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Home My WebLink AboutRESO 10013140527 6055571A Resolution No. 10013 Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto to Authorize Participation in the California Water and Wastewater Arrearage Payment Program R E C I T A L S A. The State Budget Act of 2021, as established by Assembly Bill No. 128 (Chapter 21, Statutes of 2021) and as amended by Senate Bill No. 129 (Chapter 69, Statutes of 2021), provided nearly $1 billion to the State Water Resources Control Board (“Board”) to administer the California Water and Wastewater Arrearage Payment Program (CWWAPP) to reduce delinquent water and wastewater balances for customers experiencing financial hardships related to the economic impacts of the COVID -19 pandemic. B. Funding for CWWAPP is payable from the State’s share of the federal Coronavirus Fiscal Recovery Fund of 2021. C. Assembly Bill 148 (Chapter 115, Statutes of 2021) formally established the CWWAPP within the Board, enumerating the program’s requirements for community water system participation. Participating community water systems must have accrued residential and commercial customer arrearages. D. A community water system is a public water system that serves at least 15 service connections used by yearlong residents or regularly serves at least 25 yearlong residents of the area served by the system. E. Eligible customers are all residential and commercial customers. Past due bills mean any customer utility bills that are 60 days or more past due and includes both active and inactive accounts, as well as customer accounts that have payment plans or payment arrangements. The COVID-19 pandemic bill relief period means the period starting March 4, 2020 and ending June 15, 2021. F. City of Palo Alto Utilities (CPAU) is a community water system that accrued residential and commercial arrearages during the COVID-19 pandemic relief period. CPAU has customers who have past due water bills during the COVID-19 pandemic. G. To receive CWWAPP funding on behalf of eligible customers, a community water system must complete both a survey and application including submitting all necessary data and information to support the water system’s request for CWWAPP funding. H. CPAU uploaded the completed Utility CWWAPP Survey to the Board’s servers on September 10, 2021, requesting $301,335 in customer water arrearage funding . The Board allocated CPAU $274,857 of program funding to apply to customer accounts. DocuSign Envelope ID: 6694886E-797F-4B32-9D72-BC0ED83AADD8 140527 6055571A I. Within 60 days of receiving funds, CPAU must allocate payments as bill credits to customers to help address past-due bills incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic bill relief period and notify customers of the amounts credited to their accounts . J. If there are insufficient CWWAPP funds to fulfill all applicants’ requests, the Board must allocate funds on a proportional basis to each community water system applicant based on reported arrearages and shortfalls. K. If there are sufficient funds to reimburse the total amount of reported arrearages and revenue shortfalls of community water systems, the Board shall establish a program for funding wastewater treatment provider arrearages and shortfalls in accordance with the remaining funds. L. The Board must begin disbursing funds no later than November 1, 2021 and complete distribution of funds by January 31, 2022; the wastewater service program must start following substantial completion of the water service program and in no instance later than February 1, 2022. M. A community water system receiving assistance under CWWAPP may expend up to 3 percent, or up to one million dollars ($1,000,000), whichever amount is less, of that assistance for costs incurred in applying for the assistance or complying with use and reporting conditions of the assistance. N. Assembly Bill 148 created customer protections that require CPAU to offer a payment plan to affected customers and refrain from discontinuing service until (1) September 30, 2021 or (2) for a customer that has been offered an opportunity to participate in a payment plan, the date the customer misses the enrollment deadline for, or defaults on, the payment plan, whichever is later. NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Palo Alto RESOLVES as follows: SECTION 1. The Council hereby approves CPAU’s participation in CWWAPP and authorizes the Director of Utilities or his designee to execute program participation on behalf of the City of Palo Alto. // // // // // // // DocuSign Envelope ID: 6694886E-797F-4B32-9D72-BC0ED83AADD8 140527 6055571A // SECTION 2. The Council finds that the adoption of this resolution does not meet the definition of a project under Public Resources Code Section 21065, thus, no environmental assessment under the California Environmental Quality Act is required. INTRODUCED AND PASSED: January 10, 2022 AYES: BURT, CORMACK, DUBOIS, FILSETH, KOU, STONE, TANAKA NOES: ABSENT: ABSTENTIONS: ATTEST: __________________________ _____________________________ City Clerk Mayor APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED: __________________________ _____________________________ Assistant City Attorney City Manager _____________________________ Director of Utilities _____________________________ Director of Administrative Services DocuSign Envelope ID: 6694886E-797F-4B32-9D72-BC0ED83AADD8 Certificate Of Completion Envelope Id: 6694886E797F4B329D72BC0ED83AADD8 Status: Completed Subject: Please DocuSign: RESO 10013 2 - CWWAPP.docx Source Envelope: Document Pages: 3 Signatures: 6 Envelope Originator: Certificate Pages: 5 Initials: 0 Danielle Kang AutoNav: Enabled EnvelopeId Stamping: Enabled Time Zone: (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) 250 Hamilton Ave Palo Alto , CA 94301 Danielle.Kang@cityofpaloalto.org IP Address: 199.33.32.254 Record Tracking Status: Original 1/12/2022 2:42:11 PM Holder: Danielle Kang Danielle.Kang@cityofpaloalto.org Location: DocuSign Security Appliance Status: Connected Pool: StateLocal Storage Appliance Status: Connected Pool: City of Palo Alto Location: DocuSign Signer Events Signature Timestamp Amy Bartell Amy.Bartell@CityofPaloAlto.org Assistant City Attorney City of Palo Alto Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None) Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style Using IP Address: 199.33.32.254 Sent: 1/12/2022 2:43:58 PM Viewed: 1/13/2022 6:26:46 AM Signed: 1/13/2022 6:28:23 AM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Accepted: 7/16/2015 5:52:40 AM ID: d8ecb53d-ef81-4016-8886-1560c48de42a Kiely Nose Kiely.Nose@CityofPaloAlto.org Director, Administrative Services/CFO City of Palo Alto Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None) Signature Adoption: Uploaded Signature Image Using IP Address: 24.249.149.249 Sent: 1/13/2022 6:28:25 AM Viewed: 1/13/2022 1:43:16 PM Signed: 1/13/2022 1:44:12 PM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign Dean Batchelor Dean.Batchelor@CityofPaloAlto.org Director of Utilities City of Palo Alto Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None) Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style Using IP Address: 199.33.32.254 Sent: 1/13/2022 1:44:13 PM Viewed: 1/13/2022 2:19:00 PM Signed: 1/13/2022 2:19:07 PM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign Ed Shikada Ed.Shikada@CityofPaloAlto.org Ed Shikada, City Manager City of Palo Alto Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None) Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style Using IP Address: 98.37.254.249 Sent: 1/13/2022 2:19:08 PM Viewed: 1/13/2022 2:51:19 PM Signed: 1/13/2022 2:51:29 PM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign Signer Events Signature Timestamp Pat Burt pat@patburt.org Mr Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None)Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style Using IP Address: 98.35.19.155 Sent: 1/13/2022 2:51:31 PM Viewed: 1/13/2022 5:30:27 PM Signed: 1/13/2022 5:31:11 PM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign Lesley Milton Lesley.Milton@CityofPaloAlto.org City Clerk Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None)Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style Using IP Address: 199.33.32.254 Sent: 1/13/2022 5:31:12 PM Viewed: 1/20/2022 8:25:00 AM Signed: 1/20/2022 8:25:07 AM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign In Person Signer Events Signature Timestamp Editor Delivery Events Status Timestamp Agent Delivery Events Status Timestamp Intermediary Delivery Events Status Timestamp Certified Delivery Events Status Timestamp Carbon Copy Events Status Timestamp Witness Events Signature Timestamp Notary Events Signature Timestamp Envelope Summary Events Status Timestamps Envelope Sent Hashed/Encrypted 1/12/2022 2:43:58 PM Certified Delivered Security Checked 1/20/2022 8:25:00 AM Signing Complete Security Checked 1/20/2022 8:25:07 AM Completed Security Checked 1/20/2022 8:25:07 AM Payment Events Status Timestamps Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure CONSUMER DISCLOSURE From time to time, City of Palo Alto (we, us or Company) may be required by law to provide to you certain written notices or disclosures. 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