BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:www.indybay.org PRODID:-//indybay/ical// v1.0//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-18439163 SEQUENCE:18455174 CREATED:20070806T202200Z DESCRIPTION:Sewer board to hold hearing on rate hike\nIJ Staff Report\nArticle Launched: 08/04/2007 10:36:20 PM PDT\n\nThe board of Sanitary District No. 5 has scheduled a public hearing on a proposed Belvedere sewer rate increase.\n\nSanitary District No. 5 of Marin County : Welcome!\nSanitary District No. 5 of Marin County is a self-governing special district that ... runs the day-to-day operations of the District and advises the Board. ...\nwww.sani5.org/ - 9k - Cached - Similar pages\n\nBelvedere looks at sewer fee hike\nJim Staats\nIJ Article Launched: 08/04/2007 10:22:35 PM PDT\n\nBelvedere residents face a 40 percent sewer rate increase.\n\nTiburon Sanitary District officials are scheduled to vote on a three-year series of fee hikes following a public hearing Monday.\n\nThe rate hikes would include a 28 percent jump this year followed by a 9 percent increase next year and 4 percent increase the third year.\n\nSewer fees for Belvedere residents, who pay $890 annually, the highest rate in the county, would increase to $1,141 this year, $1,244 next year and $1,293 by 2010, district manager Robert Lynch said.\n\nConcerns about the rate increase prompted a meeting last week involving district and city officials.\n\n"We wanted to share with them all the information," Lynch said. "They were very receptive. We explained to them what the income was versus the expenditure. You can't spend more than you're bringing in."\n\nLynch said the district, which annexed Belvedere as a service zone in 2005, required the rate increase to boost a reserve account and pay for sewer system improvements.\n\nBelvedere City Manager George Rodericks said last week's session was illuminating and indicated a need for revenue. "The numbers didn't lie," Rodericks said.\n\nHe attributed the city's existing sewer rate, more than double most\nAdvertisement\nother areas in the county, to issues including sewer line debt, fixed costs spread over a small number of people, the need to build up reserve funds and the lack of property tax funding.\n\nRodericks said he hopes to see the city achieve representation on the district board and is encouraging city residents to consider filling three district board vacancies.\n\nThe terms of three incumbents on the district board are at stake on the November ballot. Deadline for filing candidacy papers for the seats is Aug. 10.\n\nIF YOU GO\n\nThe Tiburon Sanitary District will hold a public hearing on plans to boost Belvedere area sewer rates at 6:30 p.m. Monday at Tiburon Town Hall at 1505 Tiburon Blvd. For more information, call 435-1501.\n\nContact Jim Staats via e-mail at jstaats@marinij.com\n\nCity of Belvedere E-Network News Release June 14, 2007 In This ...\nRecently there has been some press coverage of the proposed rate increase by Sanitary District No. 5 for Belvedere sewer fees. ...\nwww.cityofbelvedere.org/enetwork/20070614.html - 55k - Cached - Similar pages\n\nWelcome to The Ark Newspaper, Tiburon California\nThe issue was a proposed hefty increase in sewer rates without representation on the sewer district board. Two years ago, after years of study and by mutual ...\nwww.thearknewspaper.com/ - 3k - Cached - Similar pages\n\n[PDF]\nReport Title: Special Districts in Marin County Report Date: June ...\nFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML\nResponse by:_Henrik I. Olsgaard Title:Acting District Manager. With the review and approval of the Board of Directors of Sanitary District #5 of Marin ...\nwww.co.marin.ca.us/depts/GJ/main/cvgrjr/2001gj/responses/SpecialDistricts_MC/Response_SanitaryDist5.pdf - Similar pages\n\nadd put up by\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/08/06/18439163.php SUMMARY:Marin Board of Sanitary Dist. #5{Tiburon Town Hall}proposed sewer rate increase hearing LOCATION:meetings end is a guess\n\n1505 Tiburon Blvd. URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/08/06/18439163.php DTSTART:20070807T013000Z DTEND:20070807T043000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR