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CITY OF DUBLIN
AGENDA STATEMENT
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: AUGUST 8, 1995
SUBJECT:
Public Hearing - City-Wide Storm Water Utility Fee
Report by: Public Works Director Lee Thompson
EXHIBITS A TT ACHED:
1) I Resolution
2) / Report of Calculation of Fees
RECOMMENDATION: 1)
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Open Public Hearing
Receive Staff Presentation and Public Comment
Question Staff and Public
Close Public Hearing and Deliberate
Adopt Resolution establishing storm water utility fee for
Fiscal Year 1995-96
FINANCIAL STATEMENT:
The proposed storm water management program for Fiscal Year
1995-96 totals $188,298, including delinquency and the cost of fee
collection.
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This amount is to be funded by the storm water utility fees,
interest, and a carryover from 1994-95, due to back payment of
delinquent fees.
The proposed fee for Fiscal Year 1995-96 will remain at $14.72 for
a single-family property. This is the same as the 1993-94 and
1994-95 storm water fees.
DESCRIPTION: In July 1991, the City Council approved a Storm Water Utility Fee
which would be charged to all property owners in the City in order to offset the cost of the Federally
mandated National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Program.
The program is designed to reduce urban stormwater runoff pollutants which enter the storm drain
system and eventually deposit in the south San Francisco Bay. These pollutants cause permanent
damage to the birds and marine life of the Bay.
Funds collected through the storm water fee are used to cover the cost of street sweeping and catch basin
cleaning, which are included in the program's Best Management Practices, as well as to fund the staff
time needed to carry out the local information/education program and make industrial site inspections.
A portion of the funds also pays for County administrative costs. The County-wide program includes
mass advertising, program coordination, and stream monitoring.
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The fees are based on an Equivalent Runoff Single-Fanlily Residential Unit (ERSFRU) of 1. Duplexes .
also have an ERSFRU of 1. Condominiunls are assigned an ERSFRU of 0.6, and multi-family and
commercial properties are assigned an ERSFRU of 9 per acre. These factors are an approximation of the
ratio of the impervious surface area as compared to an average single-family lot. Federal, State, County,
City and other publicly owned land is exempt from this fee, except that the Dublin/Alameda County
Annexation Agreement allows for certain fees to be collected by the City of Dublin from the County.
The StOffil water fee is collected by Alameda County through the property tax bills and passed on to
Dublin, less collection fees.
Staff recommends that the City Council conduct a Public Hearing, deliberate, and adopt the Resolution
approving the Storm Water Fee for 1995-96.
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RESOLUTION NO. 95
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
APPROVING AND ESTABLISHING
STORM WATER UTILITY FEE
WHEREAS, the California Regional Water Quality Control Board's San Francisco Region
has required the City of Dublin to obtain a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)
permit to discharge its storm water into streams which lead to San Francisco Bay; and
WHEREAS, as part of the NPDES permit, the City is required to implement a Storm
Water Management Plan for the Alameda County Urban Runoff Clean Water Program (program); and
WHEREAS, the main objective of the Program is to protect the quality of water and life in
San Francisco Bay and tributary streams in Alameda County from potentially adverse effects of storm
water pollution; an~
WHEREAS, funding was not provided for this Federally mandated Program by Federal,
State, Regional, or other sources for the Program and permit cost, and each city in Alameda County is
responsible for funding its portion of the program and permit cost; and
. WHEREAS, Staff has developed a method of establishing a City-wide fee to cover the
costs of the Program, including the cost of collecting fees and estimated delinquency; and
WHEREAS, storm drainage systems help to prevent flooding of properties; and
WHEREAS, the cost to each property owner is proposed to be calculated based on
equivalent runoff area for a single-family residential unit (ERSFRU) as set forth in the report prepared by
the City Public Works Department; and
WHEREAS, a noticed public hearing was held for purposes of considering adoption of
this Resolution and the proposed Storm Water Utility fee; and
WHEREAS, the report was available for public inspection and review more than ten (10)
days prior to this public hearing; and
WHEREAS, said Council has duly considered said report and each and every part thereof,
and all testimony received at the public hearing finds that each and every part of said report is sufficient,
and that said report, nor any part thereof requires or should be modified in any respect;
WHEREAS, the Council finds that:
A. The purpose of the Storm Water Utility Fee is to provide a program for storm water
drainage for all properties within the City;
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The cost of the program and the method of allocating the cost among all properties
within the City is set forth herein;
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REPORT OF CALCULATION OF FEES
FOR DUBLIN CITY-WIDE STORM WATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
BUDGETED EXPENDITURES FOR 1995-96:
Street Sweeping
Street Maintenance (catch basin cleaning)
Engineering (inspection/education)
County general program payment
Public Works Administration
Total budgeted expenditures for 1995-96:
LESS:
LESS:
LESS:
Estimated surplus from 1994-95:
Estimated 1995-96 Other Revenue
Estimated 1995-96 Prior Year Collections
Needed fee revenue:
ADD: Cost of County collection (1.7%):
ADD: Estimate of delinquency (3.5%):
Total fee amount:
Number of Equivalent Runoff Single~
Family Residential Units (ERSFRU's)
on 1995-96 calculation:
Calculation for fee for 1 ERSFRU:
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$ 73,655.00
$ 3,610.00
$ 42,832.00
$ 59,160.00
$ 298.00
$179,555.00
$ (13,131.00)
$ (4,500.00)
$ (4,000.00)
$ 157,924.00
$ 2,833.00
$ 5,910.00
$166,667.00
11,322.50 .
$ 166,667
11,322.50
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14.72
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REPORT OF CALCULATION OF FEES
FOR DUBLIN CITY-WIDE STORM WATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
BUDGETED EXPENDITURES FOR 1995-96:
Street Sweeping
Street Maintenance (catch basin cleaning)
Engineering (inspection/education)
County general program payment
Public Works Administration
LESS:
LESS:
LESS:
ADD:
ADD:
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Total budgeted expenditures for 1995-96:
Estimated surplus from 1994-95:
Estimated 1995-96 Other Revenue
Estimated 1995-96 Prior Year Collections
Needed fee revenue:
Cost of County collection (1.7%):
Estimate of delinquency (3.5%):
Total fee amount:
Number of Equivalent Runoff Single-
Family Residential Units (ERSFRU's)
on 1995-96 calculation:
Calculation for fee for 1 ERSFRU:
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$ 73,655.00
$ 3,610.00
$ 42,832.00
$ 59,160.00
$ 298.00
$ 179,555.00
$ (13,131.00)
$ (4,500.00)
$ (4,000.00)
$ 157,924.00
$ 2,833.00
$ 5,910.00
$166,667.00
11,322.50
$ 166,667
11,322.50
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14.72
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