HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 2010-3155-AORDINANCE NO. 3155-A
URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA
CONTINUING THE CURRENT, PREVIOUSLY-APPROVED
SEWER SERVICE RATES
WHEREAS, the sewer service rates are the fees paid by all users who aze connected to
the City's wastewater collection system to fund the cost of wastewater treatment and
maintenance of the system; and
WHEREAS, the sewer service rates currently in effect in the City were established on
February 5, 2008, when the City Council of the City of Chula Vista approved athree-year rate
plan, which set the schedule for the adjustment of sewer service fees for fiscal year 2007/2008
through fiscal year 2009/2010, based on the findings and recommendations of the "Cost of
Service and Rate .Study for Sewer Services" prepazed by Camp Dresser & McKee, Inc. (CDM),
dated October 2007; and
WHEREAS, City staff recently prepared the "2010 Cost of Service and Rate Study
Update for Sewer Services" (the "2010 Study") and, based on the 2010 Study, determined that
continuation of the current service rates, which were previously approved for fiscal yeaz
2009/2010, will ensure that the City recovers sufficient revenues to meet projected expenditures
for the maintenance and operation of the City's sewer collection and treatment system for fiscal
year 2010/2011; and
WHEREAS, based on the 2010 Study, City staff recommends that the current,
previously-approved sewer service rates for fiscal yeaz 2009/2010 remain in effect, beginning
July 1, 2010 and continue in effect until the City determines it is necessary to increase, or
otherwise adjust the rates; and
WHEREAS, the sewer service rates currently in effect were adopted in compliance with
the notice, protest and hearing requirements of California Constitution Article XIIID, Section 6,
and California Government Code section 53753; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that when the currently effective sewer service rates
were adopted on February 5, 2008, written protests against the proposed increased sewer service
rates were not presented by a majority of owners of the identified parcels; and
WHEREAS, continuing the currently effective sewer service rates would not increase the
amount of the fee beyond the amount previously approved by the City Council and would not
revise the methodology previous approved by the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the revenues derived from continuing the
currently effective sewer service rates will not result in revenues exceeding the funds required to
provide the property related service; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the revenues derived from continuing the
currently effective sewer service rates shall not be used for any purpose other than that for which
the charge was imposed; and
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WHEREAS, the City Council finds the amount of the sewer service rates imposed on any
parcel as an incident of property ownership, by continuing the currently effective sewer service
rates, shall not exceed the proportional cost of the service attributable to the pazcel; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the sewer service rates imposed by continuing
the currently effective sewer service rates aze for a service actually used by, or immediately
available to, the owners of the properties; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the sewer service rates imposed by continuing
the cun•ently effective sewer service rates will not be imposed for general governmental services,
as proscribed by California Constitution Article XIII, Section 6(b)(5).
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Chula Vista does ordain as follows:
SECTION I. FINDINGS ADOPTING URGENCY ORDINANCE
Based on the evidence presented to the City Council at or before the City Council meeting, the
City Council finds that continuing the cun•ently effective sewer service rates fees, which were
previously approved for fiscal yeaz 2009/2010, in effect, without interruption, is necessary for
preserving the health, safety and welfaze of the City's residents, in that, the revenues generated
by those fees aze necessary to ensure that the City can continue to operate and maintain the
City's wastewater treatment system.
SECTION II. ACTION
The currently effective sewer service rates, as depicted in the attached Exhibit A, shall continue
in effect, as of July 1, 2010, and shall remain in effect until the City Council takes action to
increase, or otherwise modify the rates.
SECTION III. EFECTIVE DATE
This ordinance is an urgency ordinance necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
health, safety and welfaze; therefore, it shall be introduced and adopted at the same meeting and
shall become effective immediately upon its adoption, pursuant to Chula Vista Charter section
311(d).
Presented by
Mazi Kachadoorian
Director of Finance/Treasurer
Approved as to form by
B . Miesfel
City Attorney
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 8th day of June 2010, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Bensoussan, Castaneda, Ramirez, Thompson and
Cox
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
Cheryl Cox, Ma} r
ATTEST:
onna R. Norris, C C, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO
CITY OF CHULA VISTA
I, Donna R. Norris, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Ordinance No. 3155-A was passed as an urgency measure on the 8th day of June, 2010.
Executed this 8th day of June 2010.
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Donna R. Norris, C~ty Clerk
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EXHIBIT A
Proposed Rate Schedule Effective July 1, 2010
MONTHLY FIXED SERVICE CHARGE
Single Family $8.73
All Others
5/8 $8.03
3/4 $8.03
1 $13.38
1 '/~ $26.76
2 $42.81
3 $80.28
4 $133.79
6 $267.59
g $428.14
VOLUME CHAR GE /HCF*
Residential
Single Family $3.57
Multi -Family $3.63
Mobile Homes $3.63
Non-Residential
Commercial -Low $3.63
Commercial - Med $4.94
Commercial -High $7.55
Special Users Varies
*HCF: Hundred cubic feet
Rates include Stonn Drain Fee and Sewer Facilities Replacement Fee