HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-11-05; City Council; Resolution 2013-2571
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RESOLUTION NO. 2013-257
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, CONDUCTING A MAJORITY-PROTEST PUBLIC HEARING TO
APPROVE AN INCREASE TO THE WASTEWATER RATES AS WELL AS
FUTURE RATE ADJUSTMENTS ALLOWING FOR THE PASS THROUGH OF
WHOLESALE WATER COSTS AND INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENTS FOR
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.
WHEREAS, the City of Carlsbad (city) is proposing wastewater (sewer) rate increases in January
2014 and January 2015; and
WHEREAS, the California Legislature passed Assembly Bill 3030 that allows a locally owned
water utility to adopt a multi-year rate schedule establishing wastewater (sewer) fees, for a period not to
exceed 5 years, provided that the rate schedule be adopted by the governing board of the agency in a
public ratemaking case proceeding using the procedures authorized by current law; and
WHEREAS, the California Constitution Article XIII D § 6(A)(2) states that local governments must
hold a majority-protest public hearing, and notify customers not less than forty-five (45) days in advance of
increases in wastewater rates; and
WHEREAS, in September 2013, Carlsbad residents and property owners were notified by mail of
the proposed rate increase (Exhibit 7), thereby complying with the advance notice requirement of forty-five
(45) days; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad approves the wastewater rate increases as set
forth in Exhibit 6; and
WHEREAS, the city determines increases to the wastewater (sewer) rates are in accordance with
the findings required by Section 15273(c) of the CEQA Guidelines as follows:
The rates and charges identified in the Schedule of Fees, Deposits, and Charges are for the
purpose of: (1) meeting operating expenses, including employee wage rates and fringe benefits;
(2) purchasing or leasing supplies, equipment, or materials; and (3) meeting financial reserve
needs and requirements; and
WHEREAS, A copy of this CEQA exemption shall be retained in the city file and files with the
county clerk to serve as verification of this evaluation and as the CEQA environmental determination
record.
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1 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, as
2 follows:
3 1. That the above recitations are true and correct.
4 2. That the City Council of the City of Carlsbad approves the increases in wastewater (sewer) rates
^ as well as future rate adjustments for inflationary costs, effective January 1, 2014, and January
1, 2015 as set forth in Exhibit 6. 6
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Joint Special Meeting of the Carisbad City
Council and the Carisbad Municipal Water District Board of Directors on the 5*^ day of
November, 2013, by the following vote to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
Council Members Hall, Packard, Wood, Blackburn and Douglas.
None.
None.
MATT HALL, Mayor
ATTEST:
BARBARA ENGLESON, OtV Clerk