HomeMy WebLinkAbout1980-07-15; City Council; 6230; Establishing sewer service chargesc
CITY OF CARLSBAD
Initial:
AGENDA BILL NO. 6 ^ sLO Dept. Head_^
DATE: JULY 15, 1980 •' C. Atty
DEPARTMENT: ENGINEERING . C. Mgr.
SUBJECT: RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING SEWER SERVICE CHARGES
STATEMENT OF THE MATTER
At their meeting of July 1, 1980, the City Council directed staff to return
to them with documents increasing the sewer service fee by two dollars a
month to offset costs of upgrading the existing Encina Sewage Treatment Plant.
FISCAL IMPACT -
The proposed two-dollar capital facilities surcharge on the monthly sewer
service fee will generate about $750,000 for the Sewer Construction Fund
over the next three years. ' • •
EXHIBITS
Staff Report
Resolution No.£«a </</.
RECOMMENDATION
Adopt Resolution No.
Council Action:
7-15-80 Council adopted Resolution 6244, setting sewer service charges.
MEMORANDUM - July 2, 1980
TO: ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER/DEVELOPMENT
FROM: CITY ENGINEER 6J~*
SUBJECT: SEWER SERVICE FEE - CAPITAL FACILITIES SURCHARGE
At their meeting of July 1, 1980, the City Council considered a plan to
finance the needs of the sewer construction fund over the next three years.
The majority of expenditures from the fund will be toward the Encina
Phase III Upgrading and Expansion Project.
According to the Brown and Caldwell "Financial Plan and Revenue Program"
for the Encina Phase III Enlargement and Upgrading of September, 1979,
Carlsbad's share of the project is $3,167,000. On June 16, 1980, the
Encina General Manager revised this cost estimate to $3,399,778.
Brown and Caldwell's September, 1979 report described Carlsbad's local
share of Phase III as follows:
Local share of eligible upgrading costs $ 957,000
Local share of ineligible upgrading costs 1,439,000
Local share of eligible enlargement costs 252,000
Local share of ineligible enlargements costs 519,000
Total $3,167,000
Carlsbad's share of eligible upgrading costs (amount left over after Feds
pay 75% and State pays 12.5%) is going to be about $957,000. The per-
centage of this cost which relates to the existing capacity at Encina should
be borne by present sewer users rather than being passed on to developers.
Seventy-five percent of the upgrading work is required to bring the existing
treatment plant up to the secondary treatment levels mandated by Federal
regulations. Therefore, the City should attempt to raise $750,000 from
present users prior to completion of Phase III. This can be accomplished
by raising the sewer user fee by $2 per EDU and applying it to the Sewer
Construction Fund.
The existing resolution setting sewer service fees was adopted by Council
on October 2, 1979. These charges are still adequate to offset the cost of
operations and maintenance of Carlsbad's sewage collection and treatment.
The $2 surcharge would be deposited in the Sewer Construction Fund and
utilized for capital improvements. At such time as the Phase III Encina
Project is complete and in operation, the capital facilities charge would
be deleted and a new sewer service charge developed.
LE:mmt
C: City Attorney
Finance Director.
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
27
28
RESOLUTION NO. 6244
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, SETTING SEWER SERVICE CHARGES
WHEREAS, Section 13.12.020 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code pro-
vides that all persons served by the City sewer system shall pay a
sewer service charge; and
WHEREAS, the City Council, upon recommendation of the City
Manager, has determined to add a two-dollar per month capital
facilities surcharge to the sewer service fee;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City
of Carlsbad as follows:
1. That the above recitations are true and correct.
2. That the monthly sewer service charge will consist of a
service charge and a capital facilities surcharge which shall be
applicable to all premises in the City hooked up to Encina Water
Pollution Control Facility.
3. That the capital facilities surcharge will be effective
beginning September 15, 1980, as shown on Exhibit "A" attached
hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
4. That the monthly capital facilities surcharge will be
placed in the Sewer Construction Fund and shall be used to pay for
the capital improvements of s.aid system.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City
Council of the City of Carlsbad held the 15thday of July ,1980,
by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Council Members Packard, Casler, Anear, Lewis and Kulchin
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
26 "^^.^\
ATTEST:
RONALD C. PACKARD, Mayor
ALETHA L. RAUTENKRANZ, City Clerk]
(SEAL)
c
CAPITAL FACILITIES SURCHARGE
EXHIBIT "A1
CLASSIFICATION:
A. Residential
(1) For each single-family dwelling
(2) For each unit a duplex, flat, apart-
ment, court, multiple dwelling,
mobile home complex or trailer court
B. Commercial & Industrial
(1) For each unit of a motel, hotel,
rooming, lodging or boarding house,
ten units or less
-Each additional unit over ten
-Each unit with kitchen facilities
(2) Bakeries, markets with disposals,
mortuaries and restaurants
(3) Schools and all other commercial uses
not listed above
Monthly
Sewer Service
Charge
$3.25
$3.25
$1
$1
30
00
$3.25
L25
$3.25
(4) Car washes, wash racks, laundries
and other enterprises where water is $3.25 per EDU +
the primary commodity to carry on $0.32 per each
said business and said water is dis- 100 cubic feet
charged into the sanitary sewer system
(5) Each enterprise where water is the
primary commodity to carry on said
business, said water characteristics
exceed the sewer service area average
for suspended solids (S.S.)
$0.32 x (C180+
S.S.34- 360)
(6) For each unit of an office of commer-
cial building or any establishment
having facilities for trailers, campers
or boats $3.25
Monthly
Capital Facilities
Surcharge
$2.00
$2.00
$0.80
$0.60
$2.00
$2.00
$2.00
$2.00 per EDU +
$0.20 per each
100 cubic feet
$0.20 x (C180+
S.SJ 4- 360)
$2.00