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Christina Casha <br /> From: Ellen Holmgren <br /> Sent: Tuesday, November 7, 2023 11:55 AM <br /> To: Sanjay Kamat <br /> Cc: Pleasanton City Clerk; Norm Dorais; Tamara Baptista <br /> Subject: RE: Water Rates Questions and Answers with Pleasanton City Staff And Raftelis <br /> Dear Sanjay Kamat, <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/writtenpubIiccomment. 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:Sanjay Kamat _`- <br /> Sent:Tuesday, November 7, 2023 11:50 AM <br /> To:Tamara Baptista <tbaptista@cityofpleasantonca.gov>; Brian Bass< Mayor and City Council <br /> <citycouncil@cityofpleasantonca.gov> <br /> Cc: Linda &Chris Kelly<1 d Wang<j _ - <br /> <vpohray@yahoo.com>; Purnam Sheth < <br /> Subject: Re: Water Rates Questions and Answers with Pleasanton City Staff And Raftelis <br /> ***[EXTERNAL]This message comes from an external organization.Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links,especially from unknown <br /> senders.*** <br /> Hi Tamara and Brian: <br /> Thanks again for meeting with me yesterday, confirming the COS allocation methodology, and sending me <br /> written replies to the questions within your purview. This was very helpful, as I may have found an inadvertent <br /> flaw in the rate allocation calculation, and my follow-on analysis suggests a pragmatic way out. I'm sorry, I <br /> couldn't have arrived at this earlier because we met only yesterday. Better late than never. <br /> am adding the other recipients of the initial thread, including those who were also seeking a meeting with <br /> Raftelis. I am also adding the City Council email address for the record. <br /> There may be a critical flaw in using the standard total cost allocation approach in doing the same for the <br /> marginal cost allocation for the proposed rate increase. Please allow me to explain. <br /> 1. The fairness of the standard and typical total COS allocation method used to support tiered pricing <br /> uses consumption data —specifically computed parameters like "peak factors." The logic is <br /> understandable. Peak loads drive the engineering calculations for sizing the infrastructure. Hence, one <br /> 1 <br />