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Show City Council Passes Resolution For Water Rates Pleasant Grove City Council Coun-cil passed a resolution last week which adjusts the fee schedule for pressurized irrigation system sys-tem monthly water rates, establishing es-tablishing a policy for granting credit for use of water shares, and establishing a policy for delivery de-livery of privately owned water shares through the pressurized water system. This resolution came about as a result of several public meetings to help the citizens understand the fee schedule that was needed. The rate change becomes effective in July of this year. It adjusts the fee schedule for pressurized irrigation system sys-tem monthly water rates, establishes es-tablishes a policy for granting credit for use of water shares, and establishes a policy for delivery de-livery of privately owned water shares through the pressurized water system. It was noted that the city has completed a pressurized irrigation ir-rigation system and rate analysis analy-sis which projects an estimate of future accounts and water use, an estimate and allocation of future fu-ture costs and the development of a rate structure that will meet the city's revenue needs. The newly approved rates are: residential rates for 2012 for under .50 acre are $20.85 per ' month in 2012, $24.50 in 2013, and $27.75 in 2014. Those who have .50 acres to .99 acres would pay $24.96 per month in 2012, $29.37 in 2013, and $33.65 in 2014. For those who have one acre and over the rates will be $29.07 in 2012, $34.25 in 2013, and $39.54 in 2014. The commercial base rates for parcels in excess of 1.5 irrigable ir-rigable acres, including schools, churches and agricultural would be the same as above. However, the fee per square foot would be $0.2035 in 7012, $0. 4070 in 2013, and $0.6104 in 2014. Those who qualify for residential resi-dential reduced rates for irrigation irriga-tion water who have under .50 acres will pay $16.68 in 2012, $19.60 in 2013, and $22.20 in 2014. Those with .50 acres to .9999 acres will pay $19.97 in 2012, $23.50 in 2013, and $26.92 in 2014. Those with over one acre will pay $19.97 per month in 2012, $27.40 in 2013, and $31.63 in 2014. The new policy indicates that the city wants to be fair and equitable to all users and promotes conservation of water. wa-ter. After consideration of the city's present pressurized irrigation irri-gation system analysis, the city council found and determined that it is in the best interests of the health, safety and general gen-eral welfare of its current and future residents to adopt this resolution adjusting the present pres-ent fee schedule, takes into account circumstances which have arisen whereby certain property owners who own ten acres or more within the city and also have pressurized irrigation irri-gation available, desire to utilize uti-lize the city's system to deliver privately owned water, and the city desires to establish a policy pol-icy establishing guidelines for these circumstances, and as the city desires to rent water shares from private individuals in certain cer-tain circumstances to provide additional water for use in the pressurized irrigation system. Other items listed include agricultural uses in which property prop-erty owners who use the pressurized pressur-ized irrigation to water agricultural agricul-tural uses will be charged at the commercial rate. Agricultural uses is defined for purposes of this resolution as those properties proper-ties listed as "green belt" status on the records of Utah County. Pleasant Grove City will rent irrigation shares from property prop-erty owners who want to rent irrigation shares to the city. The property owners will pay their pressurized irrigation bill to the city. The city will pay the annual operation and maintenance main-tenance costs to the irrigation company as rent for use of the water shares. Administration of the credit will be worked out by agreement between the city and water share holder. In regards to the uses of pressurized irrigation system for delivery of individually owned water shares, property owners who desire to use the city's pressurized irrigation system to deliver individually owned water shares may do so under the following circumstances: circum-stances: a. The property being serviced must be a total of five acres or more; b. water shares must be assigned to the city for use; c. the city will pay the annual an-nual operation and maintenance charges on the water shares assigned; as-signed; d. The charge for said services are $10 per month per acres in 2011; $15 per month per acre for 2012; and $20 per month per acre for 2013. There is a severability clause which states that the sections, sec-tions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, and phrases of this resolution are severable. If any such section, paragraph, sentence, sen-tence, clause, or phrase shall be declared invalid or unconstitutional unconstitu-tional by the valid judgement or "decree" of Court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect af-fect the validity of constitutionality constitution-ality of any of the remaining sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases of this resolution. |