HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 089-16RESOLUTION NO. 089- 1 6
A RESOLUTION ADOPTING SEWER CONNECTION FEES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 14.12.380 OF THE
BAKERSFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE.
WHEREAS, Section 14.12.380 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code (BMC)
authorizes the establishment each fiscal year of sewer connection fees sufficient
for the City to recover the reasonable costs of providing sewer connection
services, which include the costs associated with and necessitated by the
upgrading and expansion of sewer facilities; and
WHEREAS, the City has upgraded and expanded Sewer Treatment Plant
#3 from 16 MGD capacity (mgd - million gallons daily) to 32 MGD capacity,
including some upgrades to existing capacity processing and procedures; and
WHEREAS, the City has financed the expansion project improvements, in
whole or in part, with Sewer Revenue Bonds in the amount of $234,425,000; and
WHEREAS, in July 2015 the City refinanced a large portion of the existing
Sewer revenue Bond debt to take advantage of lower market rates and reduce
annual debt service costs of the enterprise; and
WHEREAS, the City debt repayment of the Sewer Revenue Bonds is
dependent upon Sewer Connection Fee revenues as one of the major
enterprise revenue sources pledged for debt repayments scheduled until the
year 2035; and
WHEREAS, City staff have computed the reasonable cost of providing
sewer connection service through fiscal year 2016 -17; and
WHEREAS, in prior fiscal years, the Sewer Connection Fees for Major
Industrial Users were adopted with Sewer User Rates, and for fiscal year 2016 -17
the Sewer Connection fees for Major Industrial Users will be included with the
Resolution to adopt Residential and Commercial Sewer Connection Fees; and
WHEREAS, commercial businesses issued a Sewer Permit by the
Wastewater Division are subject to Sewer Connection Fees for Major Industrial
Users; and
WHEREAS, the sewer connection fees set forth in Exhibit "A" attached
hereto and incorporated by reference as though fully set forth herein, do not
exceed the reasonable estimated cost of providing the services for which the
fees are charged; and �eepkF9s
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ORIGINAL
WHEREAS, the fees shall be due and payable upon application for a
building permit or permit To connect an existing building to the City sewer
system.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield
as follows:
The above recitals and findings are true and correct.
2. The Sewer Connection Fees under Section 14.12.380 of the Bakersfield
Municipal Code are hereby adopted and shall become effective on
the dates and in the amounts set forth in Exhibit "A ", attached hereto.
HEREBY CERTIFY that The foregoing Resolution was passed and
adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting thereof held
on JUN 6 6 2016 by the following vote:
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ROBERTA GAFFORD, CM
CITY CLERK and Ex lerk of
the Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED JUN 0 B
HARVEY L. HALL, MAYOR
CITY OF BAKERSFIELD
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
VIRGINIA GENNARO
CITY ATTORNEY
By
JOSHUA RUDNICK oeeAKFq
eputy City Attorney II
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ORIGINAL
EXHIBIT "A"
CONNECTION CHARGES
All new connections or new fixture units connected to the City sewer
system will require payment of a sewer connection charge. Any
individual, firm, company or corporation making such connection shall
pay the charge at the time the building permit is issued in accordance
with the following:
(A) Single family dwellings or units in multiple family dwellings with 14 or
less fixture units (including shared fixtures in multiple unit complexes)
as per Uniform Building Code and with two (2) bedrooms or less.
(B) Equivalency factor shall be 1.0 for all uses excepting markets,
mortuaries, restaurants /coffee shops, food service shops and
bakeries which uses shall have an equivalency factor of 2.0.
To determine the total connection charge, multiply the number of
fixture units (as per Uniform Plumbing Code) by the per fixture
charge and that answer by the equivalency multiplier.
The equivalency multiplier adjusts for loadings greater or less than
the residential loadings.
(C) Major Industrial Dischargers use the following measurements to
calculate connection charges:
Flow $1.18 /gallons per day
Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) $800/ pounds per day
Total Suspended Solids (TSS) $254 / pounds per day
II. TIMING AND BASIS
The sewer connection charge is to be paid prior to issuance of a
building permit, and will be based on the current adopted charges at
the time of issuance of the permit.
Fixture Units shall be as defined in the Uniform Plumbing Code. FeAKE9
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Single
Multiple
Dwellings with
Per Fixture Unit
Family
Family
14 or Less
for Commercial
Effective Date
Dwellings
Dwelling
Fixture Units A
or Industrial B
July 1, 2016
4,000
1 12,880
2,545
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(A) Single family dwellings or units in multiple family dwellings with 14 or
less fixture units (including shared fixtures in multiple unit complexes)
as per Uniform Building Code and with two (2) bedrooms or less.
(B) Equivalency factor shall be 1.0 for all uses excepting markets,
mortuaries, restaurants /coffee shops, food service shops and
bakeries which uses shall have an equivalency factor of 2.0.
To determine the total connection charge, multiply the number of
fixture units (as per Uniform Plumbing Code) by the per fixture
charge and that answer by the equivalency multiplier.
The equivalency multiplier adjusts for loadings greater or less than
the residential loadings.
(C) Major Industrial Dischargers use the following measurements to
calculate connection charges:
Flow $1.18 /gallons per day
Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) $800/ pounds per day
Total Suspended Solids (TSS) $254 / pounds per day
II. TIMING AND BASIS
The sewer connection charge is to be paid prior to issuance of a
building permit, and will be based on the current adopted charges at
the time of issuance of the permit.
Fixture Units shall be as defined in the Uniform Plumbing Code. FeAKE9
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