HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 170-19RESOLUTION NO. 170-1 9
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAKERSFIELD SETTING DOMESTIC WATER AVAILABILITY FEE.
WHEREAS, the City is slated with the responsibility of ensuring that all
proposed development in the City's Domestic Water Service area will `have a
viable high quality water supply and pressures or such development cannot
proceed; and
WHEREAS, in order to ensure that current and future infrastructure and
distribution of water supplies will be available for current and new users, the City
must take all necessary steps to procure and capture water resources, including,
but not limited to, acquiring real property for the drilling of water wells, installation
of transmission water mains and water treatment facilities; and
WHEREAS, the cost of procuring and maintaining the water supply is an
expense which is funded from the various fees established for the use of such
water supplies; and
WHEREAS, the Availability Fee charged to ensure water will be accessible
for new development (cost of funding new water well construction, purchase of -
land for recharge facilities, etc.) is currently $6,054.00 per acre and has not be
adjusted since July 1, 2015; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Government Code Section 66016, the City noticed a
hearing for October 23, 2019 regarding the setting of the availability fee; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the calculations set forth in Exhibit "A attached
hereto and incorporated herein by reference, the new availability fee needs to
be set at $6,169.00 per acre effective November 1, 2019 to offset these increased
costs, pursuant to Bakersfield Municipal Code Section 14.04.120(b) in accordance
with the Construction Cost Index as defined in the Bakersfield Municipal Code
Section 15.84.030(D).
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NOW, THEREFORE. BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council of the City of Bakersfield
as follows:
1. The above recitals are true and correct and incorporated .herein by
reference.
2. The City Council hereby adopts a new water availability fee of
$6,169.00 per acre based upon the calculations contained in Exhibit
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HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed and adopted
by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting thereof held on
OCT 2 3 2019 ,-by the following vote:
AYES' COUNCIL MEMBER RIVERAA,, GOONZALES, , SMITH, FREEMAN, SULLIVAN, PARHR
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBER
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBER ��-
SENT. COUNCIL MEMBER U -4-A V"
APPROVED
J LIE DRIMAKIS
CITY CLERK and Ex Officio Clerk of
the Council of the City of Bakersfield
OCT 2 3 2019.
By
KAREN GOH
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
VIRGINIA GENNARO
Cit7't"'r y
By cid
VII6GINIA GENNARO
City Attorney
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January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Divided by 12
Computation of change in CCI:
2018
2017
Change ($)
AVAILABILITY FEE
2018 1 2017
11,935.82
11,555.03
11,935.82
11,555.03
11,935.82
11,555.03
11,935.82
11,642.47
11,935.82
11,636.49
11,940.25
11,636.49
11,985.50
11,636.49
12,000.25
11,962.32
12,002.50
11,960.32
12,009.59
11,935.82
12,006.35
11,935.82
12,011.85
11,935.82
143,635.39 140,947.13
11,969.62 11,745.59
11,969.62
11,745.59
224.03
Change (%) 1.91%
Current Availability Fee- July 1, 2019 $6,054
Change (%) Construction Cost Index 1.91%
New Availability Fee- November 1, 2019 $6,169
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