Finding F6
St. Helena has more than 30 Outside Service Area Agreements (OSAAs), representing approximately 24% of St. Helena’s total annual water consumption. The OSAA customers benefit from the Measure H funded infrastructure improvements but bear no responsibility for the repayment of the bonds because they are not located within the city limits.
Jury report: Lapsed Leadership: St. Helena’s Problematic Pipes and Murky Waters · PDF pages 25–26
Permanent linkOfficial response
City of St. Helena City Council
Partially disagrees: accepts OSAA customers are outside Measure H taxation but disputes implication they contribute nothing to system costs. Pages 12–13 distinguish voter-approved bonds from contractual rates and acknowledge equity concerns.
Read official response · PDF page 12Clear core concession and disagreement explained with June 7, 2022 Measure H and contract/legal bases. Awkward final disagreement sentence is read with its preceding explanation, not silently rewritten into a different position.
This review evaluates the response document. Implementation claims have not been independently verified.