Jurupa Community Services District

This Hazard Mitigation Plan, prepared in response to the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000, serves as a roadmap for reducing vulnerability to natural hazards. The plan identifies five core mitigation goals: protecting life and property, enhancing public awareness, preserving natural systems, encouraging partnerships and implementation, and strengthening emergency services. It focuses on key hazards including earthquakes, floods, utility-related events, wildfires, and windstorms. The overarching vision is to reduce loss of life and property, human suffering, economic disruption, and disaster costs by prioritizing hazard mitigation at the local level, assessing risks, implementing loss reduction measures, and ensuring critical facilities and services survive disasters.

The Jurupa Community Services District is holding a public hearing to consider rate adjustments to wastewater service fees for customers connected to the Inland Empire Brine Line (IEBL) system. These proposed changes aim to simplify the billing process, improve fairness between monitored and non-monitored customers, and align IEBL rate structures with non-IEBL customers. The new rate structure includes fixed service charges, fixed treatment/pipeline charges, and variable charges based on flow, BOD, and TSS for monitored customers, and a commodity rate per HCF of water for non-monitored customers. The hearing will allow affected property owners and customers to submit protests regarding the proposed rate adjustments.

The 2020 Urban Water Management Plan for Jurupa Community Services District outlines the district's strategy for ensuring water supply reliability and managing water resources through 2045. It focuses on demonstrating water supply reliability under normal, single dry, and multiple dry year scenarios, and details progress on conservation goals since the 2015 plan. Key initiatives include optimizing groundwater resources, implementing comprehensive water conservation programs, reducing distribution system losses, and developing future water supplies such as recycled water for non-potable uses and imported water, while also addressing the impacts of climate change and coordinating with regional and local agencies.

The Strategic Plan for Jurupa Community Services District, adopted in 2018, serves as a blueprint to guide the District's direction through 2025. It addresses evolving community needs, future trends, and the adaptation of its mission, vision, and goals. The plan focuses on seven key areas: Water Resources, Sewer Services, Parks & Recreation, Finance, Workforce Development, Administration & Governance, and Community Outreach & Strategic Partnerships. Its overarching aim is to ensure high-quality essential services, financial stability, infrastructure development, environmental stewardship, a skilled workforce, transparent governance, and strong community engagement to enhance the quality of life for residents.

The Jurupa Community Services District's Biennial Budget for Fiscal Years 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 was discussed, focusing on operating and capital improvements. Key discussion points included the General Manager's authority to pay routine budgeted expenditures, department heads' flexibility in managing budget accounts, and the re-appropriation of unexpended project balances. The budget supports infrastructure maintenance, service delivery, and community well-being.