HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 10-10ORDINANCE NO. 10-010
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 2-469 OF THE AZUSA
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO SEWER SERVICE FEES AND FEE
COLLECTIONS
WHEREAS, the City of Azusa ("City") has an aging sanitary sewer system which
requires preventive maintenance, rehabilitation, and an adequate sewer capital improvement
program fund; and
WHEREAS, sewer rate funds are the most practical and equitable means of providing
for necessary sewer maintenance, rehabilitation, and capital improvements; and
WHEREAS, the consulting firm of Lee and Ro completed a Sewer Master Plan
("Study") that contains an analysis of the future needs of the City in order to maintain a safe and
operation sanitary sewer system that meets the future needs of the residents businesses of the
City; and
WHEREAS, said Study lays out a 10 -year Sewer Capital Improvement Program at a cost
of approximately $8,100,000 in needed capital investment in the sewer system; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Azusa ("City Council") finds, with respect
to the revenue generated from the increased fees that: (1) there is reasonable relationship
between the use of the rate fund increased herein and the services for which they are imposed
and this relationship is more fully documented in the Study; (2) the revenue generated from the
increased rate fund does not exceed the amount necessary to provide the services; (3) the
increased rate fund shall not be used for any other purpose than that for which the fees are
imposed; (4) the increased rate fund do not exceed the proportional cost of the services
attributable to each customer; and (5) the increased rate funds are not levied for general
governmental purposes. Said apportionment of the rate fund is fair and equitable and insures a
reasonable relationship based upon the amount of the rate fund and the amount of sanitary sewer
use; and
WHEAREAS, the 10 -year sewer rate fund increase will add 1% to the existing approved
rates for fiscal years 2011-12 and 2012-13 along with an additional initial rate of $.20 per
hundred cubic feet ("hcf') for residential users and an increase in the hcf charge for commercial
and residential users. The increase will be a gradual 5% increase per year over the next ten years;
and
WHEREAS, Pursuant to California Government Codes 65090-65096, a copy of the
Study was available for public review at the Office of the City Clerk, City Library, and Public
Works Yard at least ten (10) days prior to the public hearing and Public Hearing Notices were
mailed to all property owners subject to the sewer rate fund increase at least ten (10) days prior
to the public hearing; and
WHEREAS, the revenues generated from the rate funds shall be placed in a separate
fund to be used only for construction, rehabilitation, maintenance and operations of sanitation
and sewage facilities (including street sweeping operations); and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that amendment of Section 2-469 of
the Azusa Municipal Code is both statutorily and categorically exempt from the provisions of the
California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") (Public Resources Code Section 21000) and
that no significant environmental impacts will occur. Amendment of the above sections of the
Azusa Municipal Code is statutorily exempt under the "Rates, Tolls, Fares and Charges"
exemption contained in Public Resources Code Section 21080. This ordinance sets fees to
maintain existing sewers and sewage service in accordance with Health and Safety Code Section
5470. The above described amendment is also categorically exempt under the "Replacement or
Reconstruction" exemption contained in State CEQA Guidelines Section 15302.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 2-469(a.1) of the City of Azusa Municipal Code is
amended to read:
Pursuant to the authorization contained in Section 5470 et seq. of the California
Health and Safety Code, the following rates are hereby established, prescribed, and imposed for
payment to the City for services and facilities furnished by the City in connection with its
sanitary sewer system, including street sweeping operations.
HCF = hundred cubic feet
FY = fiscal year (July 1 - June 30)
SECTION 2. The Mayor shall sign this Ordinance and the City Clerk shall attest
and certify to the passage and adoption of it, and within fifteen (15) days, publish in a newspaper
of general circulation in the City of Azusa.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall take effect August 1, 2011.
MONTHLY SEWER FEES -
5% ANNUAL INCREASE
Residential
Commercial
Industrial
Laundromat/Car
Wash
Not
Connected
To Sewer
Low
Income
Discount
Base
Fee
HCF
I Fee
Base
Fee
HCF
Fee
Base
Fee
HCF
Fee
Base
Fee
HCF
Fee
Current
Rate
$7.79
$0.00
$10.02
$0.094
$12.22
$0.094
$16.68
$0.094
$1.50
$0.75
FY
11-12
$8.18
$0.20
$10.52
$0.20
$12.84
$0.20
$17.52
$0.20
$1.58
$1.22
FY
12-13
$8.51
$0.21
$10.95
$0.21
$13.35
$0.21
$18.22
$0.21
$1.65
$1.28
FY
13-14
$8.93
$0.22
$11.49
$0.22
$14.02
$0.22
$19.14
$0.22
$1.74
$1.35
FY
14-15
$9.38
$0.23
$12.07
$0.23
$14.72
$0.23
$20.09
$0.23
$1.82
$1.41
FY
15-16
$9.85
$0.24
$12.67
$0.24
$15.45
$0.24
$21.10
$0.24
$1.91
$1.48
FY
16-17
$10.34
$0.26
$13.30
$0.26
$16.23
$0.26
$22.15
$0.26
$2.01
$1.56
FY
17-18
$10.86
$0.27
$13.97
$0.27
$17.04
$0.27
$23.26
$0.27
$2.11
$1.63
FY
18-19
$11.40
$0.28
$14.67
$0.28
$17.89
$0.28
$24.42
$0.28
$2.22
$1.72
FY
19-20
$11.97
$0.30
$15.40
$0.30
$18.79
$0.30
$25.64
$0.30
$2.33
$1.80
FY
20-21
$12.57
$0.31
$16.17
$0.31
$19.72
$0.31
$26.93
$0.31
$2.44
$1.89
FY
21-22
$13.20
$0.33
$16.98
$0.33
$20.71
$0.33
$28.27
$0.33
$2.57
$1.99
HCF = hundred cubic feet
FY = fiscal year (July 1 - June 30)
SECTION 2. The Mayor shall sign this Ordinance and the City Clerk shall attest
and certify to the passage and adoption of it, and within fifteen (15) days, publish in a newspaper
of general circulation in the City of Azusa.
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall take effect August 1, 2011.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 5th day of July, 2011.
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Jos ph R. Rocha, Mayor
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Vera Mendoza, City Clerk
I Vera Mendoza, City Clerk of the City of Azusa, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Ordinance No. I1-010 was duly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular
meeting of the City Council on the 20th day of June, 2011, and that thereafter, said Ordinance
was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 5 ,day of July
2011, by the following vote of the Council:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Attorney, City of Azusa
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was duly adopted at a regular meeting of
the City Council on the 5th day of July, 2011, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: GONALES, CARRILLO, HANKS, ROCHA
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: MACIAS
Vera Mendoza, City Clerk
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