1. Each Home site, VACANT OR
OTHERWISE, shall receive and shall be obligated to pay a minimum monthly
standby fee of $64.08. Home sites 14-20 in Phase I, which are not connected to
the sewer system, shall receive and shall be obligated to pay a minimum monthly
standby fee of $21.46.
Active Members will be
charged a basic water service fee of $40.30 Active Members will also be charged
for water usage. Water usage fees will be based on the average monthly water
use from the previous 12 months that ended in September. Water usage fees for
2009 are based on the average monthly water use from September of 2007 through
September 2008. Water usage fees are currently $.008 per cubic foot. All
active members share the expense of wastewater treatment equally, or currently
$78.61 per month. Members will be mailed payment coupons based on their average
monthly use.
Commercial Members fees are:
Basic Water Service $40.30, Wastewater Fees $269.44 and Commercial Members will
be billed at $.008 per cubic foot water usage fee.
Basic Service and Usage Fees
may vary in future years.
The current published base fee for water and
wastewater connection service is $1000 and $3500 respectively.
In 2006, in order to support new subdivision
development in community, the Mutual Water Company substantially increased its
water and wastewater treatment and disposal capacities. Due to the high cost of these expansion
projects, required specifically to support the new subdivisions, all lots in
these new subdivisions will be required to pay an incremental fee of $500 and
$1500 over the published base fee.
As of November 1, 2006, all new Whitehawk Ranch subdivisions maps and their associated lots
recorded with the Plumas County Recorders Office will be subject to these
incremental fees.
Base
Connection Fees may vary in future years.
2. The Board of Directors of
the Whitehawk Ranch Mutual Water Company has established a policy that Will
Serve Letters requested by the Plumas County Building Department will not be
issued until the Architectural Review Committee (ARC) has approved the plans
submitted to them. The ARC will notify the Mutual Water Company in writing when
Will Serve Letters may be issued. Before the Will Serve Letter is submitted,
the connection fees and the incremental fee, if appropriate, described in the
above policy will be assessed to the property owner.
3. The Board of Directors of
the Whitehawk Ranch Mutual Water Company has established a policy that all home
sites must have a domestic water supply pressure reducer/regulator installed in
the home site service line. The pressure reducer/regulator shall be installed
to minimize the risk of possible high water pressure damage to plumbing
fixtures in their homes and auxiliary systems such as irrigation systems and
frostless hydrants/hose bibs connected to the domestic water service line. The
water system at Whitehawk Ranch is a one-zone system with pressure varying
according to elevation. Home sites in Phase I are exempt from this policy due
to their elevation in the water system.
4. The Board of Directors of
the Whitehawk Ranch Mutual Water Company has instituted a cross-connection
control policy requiring auxiliary systems (landscape irrigation systems, etc.)
install backflow prevention devices. The Mutual Water Company must approve all
Backflow prevention devices. You may obtain a copy of this policy with
specifications from the Mutual Water Company.
5. The Mutual Water Company
upon two weeks notification by the property owner will install water meters.
Please call the Mutual Water Company concerning meter installation.
6. Property owners are
responsible all lines, valves, etc., beyond the discharge side of the meter.
Members that requested and purchased meters larger than the standard ¾ inch and
1 inch meters are financially responsible for repair or replacement of their
meters. All water consumption that registers on the roadside meter shall be
subject to the current water rates.
7. The Mutual Water Company is
the provider of wastewater treatment (sewage) for the project. Those domestic lots/units/dwellings
connected to the wastewater treatment plant shall be billed for wastewater
treatment, and said charges will be included with the water billing.
8. Home sites are required (at
time of construction) to install a sewer cleanout at the property boundary,
when connecting to the wastewater collection system.
9. Homeowners will refrain from
dumping of possible toxic materials into the wastewater system. These materials
include paint and petroleum based products (paint thinners, paint cleaners, stains),
common kitchen greases and oils, sheet-rock compounds, and automotive products
(oils).
10. Pursuant to the Mutual Water
Company’s governing documents, all assessments are due and payable on the 15th
day of every month. Assessments may be paid early. An assessment
is delinquent if payment in full is not postmarked by the 20th day
of the month in which it was due, i.e., January payment is due January 15th
and is delinquent if postmarked after January 20th. Each delinquent
monthly assessment will be charged a late fee in the amount of $10.00. Delinquent assessments shall also accrue
interest from the date the assessment is delinquent at a rate of 12% per annum. Coupon
booklets and late notices will be mailed to the Stockholders only. It is the Stockholder’s responsibility to
collect assessments from their renters. Non-payment of water and/or sewer bills for
two (2) consecutive billing periods shall be cause for removal of the water
meter. No water meter shall be re-installed until all outstanding bills; fees
and/or charges are brought current. Re-installation of a water meter shall
require pre-payment of $150.00.
11. The Mutual Water Company
charges a $40.00 transfer fee to the Buyer upon the sale of property.
12. Pursuant to the Mutual Water
Company’s governing documents, all assessments and water charges shall be a
lien upon lands on which the assessments or water charges are made from the
time such assessments or water charges become due and payable, and if such
assessments or charges become delinquent, such lien may be enforced by the
following:
(a) In the manner provided by law for foreclosure of mortgages of
real property; or
(b) By sale and transfer of the membership without said lands, in
the manner provided for in Section 331 of the California Civil
Code; or
(c) By judicial action
against the member who is delinquent in payment of such assessments or water
charges.
If a
person’s membership is withdrawn or terminated in accordance with this
provision his or her
equitable interest in this corporation will not be forfeited.