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Legislative auditor surveying cities on water rights and exactions; ULCT seeks heads-up from municipalities
Summary
The Office of the Legislative Auditor General (OLAG) is surveying cities about water rights and exactions. ULCT asked members to tell league staff if contacted so the league can coordinate responses and track which municipalities OLAG has reached.
ULCT staff told members on May 21 that the Office of the Legislative Auditor General (OLAG) is conducting a survey and interviews about local government water rights and water exactions and that auditors may contact cities directly.
ULCT said auditors are examining exactions, distribution of water rights between older and younger cities, and why some cities require water exactions and others do not. League staff said they expect at least 20 cities to be part of the initial survey and asked municipalities to notify ULCT if contacted.
"If OLAG, the Office of Legislative Auditor General, reach out to you, please let me know," Justin (ULCT staff) said, requesting texts or emails so the league can assemble a coordinated response and consider convening a call to compare notes.
ULCT said auditors are in the survey phase and that the development community had previously raised questions about water exactions. ULCT staff described auditors as aware that older cities often hold water rights while younger cities may lack them — a factor affecting whether a developer must bring water to a project.
The league offered to track city contacts and to coordinate member responses with the auditor’s office; staff asked members to email jlee@ulct.org if OLAG reached out.
