Root Creek WD water connection fee

“Pursuant to the Code, a connection fee is not a tax or special assessment but is instead a voluntary charge levied to defray the cost of public facilities needed to serve a new development.”

“Revenue generated from bonds and connection fees fund the capital costs to construct municipal water, sewer, and storm drain systems.”

“At buildout, RCWD will provide municipal water, sewer, and storm drain service to 6,790 equivalent dwelling units in the Riverstone Development.”

Root Creek Water District, the agency that levies it

“The Root Creek Water District (Root Creek WD, RCWD, or District), which is located in southern Madera County, was formed in 1996 ... the District applied to the Madera County Local Agency Formation Commission to activate RCWD's latent powers to provide potable municipal water supply, wastewater, and stormwater services for the Riverstone Development in 2013.”

“The water connection fees only apply to potable water customers. Non-potable customers do not contribute to the need to construct and maintain water treatment and distribution facilities. Thus, non-potable customers are excluded from paying connection fees.”

“To provide affordability it is suggested that the proposed fees be phased-in as shown in Table 2.”