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Vista authorizes sewer rate study with consultant recommendation (5.5% Vista, 4% Buena) and directs $25,000 lifeline boost
Summary
The council authorized staff to finish the sewer cost-of-service report and Prop 218 process, noting a consultant recommendation of 5.5% annual increases for Vista and 4% for Buena in the near term; council also directed staff to add $25,000 to the city's lifeline rebate program for low-income sewer assistance.
The Vista City Council authorized staff to complete a sewer cost-of-service report and proceed with the Proposition 218 process to collect sewer charges on the San Diego County property-tax roll, after a detailed presentation on system needs and rate scenarios.
Sewer Engineering Manager Ken Nats described system scale (315 miles of pipeline; about 8.5 million gallons per day conveyed), a combined asset valuation of roughly $238 million and master-plan identified pipeline and pump-station deficiencies. He and consultant Sanjay (Water Resources Economics) said Encina treatment costs and inflation have driven…
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