The Montara  Water and Sanitary District franchise agreement with Recology of the Coast requires the District to annually assess the solid waste disposal rates by January 1 in accordance with an agreed upon formula. Pursuant to the franchise agreement, Recology of the Coast provided calculations required for the index-based rate increase effective January 1, 2023 resulting in a 5.61% rate increase. The monthly rate for 32 gallon waste container would increase from currently $36.22 to $38.25.

Notices were mailed in October 2022 to all 1736 property owners and customers in Montara and Moss Beach notifying them about the planned rate increase for January 1, 2023. At the preparation of this agenda item no (0) written protests have been received. However, a full final count will be made at the public hearing since more may be received by that time.

The purpose of this meeting is to formally count the number of written protests received. If written protests are submitted against the proposed fees or against a particular fee by the owners of a majority of the parcels, the fees or fee will not become effective.

RECOMMENDATION: Open the public hearing, allow relevant testimony, close the public hearing and count all allowable Prop 218 protests received. Determine whether or not the proposed rate limits should be approved in accordance with Prop 218. Adopt ORDINANCE NO.____, ORDINANCE OF THE MONTARA WATER AND SANITARY DISTRICT ESTABLISHING MAXIMUM RATES FOR THE COLLECTION, REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL OF REFUSE AND FOR RECYCLING SERVICES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2023.