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CITY OF RIVERSIDE BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES Minutes of: Regular Meeting of the Board of Public Utilities Date of Meeting: June 20, 2008 Time of Meeting- 8:30 a.m. Place of Meeting: Public Utilities Boardroom 3901 Orange Street(at Ninth & Orange Streets) Riverside, California PUBLIC (HEARING Chairman Dave Barnhart called the public hearing meeting to order at 8-30 a.m. THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG WAS GIVEN Chairman Barnhart stated to the audience that the Board of Public Utilities was holding a public hearing to determine if a majority of property owners object to the five-year water rate adjustments approved and adopted by the City of Riverside on March 28, 2006. Mr. Barnhart explained that the Public Hearing was to receive any written objections or comments to the five-year plan for water rate adjustments and to allow public comment on the same issue. If a majority of property owners do not object to such plan, the Board, at the conclusion of the public hearing, would consider adoption of a resolution confirming such fact. Comments of any individual would be limited to three minutes and would be heard in order of sign up. Roll Call was called and all Board Members were present. Roll Call Present: Dave Barnhart(Chair) Bob Stockton (Vice Chair) Mary Curtin Ken Sutter, Bernie Titus Robert Elliott lan Davidson Manny Sanchez Joe Tavaglione Absent: None Assistant City Manager Michael Beck and General Manager Dave Wright were not in attendance. Staff Presentation Prior to receiving public input, the Board requested staff to provide a summary of the process, which was presented by Assistant General Manager/Finance Jerry Rogers. Comments from the Audience Mrs. Terri Grant, 2862 La Loma Place, spoke on the water rate hardships and requested to appoint a Task Force made up of citizens and Riverside Public Utilities Board members to review all unfair rate complaints and make a list of possible solutions. Ms. Grant distributed petitions of citizens requesting this Task Force and hand-delivered a letter written by Freeman Moore regarding his story of"water tier wars". Also distributed were graphs of winter and summer water rates; year over year percent increase for December and July Tiers; 2003 to 2007 Winter and Summer Tier Percent Increases; and 2003 and 2008 Percent Increase Winter to Summer Months. The Board of Public Utilities requested that Mrs. Grant's concerns be placed on a Water Committee agenda.