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CITV, OF SAN BERNARDINO - REQU~ST FOR COUNCIL AC'I\"ION
From:
RALPH H. PRINCE
Subject': Application for Increase in
Water Rates - Southern California
Water Company
Dept:
City Attorney
D~e: October 15, 1985
Synopsis of Previous Council action:
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The City Attorney's Office was directed to prepare a
resolution showing opposition to the proposed rate increase
by Southern California Water Company and requesting that
the Public Utilities Commission take immediate action to
overcome the problems associated with the distribution of
Southern California water and to meet the State water
quality standards as soon as possible.
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Recommemled motion:
Adopt resolution.
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JUSTIFICATION FOR PLACEMENT ON SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA
The Council directed that this item be on the agenda for
OctQber 21, 1985.
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Signatu re
Contact person:
Allen R Rrigg!'l
FUNDING REQUIREMENTS:
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Phone: 'i?'iF;
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Finance: n/a
Supporting data attached: Yes
Council Notes:
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RESOLUTION NO.
2 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO OPPOSING THE RATE
INCREASE REQUESTS SUBMITTED BY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WATER COMPANY
3 TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, AND URGING THE PUBLIC
UTILITIES COMMISSION TO CONSIDER WATER QUALITY AND PROVISION OF
4 SERVICE STANDARDS AS CONDITIONS TO ANY RATE RELIEF GRANTED.
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
6 SAN BERNARDINO AS FOLLOWS:
7 SECTION 1. Recitals.
8 A. On September 24, 1985, Southern California Water Company
9 filed a request with the California Public utilities Commission to
10 impose increases in rates for service for the years 1986, 1987 and
11 1988.
12 B. If fully approved by the Public Utilities Commission, the
13 increased rates would rai~e the rates 13.53% in 1986, 4.31% in
14 1987, and 4.05% in 1988 over present rates.
15 C. These increases represent a 22.28% increase in rates over
16 a three year period, and will increase the average residential
17 bill by $4.82 per month by the end of the three year period.
18 D. Such increases are exhorbitant when compared to the
19 current rate of inflation and the general state of the economy.
20 E. Rates charged by Southern California Water Company to its
21 customers in the area known as the Highland System are currently
22 higher than the rates of the City of San Bernardino, and do not
23 accurately reflect the value of the service provided.
24 F. Water produced by wells operated by Southern California
25 Water Company for its Highland System is inadequate for its own
26 demands, and must be supplemented by water supplied by the City of
27 San Bernardino.
28 G. Storage facilities for the Southern California Water
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2 assure continued water supply to its customers for even twelve
3 hours in the event of a loss of production capacity due to storm
4 damage, loss of power, or other emergency.
5 H. Transmission facilities of Southern California Water
6 Company are undersized, and provide inadequate capacity to serve
7 its area, consisting primarily of two, four, or six inch
8 transmission and distribution mains, generally regarded in the
9 water supply field as inadequate for a modern community.
10 I. Pressure available from Southern California Water Company
11 fails to meet even the minimum standards established by the state
12 of California, and ranges lower than 10 psi, compared to a minimum
13 maintained by the City of. San Bernardino of 30 psi throughout all
14 of the City's service area.
15 J. Fire flow is inadequate to provide for minimum standards
16 of fire protection, with 1000 gallons per minute being good or
17 ideal, and the Southern California Water Company's fire flow
18 being as low as 167.79 gpm in one hydrant serving the area known
19 as the Oelmann Heights area, with a flow of 530.61 gpm as the
20 highest of the hydrants tested, as determined in recent tests.
21 K. Water produced by wells owned by Southern California
22 Water Company is so high in nitrates that such water fails to meet
23 the state's minimum health standards, necessitating the blending
24 of its water with water from the City of San Bernardino to enable
25 that company's water to meet such minimum standards.
26 SECTION 2. Implementation.
27 A. The Mayor and Common Council oppose the most recent rate
28 request submitted by Southern California Water Company and urge
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the Public Utilities Commission to reject the request in its
entirety.
B. The Mayor and Common Council urge the Public Utilities
Commission to consider the quality of service and water quality
provided to consumers when considering this pending request and
future rate increase requests, and make any rate increase which
may be granted conditional upon improvement in the Company's water
quality and improvement in the Company's level of service to its
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customers, and that the Public utilities Commission exercise its
powers to assure that immediate action is taken to require that
the Company's distribution system and water quality be
immediately brought up to state standards.
C. The City Clerk i6 directed to transmit copies of this
14 resolution to the Public Utilities Commission, Governor
15 Duekmejian, Senators Robert presley and Ruben Ayala, and
16 Assemblymen William Leonard and Gerald Eaves.
17 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly
18 adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San
19 Bernardino at a meeting thereof, held on
20 the day of , 1985, by the following vote,
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City Clerk
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The, foregoing resolution is hereby approved _this
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Mayor of the City of San Bernardino
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