Item 44 - Public Hearing – Adopt a Resolution Adjusting Sanitation Services Users Charge

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Page 3 of 3 The public hearing will include consideration of adopting a resolution that will authorize sanitation user charges and future user charge adjustments for a five-year period commencing July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2029. If approved by the City Council, the proposed user charges noted below in Table A – Sanitation Services User Charges will go into effect on July 1, 2024, including annual user charge adjustments in user charge years two through five. Any additional increase that exceeds this methodology and the additional user charge increase percentages below, in any year, would be subject to another Proposition 218 noticed public hearing and approval by the City Council. Table A: Sanitation Services User Charges Current FY 2023-24 Proposed FY 2024-25 Year 2 FY 2025-26 Year 3 FY 2026-27 Year 4 FY 2027-28 Year 5 FY 2028-29 Implementation Date July 1, 2024 July 1, 2025 July 1, 2026 July 1, 2027 July 1, 2028 Monthly User Charge per Unit $5.35 $11.72 $12.13 $12.56 $13.00 $13.45 PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS At the time of the Public Hearing, the City Council will hear and consider all protests and objections to the proposed increases. Oral comments DO NOT qualify as a formal protest unless accompanied by a written protest. Upon conclusion of the hearing, the City Council will evaluate the written protests and consider the adoption of the proposed increases. If written protests are not submitted by at least a majority of identified parcels subject to the proposed adjustments (a “majority protest”), the City Council will be authorized to adopt the proposed user charge. If adopted, the increased user charges will become effective on July 1, 2024, and annual user charge adjustments effective July 1, 2025, through July 1, 2028. FOR MORE INFORMATION Please visit us at https://www.santa-ana.org, to learn more about the proposed user charge changes.