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RESOLUTION NO. 2022-009
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THREE-YEAR RATES FOR WASTEWATER SERVICES
WHEREAS, the California Constitution Article XIII D § 6(a)(2) requires local governments to
hold a Majority-Protest Public Hearing and notify customers not less than 45 days in advance of
the public hearing before increasing wastewater service rates; and
WHEREAS, the city is proposing three-year wastewater service rate increases effective March
1, 2022, Jan. 1, 2023, and Jan. 1, 2024; and
WHEREAS, by Nov. 26, 2021, city residents and property owners were notified by mail
of the proposed three-year wastewater rates, thereby complying with the advance notice
requirement of 45 days; and
WHEREAS, on Jan. 11, 2022, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad held a Majority-Protest
Public Hearing and approved the new three-year wastewater rates; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Senate Bill 323, or SB 323 (signed Sept. 22, 2021), which enacted
Government Code § 53759, any judicial action challenging fees for water or sewer service shall be
commenced within 120 days of the date of a resolution approving the increased rates; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the action regarding the increases to the rates
are in accordance with the findings required by Section 15273 (c) of the CEQA Guidelines as follows:
(1) Meeting operating expenses, including employee wage rates and fringe benefits, (2) Purchasing or
leasing supplies, equipment or materials, (3) Meeting financial reserve needs and requirements, (4)
Obtaining funds for capital projects, necessary to maintain service within existing service areas.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, as
follows:
1.That the above recitations are true and correct.
2.That the City Council of the City of Carlsbad hereby approves the three-year wastewater
rate increases effective March 1, 2022, Jan. 1, 2023, and Jan. 1, 2024,
3.Pursuant to SB 323, which enacted Government Code § 53759, any judicial action
challenging these fees for wastewater service shall be commenced within 120 days of
the date of this resolution.
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Exhibit 1
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Joint Special Meeting of the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad and the Carlsbad Municipal Water District Board of Directors on the 11th day of January 2022,
by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Hall, Blackburn, Bhat-Patel, Acosta, Norby.
NAYS: None.
ABSENT: None.
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MATT HALL, Mayor
/(AVIOLA IVIEDINA, City Clerk Services Manager
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(SEAL)
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