Open House - Thursday, June 14 and Tuesday, June 19 - 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. ~ Shoreline City Hall
Acquiring the Seattle Public Utility water system in Shoreline has been a community and Council goal for years.
Some of the most important reasons to make the acquisition have to do with how a Shoreline customer of SPU is charged and where that money is spent:
- Shoreline ratepayers have no representation in how rates, charges and taxes are set and spent.
- Shoreline can acquire the system without any increase in property taxes or water rates beyond SPU's forecasted rates.
- Shoreline ratepayers are currently charged a 14% premium for living outside Seattle.
- Shoreline ratepayers are paying for non-Shoreline infrastructure improvements.
- Shoreline ratepayers pay a Seattle utility tax that funds Seattle's police, fire and parks.
On Thursday, June 14 and Tuesday, June 19, the City will be hosting two open houses for residents to learn more about the potential acquisition of the SPU water system in Shoreline. Join City staff to learn about the potential acquisition and ask questions.
Visit the City's website:
For questions about the proposed SPU acquisition:
SPU Steering Committee
Shoreline charges SPU customers a franchise fee, not all money on your bill goes to Seattle.
ReplyDeleteSeattle ratepayers paid more (or will pay) more than $20 million for infrastructure improvements, mostly on the Aurora projects - at the direction of the city staff and city council, that is local control. The utility taxes Shoreline paid to SPU are far less than $20 million.
No one really knows what SPU forecasted rates are for the year of the takeover in 2020, this is a meaningless statement.