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IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO RESOLUTION NO. 2011- A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE TO MAIL A NOTICE OF THE PROPOSED CHANGE IN PURPOSE OF PREVIOUSLY APPROVED SEWER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT RATE INCREASES; TO SET THE MINIMUM 45 DAY PROTEST PERIOD; AND TO SET THE DATE, TIME AND LOCATION FOR A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE WRITTEN PROTESTS TO THE PROPOSED CHANGE IN PURPOSE OF PREVIOUSLY APPROVED SEWER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT RATE INCREASES TO FUND REIMBURSEMENT TO RATE PAYERS OF THE COSTS TO RECONNECT PRIVATE SEWER LATERALS WHEN THE CITY DETERMINES THAT IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY TO CONSTRUCT OR RECONFIGURE CITY SEWER MAINS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF PROPOSITION 218 RECITALS WHEREAS, in 2010 the City of San Leandro approved rate increases for sewer /wastewater treatment services to fund continued maintenance and operations, as well as seismic repairs and comprehensive modernization of the City's wastewater treatment facility; and WHEREAS, the previously approved rate increases meet the needs for which they were approved, such that there is capacity within the previously approved rate increases to repurpose some of the monies towards a program to fund reimbursement of costs to reconnect rate payers' private sewer laterals to the City's sewerage system when the City determines that it is in the best interests of the public health and safety to construct or reconfigure City sewer mains; and WHEREAS, to preserve the public's trust and act with prudence, it is the City Council's opinion that before the City may repurpose any funds from the previously approved rate increases, it must comply with the procedural requirements of Prop. 218, a constitutional initiative passed by voters in November, 1996 that affects the ability of local public agencies to increase property related fees and charges; and WHEREAS, the Prop. 218 procedural requirements that the City will implement are as follows: 1. The City will identify the parcels upon which the previously approved rate increases applied. 2. Because there is no new proposed rate increase, the City will instead provide written notice by mail of the proposed repurpose of previously approved rate increases to the record owner of each identified parcel upon which the previously approved rate increases were proposed for imposition.