DATE: April 23, 2024
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Director of Public Works
SUBJECT
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Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Accept and Appropriate Funds from the California Water and Wastewater Arrearage Payment Program (CWWAPP) for Drinking Water and Wastewater Arrearages in an Amount Not-to-Exceed $1,514,975.36
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That the City Council adopts a resolution (Attachment II) authorizing the City Manager to accept and appropriate funds from the California Water and Wastewater Arrearage Payment Program (CWWAPP) for Drinking Water and Wastewater Arrearages in an Amount Not to Exceed $1,514,975.36.
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SUMMARY
In December 2023, staff applied for funding through the CWWAPP, a program administered by the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB), to reduce delinquent water and wastewater balances for customers experiencing financial hardships related to the pandemic. Staff requested funding to cover all of Hayward residential and commercial customers’ eligible delinquent bill amounts and the City has been awarded 100% of the request. Staff is now seeking authorization to accept and appropriate the awarded funds in an amount not-to-exceed $1,514,975.36 in Water Operating Fund 605 and Wastewater Operating Fund 610. Awarded funding must be used to credit commercial and residential accounts that still have outstanding bills from the extended pandemic period, defined as June 16, 2021, to December 31, 2022.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment I Staff Report
Attachment II Resolution