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Nr RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES s Board Memorandum P U B L I C U r I i r i s BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES DATE: JANUARY 27, 2020 ITEM NO: 1 SUBJECT: WA -12 AGRICULTURAL SERVICE WATER RATE SCHEDULE UPDATE ISSUE: Receive and file this update on the WA -12 Agricultural Service water rate schedule. RECOMMENDATION: That the Board of Public Utilities receive and file this update on the WA -12 Agricultural Service water rate schedule. BACKGROUND: The City Council adopted the WA -12 Agricultural Service water rate schedule (WA -12) on October 15, 2019, with an effective date of January 1, 2020. As a result, the existing WA-3/WA-9 customers were required to apply for the new WA -12 rate schedule effective January 1, 2020, or transition to another applicable rate. Potential new customers could begin submitting applications to be considered for the new WA -12 water rate as of January 2, 2020. DISCUSSION: Transition of the Existing WA-3/WA-9 Rate Customers As of January 14, 2020, there have been 134 applications received and approved from the existing 192 WA-3/WA-9 properties. There are currently 17 applications on their way, 20 customers who have chosen not to apply, and 21 customer properties that are non-responsive. Field Services staff has delivered door hangers to all non-responsive properties. Out of the 134 approved applications, 35 will require additional trees or agriculture to be planted before July 1, 2020 in order to remain on the WA -12 rate. Verifications of the planted areas have been mostly done remotely in coordination with the property owners. As of January 14, 2020, there has been 221 acres of verified planted area allocated to the existing WA-3/WA-9 properties. There have been 296,021 hundred cubic feet (CCF) of water allocated to the 134 approved applications and 100,930 CCFs of water offset by the respective Gage Canal reductions. New WA -12 Rate Customer Applications In the second week of December 2019, all water utility customers were mailed letters notifying them of the opportunity to apply for WA -12 rates with applications being accepted starting January 2, 2020. As of January 14, 2020, there have been 51 new WA -12 rate customer applications received with 22 having been processed. Of those 22, there were 19 applications approved and three (3) applications that will not qualify at this time due to insufficient tree counts or acreage of agriculture. Twenty-nine applications remain to be processed. Most all planted area verifications for new customers have been performed remotely in