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Resolution establishing sewer service rates for Fiscal Year 2019-2020; amending the Master Fee Schedule to include the Fiscal Year 2019-2020 Sewer Service Rates; adopting the Report of Annual Sewer Rentals Charges for Fiscal Year 2019-2020, and continuing the low income sewer rebate program.
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WHEREAS, Chapter 14.12 of the South San Francisco Municipal Code authorizes the City Council to assess sewer rates by resolution; and
WHEREAS, in April and May of 2017, in accordance with the requirements of Proposition 218, the City notified the owners of property within South San Francisco of the proposed five year rate plan and the Water Quality Control Plant’s (“WQCP”) capital improvement needs, state regulatory changes, the proposed rate increase and the structure of the rate changes; and
WHEREAS, on June 28, 2017, the City Council conducted a properly noticed public hearing, at which there was not a majority protest, and approved the five year rate plan; and
WHEREAS, the adopted five year rate plan included a 13% increase for all rate classifications for fiscal year 2017-2018; a 10% increase, if needed, for all rate classifications for fiscal year 2018-2019; and a 2% increase per year, if needed, for all classifications in fiscal years 2019-2020, 2020-2021 and 2021-2022; and,
WHEREAS, on May 29, 2019 and June 5, 2019, as required by law, notice of the proposed rates for fiscal year 2019-2020 and notice of the public hearing was published in a newspaper of general circulation; and
WHEREAS, on June 12, 2019, the City Council held a public hearing on the implementation of the fiscal year 2019-2020 sewer rates as stated in the five year rate plan; and
WHEREAS, the rates reflected in the Report of Annual Sewer Rentals and Charges are consistent with the five year financing plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of South San Francisco hereby approves the schedule of sewer rates as set forth in Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated into this resolution, which is consistent with the previously approved financing plan, and hereby amends the City’s Master Fee Schedule for sewer service rates, consistent with the schedule of rates set forth in Exhibit A.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council hereby adopts the Report of Annual Sewer Rentals and Charges for fiscal year 2019-2020, as set forth in Exhibit B, attached hereto and incorporated herein, and directs that the rates so established shall be collected on the official tax assessment roll, together with real property taxes, and that the amount shall constitute liens upon the properties which shall be effective at the same time and to the same extent as is provided for by law in the case of real property taxes, with like penalties for delinquencies.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council hereby approves continuing the low income sewer rebate program and authorizes the City Manager or his designee to implement the program in a manner consistent with the intent of this resolution and the information contained in the accompanying staff report.
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