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Resident files notice of court action as council and residents dispute Prop 218 notice and wastewater upgrade plan
Summary
A resident said she will seek a temporary restraining order over alleged notice and protest‑counting failures in the city’s Proposition 218 water and sewer rate process, while other speakers pressed the council on wastewater treatment plant costs and siting. City staff explained mailings and protest counting by parcel.
Donna Westfall, a Crescent City resident, told the City Council she will seek a temporary restraining order to stop the city’s Proposition 218 rate‑setting process, saying the city failed to provide reliable notice and refused to produce the customer mailing list she requested. “I intend to seek a temporary restraining order tomorrow to halt this Proposition 218 process due to serious violations of due process,” Westfall said, and handed 57 signatures to the council.
The council had earlier mailed separate notices for proposed water and sewer increases; Westfall and other commenters said some residents received multiple mailings while others received none. Westfall told the council she had been given 170 pages of assessor…
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