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Home My WebLink About95.LaPA Committee 10-09-17_Sample Flyer.pdf a RETURN SERVICE b REQUESTED n C� 10844 Ellis Avenue Fountain Valley, CA 92708 John Doe �. 12345 Any Street . . Any Town, CA 000000 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Wednesday, March 28, 2018 • 6 p.m. 10844 Ellis Avenue, Fountain Valley, CA 92708 • t r t r t r • Ensuring our beaches are safe. • Supplying 100 million gallons of treat water for recycling. — • Recycling solids from wastewater and turning it into 800 million poun r year of soil amendment. , • Producing over 60 percent of power our treatment facilities. • Maintaining our infr guaranteeing relia Ire, and treatment syste All while being fiscally re nd rr keeping yo below stry y; average. y- R,learn bout OC .oc om QUESTIONS & ANSWERS How do I Protest of Pr s? I already pay a sewer fee on another bill. Is this a duplicate OCSD's Board of Directors will hold a public hearing on sewer charge? Wednesday, March 28, 2018 to consider your input on the This fee may be for the operation and maintenance of your local proposed fee. The hearing will be held at 6:30 p.m. in the sewer system, which is owned by your city, water district or OCSD Board Room, 10844 Ellis Avenue, Fountain Valley, sanitary district. That system collects the sewage from your California. Any property owner within the sewer service area parcel, conveys it through the sewers in your local streets, may protest the proposed fee at the public hearing or may file a and ultimately transfers it to the large regional trunk sewers written protest by sending a letter to OCSD,10844 Ellis Avenue, and treatment plants that make up the OCSD Regional system. Fountain Valley, CA 92708 or an email to rates@ocsd.com. A OCSD does not receive any monies collected by these local valid protest letter or email must include your name,the parcel sewering agencies. number at which you receive sewer service from OCSD and a What if I am not connected to the sewer system? statement of protest. The OCSD sewer service fee ordinance only applies to parcels Am I eligible for a refund? that are connected to the sewer system. Parcels that are on a Non-residential usersthat have substantially lowerthan average septic system are exempt from the OCSD sewer service fee. water use are eligible for a reduced charge. If you think you While we have attempted to identify all parcels that utilize a qualify, please visit our website,www.ocsewers.com,to obtain septic system, it is possible that we may have missed some. If claim forms for a rebate or refund. The single-family residence this is your situation, please visit our website, www.ocsewers. rate (SFR) is a flat rate and is the lowest rate that any user can com, to obtain a septic tank form for a refund. pay for our services. You have received this notice because your property is NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING provided regional sewer services by the Orange County MARCH 28, 2018 AT 6 P.M. Sanitation District (OCSD). OCSD is the regional provider ORANGE COUNTY H28, 2018SANIT A 6 DISTRICT of wastewater services for 21 cities,three special districts REGARDING PROPOSED SEWER SERVICE FEES andproperty fall owheuntheseoou unincorporated County h Orange.Your property falls within these boundaries. The wastewater TO THE OWNER OF RECORD OF from your property is first transported to your local sewer APN####### provider, such as your city, and then transported by OCSD's regional trunkline system to one of two treatment facilities in Huntington Beach and Fountain Valley. These facilities collect, treat and recycle and/or dispose of 210 million gallons of wastewater every day in order to protect public health and the environment. 0 D services are regulated by orders and permits from federal and state regulatory authorities. OCSD is proposing a rate increase necessary to address the cost of inflation on items nee nspe repair, operate, and maintain an aging regional treatment and collection system.As a property owner within OC vice ur regional sewer service fees along with property tax revenues and other sources of income, will pay for rvice Due to our size and efficient operations, OCSD sewer service fees remain among the low nd in t d States for wastewater treatment facilities.At the end of the proposed rate program in 2021, OCSD' xpecte ain below the projected statewide average. You are currently paying your share of the current costs of operating th ge system throu our annual service fee of $XXX peryear. The cost of the regional sewerage system is apportioned to each pr ner e t and strength of the average wastewater discharged from that type of parcel use. Par rized Orange County Assessor's database. Although the OCSD sewer service fee is not a tax, it' cte eparate on the property tax bill. Using the services of the County Tax Collector-Treasurer significan ces the 's administr ive and collection costs. These savings are reflected in your rate. The basic sewer service fees being considered by OCS for al ext eight years are based upon financial and engineering studies and reports.The proposed rates t be a ny year without another notice. The rate structure, the result of a year-long study by a committee of ' dustri ential users is not changing. This rate structure equitably allocates costs to all types of us oporti heir use of the OCSD's facilities. These sewer service fees do not provide facilities for new developm . s are id for by the developers connecting to the local sewer system.The OCSD has a separate fe ew dev n . Single I (SFR) User Rate Proposed Rate beg Ing July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2023 2017-18 201 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 $331 xxx $xxx $xxx $xxx The multi-family residential (M er t has been established by flow monitoring and census data to be 70% of the SFR use.Thus,the MFR rat proportionally per unit per year. Non-residential users pay a rate per 1,000 square feet of bull a, based verage quantity and strength of wastewater discharged as determined by studies of actual flows di o the syste ch particular category of users. • 1 r • r r 1 1 1 How Our Rates Are Set r r r r r r r r r r We calculated the proposed wastewater rates based • , on the following studies: • 2017 Wastewater Rate Study r r r l r • r rr r • r r • r r r • • 2017 Facilities Master Plan r • 2017 Biosolids Master Plan r •rr . r 1 1 rr • r r : r. r r 1 r r r r • r r r • 2017 Odor Control Master Plan r r r . r • r r r All of which can be found at www.ocsd.com TAKE A TOUR, FIND OUT MORE � OCSD plant tours are scheduled Monday through Friday. Find out more by visiting v ocsd.comoremailingforinformation@ocsd.com.