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Home My WebLink About2001-07-10 - RESOLUTIONS - STORMDRN UTILITY FEE (2)r RESOLUTION No. 01-90 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING FEES AND CHARGES FOR SITE SPECIFIC STORM DRAINAGE UTILITY SERVICES, PURSUANT TO TITLE 15, CHAPTER 15.50 OF THE SANTA CLARITA MUNICIPAL CODE, THE REVENUE BOND ACT OF 1941 AND THE RIGHT TO VOTE ON TAXES ACT; CANVASSING BALLOTS AND IMPOSING FEES FOR THE WEST OF MCBEAN AND SOUTH OF COPPERHILL DRIVE HIDDEN CREEK DEVELOPMENT WHEREAS, the City of Santa Clarita (the "City") has evaluated the options available for funding the maintenance of additional site-specific water quality facilities associated with the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit issued to the City by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board; and WHEREAS, the evaluation indicated the feasibility and equity of funding the additional site specific water quality facilities by the formation of a specific storm drainage utility supported by user charges against all property within the area served by such facilities would be appropriate; and WHEREAS, the City Council at its meeting of January 4, 2000, determined that most water quality facilities established to fulfill the NPDES requirements will be maintained, operated, improved, or replaced privately, including reliance on private funding and private maintenance; and WHEREAS, the City Council, after careful study of said evaluation, did hold hearings as required by Government Code Section 66018 and, thereafter, enact an amendment to Title 15, Chapter 15.50 of the Santa Clarita Municipal Code authorizing the establishment of specific user charges for any water quality facilities that are site specific; and WHEREAS, the City intends by the establishment of the fees and charges set forth herein to fund maintenance of water quality facilities in accordance with the NPDES requirements of the Federal Clean Water Act, and therefore, the storm drainage user charge shall herein and henceforth be known as the "Site Specific Storm Drainage Pollution Abatement Charge"; and WHEREAS, the City has prepared a report (the "Stormwater Fee Report") indicating the proposed fees and charges on each parcel in the West of McBean and South of Copperhill Drive Hidden Creek development; and WHEREAS, the City Council has examined and considered the Stormwater Fee Report; and WHEREAS, the charges proposed herein are not discriminatory or excessive and comply with the provisions of the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (commencing at Government Code section 54300 at seq.) and the laws of the State of California; and WHEREAS, Proposition 218, the Right to Vote on Taxes Act, requires that if a new fee is imposed on a property, the City shall mail written notice of a protest hearing to all owners of identified parcels, and that the City shall thereafter conduct a public hearing at which the City Council shall consider all protests of the proposed fees and charges; and WHEREAS, if no majority protest exists, the City shall mail a notice of the proposed fees and charges together with a ballot to all owners of identified parcels, and that the City shall thereafter conduct an election and canvass the ballots; and WHEREAS, the City did conduct said majority protest hearing and election in conformance with applicable law; and WHEREAS, a majority protest did not exist at the majority protest hearing and the ballots in favor of the proposed fees and charges outnumbered the ballots opposed to the proposed fees and charges; and WHEREAS, the City complied with all applicable law and the City Council has now obtained jurisdiction to establish and impose the "Site Specific Storm Drainage Pollution Abatement Charge". NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA DOES HEREBY FIND, DETERMINE, ORDER AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The above recitals are true and correct. Section 2. The City Council is satisfied with the correctness of the Stormwater Fee Report, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and incorporated herein by this reference and is available in the City Clerk's Office, and with the proceedings and all matters relating thereto. Section . The fees and charges set forth in the Stormwater Fee Report are hereby adopted and imposed. The Site Specific Storm Drainage Pollution Abatement Fee will include an annual inflation adjustment in accordance with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Anaheim, for April of each year. Section 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution. . PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 10`" day of July, 2001. ATTEST: -. 1 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss CITY OF SANTA CLARITA ) r I, Sharon L. Dawson, City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 10th day of July, 2001, by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Kellar, Ferry, Smyth, Darcy, Weste ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None CITY CLERK EXHIBIT A • ATTACHMENT TO RESOLUTION BIDDEN CREEK DEVELOPMENT WEST OF MCBEAN PARKWAY AND SOUTH OF COPPERHILL DRIVE STORMWATER FEE REPORT The sediment clean-out cycle for a basin in a stabilized watershed is typically on the order of ten to twenty years; however, the cost of sediment removal at each cycle can be up to 40% of the initial pond construction cost, depending on the size and accessibility of the pond and the methods used to remove, transport and dispose of accumulated sediment. Therefore, budgeting for more frequent removal, on the order of every five to ten years, is recommended. The following annual budget for maintenance includes monthly inspection, landscaping and debris removal as well as annualized reserve funds for erosion control, sediment removal and revegetation and for hazardous material removal (if required) and for sediment clean-out of 5 outlets to San Francisquito Creek. The Site Specific Storm Drainage Pollution Abatement Fee will include an annual inflation adjustment in accordance with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Anaheim, for April of each year. Inspection, Landscaping and Debris Removal Estimated Cost: EQUIPMENT Reg Hrs cost SubTotal Total Supervisor 0 $0.00 $0.00 Crewleader 24 $1,752.00 $1,752:00 S. Maint. Wkr 192 $11,712.00 $11,712.00 Secretary 0 $0.00 $0.00. $0.00 Vector 30 $13,464 EQUIPMENT MATERIALS Dump Fees $1,000.00 Hours Cost % ton truck 24 $72.00 1 ton truck 192 $960.00 5 ton truck 0 $0.00 10 ton truck 0 $0.00 Loader 0 $0.00 Backhoe 0 $0.00 Vector 30 $1,500.00 $2,532.00 MATERIALS Dump Fees $1,000.00 TOTAL $16,996.00 Erosion Control Sediment Removal. and Revegetation (Reserve Fund) .Assuming a 5 -year return interval: Sediment Removal and Erosion Control Assuming removal of 6 inches over entire basin at rate of $7/cubic yard Annual Cost: (370 c.y.* $7/c.y.)/5 = $518.00 Reveeetation Assuming revegetation of entire basin bottom at a cost of $0.15/ft' Annual Cost: (20,000 W * $0.15/ft')/5 = $600.00 Hazardous Material Removal (Reserve Fund) Assuming a 10 -year return interval and removal, disposal and replacement of 24 inches of soil from 50% of basin invert, at a rate of $25/c.y.: Total Annualized Reserve Fund: [(2 ft * 10,000 fV * 1 fi'/27 c.y.) * $25/c.y.1/10 = $1,852.00 Outlets into San Francisguito Creek The sediment clean-out cost for pipe outlets into the Creek is assumed to be $1,500 per year for 48 inch and smaller pipe outlets and $2,000 per year for pipe outlets larger than 48 inch. There is a total of 5 outlets into the creek in Tract 44831-02 including one 78 inch pipe, three 48 inch pipes and one 36 inch pipe. The 36 inch is expected to carry approximately 170 cy of debris in a 50 year storm event and will not be maintained by the County of Los Angeles. The remaining four systems are not expected to carry any significant amounts of debris and the County of L.A. will maintain them from the first manhole and upstream of that. The City of Santa Clarita will maintain from the outlet in the Creek to the first manhole. TOTAL Annual Cost: (1 x $2,000) + (4 x $1,500) _ $8,000 TOTAL ANNUAL MAINTENANCE AND RESERVE BUDGET: $27,966.00 Development Area Pro osed Develovment Hidden Creek West of McBean 275 Single Family Dwellings (estimated) Pkwy and South of Copperhill Pkwy $27,966.00/275 Single Family Dwellings (SFD) _ $101.69 ver SFD /year *This asa++•*+es 275 SFD will be built on this site. 8: NpssNENvsavcs%NPOES2%"M %Mdamch %acRerAoc