CN Ency Sued Over Vacation Tax
Encinitas charges an illegal annual $150 "short term rental fee" to discourage landlords from renting beach homes to tourists, a class action claims in Superior Court...

NCT No raise for City Manager
http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/encinitas/article_ea6eb707-64e5-5a23-b392-74eb8fd09f3c.html

UT Council and Manager Up for Raise

Dalager and Houlihan voted to raise Council Member's salaries 10%. The vote to raise City Manager Cotton's compensation 11% (to $242,640) has been delayed until March 10th.

UT SDWD Water Rates Go Up Monday
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She said she recognizes the need for a rate increase, “but we have to get our house in order as well before we continually ask the ratepayers to pay more.”

Barth suggested implementing a lower rate increase temporarily, and drawing on reserves, to give the city time to analyze its personnel costs and reopen talks with employee unions.

NCT SDWD Votes (4-1) to raise rates

The Encinitas City Council, in its role as the board of the San Dieguito Water District, voted 4-1, with Councilwoman Teresa Barth opposed, to increase water rates starting March 1.

The conformation came in just under a month after being promised some explanation for how the City's lease-revenue bonds work and documented confirmation that the SDWD pays nothing directly or indirectly toward city hall or park bonds.

Because this issue had been brought up several times during previous meeting and not adequately dismissed by the City, this was an issue worth considering.

The City sent us a part of the City's financial statement. The City Finance Department also answered the following questions.

Which of the bonds listed in the attachment are (or could be) a liability for the SDWD?

See p. 58
2004 SDWD Water Revenue Refunding Bonds
2007 SDWD Note Payable to R.E. Badger Water Facilities Finance Authority

Which of the bonds listed in the attachment are paid directly or indirectly with direct or indirect contributions from the SDWD?

See p. 58-59
2004 SDWD Water Revenue Refunding Bonds
2007 SDWD Note Payable to R.E. Badger Water Facilities Finance Authority

Are any of the payments related to the bonds that SDWD pays structured such that the amount is related to the overall debt of the Encinitas Public Finance Authority (EPFA)?

No.

Conversely, are all of the bonds clearly compartmentalized
such that the SDWD is completely shielded from liabilities related projects that most folks consider to be city projects?

Yes.