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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 2005-3015 ORDINANCE NO. 3015 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AMENDING CHULA VISTA MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 3.18.010 TO ESTABLISH A NEW AMOUNT FOR THE SEWERAGE FACILITIES REPLACEMENT COMPONENT OF THE SEWER SERVICE CHARGE AND ALLOWING THE CITY COUNCIL TO ESTABLISH SUCH AMOUNTS IN THE FUTURE BY COUNCIL RESOLUTION WHEREAS, on June 16, 1987, the City Council created a sewerage facilities replacement fund to pay the cost of refurbishment and/or replacement of structurally deficient sewerage facilities, including related evaluation, engineering, and utility modification costs; and WHEREAS, during Fiscal Year 2005, the City retained a consultant, Camp Dresser & McKee Inc. to analyze and recommend an update to the sewer service charges for the next five fiscal years; and WHEREAS, based on the review of the available data, it was determined that the funding for the current sewer rehabilitation program was inadequate; and WHEREAS, a portion of the monthly sewer service charge is allocated to the sewerage facilities replacement fund, which funds the sewer rehabilitation program; and WHEREAS, to fully fund the rehabilitation program, the allocation must be increased; and WHEREAS, setting the sewerage facilities replacement component of the sewer service charge can be a cumbersome process because the component is set by ordinance while the sewer service charge is set by resolution. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City ofChula Vista does hereby ordain: SECTION I. Section 3.18.010 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code is amended to read as follows: 3.18.0 I 0 Established - Disposition of revenue - Expenditures permitted. A. There is established a fund to be designated as the "sewerage facilities replacement fund." B. The City Council shall set by resolution or ordinance the amount to be deposited into the sewerage facilities replacement fund. Any monies deposited shall be derived from the revenue collected from the monthly sewer service charge set forth in Chula Vista Municipal Code Section 13.14.110. The amount to be deposited may be a lump sum or a portion of each user's sewer service charge. Ordinance No. 3015 Page 2 C. Nothing herein shall be construed as superseding or conflicting with the existing sewer fund, sewer service revenue fund, or the trunk sewer capital reserve fund. D. The fund shall be used solely for the purpose of paying the cost of refurbishment and/or replacement, in connection with the capital improvement program and with Council approval, of structurally deficient sewerage facilities, including related evaluation, engineering, and utility modification costs, unless the City Council shall by four-fifths vote, appropriate such funds for another purpose; provided, such purpose shall be for the construction, maintenance or operation of sewers or incidental thereto, including any charge for its collection. SECTION II. For the Fiscal Years 2006 (retroactively to July 1st) through 2010, the sewerage facilities replacement fund shall be funded according to the following table. USER CLASS MONTHLY AMOUNT Single-Family - A Flat Rate $1.97 Multi-Family - A Variable Rate per HCF* $0.11 Commercial- A Variable Rate per HCF* $0.11 *But in no case less than $1.97 per month ("HCF" means 100 cubic feet of water) In the future, amendments to this table may be made by resolution. SECTION III. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force on the thirtieth day ITom and after its adoption. Submitted by Approved as to form by f ~~x. {6;bLP- Sohaib AI-Agha City Engineer ~ ,,/Wf oore D Ci Attorney Ordinance No. 3015 Page 3 PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista, California, this 26th day of July, 2005, by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers: Castaneda, Davis, McCann, Rindone and Padilla NAYS: Councilmembers: None ABSENT: Councilmembers: None ~ --?jCre-L Stephen C. adllla, Mayor if ATTEST: ~ "'Wta...-w~~J <Q Susan Bigelow, MMC, City erk --> STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) CITY OF CHULA VISTA ) I, Susan Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 3015 had its first reading at a regular meeting held on the 19th day of July, 2005 and its second reading and adoption at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 26th day of July, 2005. Executed this 26th day of July, 2005. ~ ,0...13~~ Susan Bigelow, MMC, City Cler