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RESOLUTION NO. $$ t 2
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING
RESCINDING RESOLUTIONS NO. 84-33, 85-214, AND 85-215,
AND ESTABLISHING NEW SEWER SERVICE AND SEWER CONNECTION
CHARGES
WHEREAS, the existing sewer service charges, sewer connection charges,
and sewer system special benefit charges for the City of Redding have been
established by Resolution Nos. 84-33, 85-214, and 85-215, and
WHEREAS, the City of Redding, through its City Council , has adopted an
updated Master Sewer Plan dated November 1987, which identifies certain
system deficiencies with cost estimates for improvements to eliminate said
deficiencies, and
WHEREAS, the City of Redding, through its City Council , has approved
the Preliminary Design Report for the proposed Stillwater Sewer Treatment
Plant which estimates costs for constructing both the initial phase of the
treatment plant and the subsequent expansions, and
WHEREAS, the Master Sewer Plan and the Preliminary Design Report were
available for public inspection and review fourteen (14) days prior to this
public hearing, and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the existing sewer rates
and charges do not produce sufficient revenue to pay all the costs
associated with the improvements to the sewer system, and
WHEREAS, the City Council deems it to be in the best interests of the
City and its citizens that a new schedule of sewer service charges be
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established as recommended in Exhibit "A," which is attached hereto and
incorporated herein by reference, and
WHEREAS, the increase in the sewer service charges shall be used to
pay bond debt service to finance the initial construction of the Stillwater
system and to expand certain system deficiencies within the Clear Creek
system, and
WHEREAS, a new schedule of sewer connection charges has now been
recommended, which is attached hereto as Exhibit "B" and incorporated
herein by reference, and
WHEREAS, the sewer connection charges shall be used solely for the
correction of sewer system deficiencies as outlined in the updated Sewer
Master Plan or the expansion of the Stillwater Treatment Plant as outlined
in the Preliminary Design Report, and
WHEREAS, staff has reviewed the requirements of CEQA under Section
15273 as it relates to sewer service fees and connection charges and is of
the opinion that the proposed increase in charges is not subject to CEQA,
with said findings being based on the following, the charges may be used to
meet operating expenses, wages, employee benefits, to allow repair and
replacement of the existing system, to increase capacity within existing
service areas as a product of continuing growth and more efficient use of
land, to provide for reconstruction and replacement of substandard portions
of the system, to make emergency repairs as the need arises, to pump,
transmit and treat sewage originating from existing service areas, to
obtain service and supplies, to plan and manage the system and to process
payments.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Redding as follows:
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1 . Resolution Numbers 84-33, 85-214, and 85-215 are hereby
rescinded.
2. Pursuant to Section 14.16.100 of the Redding Municipal Code,
revised sewer service charges are hereby established in accordance with the
fee schedule which is attached hereto as Exhibit "A. "
3. Pursuant to Section 14.16.070 of the Redding Municipal Code,
sewer connection charges are hereby established in accordance with the rate
schedule which is attached hereto as Exhibit "B," and the findings made in
Exhibit "B" pursuant to Government Code Section 66001 are hereby adopted.
4. For any property that has completed an application for a building
permit prior to the enactment date of this resolution, the connection
charge shall be as noted in Resolution Numbers 84-33 and 85-214.
5. Commencing five (5) years following the first collection of sewer
connection charges set in accordance with this resolution, and annually
thereafter, the Public Works Director shall review the estimated cost of
the described sewer system improvements, the continued need for the
improvements financed by connection charges and the reasonable relationship
between the sewer connection charge and the purpose for which it is
charged. Any connection charge which remains unexpended or uncommitted for
five years or more after being deposited with the City shall be subject to
refund as defined in Chapter 5 of Division 1 , Title 7, of the Government
Code.
6. This resolution shall become effective only upon its
incorporation as an amendment to Redding Municipal Code Sections 14.16.070
and 14.16.100, from and after the effective date of such amendment.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was introduced and read
at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Redding on the 4th
day of October , 1988, an was duly adopted at said meeting by
the following vote:
AYES COUNCIL MEMBERS Buffum, Carter, Dahl, Fulton, & Johannessen
NOES COUNCIL MEMBERS None
ABSENT COUNCIL MEMBERS None
ABSTAIN COUNCIL MEMBERS None
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MAURI'CE JOHANNESSEN, Mayor
City of Redding
ATTEST FORM APPROVED
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ETHEL A. NICHOLS, City Clerk RA I'LL A. HAYS, C ty ttorney
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EXHIBIT "A"
CITY OF REDDING
Monthly Sewer Service Charges
Class I - Residential Users
IA - Single Family - see Table 1
IB - Multiple Family - see Table 2
Class II - Users that discharge a wastewater similar in strength to that of
domestic wastewater
Class IIA and IIB users charged on the basis of water consumption -
see Table 4
Class IIB users charged on the basis of household equivalents - see
Table 3
Class III - Users that discharge a wastewater greater than domestic
wastewater in strength
Class IIIA - Restaurants are the only users in this class based on the
measured strength of their wastewater. For restaurants charged on the
basis of water consumption, multiply the appropriate amount from Table
4 by 1 .24. For restaurants charged on the basis of household equiva-
lents, multiply the appropriate ppropriate amount from Table 3 by 1 .24.
Class IIIB - Class IIIB users shall be assessed a fee per household
equivalent discharged as shown in Table 3 with the household
equivalents determined by the monitoring of flow and wastewater
strength.
Class IV - Users that have no prior history of water use
Class IV users shall pay an appropriate fee as provided for Classes II
and III .
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Monthly Sewer Service Charges
TABLE 1 - Monthly charge for single family residential users
1. $8.00 per residence up tp December 31 , 1988
2. $10.00 per residence starting January 1 , 1989, and continuing up
to December 31 , 1989
3. $12.00 per residence starting January 1 , 1990, and continuing up
to December 31 , 1990
4. $13.25 per residence starting January 1 , 1991
TABLE 2 - Monthly charge for multiple family residential users
1 . $4.00 per unit up to December 31 , 1988
2. $5.00 per unit starting January 1 , 1989, and continuing up to
December 31 , 1989
3. $6.00 per unit starting January 1 , 1990, and continuing up to
December 31 , 1990
4. $6.72 per unit starting January 1 , 1991
TABLE 3 - Monthly charge based on household equivalents
1 . $8.00 per household equivalent discharged up to December 31 , 1988
2. $10.00 per household equivalent discharged starting January 1 ,
1989, and continuing up to December 31 , 1989
3. $12.00 per household equivalent discharged starting January 1 ,
1990, and continuing up to December 31 , 1990
4. $13.25 per household equivalent discharged starting January 1 ,
1991
TABLE 4 - Monthly charge based on water consumption
1 . $0.88 per thousand gallons of water used up to December 31 , 1988.
2. $1 .10 per thousand gallons of water used starting January 1 , 1989
and continuing up to December 31 , 1989.
3. $1 .32 per thousand gallons of water used starting January 1 ,
1990, and continuing up to December 31 , 1990.
4. $1 .46 per thousand gallons of water used starting January 1 ,
1991 .
EXHIBIT "B"
CITY OF REDDING
SEWER CONNECTION CHARGES
The following rates shall be paid to the City of Redding
prior to the issuance of any sewer connection permit or any
physical connection to a public sewer from the premises to which
the charges apply. [See Government Code §66001 (a) (1) - (4) 1 The
City Council of the City of Redding hereby finds and declares
that: The purpose of the connection charges is to provide for
sewage conveyance and treatment. The charges will be used to
finance the facilities identified below. The sewage conveyance
and treatment is needed to service both existing demand in the
City of Redding and future increases in demand due to growth in
residential development and commercial activity. The sewage
conveyance and treatment facilities to be financed by the
connection charges are the necessary means for servicing these
demands for sewage treatment. The study and analysis prepared by
Pace Engineering entitled "City of Redding 1987 MASTER SEWER
Plan, " and the report prepared by CH2MHil1 in association with
Pace Engineering entitled "Preliminary Design Report for the
STILLWATER REGIONAL WASTEWATER FACILITIES, " and the facts and
evidence presented, establish that there is a reasonable
relationship between the need for the described public facilities
and the impacts of all types of development which increase the
demand for additional household equivalents of wastewater
conveyance and treatment; and, also there is a reasonable
relationship between the use of the charges and the types of
development for which the fee is charged. The cost estimates for
the facilities financed by these charges are reasonable cost
estimates for constructing these facilities, and the charges
expected to be generated by new development will not exceed the
total of these costs.
A. SPECIAL BENEFIT CHARGES
The Special Benefit Charges established by Resolution
No. 84-33 shall not be charged for identified system
deficiencies in specific geographical areas of the City.
The remaining amount of the cost of correcting said system
deficiencies shall be incorporated into the system
improvement portion of the connection charge.
B. CONNECTION CHARGE FOR SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT
A connection charge for system improvements of Three Hundred
Fifty and 00/100 Dollars ($350 .00) effective 11/17/88 , Five
Hundred Fifty and 00/100 Dollars ($550 .00) effective 7/1/89 ,
and Eight Hundred Seventy-Five and 00/100 Dollars ($875 .00)
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effective 7/1/90 , per household equivalent as defined in the
Redding Municipal Code, shall be paid as a condition
precedent to any sewer connection into the sewer system.
This charge shall not apply, and an exemption shall be
given, for properties in the Clover Creek Assessment
District. (The Clover Creek Assessment District is an area
to be served only by the new regional facility at
Stillwater; facilities in the District will be newly
constructed; properties in the District will not make use of
or benefit from the system improvements financed by this
connection charge. ) This sewer connection charge represents
the computed reasonable contributive share of the cost of
construction of the trunk sewers, interceptors, and pumping
facilities. See Tables 1 and 2 attached hereto.
C. CONNECTION CHARGE FOR TREATMENT PLANT EXPANSION
A connection charge of Five Hundred Fifty Dollars ($550 .00)
effective 11/17/88 , Eight Hundred Fifty Dollars ($850 . 00)
effective 7/1/89, and One Thousand Seventy-Five Dollars
($1 ,075 .00) effective 7/1/90 , per household equivalent as
defined in the Redding Municipal Code, shall be paid as a
condition precedent to any sewer connection into the sewer
system. This sewer connection charge represents the
computed reasonable contributive share of the cost of
construction of the next planned expansions of the Clear
Creek and Stillwater treatment facilities. See Table 3
attached hereto.
D. FRONT FOOTAGE CHARGE
For each sewer connection made into a lateral which has not
been constructed or financed by means of a local assessment
district or through any other means in which the applicant
or his predecessor in interest has obtained a vested
interest, there shall be paid by the applicant a front
footage charge for lateral connection computed at the rate
of $14 .00 per foot of street frontage of the premises to be
connected. The premises front footage shall be calculated
as set forth in the Redding Municipal Code.
E. LINE TAP CHARGE
When a wye or "T" branch is not available for a sewer
connection, the applicant for the sewer connection shall pay
a line tap charge as follows:
6"x4" "T" Branch $ 90 .00
6"x6" "T" Branch $ 90 .00
8"x4" "T" Branch $115 . 00
8"x6" "T" Branch $115 .00
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When tapping sewer mains ten inches or larger, the applicant
will be required to make a hot tap on the sewer main at the
applicant' s expense. The City of Redding will be notified
in advance so as to be able to inspect the tap. Inthe
event of a hot tap, the normal line tap fee will be waived.
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