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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 68-2004RESOLUTION NO. 68-2004 CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA A RESOLUTION APPROVING A 25% INCREASE FOR SEWER RATES EFFECTIVE FISCAL YEAR 2004-2005, AND INCRI~2/kSES OF UP TO 9% ANNUALLY THROUGH 2008-09, AMENDING THE MASTER FEE SCHEDULE TO INCLUDE THE RATES, AND ADOPTING A REPORT OF ANNUAL SEWER RENTALS OR CHARGES FOR 2004-2005 PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 14.12 OF THE SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO MUNICIPAL CODE WHEREAS, by Chapter 14.12 of the South San Francisco Municipal Code the City Council is authorized to establish sewer rates by resolution; and WHEREAS, in March 2004, the City Council reviewed the implementation of 5-year sewer rate increases of 25% for 2004-2005, and up to 9% annually through 2008-2009 to finance improvements to the City's sewer collection, pumping and treatment facilities; and WHEREAS, the City mailed out notices to all South San Francisco property owners on May 28, 2004 in compliance with Proposition 218 requirements, notifying them of the proposed sewer rate increases, of the methodology used to calculate the rates, and of the procedures to follow in order to formally protest those rates, and of the date and time of this public hearing on July 14, 2004; and WHEREAS, a 45 day noticing requirement was thereby met in compliance with Proposition 218; and WHEREAS, the City Council has given notice and on July 14, 2004, held a public heating as required by law on the subject sewer rates; and tabulated the written protests received through the close of the public hearing on July 14, 2004; and WHEREAS, the rates reflected in the report of Annual Sewer Rentals or Charges are consistent with the five-year financing plan. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by City Council of the City of South San Francisco that the City Council hereby finds that there is no majority protest because written formal protest from a majority of property owners to the proposed sewer fee increases was not presented to the City prior to the close of the public hearing on July 14, 2004. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council hereby approves the schedule of rates set forth in the attached Exhibit "A" which implements the previously approved financing plan, and hereby amends the City's Master Fee Schedule to include the rates. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council hereby adopts the Report of Annual Sewer Rentals or Charges for Fiscal Year 2004-2005, and directs that the rates so established shall be collected on the official tax assessment roll, together with real property taxes, and that the amount shall constitute liens upon the properties which shall be effective at the same time and to the same extent as is provided for by law in the case of real property taxes, with like penalties for delinquencies. I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was regularly introduced and adopted by the City Council of the City of South San Francisco at a regular meeting held on the 14th day of July 2004 by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Joseph A. Fernekes, Richard A. Garbarino, and Pedro Gonzalez, and Vice Mayor Raymond L. Green and Mayor Karyl Matsumoto NOES: None. ABSTAIN: None. ABSENT: None. ATTEST: City Cle~/k ' -- PROPOSED SCHEDULE OF RATES FOR 2004-2005 CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO- SEWER SERVICE FEES PARCELS BY USE CLASSIFICATION ANNUAL RATE Ao Residential Class Single-family dwelling Multi-family dwelling (duplexes, fiats, apartments, and similar class of users) Trailer Court and similar class of uses $272.00 per dwelling per year $272.00 per dwelling per unit per year $244.00 per dwelling per unit per year Institutional Class Schools, colleges, rest homes, hospitals, clubs, lodges, and similar class of uses. Minimum charge, or Volume charge based on water consumed (metered inflow), or Volume charge based on water consumed (metered effluent) Commercial and Nonmonitored Industrial Classes 1. Light Strength Uses: Bars (without dining facilities), car washes, department and retail stores, hotels, motels (without dining facilities), laundromats, professional and business offices, banks, savings and $272.00 per year $ 2.908 per 100 cubic feet of water consumed $ 3.230 per 100 cubic feet of water consumed PROPOSED SCHEDULE OF RATES FOR 2004-2005 CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO- SEWER SERVICE FEES PARCELS BY USE CLASSIFICATION ANNUAL RATE loan associations, warehouses, auto rentals (without repair shops), newspapers, commercial printing shops, freight and drayage services, barber shops, shoe repair shops, camera shops, plating shops, wood and furniture fabricators, heating and appliance stores, drug stores, auto supply stores, general contractors' offices, public administration offices, health services, legal services, dry cleaners, metal fabricators, lumber companies, laundry services, sheet metal shops, and similar classes of uses with wastewater strengths less than or approximated equivalent to residential strength Minimum charge, or Volume charge based on water consumed (metered inflow), or Volume charge based on water consumed (metered effluent) $272.00 per facility per year $ 3.603 per 100 cubic feet of water consumed $ 4.004 per 100 cubic feet of water consumed Moderate Strength Uses: Auto/gas service stations, auto steam cleaners, auto rentals (with repair shops), bakeries, beauty and hair salons, commercial laundries, mortuaries, lodges (with dining facilities), radiator PROPOSED SCHEDULE OF RATES FOR 2004-2005 CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO- SEWER SERVICE FEES PARCELS BY USE CLASSIFICATION ANNUAL RATE repair shops, markets (with garbage disposals), ice cream parlors, candy manufacturers, food preparation and caterers, sandwich shops, drive-in theaters, creameries, roofers, chemical preparations, machine shops, photo/film processors, rug, carpet, upholstery cleaners, foundries, ceramics studios, oil services, transmission services, sanitation services, furriers, drum and barrel cleaners, and similar classes of uses with wastewater strengths significantly greater than residential strength. The user will be reclassified to the light strength use classification if it adequately demonstrates to the city engineer it is discharging only segregated or wastewater equivalent in strength to residential wastewater. Minimum charge, or Volume charge based on water consumed (metered inflow), or Volume charge based on water consumed (metered effluent) Restaurants, Cafes and Other Eating Places: $272.00 per year $ 5.639 per 100 cubic feet of water consumed $ 6.266 per 100 cubic feet of water consumed PROPOSED SCHEDULE OF RATES FOR 2004-2005 CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO- SEWER SERVICE FEES PARCELS BY USE CLASSIFICATION ANNUALRATE Minimum charge, or Volume charge, based on water consumed (metered inflow), or Volume charge, based on water consumed (metered effluent) Monitored and Industrial Class: 1. Monitored and Industrial Users: Manufacturers, processors, producers, laundries, photo finishers, painting services, packagers and similar classes of uses whose wastewater are monitored by the City Minimum charge, or combination of the following: Volume charge, based on water consumed (metered inflow), or Volume charge, based on water consumed (metered effluent) Surcharge for suspended solids (SS) Surcharge for chemical oxygen demand (COD) $272.00 per year $ 8.240 per 100 cubic feet of water consumed $ 9.155 per 100 cubic feet of water consumed $272.00 per year $ 2.159 per 100 cubic feet of water consumed $ 2.399 per 100 cubic feet of water consumed $ 0.725 per pound of suspended solids discharged $ 0.224 per pound of COD discharged PROPOSED SCHEDULE OF RATES FOR 2004-2005 CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO- SEWER SERVICE FEES PARCELS BY USE CLASSIFICATION ANNUAL RATE Septage Waste Haulers: Commercial businesses which haul to and dispose of septage waste at the Water Quality Control Plant. Minimum charge Volume charge based on waste water discharge $272.00 per year $ 0.154 per gallon discharged PROPOSED SCHEDULE OF RATES FOR 2005-2006 PROPOSED SCHEDULE OF RATES FOR 2006-2007 PROPOSED SCHEDULE OF RATES FOR 2007-2008 PROPOSED SCHEDULE OF RATES FOR 2008-2009 Up to 9% increase in all use classifications Up to 9% increase in all use classifications Up to 9% increase in all use classifications Up to 9% increase in all use classifications 68-2004 EXHIBIT "A" TO RESOLUTION NO.