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Christina Casha <br /> From: Ellen Holmgren <br /> Sent: Tuesday, November 7, 2023 9:29 AM <br /> To: PHIL ROUSH <br /> Cc: Pleasanton City Clerk; Norm Dorais;Tamara Baptista <br /> Subject: RE: Concern Over Proposed Water Rate Increases <br /> Dear Phil Roush, <br /> Thank you for your email to the Mayor and City Council. This email acknowledges receipt of your message. <br /> If this comment relates to an item on the current City Council agenda and you would like to submit written public <br /> comment, please visit https://forms.cityofpleasantonca.gov/f/writtenpubliccomment. Please note that the public <br /> comment link will close at 12 p.m. on the Council meeting date, and no comments will be accepted after that time. <br /> Thank you for your interest in the City of Pleasanton. <br /> Regards, <br /> Ellen Holmgren, Administrative Assistant <br /> City of Pleasanton <br /> From: PHIL ROUSH < > <br /> Sent: Monday, November 6, 2023 5:56 PM <br /> To: Mayor and City Council<citycounciI@cityofplea santonca.gov> <br /> Cc: PHIL ROUSH <br /> Subject: Concern Over Proposed Water Rate Increases <br /> ***[EXTERNAL]This message comes from an external organization.Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links,especially from unknown <br /> senders.*** <br /> City Council Members, <br /> We have been a resident of Pleasanton since 2005. Along with the rest of California - we have been <br /> on the roller-coaster ride of frequently having to deal with drought conditions in many of the past <br /> Summers. But this latest proposed water rate increase is worse than dealing with a drought. <br /> Your proposal to dramatically increase rates in a very short time horizon does not make sense to <br /> me. Water rates have increased over the years. We had the 31% rate increase in one year (was it <br /> 2019?) - to make up revenue that was lost in the prior year. The revenue was down in the prior year <br /> due to the fact that there was a mandatory water decrease of 27%. The residents pulled together and <br /> made the targeted water usage decrease. I found it interesting that the team running water <br /> management for Pleasanton was surprised by the revenue decrease and had to submit such a <br /> substantial rate increase. No other business would take such an approach. Any business leader <br /> would make appropriate adjustments to expenses to align to revenue. But that does not appear to be <br /> the approach of the group that supplies Pleasanton's water. <br /> 1 <br />