Municipal Rates and Utilities Committee meeting

Municipal Rates and Utilities Committee Regular Meeting of August 22, 2024 MINUTES Page 1 of 4 MINUTES The public may participate and provide public comments in person or via Zoom Meeting. Please be advised that when all Committee Members are attending the meeting in person, the teleconferencing option is provided as a courtesy to the public. If, for any reason, there are technical difficulties, the Municipal Rates and Utilities Committee meeting will continue in person, provided there is a quorum at the meeting. One tap mobile: +16699006833,,86993830361# US (San Jose) Dial by your location: +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) Meeting ID: 869 9383 0361 https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86993830361 Written comments that are received by 5:00 PM. on the Monday before the Municipal Rates and Utilities Committee meeting will be disseminated to the Commission and made available to the public for review on the city’s website. Please provide the agenda item number in the subject line of your email or letter. Public comments will no longer be read into the record. Comments must be sent to municipalrates@ci.rio-vista.ca.us. If you do not have access to a computer, please contact Krystine Ball at 707-374-6447, to make alternative arrangements to submit public comment.

Municipal Rates and Utilities Committee Regular Meeting of August 22, 2024 MINUTES Page 2 of 4 RIO VISTA MUNICIPAL RATES AND UTILITIES COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN EDWIN OKAMURA VICE CHAIR CHRIS ARMBRUST RICK DOLK HECTOR DELAROSA MICHELLE STAHLMAN REGULAR MEETING BY TELECONFERENCE AND IN PERSON MINUTES THURSDAY, August 22, 2024 6:00 pm CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS ONE MAIN STREET RIO VISTA, CALIFORNIA 94571 1. CALL TO ORDER – ROLL CALL – PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PRESENT: Chairman Edwin Okamura, Vice Chairman Chris Armbrust, Committee Members, Rick Dolk, Hector Delarosa, Michelle Stahlman ABSENT: None Chairman Okamura opened the meeting at 6:00 PM 2. PUBLIC COMMENT Public Comment was not received 3. DISCLOSURE OF EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS None 4. ACTION ITEMS 4.1. Approve Minutes from July 25, 2024. Motion to approve the amended minutes from July 25, 2024, was made by committee member Delarosa and second by Vice Chair Armbrust and passed by the following roll call vote: AYES: Chairman Edwin Okamura, Vice Chairman Chris Armbrust, Committee Members, Rick Dolk, Hector Delarosa and Michelle Stahlman NOES: None

Municipal Rates and Utilities Committee Regular Meeting of August 22, 2024 MINUTES Page 3 of 4 ABSENT: None 4.2. Next steps for Storm Drain Fees. City Manager Kristina Miller gave an update on where the Storm Drain Fee increase stands and the outcome of the ballots. A discussion on what to do next was had by the Committee and the following comments were made: Comments from committee members: • More outreach, and more analysis, ask the public what went wrong and get their opinion. • Is there other funding sources? Outreach of explaining risks of what will happen if we do not update the Storm Drain fees. • Go through the CIP projects that were presented and prioritize and re-evaluate Can the City bill property owners, occupants of the home renter or owner instead of putting it on the tax roll? Not enough education on the need of the Storm drains and the effects of the Storm Drain not passing and the impact of the General Fund. Those who did not vote yes, send City staff an email on why they did not vote yes, to help guide us on the next steps Public Comment was received. The following options for the next steps were discussed: • Send out survey to (all property owners) on getting feedback from community members o Social media o Mailer – all property owners • Joint session with City Council to discuss the findings • Explain the projects in more detail and tell the public why we need the CIP projects Staff was directed to create the following time line for outreach: • Types of outreaches. • When, if it was an email, when is that going out, or when is it going to be developed? • When is the email going to go out? • When is the mailer going to go out? • When can we potentially have a joint meeting? • When would we do outreach following that. 4.3. Discussion of Water/Sewer rate outreach efforts. City Manager Kristina Miller suggested the following outreach efforts: - All outreach before 218 - A new webpage within the Cities Website - Web forum for questions - Weekly updates

Municipal Rates and Utilities Committee Regular Meeting of August 22, 2024 MINUTES Page 4 of 4 - Social media - Educational Video - News Paper articles - Radio Rio Committee members suggested the following: - Have full description of projects available on the Website - Minimum of 2 meetings when going to various places throughout town (Example: 2 meetings at Trilogy) - Presentations as other community groups - Price comparison from emergency repairs to non-emergency repairs 5. DISCUSSION ITEMS 5.1. Sub-Committee update The sub-committee did not meet today on the regular scheduled meeting. Sub- committee is on hold until further notice 6. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS • Timeline for Storm Drain Fee Outreach • Outreach • Scheduling next meeting 7. ADJOURNMENT Chairman Okamura adjourned the meeting at 7:03 PM. ________________________________________________ Krystine Ball, Municipal Rates and Utilities Committee Clerk Krystine Ball

Municipal Rates and Utilities Committee Regular Meeting of August 22, 2024 Page 1 of 3 The public may participate and provide public comments in person or via Zoom Meeting. Please be advised that when all Committee Members are attending the meeting in person, the teleconferencing option is provided as a courtesy to the public. If, for any reason, there are technical difficulties, the Municipal Rates and Utilities Committee meeting will continue in person, provided there is a quorum at the meeting. One tap mobile: +16699006833,,86993830361# US (San Jose) Dial by your location: +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) Meeting ID: 869 9383 0361 https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86993830361 Written comments that are received by 5:00 PM. on the Monday before the Municipal Rates and Utilities Committee meeting will be disseminated to the Commission and made available to the public for review on the city’s website. Please provide the agenda item number in the subject line of your email or letter. Public comments will no longer be read into the record. Comments must be sent to municipalrates@ci.rio-vista.ca.us. If you do not have access to a computer, please contact Krystine Ball at 707-374-6447, to make alternative arrangements to submit public comment.

Municipal Rates and Utilities Committee Regular Meeting of August 22, 2024 Page 2 of 3 RIO VISTA MUNICIPAL RATES AND UTILITIES COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN EDWIN OKAMURA VICE CHAIR CHRIS ARMBRUST RICK DOLK HECTOR DELAROSA MICHELLE STAHLMAN REGULAR MEETING BY TELECONFERENCE AND IN PERSON AGENDA THURSDAY, August 22, 2024 6:00 pm CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS ONE MAIN STREET RIO VISTA, CALIFORNIA 94571 1. CALL TO ORDER – ROLL CALL – PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 2. PUBLIC COMMENT – See instructions at top of this agenda page 3. DISCLOSURE OF EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS Municipal Rates and Utilities Committee Members should disclose any communications they have had on the agenda items at this time. 4. ACTION ITEMS 4.1. Approve Minutes from July 25, 2024. 4.2. Next steps for Storm Drain Fees. 4.3. Discussion of Water/Sewer rate outreach efforts. 5. DISCUSSION ITEMS 5.1. Sub-Committee update 6. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS 7. ADJOURNMENT

Municipal Rates and Utilities Committee Regular Meeting of August 22, 2024 Page 3 of 3 Disclosable public records related to an open session item on a meeting agenda distributed by the City of Rio Vista to the Rio Vista Municipal Rates and Utilities Committee are available on the city’s website & at City Hall for public review at 72 hours prior to a regular meeting and 24 hours prior to a special meeting or, in the event information is delivered to the Commission less than 72 or 24 hours prior to an open meeting, as soon as it is so delivered. To arrange for an alternative agenda document format or to arrange aid or services to modify or accommodate persons with a disability to participate in a public meeting contact the Commission Clerk 48 hours in advance of the meeting date by calling (707) 374-6447. Pursuant to applicable laws and regulations, including without limitation, California Government Code Section 65009 and or California Public Resources Code Section 21177, if you wish to challenge in court any of the above decisions (including any action regarding planning, zoning and/or environmental decisions), you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing(s) described in this notice/agenda, or in written correspondence delivered to the City at, or prior to, the public hearing. CERTIFICATION OF POSTING – I, Krystine Ball, Municipal Rates and Utilities Committee Clerk, for the City of Rio Vista, declare that the foregoing agenda for the August 22, 2024, Regular Meeting of the Rio Vista Municipal Rates and Utilities Committee was posted and available for review on August 19, 2024, on the city’s website and at City Hall, One Main Street, Rio Vista, California, in accordance with Government Code §54954.2(a). ________________________________________________ Krystine Ball, Municipal Rates and Utilities Committee Clerk Krystine Ball