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Home My WebLink About06-16-2015 PH1 Public Commentera 5t I - ` In -�s m f 50 rrr-, oY1 � n ! za on -fin a d ok oa l.', CIO ?LA XO -VO IVIOTA-1 tie Vi 310;? \ D lr) r-,r drw#? vt56 An Aou -- yc uqlAkcr'S *MV � A MP CA-. 0.1 3, 1 WI-0 —loop, wan q - 9()u 01YI4 n�o Vt a xyl b *xtn� Submiti"ed by &jMU,P,j ' Dana Wool,& SJ YJ WL �V��f'tt� 11�� Water Abuse Just One Plant ! FROM BACKYARD MARIJUANA (one mature plants requires (6) Gal. per day OR 180 GALLONS PER PLANT PER MONTH Just One Plant ! YIELDS 21h TO 3 POUNDS OF CANNABIS HARVESTED ** MEDICATES ** AND PROVIDES A PROFIT (each plant retails @ $240.00 dollars per oz.) Fines Will Not Restore Water Levels and it will not stop marijuana backyard growers Just One Plant ! Satisfies Proposition 215 "compassionate Use Act" Attn: SLO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS: Mayor Jan Marx And SLO City Water Dept. Carlyn Christianson John Ashbaugh What is California Drought * *ABOUT ** WATER NEEDS OR MARIJUANA PROFIT! CONSIDER: Dan Carpenter Dan Rivoire 1. One plant for medical card holder use of backyard marijuana grows 2. Mandatory Registration from medical card holders 3. Cannabis mobile dispensaries & caregivers can be supplied without backyard growers CALIFORNIANS ARE PAYING MORE FOR WATER DUE TO THE DROUGHT. WHY ARE WE ENDORSING MULTIPLE PLANTS TO MARIJUANA GROWERS? Copy to: Governor Jerry Brown * Senator Bill Monning Water Abuse (07 �Crn Just One Plant! FROM BACKYARD MARIJUANA (one mature plant:- requires (6) Gal. per day OR 180 GALLONS PER PLANT PER MONTH Just One Plant ! YIELDS 2'/2 TO 3 POUNDS OF CANNABIS HARVESTED ** MEDICATES ** AND PROVIDES A PROFIT (each plant retails @ $240.00 dollars per oz.) Fines Will Not Restore Water Levels and it will not stop marijuana backyard growers Just One Plant ! Satisfies Proposition 215 "compassionate Use Act" Attn: SLO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS: Mayor Jan Marx Dan Carpenter And SLO City Water Dept. Carlyn Christianson John Ashbaugh Dan Rivoire What is California Drought * *ABOUT ** WATER NEEDS OR MARIJUANA PROFIT! CONSIDER: 1. One plant for medical card holder use of backyard marijuana grows 2. Mandatory Registration from medical card holders 3. Cannabis mobile dispensaries & caregivers can be supplied without backyard growers CALIFORNIANS ARE PAYING MORE FOR WATER DUE TO THE DROUGHT. WHY ARE WE ENDORSING MULTIPLE PLANTS TO MARIJUANA GROWERS? Copy to: Governor Jerry Brown * Senator Bill Monning hn�il�ed � = CNar�vtfi� `U1eaUe� sU y ��- Ma 22, 2013 To the Editor: Re: Water rates in SLO to rise again in July (The Tribune May 22, 2013) The proposed flat fee of $5.00 is more acceptable to me than the proposed rate changes. I question why the number of rate tiers is changing from three to two. The range of water units in the two tiers is vastly different: 0 -8 units and 9+ units. However, the difference in cost per unit is only $1.64 for an unlimited number of water units above 9. I few el at least three tiers shou with significant price differences. rems-t-AAW CL The proposed changes seem to punish those who conserve our limited water resource while rewarding those who waste it. Jane Shoemaker San Luis Obispo, CA Ac '-- �- p. V r t7azs - May 4, 2015 Judith Griffin San Luis Obispo, CA. 93401 Account #: RE: Water. Sewer rate increase As a third generation family of San Luis Obispo, I remember a much calmer and smaller SLO. But keeping up with "progress" is a must it seems so you ask our opinions about issues facing the community. I have to say in general it has not been my experience that City or County officials listen, but they always ask. I have been conserving water for over three years now. I am down to bare bones. I even use a wringer washing machine to wash my cloths and bucket the water to some of my many plants as a way to conserve more. I have been saving rain water for two years now, but being over 65 and disabled it makes it hard to carry the buckets to the places needed the most. How many of you can say that? I reuse my dish water outside and have let my front lawn die two years ago and now I am letting my back lawn die as well. I worry about my concrete slab cracking due to lack of water. I feel like the less I use the more I am paying to keep the system in place that tracks the use and treatment of water. Why should I do that? I have seen water running down drive ways at the Country Club and other areas. I have not seen our community stop building permits, or new winery's being built here in my place of birth, or anyone suggest we refuse adding many more students to combat the use of the limited resources we have available. I guess you could say I am against the rate increases for water and sewer across the board. Our County has allowed many things to go on to continue the revenue coming in so perhaps you could take the needed money out of their resources, instead of making it harder to live in my home of 40 plus years and my town since birth. As a local I have seen many things go unchecked for many years and frankly I have no interest in paying for City and County Government's past bad choices. If it was oil we would have a plan in place to get it from where it is to where we need it in a heartbeat. Sincerely, Judith Griffin BARB RA FRANK TRAYEL WRITER PHOTOGRAPHEF7 S A N LUIS OBISPO, CA 9340 May 7, 2015 City Hall 990 Palm Street San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council: I protest the pending water & sewer rate increase for one simple reason: it lumps Water Savers in with Water Wasters, the only difference being a surcharge above a certain amount of consumption. There is a better and more fair way to address the drought problem. Instead of a surcharge for everyone —Water Savers and Water Wasters-1 suggest you eliminate the surcharge for all users and replace it with a meaningful surcharge for Water Wasters, something on the order of $500.00 for the first offense, $1000.00 for the second offense and on up the scale until the penalty is around $5,000 per offense, all clearly defined and well advertised. This Saturday we will complete a project in the front yard costing over $5,000.00, replacing thirsty ivy with xeriscape plants, aggregate and boulders. (Please drop by and have a look!) If the council ever sees fit to offer a rebate for replacing a lawn — front and back —with artificial turf, we will be the first in line. Thank you for your consideration. Barbara Frank 41 -year resident on Augusta ,!�5 // 2-4 15 cx'Ck�'��ai�� Cexa7�• � � cc� �Qu�z2, y a_,O� qm-uno,6(Ca U�- - 19LS Ql,�v_�Quvi.C�d�GIS� I.LPLt✓:.JVW lYl!l(�(�'�11��i1c.�,�i �lAV -d tn� ��_y�-o�lr 4ed as -1� d _,��►y woui d►�,�' a learn- Ao rn��,1-l� less as �-C�e r.�sk� c��us uux �!-�ou - C��r�� comrn � Nye fb stun(�-q- �r � ck�a.rx�_Pollr�e d� -k�)hu VOL, UP-- 0' A -&- yre �Ilow ��_ ✓_�lav�s� N�rr�OC& sc,iMcQ, u ttw r 3-irL,A-- 1 0 Yiqu_v-t }kevrASe_s �✓ _cArnp�ntcs dLE) -►-h� S,-,ks ��n�Y� !_ ll�il.e �1c►I \_s �� arc mill �c�m�+�,� avit Yangwin. --**-i6--k—Ctkv* GWVYI�-. -k f, 4 A CA f llvlv-k-- 11 'mod - � v � dt i_ec -�1a u-cs fir' ? �—z �UCSrti�__I� -Va be C�c1�._ C�ct l��Asvaz CYnr�vi�}i��,d�,�k- wlnal�_U -er) ��ns�.11tJi. SCn.��- tiff' 1r��w� �nswz�'� ,18,,E �a,N _�- FI:USIn Ap S r�cvre, Y-w-r-A a - l; liie tov 44qc ff VI �t� —man t�i:e�w W lYnt C)� Youn VAK)cd!�. A, A Y',O.,p u% I e, VYNA - 1. % /I i Ap 1 0 N A IrA iinKz_ �_ G�YDu n.A W�te r — �,�Gtv`l�Cl y�le7� May 15, 2015 Gary L. Simms San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 City Clerk 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 RE: Protest the Water and Sewer Rate Change. Not Again, please don't raise our RATE. When we moved to town in 1956 the water bill came every other month (just 6 times a year) and there was no sewer charge. Back then during the summer months while using lots of water our bill was never as high as $100. Now we get a bill for water and sewer every month and in the summer our bill is in the $300 range. That is an increase of over 600 %. Gary L. Simms City Clerk 990 Palm Street San Luis Obispo, RE: SUBJECT: Service Address: Gentlepersons: CHAS. V. ECKERT, III Goleta, California 93117 TEL: (805) Email: May 29, 2015 CA 93401 JUN 0 3 201ci e ° Y CLEP; Proposed Water & Sewer Rate Increases Protests Filed by Chas. V. Eckert, III San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo This letter concerns the above - referenced protests. The protests against the sewer rate increases are withdrawn. The protests against the proposed water rate increases are based upon the following: 1. The subject properties are multi - family properties. That is, each meter serves more than one family. 2. It is unfair to discriminate against families living in multi - family buildings, who happen to be served by a single meter, by charging more for their water service than is charged for water service furnished to a single - family residence. 3. The proposed July 1, 2015 water rates provide for a "tiering ", with the amount of water running through a meter determining the rate or rates for each HCF of water. Thus, for example, the commodity or "volume" charge for a single family residence that uses 8 HCF will be $6.92 for each HCF, whereas a group of, say 8 families living in an apartment complex that is served by a single meter and who each use a like 8 HCF will pay $6.92 for the first 8 HCF and $8.65 for each of the other 56 HCF. Page 2 4. The proposed July 1, 2016 rates provide for the same unfair discrimination, except that the discrepancy between what single family residence pay and what multi - family residence pay is even greater and more unfair. This discriminatory unfairness can be easily rectified. Simple apply the "tiering" to each dwelling served by each residential meter. Mechanically, that would be easy to do. To determine the amount of water used by each dwelling served by the meter, simple divide the total water measured by the meter by the number of dwellings served, thus easily calculating the per dwelling usage. If this is not to be done, I would appreciate knowing why. 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