HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-06-27 - AGENDA REPORTS - STORMDRN FEES ANNUAL ASMT (2)CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
PUBLIC HEARING City Manager Approval:
Item to be presented by: Amelia Rietzel
DATE: June 27, 2000
SUBJECT: RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING FEES AND CHARGES FOR STORM
DRAINAGE UTILITY SERVICES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000-2001
DEPARTMENT: City Manager
RECOMMENDED ACTION
City Council open the public hearing, receive testimony, close the public hearing and adopt
Resolution establishing fees and charges for storm drainage utility services for fiscal year 2000-
2001.
BACKGROUND
The Federal Clean Water Act sets forth specific requirements with which the City must comply
on an annual basis. These requirements are provided in the National Pollution Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES) Permit issued by the California Regional Water Quality Control
Board. In order to fund the services needed to be in compliance with this federally mandated
program, the City enacted, by Ordinance No. 94-7, the Storm Drainage Pollution Abatement
Charge. This charge was originally enacted in 1994. However, in compliance with the Government
Code it is reaffirmed each year.
For fiscal year 2000-2001, the fee will remain unchanged at $21 per equivalent dwelling unit. This
fee is based on the cost of providing the services required under the NPDES permit, which is
estimated at $2,170,000 per year.
Government Code Section 54354.5 states that the specific fees to be charged for services must be
adopted by City Council Resolution, after providing notice and holding a public hearing. The City
has provided notice and will receive testimony at this public hearing.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION
Other actions as determined by the City Council
FISCAL IMPACT
All revenues are used to offset expenditures for mandated stormwater related services.
ATTACHMENT
Resolution
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CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA ESTABLISHING FEES AND CHARGES
FOR STORM DRAINAGE UTILITY SERVICES IN THE
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA
PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN:
A Public Hearing will be held before the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita to consider a
resolution of the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita establishing fees and charges for storm
drainage utility services in the City of Santa Clarita, California. (A complete copy of the
proposed resolution follows this notice.)
The hearing will be held in the City Hall Council Chambers, 23920 Valencia Blvd., 1st Floor, on
the 27d' day of June 2000, at or after 6:30 p.m.
Proponents, opponents, and any interested persons, including all persons owning property in the
local agency, may appear and be heard as to whether the proposed raters and charges are
discriminatory or excessive, or will not be sufficient under Section 54515, or will not comply
with any other provision of this chapter, or will not be sufficient under the provisions or
covenants of any outstanding revenue bonds of the local agency payable from the revenues of the
enterprise, or on any other matter relating to said proposed resolution or ordinance or the rates or
charges proposed therein. Further information may be obtained by contacting the City Clerk's
Office, Santa Clarita City Hall, 23920 Valencia Boulevard, Suite 301, Santa Clarita, CA.
If you wish to challenge this action in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you
or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence
delivered to the City Council, at, or prior to, the public hearing.
Dated: June 2, 2000
Sharon L. Dawson, CMC
City Clerk
Publish Date: June 17, 2000