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Home My WebLink AboutRES NO 093-2022RESOLUTION NO. 0 9 3 v 2 0 2 2 RESOLUTION ADOPTING NEW SEWER RATES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022/2023 WHEREAS, Chapter 14.12 of the Bakersfield Municipal Code authorizes the City Council of the City of Bakersfield (City) to establish fees and charges to recover costs for services rendered; and WHEREAS, the Wastewater Revenue Program for the City of Bakersfield Wastewater and Stormwater Facilities was developed in 1978 to establish sewer user rates for residential, commercial, and industrial users to cover costs incurred for the maintenance and operation of the City's two wastewater treatment plants, wastewater sewer, and storm sewer; and WHEREAS, the last review and update to the Wastewater Revenue Program was approved by the City Council on June 4, 2014; and WHEREAS, City selected HF&H Consultants through a formal Request for Qualifications/Proposal process to review and provide recommended updates to the Wastewater Revenue Program; and WHEREAS, HF&H Consultants completed their evaluation and provided recommendations; and WHEREAS, proposed changes were presented to the Budget and Finance Committee on February 28, 2022, and to City Council on March 16, 2022; and WHEREAS, City staff was given permission to move forward with the proposed changes; and WHEREAS, City staff prepared and mailed a notice of public hearing to residential and commercial users, as required by Proposition 218, notifying them of the proposed rate increases (Cal. Constitution Article XIIID, section 6); and WHEREAS, a public hearing before the City Council was advertised twice in the Bakersfield Californian, a newspaper of general circulation; and WHEREAS, a public hearing was held in order to receive evidence and hear all persons interested in or objecting to the proposed rate increases; and WHEREAS, the adoption of sewer fees is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under the California Public Resources Code Section 21080(b)(8); and ,� 1 F- Fn ORIGINAI `� WHEREAS, the City Council has considered the staff report, public comments, information presented at the public hearing, and written protests; and WHEREAS, the Rate Schedule for Fiscal Year 2022/2023, attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated by reference herein, summarizes both residential and commercial rates proposed for Fiscal Year 2022/2023, including the flat rate fees collected on the property tax bill. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield as follows: 1. The above recitals and findings are true and correct and are incorporated herein by reference. 2. The Council finds that insufficient written protests were presented to prevent the proposed changes. 3. The Council ratifies the Proposition 218 process followed by the City. 4. The Council adopts the fees and charges established in Exhibit A. 5. This Resolution is effective July 1, 2022. O� 8 A ORIGINALr I 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 by the following vote: ✓ V L�- AY • COUNCILMEMBER ARIAS, GONZALES, WEIR, SMITH, FREEMAN, GRAY, PARLIER NOES: COUNCILMEMBER ABS COUNCILMEMBER ABSEN . COUNCILMEMBER b �L JUILIE DRIMAKIS, MMC CITY CLERK and Ex Officio Clerk of the Council of the City of Bakersfield APPROVED J U N 0 12022 KARE GOH Mayor of the City of Bakersfield APPROVED as to form: VIRGINIA GENNARO City Attorney iUA H. RUDNICK uty City Attorney II F' fil ORIGINAL SEWER USER FEES AND CHARGES RATE SCHEDULE FISCAL YEAR 2022-2023 11 a User Group SFDE Flat Rate Charge Surcharge Fee per CCF Single Family Residence 1 $220.27 / unit N/A Multiple Dwelling 0.75 $165.20 / unit N/A Car Wash 1 $220.27 / + flow $1.69 Church 1 $220.27 / + flow $1.69 Combination Residence and Store / Office 1 $220.27 / + flow $1.69 Food Processing 1 $220.27 / + flow $1.69 Hospital 1 $220.27 / + flow $1.69 Large Store 1 $220.27 / + flow $i.69 Laundromat 1 $220.27 / + flow $1.69 Light & Heavy Industry 1 $220.27 / + flow $1.69 Medical Lab, Ambulance 1 $220.27 / + flow $1.69 Mobile Home, Mobile Home Park 0.75 $165.20 / + flow $1.69 Nurseries 1 $220.27 / + flow $1.69 Nursing Home, Retirement Home, etc. 1 $220.27 / + flow $1.69 Office & Financial Building 1 $220.27 / + flow $1.69 Sales, Industrial Sales 1 $220.27 / + flow $1.69 Schools, Day Care Center 1 $220.27 / + flow $1.69 Service Shop 1 $220.27 / + flow $1.69 Small Store or Small Office 1 $220.27 / + flow $1.69 Timber & Produce Plant 1 $220.27 / + flow $1.69 Hotel, Motel, RV Park * 1 $220.27 / + flow $085 Petroleum 1 $220.27 / + flow Recreational 1 $220.27 / + flow Storage -Warehouse 1 $220.27 / + flow $1.85 Bigbox Store 1 $220.27 / + flow $238 Hotel, Motel, RV Park (With restaurant) 1 $220.27 / + flow $2.38 Shopping Center (with Restaurant or Market) 1 $220.27 / + flow $2.38 Food or Beverage (Restaurant) 1 $220.27 / + flow Market (Grocery Store) 1 $220.27 / + flow Mortuary, etc. 1 $220.27 / + flow * No restaurant or restaurant on separate water meter Note l: Sewer fees for commercial users consist of 1) a flat rate component, collected on the property tax bill by the Kern County Tax Assessor, and 2) sewer surcharge, which recovers costs that exceed the amount of water consumption allowed for in the flat rate. The minimum sewer charge for all properties is equal to the single family residence rate. Note 2: Sewer fees for commercial and industrial users are estimated using lower of (1) winter months annualized water consumption (sum of January, February and December multiplied by four) or (2) actual water consumption form prior calendar year. Projected Sewer Rates for Future Years Table C: Proposed Future Sewer Rates RATES FY 22123 FY 23124 FY 24125 FY 25126 FY 26127 Flat Rate $22027 $22027 + GPI FY 23/24 + CPI FY 23/24 + CPI FY 23124 + CPI Multi Dwelling $165.20 $165.20 + CPI FY 23/24 + CPI FY 23/24 + CPI FY 23/24 + CPI Sewer Surcharge As listed above FY 22/23 + CPI FY 23/24 + CPI FY 2324 + CPI FY 23124 + CPI Industrial User Fee As listed above FY 22/23 + CPI FY 23/24 + CPI FY 23124 + CPI FY 23/24 + CPI 'Consumer Price Index., Los Angeles - Long Beach - Anaheim, CA EXHIBIT A - PAGE 1 r a- m ORIGINAL WASTEWATER SEWER SURCHARGE FEES FISCAL YEAR 2022-2023 Sewer Fee - Commercial and Industrial Other July 1, 2022 Flow / million gallons $1,915.87 Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) / 1,000 pounds $151.37 Total Suspended Solids (TSS) / 1,000 pounds $91.09 Sewer fees for commercial and industrial users that do not fall into strength categories identified in Exhibit A page 1 will be calculated using unit rates listed above. Permitted Industrial users are subject to sewer fees based on actual measured volume and strength. WASTEWATER SEWER FEES MISCELLANEOUS SEWER FEES FISCAL YEAR 2022-2023 Pretreatment Section Fees 1. Industrial waste monitoring - Permit application fee $75.00 2. Industrial waste monitoring - Permit fee $964.00 / Annual 3. Industrial waste monitoring - Noncompliance re -inspections $964.00 / As needed 4. Outside laboratory testing fees Actual costs 5. Notice of violation (NOV) basic fee J$69.00 6. lCost Recovery ISee below Users may be charged cost recovery fees when discharges are monitored for compliance to regulatory requirements. Costs may include, but are not limited to outside commercial laboratory fees, city staff hourly rates and fringe benefit costs, equipment costs, reimbursement for damages, administrative costs, overhead costs and other costs incurred by the City. Septic / Grease Discharges 1. Permit application fee $30.00 2. Septage discharge permit fee - initial $153.00 3. Septage discharge permit fee - annual $75.00 4 Card replacement fee $10.00 5 1 Disposal rate J$0.034 / gallon 6 JAdditional surcharge for discharge orginating outside city limits J$0.034 / gallon EXHIBIT A - PAGE 2 O�gA%C�;` �— rn 'ORIGINAL'