WA-12 Agricultural Water Rate closure

A Ward 2 resident and former task force participant said it took over a year of task force work to create the rate and hated to see it undone in one meeting; he asked for a new task force review in three to six months and questioned whether the ag rate was included in the city's new water rate study.

A former task force member and first chair of the Riverside Food Systems Alliance called the closure 'decision debt,' argued agriculture is the primary water use under the city charter, criticized spending on the losing Prop 218 general fund transfer lawsuit, and suggested special benefit assessments instead of cutting off ag customers.