agencies
out
there
is
you
have
a
single
bi-monthly
utility
bill,
that's
for
water
sewer
garbage,
so
it's
a
single
Bill,
Big
Bill!
That
comes
every
two
months,
so
it's
not
surprising
other
agencies
I
work
with
you're,
not
the
only
ones
like
that,
but
other
agencies
I
work
with
that.
Have
these
single
bi-monthly
bills
they
get
a
lot
of
customer
complaints
at
their
rates,
are
the
highest
around.
D
It's
really
just.
You
know,
due
to
the
nature
of
how
you're
doing
your
billing
many
other
agencies
on
the
peninsula.
They
only
do
water
or
they
only
do
sewer.
They
have
monthly
bills
and
more
and
more
commonly
we're.
Seeing
a
lot
of
agencies
do
more.
Do
their
sewer
billing
on
the
property
tax
rolls
which
we'll
talk
about
later
is
an
option
for
this
city
as
well.
D
D
The
uniform
rate
that
the
commercial
customers
pay
is
equal
to
the
weighted
average
rate
of
the
residential
single
family,
residential
customers.
They
don't
get
the
Ben
benefit
of
the
lower
rate
at
the
lowest
tier,
nor
do
they,
you
know,
pay
the
higher
tiers
and
the
higher
rate.
But
when
we
look
at
the
way
your
water
use
is
distributed,
it's
far
more
in
tier
one,
only
very
little
in
tier
three
in
the
summer
months,
sewer
rates
very
similar
you've
got
a
fixed
charge
and
a
volumetric
charge.
D
There's
a
common
fixed
charge
for
single-family,
home
and
Commercial,
it's
based
on
meter,
size
and
the
quantity
charges.
The
rates
vary
based
on
Wastewater
strength,
so
customers
with
stronger
Wastewater
are
going
to
pay
a
little
bit
higher
rates
than
customers
with
lesser
Wastewater
and
the
only
other
thing
I'll
add
there
is
on
the
residential
side.
The
Wastewater
rates
are
not
based
on
all
water
use.
We
know
in
the
summertime
there's
a
lot
of
outdoor
landscape
irrigation,
so,
as
is
common
for
many
agencies
with
volumetric
sewer
rates,
it's
based
on
winter
water
use.
D
So
it's
not
picking
up
the
the
outdoor
irrigation.
Moving
on
to
some
surveys
here
is
the
residential,
typical
single-family
home
water
rate
survey
you're,
as
I
mentioned,
you're
kind
of
in
the
middle
of
the
pack
and
you'll
notice.
The
slide
has
two
colors
there's
a
darker
bars
at
the
bottom:
those
are
the
fixed
charges
and
then
the
lighter
bars
on
the
top
are
the
volumetric
charges.
So
you
can
see
your
fixed
charges
are
lower
than
a
lot
of
other
agencies
out
there.
D
So
it's
less
of
an
initial
fixed
charge
that
folks
have
to
pay
on
the
sewer
side
same
thing:
your
rates
are
a
little
bit
lower
than
the
median
out
there
and
again
you've
got
fixed
and
volumetric
charges
about
half
the
agencies
in
the
county
have
just
100
fixed
charges.
So
when
you
look
at
you
know,
both
together,
your
fixed
charges
are
actually
among
the
lowest.
D
This
slide
here
just
quickly
summarizes
combined
water
and
sewer
bill
for
a
typical
family
home
on
a
monthly
basis
and,
as
we
mentioned,
you're
right
in
the
middle
of
the
pack
this.
Finally,
this
slide
shows
just
the
fixed
charges
alone.
Your
fixed
charges
are
among
the
lowest,
which
again
is
to
the
to
the
benefit
of
the
low
users.
D
E
Alex
Matt
Lee
Public
Works,
director
for
the
city
of
San
Bruno.
We
touched
on
this
at
our
town
hall
meeting
in
December,
but
I'm
going
to
briefly
go
over
this
just
in
context.
For
this
conversation,
our
water
supply
system
has
groundwater
Wells
via
five
wells.
In
a
surprise,
roughly
two-thirds
of
our
water
supply
sfpc
wholesale
Water
Supplies,
roughly
one-third
our
water
distribution
system,
as
you
can
see,
has
approximately
120
miles
of
pipe
and
has
aging
infrastructure.
E
Over
the
past
five
years,
City
averages
about
100
water
main
breaks
per
year
and
I'm
sure
you
guys
have
all
heard
this
before.
But
what
I
really
wanted
to
do
is
kind
of
show
some
images.
The
image
on
the
left
is
a
water
pipe,
a
broken
water
pipe.
As
you
can
see
the
size
of
that
hole
when
it
pipes,
Under
Pressure,
a
lot
of
waters
would
be
shooting
out
of
that.
It's
a
little
different
than
our
storm
drain
system,
where
water
generally
leaks
out
and
causes
sinkholes
slowly
over
time.
E
When
the
water
main
breaks,
it
needs
to
be
acted
on
immediately
and
you
you
will
see
when
a
water
main
breaks
example
image
on
the
left,
that's
actually
a
fire
hydration
that
got
knocked
down,
so
you
can
see
kind
of
water
shooting
out
it's.
The
water
system
is
under
pressure.
So
whenever
there's
any
break,
it
might
not
be
that
extreme.
But
there
there
is
water,
you'll,
see
water
coming
out
our
water
main
breaks,
don't
just
break
during
the
day.
E
There's
a
significant
amount
that
breaks
on
the
weekends
and
at
night,
and
we
have
a
bunch
of
Crews
that
are
on
call
to
make
sure
we
implement
the
repairs
as
quickly
as
possible.
Their
their
goal
is
to
try
to
minimize
the
water
disruption
and
to
get
things
repaired
as
quickly
as
feasible,
we'll
get
into
this
later
on
in
the
slides,
but
we'll
talk
a
little
more
about
kind
of
the
capital
program.
What
I
wanted
to
highlight
here
are
the
two
different
types
of
water
tanks
that
we
have.
E
Now,
for
our
sewer
system
we've,
we
have
roughly
90
miles
of
sewer
pipe
six
sewer
pump
stations,
five
of
those
have
been
rebuilt
recently
and
so
we're
in
far
better
shape
with
our
sewer
system.
We
do
still
have
aging
infrastructure
with
the
main
lines,
and
so
the
sewer,
Mainline
replacement
program
is
combined
with
with
the
water
Mainline
replacement
program.
E
That's
what
we're
really
focusing
on
on
the
sewer
side,
we
also
share
in
25
of
cost
Capital
Improvement
costs
with
the
jointly
owned
South
San
Francisco
San
Bruno
water
quality
control
plans
and
now,
with
the
capital,
Improvement
funding
topic,
I'll
pass
it
back
to
Alex.
Thank.
D
You
Matt
so
for
Capital
Improvement
funding
again
this
has
been
a
priority
of
the
Cities
over
many
years
and
sorry,
if
I
keep
looking
over
this,
so
the
goal
has
been
over
time.
Gradual
rate
increases
and
gradually
step
up
the
money
that's
available
for
addressing
the
Aging
infrastructure
and
the
city's
again
done
a
good
job
on
the
rate
side
and
has
created
more
and
more
funding
for
Capital
needs
over
the
years.
You're
not
done
yet,
but
you've.
D
You
know
taken
some
good
steps
in
the
right
direction
in
recent
years,
especially
with
due
to
the
design
of
some
of
these
projects
and
the
city's
been
a
little
bit
short
staffed.
As
my
understanding
some
of
the
projects
that
were
anticipated
to
be
funded
in
recent
years,
weren't
funded,
you
know,
there's
a
lead
time
with
environmental
permitting
and
design
Etc.
So
what's
happened
is
because
those
projects
haven't
been
funded.
D
There's
been
a
buildup
of
fund
reserves
in
recent
years,
so
your
fund
reserves
are
actually
currently
at
very
healthy
levels,
but
don't
let
that
you
know
mislead
anyone,
because
these
projects
are
coming
the
city's
working
on
them
and
especially
some
of
these
water
tanks
are
going
to
be
funded
in
the
next
few
years.
So
we're
anticipating
a
substantial
drawdown
of
those
fund
reserves
that
have
temporarily
accrued
for
Capital
needs
in
terms
of
the
rate
study,
I,
really
think
of
it
as
two
components.
D
One
is
development
of
10-year
Financial
projections,
updating
what
we've
done
in
the
past.
Look
at
all
the
funding
needs
and
try
to
aim
rates
in
the
right
direction,
and
the
second
part
of
the
rate
study
is
taking
a
close
look
at
your
rate
structures,
making
sure
they
continue
to
comply
with
all
the
legal
requirements
and
are
fair
and
Equitable
for
everyone,
and
we've
made
some
rate
structure
changes
in
the
past
to
the
city
to
get
everything
in
line.
D
So
we
don't
really
see
any
major
changes
needed,
maybe
just
some
slight
realignment
to
make
sure
everyone's
paying
the
cost
of
service,
and
that's
really
our
basic.
Finding.
Is
that,
due
to
what
the
city
has
done
in
the
past,
both
Water
and
Sewer
Enterprises
are
in
Good,
Financial
Health.
However,
you
are
facing
a
number
of
financial
challenges
that
are
going
to
require
this
ongoing.
Gradual
rate
increases
the
main
one
as
Matt
was
just
talking
about
or
the
the
capital
needs
of
your
aging
infrastructure.
D
On
the
water
side,
this
five-year
CIP
calls
for
about
85
million
of
projects
which
is
higher
than
normal,
because
you're
dealing
with
these,
you
know
few
aging
steel
tanks
in
there.
In
addition
to
the
ongoing
pipeline
Replacements
and
pump
stations
Etc
on
the
sewer
side,
The
Five-Year
cap
total
71
million
about
46
million
I
think
or
44
million
is
on
the
city
Side,
mostly
for
pipelines.
D
You've
also
have
to
fund
your
share
of
improvements
at
the
water
quality
control
plant
and
from
talking
with
the
South
San
Francisco
They
Don't
anticipate
anything
big
over
the
next
few
years,
but
there's
going
to
be
some,
you
know
major
biosolids
improvements
that
are
going
to
happen
in
the
next
four
to
five
years.
Your
share
of
that's
estimated
about
14
million
and
San
Francisco.
D
D
Okay,
here
we
go
again,
so
that's
really
I
think
one
of
the
big
challenges
that
you're
facing
and
why
you
need
to
keep
the
rates
gradually
moving
in
the
right
direction.
This
next
slide
shows
the
water
Capital
Improvement
program
and
I'll
pass
it
back
to
Matt
to
kind
of
cover
that
briefly,
thanks.
E
Alex,
so
this
this
big
graphic
is,
is
kind
of
overwhelming,
but
I'll
kind
of
talk
to
it
a
little
more.
This
is
a
portion
of
our
water
Capital
Improvement
program,
as
discussed
earlier,
a
lot
of
our
infrastructure
in
the
next
five
years
that
we're
looking
to
replace
our
water
tanks
themselves.
If
you
look
at
the
fourth
to
seventh
or
eighth
line,
you
can
see
the
the
tanks
that
are
that
are
there.
E
Initially,
we
were
looking
at
restoring
the
Cunningham
Drive
tank
Replacements,
which
is
expected
to
occur
in
24
25,
and
then
we
have
the
Sweeney
Ridge
tank
in
25
26,
and
we
have
the
Commodore
tank
installation,
which
is
part
of
the
YouTube
effort
in
2526
as
well.
The
the
program
for
water
tank
replacement
is
an
aggressive
one,
but
we
made
sure
that
we
had
the
appropriate
resources
to
be
able
to
deliver
these
projects
in
on
time
and
that
we
can
install
and
take
tanks
offline
during
these
periods
so
operationally.
E
That
will
still
be
okay.
You
know
if,
if
we
had
our
way,
we'd
probably
accelerate
some
of
the
tank
Replacements,
but
because
we
have
to
build
pump
stations
first.
Some
of
these
have
staggered
in
that
sense,
I
will
just
say
the
Sweeney
Rich
tank
is
at
approximately
90
complete.
E
If
you
add,
if
you
do
the
math
and
add
all
those
up,
that's
the
tank
replacement
projects,
approximately
half
of
that
total
Capital
funding
need
for
the
next
five
years
and
if
you
recall
the
number
from
the
reserve
funds,
that's
generally
that
amount,
and
so
yes,
we've
been
saving
up,
but
I
believe
that
we've
been
saving
up.
So
we
can
enact
these
tank
replacement
projects
I'll
pass
it
now
back
to
Alex
to
discuss
kind
of
other
elements
of
it.
Yeah.
D
So
you
look
at
the
average
annual
funding
needs
it's
about
17
million
over
the
next
five
years,
and
obviously
you
don't
your
rates,
don't
support,
17,
5
and
a
half
million,
and
you
don't
have
85
million
in
the
bank.
So
a
lot
of
this
is
going
to
come
from
on
a
pay-as-you-go
basis
from
rates,
but
we're
projecting
that
if
all
this
is
being
funded
on
schedule,
you
would
need
to
supplement
this
with
some
debt
financing.
D
Maybe
out
in
a
few
years
we
built
in
about
24
million
of
debt
financing
as
the
tank
projects
are
rolling
forward,
just
because
you
don't
you're
not
going
to
have
the
cash
to
fund
this
level
of
funding.
After
five
years,
though
you're
done
with
these
tanks,
you've
got
the
big
hurdle
behind
you
and
it's
back
onto
that
steady
annual
funding
of
about
seven
and
a
half
million
per
year,
plus
cost
inflation
that
we
built
into
the
projections.
The
next
slide
is
the
sewer
Capital
program.
E
Thanks
Alex
Matt
Lee,
Public,
Works
director,
so
the
sewer
collection
system,
as
we
discussed
earlier,
we're
a
little
bit
further
ahead
in
terms
of
the
infrastructures
we
were
able
to
replace
the
the
a
few
of
the
pump
stations
and
we
have
about
one
more
to
complete.
E
So
a
majority
of
our
stuff
in
the
next
five
years
will
be
the
mainline
Replacements
and
and,
as
we
discussed
earlier
at
the
Town
Hall
we're
trying
to
combine
both
the
Wastewater
and
water
or
sorry,
the
sewer
and
the
water
Mainline
replacement
projects
in
the
same
location
at
the
same
time
to
minimize
disturbance
to
the
residents
in
those
areas,
and
so
this
reflects
us
working
at
that
pace
and
replacing
you
know
in
a
constant
measure.
Over
the
period
of
five
years,
there
is
the
water
quality
control
plant.
E
D
Thanks
yeah
and
as
I
already
mentioned,
because
of
that
one
big
project,
they
have
the
solids,
the
biosolids
handling,
that's
anticipated
to
be
debt
Finance.
Your
share
of
14
million
of
debt
would
be
about
800
000
a
year,
what's
currently
projected,
but
you
know
this
is
something
that
will
the
details
will
get
filled
in
a
little
later.
That's
not
all,
though
you
are
also
facing
ongoing
Financial
challenges,
as
with
every
other
agency
in
the
peninsula
and
all
around
the
wholesale
water
rates
are
going
up.
D
So
you
have
to
make
sure
your
water
rates
are
keeping
on
top
of
that
and
also
just
keeping
up
with
cost
inflation,
because
your
water
and
sewer
utilities
are
facing
escalating
costs
for
everything,
whether
it's
electricity,
chemical
Staffing,
you
know
facilities
Insurance,
you
name
it.
You
need
to
have
at
least
some
rate
increases
every
year,
just
to
tread
water.
So,
even
if
you,
even
if
you
did
zero
rate
increases,
that's
really
like
falling
behind
every
year,
you
at
least
need
a
few
percent
just
to
tread
water,
but
you
need
more
than
that.
D
D
The
nice
thing
is,
your
city
has
gets
about
two-thirds
of
its
water
from
groundwater,
most
agencies
on
the
peninsula
rely
100
on
sfpuc
and,
as
as
I
mentioned,
they
haven't
raised
their
rates
over
the
last
five
years,
because
during
the
last
drought
their
water
sales
came
way
down,
so
they
that's
the
they
most
of
their
costs
are
fixed,
but
they
recover
it
by
volumetric
charges,
so
their
their
water
sales
came
way
down
during
the
last
drought.
D
D
So
they
built
up
this
large
balancing
account
and
that's
really
what's
prevented
them
from
doing
rate
increases
over
the
last
five
years,
as
they've
moved
forward,
they've
been
able
to
draw
down
the
balancing
account
and
avoid
rate
increases,
but
it's
gone
now
and
the
rates
are
going
back
up
again.
The
other
thing
is:
there's
there's
two
colors
on
this
chart
here.
D
Gradual
rate
increases
on
the
water
side
after
two
years
of
no
rate
increases
and
on
the
sewer
side,
five
percent
per
year.
Again,
the
impacts
are
going
to
vary
a
little
bit
from
Bill
to
bill.
Due
to
some.
You
know
minor
realignment
of
the
the
rate
structure
with
the
cost
of
service
water
rates
again
proposed
for
January
1,
when
water
use
is
low,
sewer
increases
on
July,
1
and
again
account
accounting
for
the
the
cancellation
of
the
prior
rate
increases.
Your
rates
are
going
to
be
running
about
10
percent
behind
where
they
had
previously
projected.
D
We
will
show
you
that,
in
a
graphic
in
a
minute,
this
slide
here
kind
of
summarizes
the
cash
flow
projections.
The
the
different
color
bars
are
your
expenses
and
the
red
line
going
across.
There
is
your
revenues,
and
you
can
see
the
expenses
are.
Are
you
know
gradually
increasing
over
time
with
cost
inflation,
you'll
notice?
There's
some
dark
orange
sections
on
the
left,
where
the
expenses
exceed
the
revenues?
That's
where
you're
drawing
down
fund
reserves.
You
know
over
30
million
dollars
over
the
next
few
years
to
help
fund
the
replacement
of
those
aging
water
tanks.
D
After
that,
those
two
gray
areas,
we
assume
that's
the
debt
financing
to
keep
your.
You
know
water
tank
program
going
while
you're
continuing
to
you
know
slowly
phase
and
rate
increases
to
make
sure
after
this
is
all
said
and
done
that
your
rates
are
supporting
an
adequate
level
of
ongoing
Capital
funding,
same
story
on
the
suicide
here.
I
have
a
kind
of
Darker
maroon
sections
and
that's
the
capital
projects
that
are
above
what
the
annual
revenues
provide.
D
So
that's
where
you're,
you
know,
gradually
drawing
down
rate
increases
over
the
next
five
years
as
you're
phasing
in
your
rate
increases
this
next
slide
here
kind
of
summarizes
the
projections
on
the
bottom.
The
green
line
shows
for
the
water
rates,
the
six
percent
rate
increases
after
two
years
of
no
rate
increases
and
how
it
compares
to
that
red
dotted
line.
If
you
had
kept
course,
as
previously
projected
with
ongoing
five
percent
annual
rate
increases.
D
Obviously
you
know
six
sounds
like
it's
higher
than
five,
but
it's
after
two
years
of
zero,
so
you're
really
kind
of
always
going
to
be
lagging.
What
the
prior
projections
were-
and
you
put
it
all
together
ever
since
the
last
rate
increases
started
going
into
effect,
you're.
Looking
at
a
10-year
average
increase
of
about
four
point:
three
percent
per
year,
accounting
for
some
five
percent,
a
couple
zeros,
then
you
know
phasing
and
six
percents
and
similar
story
on
the
sewer
side.
D
Again
the
same.
The
average
increase
over
10
years
is
about
4.1
percent,
but
you
you
know
again.
The
rates
are
going
to
be
lower.
Then,
as
you
continue
that
other
program
there's
always
concern
how
rates
are
going
to
compare
to
other
agencies
rates
if
we're
raising
rates
well,
you're,
not
the
only
one
out
there.
All
the
other
agencies
in
the
peninsula
are
dealing
with
the
same
issues.
You
are
increasing
wholesale
water
costs
and
especially
a
lot
of
Aging
infrastructure
on
the
peninsula
old
pipelines
and
on
the
Wastewater
side.
D
Treatment
plants
that
are
currently
undergoing
a
lot
of
investment.
I've
worked
for
a
lot
of
agencies
that
have
been
doing
the
same
thing.
You
are
trying
to
gradually
raise
rates
to
fund
their
Capital
needs.
So
this
is
I,
don't
know
what
every
agency
is
doing,
but
we
know
a
lot
of
other
agencies
are
in
the
middle
of
multi-year
rate
increases
or
are
in
going
through
the
rate
increase
process
right
now,
so
we're
pretty
confident
that
your
rates
are
going
to
stay
right
in
the
middle
range
compared
to
the
surrounding
agencies.
D
When
we
look
at
rate
increases,
you
know
the
best
practice
that
we
recommend
is
doing
a
multi-year.
Often
I
get
asked
hey.
Can
we
just
do
one
year
at
a
time?
And
my
answer
is
yes,
you
can,
but
then
you're
going
to
have
to
be
going
through
this
rate
increase
process
every
year.
It's
generally
considered,
I,
guess
the
best
industry
practice
and
for
financial
management,
and
if
you
did
five
years
rate
increases
it's
not
like
they're
automatically
locked
in
when
you
go
through
prop
218
that
establishes
the
maximum
rates.
D
The
council
always
has
the
ability
to
defer
or
reduce
a
rate
increase,
so
we
don't
recommend
doing
the
annual
process
and
the
final
thing
I
wanted
to
cover
was
this
notion
of
putting
sewer
bills
on
the
property
tax?
Rolls
it's
just
an
idea
that
we
wanted
to
run
by
Council.
I
know
it's
been
brought
up
in
the
city
before
the
benefits.
Are
it
takes
the
sewer
charges
off
your
bi-monthly
Bill
and
also
San
Mateo
counties
on
the
Teeter
plan?
So
if
you
did,
this
you'd
be
guaranteed
100
of
your
sewer
Billings
each
year.
D
So
a
lot
of
agencies
like
to
do
that
to
do
it.
You'd
have
to
follow
the
requirements
of
California
health
and
safety
code
5473.
That
just
means
you
have
to
adopt
a
list
of
charges
for
each
parcel
to
put
on
the
property
tax
rolls
each
year
as
an
administrative
procedure.
You
can't
just
do
this
the
very
first
time
you
do
it.
You
have
to
do
a
45-day
notice
period
and
hold
a
public
hearing
similar
to
what
you
do
for
adopting
Water
and
Sewer
rates.
D
So
if
you
wanted
to
go
through
that
process,
that
could
be
done.
You
know
concurrently
or
on
its
parallel
track,
and
you
know
mentioned
already
there's
a
lot
of
agencies
that
do
this
for
their
sewer
charges
and
more
and
more
doing
it.
Each
year,
Redwood
City
just
switched
over
last
year.
I
know
Millbrae
is
considering
doing
something
like
this
and
I
all
the
time.
I
get
asked
from
other
agencies.
You
know
what
does
it
take
to
do
that
for
next
steps?
Today,
again,
it
was
just
a
preliminary
presentation
kind
of
intermediary,
a
step.
D
What
we're
seeing
with
water
rate,
Water
and
Wastewater
rate
increases.
We
want
to
get
councils
input
before
we
go
any
further.
So
when
we
come
back
with
a
final
recommendations,
they
do
reflect
Council
input
and
then
the
goal
is,
you
know
to
come
back
again
in
March
with
the
final
recommendations
by
the
end
of
March,
assuming
the
council
was
able
to
give
direction
to
move
ahead
with
the
process.
You
have
to
go
through
the
218
process,
which
includes
mailing
notices
to
all
the
property
owners
and
rate
payers
out
there
of
what
the
proposed
rate
increases.
D
Are
you
have
to
do
that,
45
days
before
you
hold
a
public
hearing
at
which
you'd
consider
adopting
the
rate
increases,
so
we
assume
that
could
happen
in
May,
but
there's
a
little
extra
time
in
there
if
needed
again.
The
goal
is
that
new
sewer
rates
would
be
ready
to
kick
in.
On
July
1
and
the
water
rates
would
start
phasing
in
on
January
1.,
and
that
concludes
what
we
wanted
to
cover.
B
Now,
thank
you
both
for
your
presentation
and
comments.
What
I
am
going
to
just
announce
is
that
we
are
coming
up
on
seven
o'clock,
but
we're
going
to
continue
this
with
the
the
same
link
is
for
the
council
meeting
as
the
special
meeting
that
we're
having
currently
so
at
this
time,
I'm
going
to
open
it
to
the
colleagues
for
questions
to
staff
and
the
consultant
in
regards
to
the
presentation.
B
F
Council
member
Salazar
one
one
question
so:
several
years
ago
we
used
to
have
a
program
where
we
would
allocate
some
funding
for
replacement
of
upper
and
lower
laterals,
and
we
eliminated
it
because
it
was
at
that
point,
unfunded
and
and
it
could
really
kill
us
if
we
had
a
lot
of
people
that
wanted
to
participate
and
we
it
was
unplanned,
and
so
we
we
did
away
with
it.
F
I
was
wondering
if,
as
part
of
this
study,
we
could
consider
what
it
would
cost
us
to
implement
a
program
where
we
made
some
funding
available.
The
only
thing
we
have
available
now
is
an
insurance
program
and
unfortunately
people
even
if
they
sign
up
for
that
they're
not
taking
advantage
of
it
until
they
have
a
catastrophic
failure,
and
by
that
time
we
have.
F
You
know
ssos
that
we
have
to
deal
with,
and
so
perhaps
a
a
better
way
would
be
to
fund
at
least
a
portion
of
those
repairs
to
happen
proactively
every
year
and
since
we're
looking
at
the
rates
now
I'm
wondering
you
know,
could
we
develop
a
program
like
that
and
see
what
sort
of
impact
that
could
have
on
the
rates
and
whether
we
could
still
work
it
in.
D
I,
don't
want
to
speak
on
the
FSC,
but
I'll
say
you
know.
Certainly
you
could
look
into
it.
I'll
mention
what
a
lot
of
with
some
other
agencies
have
done,
because
this
is,
you
know
these
laterals,
some
of
it's
on
the
private
side
and
a
lot
of
these
laterals
are
old
too.
People
need
to
repair
them.
There
are
some
cities
that
require
them
to
be.
D
You
know
fixed
when
a
property
is
sold
and
there
are
some
agencies
that
have
established
like
a
loan
program,
to
help
folks
who
didn't
have
the
cash,
because
it
nothing's
cheap
anymore.
So
some
cities
do
have
loan
programs
there's
not
many
cities
that
fund
these.
On
behalf
of
the
private,
you
know
Property
Owners,
to
fix
their
lateral,
but
there
are
some
loan
programs
out
there
that
that
cities
have
done,
but
this
is
something
that
the
city
can
certainly
explore.
D
G
I
can
expound
upon
that.
The
action
that
the
city
took
a
couple
years
ago
was
to
formally
transfer
ownership
of
the
upper
laterals
to
private
property
owners,
and
so
right
now
those
are
owned
by
private
property
owners,
and
so
we
typically
wouldn't
want
to
raise
General
rate
payer
funds
and
dedicate
that
to
specific
private
property
ownership
and
the
current
insurance
program.
That's
out
there.
The
city
is
not
a
party
to
to
that.
G
We
didn't
want
to
give
exclusive
rights
to
this
one
carrier,
but
but
I
believe
the
city
thought
that
it
was
prudent
at
the
beginning
just
to
let
the
public
know
that
there
is
insurance,
and
so
we
allowed
one
company
to
sort
of
jointly
send
out
information,
and
it
is
true
that
every
time
a
home
sells
in
San
Bruno,
they
do
have
to
have
their
lateral
inspected
and
if
it
fails
to
test,
have
it
replaced
at
that
time.
F
Right
and-
and
the
concern
I
have-
is
that
you
know
that,
while
while
the
laterals
are
private
property,
when
they
rupture
and
cause
an
SSO,
then
it
becomes
our
problem
and
so
I
think
we
do
have
a
vested
interest
in
trying
to
prevent
those.
If
we
can
so
I
understand
that
they
are
private
property,
but
I'd
still
like
to
see,
if
there's
some
something
more
proactive
that
we
can
do
to
address
those.
H
Thank
you
for
the
presentation.
I
have
a
question
about
the
our
storm
water
fund
is
on
the
property
tax
roll.
This
seems
like
it
is.
Is
it
different
it
from
how
that
one
works
because
of
the
of
needing
the
property
tax
election
to
stormwater.
D
Used
to
be
until
the
thing
their
agencies
to
get
in
garbage,
however,
like
with
water
sewer
and
garbage,
there's
a
majority
protest
process
where
more
than
50
percent
of
the
course,
so
that
that
also
applies
to
the
the
health
and
safety
code
process
for
getting
these
charges
on
the
property
tax
rules.
But
yet
no
vote
required
from
the
public.
B
I
would
say:
I
have
mixed
emotion
on
that.
Not
certain
I
know
not
I,
know,
there's
a
list
of
cities
or
water
districts
that
do
do
it,
but
obviously
not
the
majority
in
the
county.
Do
you
know
what
the
feedback
has
been
as
an
example?
B
I
have
a
duplex,
and
now,
as
the
landlord
I'm
now
having
an
increase,
we'll
say
it's
duplex,
it's
three
thousand
dollars
for
my
property
tax.
So
even
though
the
renter
is
saving
I'm
going
to
raise
the
rent,
potentially
so
in
essence,
they're
going
to
see
that
and
I
don't
know,
and
we
have
other
folks
that
obviously
need
a
property
taxes
low
and
because
when
they
purchase
their
home,
so
I
just
don't
know
kind
of
where
people
fall
in
on
that
on
what
they
think.
D
Yeah
you're
right
there
are,
there
are
pros
and
cons,
I
mean
the
pros
being
you
get
it
off
your
your
bi-monthly
Bill
you're,
going
to
get
100
of
the
Billings
on
the
Teeter
plan.
On
the
other
side,
it
does
represent
a
transition
for
some
of
your
customers.
From
being
you
know,
you're
billing,
the
customer
to
now
it's
going
to
the
property
owner.
So
you
know
some
cities
have
gotten
a
little
pushback
from
Property
Owners,
Redwood
City
just
went
through
this
was
like
a
year
or
two
ago.
So
that's
something
to
keep
in
mind.
D
The
other
thing
is
you?
Don't
you
don't
have
to
do
this
at
the
exact
same
time,
this
could
be
its
own
separate,
parallel
process.
I
know
from
a
Millbrae
is
looking
at
doing
this
right
now
and
what
they
were
thinking
of
doing
is
I
think
is
phasing
it
in
so
they're,
not
just
doing
it.
You
know
day
one,
but
they
want
to
keep
everyone
prized.
You
know
a
year
in
advance,
something
like
that.
So
you
know
if
people
need
to
change
leases
and
things
like
that,
it
can
be
done
and
also
some
people.
D
Some
people
like
it
when
it's
on
the
tax
rolls
other
people,
don't
because,
with
all
these
things,
there's
no
right
or
wrong
the
folks
who
don't
like
it,
they
might
not
like
having
you
know,
one
big
Bill
that
comes
a
year
when
they
pay
on
their
property
taxes,
but
the
folks
who
are
paying
the
property
taxes
are
typically
the
homeowners
which
are
the
ones
you
know
have
afforded
homes
in
the
area.
So
some
people
think
putting
on
the
tax
rolls
is
more
Equitable,
but
there's
there's
pros
and
cons.
There's
no!
You
know
right
or
wrong.
D
B
Thank
you
other
questions.
Oh
council
member
Medina,
then
we'll
go
to
council
member
Salazar.
I
Great,
thank
you.
So
the
do
we
have
a
percentage
of
the
sewer
bills
that
become
delinquent
and
then
don't
get
collected
and
and
how
much
money
would
that
be.
E
I
Okay,
I
I
would
be
interested
in
hearing
more
about
that
option
of
the
the
sewer
bill
being
added
to
the
tax
roll.
It
isn't
a
increase,
it's
just
a
different
way
of
paying
so
making
sure
the
public
understands
it's
not
an
increase
at
all.
It's
just
a
different
way
of
paying
for
that.
G
City
manager,
thank
you.
Thank
you,
mayor
Medina.
We
can
provide
that
information
at
our
next
study
session,
we'll
work
with
the
finance
department
to
get
an
aging
list
and
let
the
council
know
the
percentage
of
sewer
rate
payers
that
are
delinquent
and
what
are
annual
progress
is.
F
Oh
sorry,
there
was
some
strange
noises
out
there
so
going
back
to
the
placing
the
the
sewer
charges
on
the
tax
roll
I
was
wondering
if
there
is
there
a
correlation
between
cities
that
have
done
that
and
cities
that
have
no
variable
portion
to
their
sewer
charge,
because
it
seems
like
having
it
Be
steady
over
time
would
be
a
benefit
of
seeing
it
on
the
tax
rewards.
If
it's
variable
it
could
make
that
tax
payment
very
unpredictable.
D
Yeah,
that's
a
good
question
and
both
agencies
with
fixed
charges.
Obviously
it's
very
easy,
but
agencies
with
volumetric
sewer
rates
also
do
it
on
the
tax
roll,
because
the
charge
is
based
on
the
prior
year
winter
use.
So
even
the
bi-monthly
Bill
people
pay
for
sewer.
It's
the
same
amount
every
month
until
it
gets
reset
the
next
year,
based
on
the
winter
use.
So
agencies
such
as
South
San
Francisco,
they
have
you
know
High
variable
portion
of
their
sewer
rate,
I
think
and
they
collect
everyone's
rate
on
the
on
the
tax
bill.
D
So
you
can
do
it
both
ways.
There
are
some
agencies
that
I
think
have
considered
doing
it
for
residential
only
because
their
their
Bill
gets
fixed
after
the
winner.
They
know
what
the
use
is.
It's
going
to
be
the
common
bill
for
the
year,
but
the
commercial
bills
can
go
up
and
down
from
month
to
month.
So
there
are
some
agencies
that
I
think
only
do
this
for
the
residential
side,
which
is
you
know,
the
large
majority
of
your
customers.
B
And
then
I
found
out
the
answer,
but
I
just
wanted
to
bring
it
up.
There
is
the
availability
for
folks
when
they
they
fill
out
an
application
with
the
finance
department
to
have
reduced
rates
with
the
32
gallon
water
sewer,
and
my
understanding
is
even
if
you
bring
it
over
to
the
county
that
that
still
can
be
applied.
It
may
have
to
be
done
on
a
different
timeline,
but
that
doesn't
preclude
the
cities
from
still
offering
that
that
option
is
that
correct,
yeah.
D
You're
100,
correct
and
other
agencies
that
collect
charges
on
the
tax
rolls
like
San
Carlos.
They
have
a
like
a
discount
program,
and
so
you
know
they
put
a
lower
charge
on
the
tax
rolls
or
if
someone
was
to
you
know,
sometimes
agencies
have
actually
a
rebate.
If
you
you
come
in
and
meet
all
the
criteria
but
yeah
other
agencies
that
do
it
on
the
on
the
tax
rolls
continue
their
discount
program
just
through
the
tax
rolls
is
the
method
of
collection,
so
they
put
a
lower
charge
on.
B
Thank
you
any
other
questions
from
colleagues
not
at
this
time.
So
I
want
to
thank
both
of
you
for
the
presentation
and
answering
the
questions
and
being
efficient
and
effective.
Considering
our
later
start,
and
thank
you
for
your
patience
with
that.
We
have
one
more
item
on
the
study
session
that
we
had
set,
which
was
the
conductive
business
appointed
ad
hoc
Committee
of
the
city
council,
to
interview
executive,
recruiters
or
direct
staff
to
select
what
I'm
going
to
ask
is
that
we
continue
that
on
to
the
conclusion
of
the
meeting
of
the
regular
scheduled
meeting.
B
J
B
I
B
Thank
you
very
much
so
now
we
will
go
into
our
regular
scheduled
meeting
and
we
apologize
for
the
delay,
but
we
had
some
technical
difficulties
on
our
Original
start
of
our
5
30
meeting
with
that
we
will
go
ahead
and
first
say
Happy,
Valentine's
Day
and
welcome
to
the
San
Bruno
city
council,
regular
meeting
of
February
the
14th.
The
meeting
has
been
called
to
order,
may
I
have
roll
call.
Please.
A
B
Thank
you,
Mr
Salazar.
Now
we'll
move
on
to
item
four
public
comments
for
items
that
are
not
on
the
agenda.
This
will
be
for
individuals
to
be
allowed
up
to
three
minutes
to
discuss
anything
that
is
not
on
the
topic.
It
is
council's
policy
to
refer
matters
raised
in
this
forum
to
staff
for
investigation.
Our
action,
where
appropriate
the
brown
act,
prohibits
the
council
from
discussing
or
acting
upon
any
manner.
Do
not
agenda
is.