HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 160-06
RESOLUTION NO. 1 6 0 - Q....6
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAKERSFIELD SETTING DOMESTIC WATER
AVAILABILITY FEES.
WHEREAS, the population and the land area of the City of Bakersfield continues
to grow; and
WHEREAS, as a result of that growth, more and more residential and
commercial development plans are being submitted to the City; and
WHEREAS, the City is slated with the responsibility of ensuring that all proposed
development will have a viable water supply or such development cannot proceed; and
WHEREAS, in order to ensure 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; 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 available for new
development (cost of funding new water well construction, purchase of land for recharge
facilities, etc.) is currently $2,000.00 per acre and has not been increased since 1982;
and
WHEREAS, the cost of procuring such water sources has increased dramatically
over the past twenty-plus years; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Government Code Section 66016, the City noticed a
hearing for June 7, 2006, regarding the setting of the availability fee; and
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WHEREAS, while, pursuant to the calculations set forth in Exhibit "A", attached
hereto, the new availability fee needs to be set at $5,200.00 per acre to offset these
increased costs, in order to soften the effect of more than doubling the fee, the increase
should not take place all at once, but should be increased gradually over time; and
WHEREAS, the proposed increase schedule is attached hereto as Exhibit "B"
and incorporated herein by reference.
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 $5,200.00
per acre based upon the calculations contained in Exhibit "A" and such fee be
assessed pursuant to the schedule set forth in Exhibit "B";
3. Such fee represents the reasonable cost of ensuring an adequate water
supply for future development in the City.
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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 II IN 7 2006
by the following vote:
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CÞ\!'E~") COUNCIL MEMBER COUCH, CARSON, BENHAM, MAGGARD, HANSON, SULLIVAN, SCRIVNER
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CITY CLERK AND EX OFFICIO Clerk of
the Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED
JUN 7 2006
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HARVEY L. HALL
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
VIRGINIA GENNARO
City Attorney
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JANICE SCANLAN
Assistant City Attorney
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AVAILABILITY FEES
COST PER ACRE FOR NEW FACILITIES
WELLS - 4 PER SECTION
2 @ $1,000,000
2 @ $750,000
TRANSMISSION LINES /OTHER FACILITIES - PER SECTION
TOTAL
% OF COST RELATED TO NEW DEVELOPMENT
ACRES PER SECTION
COST PER ACRE / ROUNDED
$2,000,000
1,500,000
920,000
$4,420,000
0.75
$3,315,000
640
$5,180
$5,200
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EXHIBIT A
Scheduled Increases:
Dates
July 1, 2006
January 1, 2007
July 1, 2007
January 1,2008
AVAILABILITY FEES
COST PER ACRE FOR NEW FACILITIES
Amount of Increase
New Fee
$800
$2,800
$800
$3,600
$800
$4,400
$800
$5,200
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