§ 4.24.010. Agricultural and nonagricultural water charges.

A.

Rates and Charges: In order to meet said costs, the rates for water delivered through the pressurized San Felipe Distribution System shall be established as follows:

Interim Policy [per Res. No. 2018-02]: It shall be the interim policy of the board of directors that the charges for agricultural water for the water year beginning March 1, 2018, and ending with the end of availability of 2017-2018 CVP contract year district rescheduled water:

CONTRACT CUSTOMERS	Board Approved Ordinance No. 58	Reduced Charge Commencing March 1, 2018	Unit of Measure
Agricultural	$272.00	$110.00	per acre foot
Agricultural Full Cost (RRA Section 205(a)(3)*	$463.00	$150.00	per acre foot
Agricultural Full Cost (RRA Section 202(3)*	$445.00	$170.00	per acre foot

 

This interim policy shall be in effect until 2017-2018 contract year rescheduled water is no longer available, at which time the agricultural rates established in Resolution 2018-1 for the water year commencing March 1, 2018, shall be in effect.

Interim Policy [per Res. No. 2018-01]: It shall be the interim policy of the board of directors that the charges for agricultural water for the water year beginning March 1, 2018, and ending on February 28, 2019 shall be as follows:

CONTRACT CUSTOMERS	Board Approved Ordinance No. 58	Reduced Charge Commencing March 1, 2018	Unit of Measure
Agricultural	$272.00	$209.00	per acre foot
Agricultural Full Cost (RRA Section 205(a)(3)*	$463.00	$400.00	per acre foot
Agricultural Full Cost (RRA Section 202(3)*	$445.00	$382.00	per acre foot

 

This interim policy shall be in effect until February 28, 2019, at which time the rates established in Ordinance No. 58 for the water year commencing March 1, 2018, shall be in effect.

CONTRACT CUSTOMERS	Water Year Commencing March 1, 2016	Water Year Commencing March 1, 2017	Water Year Commencing March 1, 2018	Unit of Measure
Non-Agricultural (Municipal and Industrial)	$363.00	$363.00	$363.00	per acre foot

 

SMALL PARCEL CUSTOMERS Small Parcel Service (parcels 10 acres less in area) Non Agricultural (Municipal and Industrial)	Water Year Commencing March 1, 2016	Water Year Commencing March 1, 2017	Water Year Commencing March 1, 2018	Unit of Measure
Non-Agricultural (Municipal and Industrial)	$363.00	$363.00	$363.00	per acre foot

 

Power Charge: For all water delivered through subsystems.

	Water Year Commencing March 1, 2016	Water Year Commencing March 1, 2017	Water Year Commencing March 1, 2018	Unit of Measure
Subsystem 2	$123.10	$126.80	$130.60	per acre foot
Subsystem 6H	$75.65	$77.90	$80.25	per acre foot
Subsystem 9L	$109.95	$113.25	$116.65	per acre foot
Subsystem 9H	$162.55	$167.45	$172.45	per acre foot
All other subsystems	$66.05	$68.05	$70.10	per acre foot

 

Regulatory Overuse Charge: Water used over the allocation(s) will be billed at the applicable agricultural or non-agricultural rate along with the regulatory overuse charge. The regulatory charge is to encourage conservation and discourage overuse, and is the current spot market rate, with a minimum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) per acre foot. The regulatory charge is applied to blue valve water use which exceeds the parcel or account allocation.

B.

Findings: The board of directors hereby finds and determines that:

1.

Revenues derived from the charge imposed herein do not exceed the funds required to pay for operation and maintenance costs associated with the delivery of San Felipe water and the power costs for pumping, transmission and distribution of San Felipe water to the district's customers, and shall not be used for any other purpose;

2.

The amount of the charge does not exceed the proportional cost of the service attributable to the parcel;

3.

The service for which the charge is imposed (see A. above) is actually used by or is immediately available to the owner in question;

4.

The charge is not imposed for general governmental services.

C.

Effective Date: The above rates and charges shall be effective as listed in subsection A.

(Ord. 28; Ord. 30; Ord. No. 32, §§ 1—3, 1-16-2001; Ord. No. 33, §§ 1—3, 1-30-2002; Ord. No. 34, §§ 1—3, 1-29-2003; Ord. No. 37, §§ 1—3, 1-14-2004; Ord. No. 40, §§ 1—3, 1-12-2005; Ord. No. 42, §§ 1—3, 1-11-2006; Ord. No. 43, §§ 1—3, 2-20-2007; Ord. No. 46, §§ 1—3, 1-17-2008; Ord. No. 47, §§ 1—3, 2-3-2009; Ord. No. 49, §§ 1—3, 1-25-2010; Ord. No. 51, §§ 1—3, 1-30-2013; Ord. No. 58, 2-1-2016; Res. No. 2017-04, 3-29-2017; Res. No. 2018-01, 1-31-2018; Res. No. 2018-02, 2-28-2018)