Quick facts about tonight’s public hearing regarding the proposed Golden State Water Company buyout
The Casitas Municipal Water District public hearing, regarding the takeover of the Golden State Water Company’s Ojai service area will be Tuesday (tonight) at 6 p.m. at the Nordhoff High School cafeteria. Here are some quick facts leading up to the public hearing.
• $60 million is the maximum amount that Casitas Municipal Water District directors will ask the voters to approve for the proposed purchase of Golden State Water Company.
• Under the proposed guidelines for the establishment of the community facilities district, the Ojai Unified School District facilities would not be taxed to help pay for the bond. This will result in a significant savings to the OUSD, and ultimately to those who are taxed to help pay for its operation (there are significant numbers of taxpayers who live outside the boundaries of the CFD who would have been taxed to help pay for the bond had CMWD not exempted them)
• Here is the table that outlines the maximum each parcel would be charged annual. This is only for the special tax to pay for the bond and will be over and above the applicable water charges paid to Casitas for actual water service. That amount can be figured on the CMWD website’s rate calculator.
• To find out if your home or business will be included in the proposed Casitas Municipal Water District Community Facilities District 2013-1 see the map and list of parcel numbers here.
(select the 01/29/13 package link)
• For those who can’t attend the Casitas Municipal Water District public hearing Tuesday at 6 p.m., there are plans to televise it live on Time Warner Cable ch. 10. The Nordhoff High School cafeteria’s capacity is reportedly 125, so that will fill up fast.
• To find out if your home or business will be included in the proposed Casitas Municipal Water District Community Facilities District 2013-1 see the map and list of parcel numbers here. (select the 01/29/13 package link)
Great coverage by the OVN! For those people out there who have said over and over, “SHOW US THE NUMBERS!”…well, here are the numbers. And the numbers show that even if the entire bond is used, the community still saves money while paying to the buy the system. Yes, the GSW rates are so much higher that we can use the difference in rates to pay for the entire bond that will be used to buy the system.