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1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />4 <br />5 <br />6 <br />7 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br />15 <br />16 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />20 <br />21 <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />25 <br />26 <br />27 <br />28 <br />CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE <br />3900 MAIN STREET <br />RIVERSIDE, CA 92522 <br />(951) 826.5567 <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2020-1 <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES OF THE CITY OF <br />RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA (1) ADOPTING REVISED WATER RULE 7 AND <br />APPENDIX A: WATER FEES AND CHARGES SCHEDULE FOR LOW <br />INCOME RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS; (2) MAKING FINDINGS OF FACT; <br />(3) RECOMMENDING CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL THEREOF <br />WHEREAS, the City of Riverside's ("City") Department of Public Utilities ("RPU") has <br />submitted for action by the Board of Public Utilities ("Board") and the City Council, the <br />proposed adoption and approval of revised Water Rule 7 and Appendix A: Water Fees and <br />Charges Schedule for low income residential customers as further explained herein; and <br />WHEREAS, Senate Bill 998 was adopted September 28, 2018 and applies to public <br />water systems that supply water to more than 200 service connections and prohibits residential <br />water service from being disconnected under special circumstances. Publicly owned water <br />utilities such as Riverside Public Utilities (RPU) are required to comply with the requirements of <br />SB 998 by February 1, 2020. The bill provides residential water service customers that have <br />been identified and verified as low-income (200% below the Federal Poverty Level) with a 60 - <br />day waiting period during delinquency before receiving a 48-hour disconnection notice and <br />qualifies them for an amortized payment plan, as well as a reduced same day reconnection fee of <br />$50; and <br />WHEREAS, on September 27, 2011, the City Council approved Water Rule 7, titled <br />"Discontinuance and Restoration of Water Service." Water Rule 7 provides rules for <br />discontinuance of water service for reasons including customer request, unsafe equipment, <br />situations in which the water service was activated without application of service, dangers to the <br />health of the customer, inability to pay utility bill, fraud, service at more than one location, when <br />the utility's business is closed, when there is a landlord -tenant relationship and a master metered <br />residential unit; and <br />WHEREAS, the RPU water rules also set the amount to restore service and of the re- <br />establishment of service deposit; and <br />WHEREAS, on June 21, 2011, the City Council approved Appendix A: Water Fees and <br />1 <br />