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Home My WebLink AboutItem 6.3 AssessGarbg/RcycSvsATTACHMENTS: RECOMMENDATION: AGENDA STATEMENT CITY COUNCIL-MEETING DATEi July' 6, 1999 File #810-30 Publi6 Hearing: Assessmen~ S~i~ G&sage/RecYcling Services (Prepared by: Julie Carter, Assistant to the City Manager) ,1) ~' ' Writtefi P~o~'e~t~ Re~ei{zed Xs' of jiine'21,'1999 2) Resolution Adopting 1999/2000 Assessment 1) Open the Public Hearing. 2) Receive the Staff Report and public testimony. 3) Close the public hearing and deliberate. 4) Determine the number of any additional written protests received for the record. 5) Adopt Resolution and direct staffto prepare the necessary reports to the Alameda county Tax Collector. CITY CLERK File # I I1 11 ! ILOI'L IO_I FINANCIAL STATEMENT: An annual fee is collected on the Prbperty ~ bill for the cost of Basic Residential Garbage Service. The proposed 1999/2000 annual Assessment is $120.60 per · household. DESCRIPTION: .The City has been providing the current mandatory residential garbage and recycling services since July 1, 1993~' The program was initiallY implemented to recognize the fact that the entire community benefits by assuring that basic garbage and recycling serviCeS ~e provided to residential units on a weekly basis. The annual cost of the serVices is c°Hected On the Property Tax Bill and the City pays the Oarbage Company tWice each year. Customers who request sei:vices beYOnd the Basic service ~re'billed directly by Livermore Dublin Disposal. Each year the City Council must establish an assessment based upon available revenues from prior years and the authorized service rates to be paid to Livermore DubIin Disposal. SERVICES PROVIDED The following table describes the services, which are provided under the basic garbage service agreement: BASIC RESIDENTIAL G~GE SERVICES sERVICE DESCRIPTION ' Garbage Collection/Disposal [ (1) 35 gallon Company Provided I Can - Curbside / Semi- Automated Service Curbside Recycling Separate Green Waste Recycling Special Clean-ups Weekly curbside collection of: Newspaper, Mixed Paper/Junk Mail, Aluminum, Tin, Glass, Aseptic Cartons, and Narrow Neck Plastic Containers. 64 Gallon Company Provided Container Collected Weekly 3 Special Clean-ups COPIES TO: Annette Borges, District Waste Management (LDD) ~lll ~1~ ITEM NO. to tapes to be provided' to the' ~'eolleb~0r prior to August !.st; (b) Alame&i c0unty C01i&fi0n' .tax paymentS; and (d) a~ ~S'ti~l~- of s~IU~ '~dS' ~'~h~h~'be ~'a~;~i~'l~"~'~-,~ ......... pnor year. 1.77% over the as', s~g levied: cost services 1i22'60_ $114 90 $118.50 · $120.60 As shown above, 'the propoSed 1999/2000 rate C0miniFS to 1995-96. mount covered a period Pri6r to the 1996 current ustments. COMPARATIVE RATES Staff h% C6nducted a survey of rates nei 6ifies~ TRI-VALLEY RESIDENTI~G~XGE~TE'U~gO'i~ .................................................. (32-35) Gallon Pleasantbn and san Ramon Residential Green waste is ProP0~ed Residential .... Livermore ' 'PleasahtOn San Ramon Average 99/2000 Rate City of Dublin residential subsorlb~r~re~eive in'6i~ 3e~yci-~g se~ic~s"h~ c0mp~s0n to this agei~y.' ~ Proposed City OfDfibI~ i/ate~' a~e' i'~'~ ~e' a~r~g'e o-f-~-~g~h~i~~ ~5;ed. ~o~~s ~R eROVOS~IO'N~ ............................................................................................................................................... Proposition'218 has very specffiC'cntena Which must be considered pnor to the adoption of this fee. SPeCifically, Section'6(2) prOpsrty-Related Fees and Charges - states the following: The agency shall conduct a public hearing upon the proposed fee or charge not less than' 45'days~ after' mailing the n6tice 0f the propOsed fee or charge to the : "rec°rd Pi:6P~rty owners 6f each identified parcel upon which the fee orcharge ' is Pr0Pos6d f°rimp0sitioii2 At the public hearing, the agency shall consider all protests against the proposed .fee or charge. If the written protests against the fee Or Charge are presented by a majority of owners of the identifi6d"l~iS~ the agency shall not impose the fee or charge. At the time the Staff Report was prepared, the City had received a total of six protests, from five different property owners, as contained in Attachment 1. One person submitted two letters, one for each property he owns. This owner requests that garbage fees b-e billed dird~ily to tenants rather than being billed with property taxes. The other four letters simply protest the fee increase. This number of letters is insufficient 'to override the adoption of the revised fee. RECOMMENDATION Attached to the Staff Report' is a. Resolution (Attachment 2), which will establish the 1999/2000 Assessment. The Resolution includes levies for duplex units, which are twice the rate for a single family home. Those townhouse units, which have individual service, are charged at the same rate as a single- family residence. calculation of any additional written Protests received. Following the Public Hearing, Staff would recommend that the City Council deliberate and adopt the Resolution. · ~ ?' ~ iii ?;?'~;~";;;*,~¢~'~4-~";Y7,,;,:%::.:~;?'¢:'~'-' ': '' ' . "' '~.:~4;%~-~;~':./, ~ ~. · CiTY OF DUBLIN -P. O. Box 2340 ......... ' ....... :" Dubhn, CA 94568 Attention: City Clerk ....... · , ..... PrOte~ng ~-~e¥:eiatec~ f6 Kefu'~e' Collection Services for Garbage Collection/Disposal-Recycling Collection. ' Name: Rita Nordquist, 7110 Corte Balboa, Pleasanton, CA 94566 ,._ :::":*":-Property address: ':'< 6560 Piohe~r Lane, Dublin "',,'.',:',:,:;-, :;:-,-Parcel No.:.. 941-2765-29 .~ ' :'-~ In my opinion, the annual assessment applied to a condominium/townhpEse..~ni't,.: '- .:.:~- - : in the amount of $120.60 would not be appropriate if you applied the same annual fee to each single family residence. The amount of trash, garbage, or green waste is far less than that ora sin¢~ family residence. IfI am to be assessed a fee for garbage collection, I would like to see the assessment for condominium or __.-;..:..:.,~,.:...- -:~,; _L-.townho. use ~ts be !ess than.~t applied to the single family residence. ATTACHMENT 1 RES ENTIAL MINIMUM GARBAGE / RECYCLING SERVICES ~t~ Pame~ ~ts~ b~.for ~e'c0~ of~~ G~~c~g.s~ices, wUch is: g~bage ~fiiai,'~ ~d ~ not s~m by e~ him: ~ d°~ helud~d~'I~}~ 0¢~ a~h~ Ho~ehol~ ~j~t m ~s f~ w~eh o~y ~ive Mi~ S~, ~ not ~ bffi~ by ~e G~age The City estimates the total revenue required to pay the C_rarbage Company for Minimum Service to ail residential traits which are eligible to use the service. The specific factors considered in this calculation include the following mmponent~: the monthly residential rate for Minimum Service (Proposed at $10.05 ' per month); '~'at6d nm~ 6fhbusing unitsaffected by the f~; costs asSOCiated with the collection of .. - the fee as parti3f the Property Ta~ Bill; eStimated'delinquencies; estimated revenues from late payments and interest ~'~; a~ fUncls~ivailable'fi-om colleefitms in a prior year2 ' ' IWmimum Service iaeiu~i~.;'~d3)"mll~fi°n and'dispo.~al of one (35 Gallon) ' garbage container; weekly collection of one (64 Gallon) Green Wa..~m container;, weekly earbsido recycling (inctnrtlng: glass, tin, al-mimma, newspaper, mixed.paper/jzmlr mail, magazines, and eardboarcI); and three special clean-ups each year. All monies collected will only be used towards the mst of the~e servites. The annual mount of the assessment includes the cost of collection as weI1 as the cost of services over the entire year. The City makes the payment to Livermore Dublin Disposal based upon the current rate allowed for Minimm Residential eeanriee. TYPE OF HOUSING UNIT Each Single Family Residence Each Condominium [ Townhouse Unit Each Duplex (2 UnRs) Each Duplex (5 or More Units) ANNUAL FEE $120.60 $120.60 '~ $ 24L20 $120.60 t~nes the number of units Although the proposed Fiscal Year I999/00 fee is a 1.8% increase over the 1998/99 fee, the mount is still less than the clamge required prior to the new automated service, which was implemented in 1996. JUN CITY l~dt~ ~t~t 7148 Amado Valley Blvd. ic RECEIVED JUN 1- 191t9 CITY OF DUBLIN :\~n: C'ffv C'hv of' Dubi{n .r.:.C. ~u.-~ 23-;.'i') { ;'ii ;~1;3..t ,.,; '..'-- and thc P, cs{dcnfi~ ~mum Oarbagc,-~ecyc~{g S::~.:k. es ~.', i ne .~sessor's Far, el x ,,,~ BOW~VCF: ,~o~.l:.t ~ne proposed ~creases, fi' [he number'of special curosme -~"~, - ' ~va~ O~creasod ~'om '1 - ,a~ present 3 ;mnualiv lo 4. i appreciate the oapommi]y ~o comment on '.'- .-'.':,-'& .... } - _...~,:t .... - . ,' ' ' - -'- ..... - -. .......... Yom's Ir'aly, g532 .-:d'chnore Place Dub!in. CA 94568 , 'RECEIVED ..... MAY--2-8-1999 OF-DUBLII~ RESOLUTION NO. - 99 '~ ' X RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE. CITY OF DUBLIN APPROVING AND ESTABLISHING THE COLLECTION OF MINIMUM RESIDENTIAL GARBAGE AND: RECYCLING sERVICE FEES FOR FISCAL YEAR'~1999-2000' WHEREAS, the City of Dublin is mandated by the State of California, under AB 939, to reduce the amount of solid waste going into the landfill; and WlrlEREAS, through the Mandatory Garbage Ordinance and other means, the City of Dublin is taking a proactive stance to meet the State Mandated Goals; and WttEREASi'the goal of the Mandatory Garbage Ordi/~anceis to pro~ect the health and welfare of the community, to provide recycling services to all residential property owners, and to equally share the costs of these programs by mandating that every residence contributes towards the cost of the service made available; and WlA'EREAS, minimum service includes service 'described in the current Agreement with the franchised waste hauler; Livermore DUblin Disposal; and WltEREAS, in accordance with California Constitution Article XIII C (Proposition 218) Section 6 (2) the City has provided written notice to all affected property owners at least 45 days prior to holding a public hearing; and WttEREAS, the City received a total of 6 written protests to the adoption of the fee, which was not a sufficient number to represent a majority of the affected property owners; and Wl~REAS, the'CityCouncil has COnsidered this action as part ora noticed public hearing on July 6, 1999. NOW, TttEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Dublin does hereby approve and establish the collection of minimUm residential services fees by the City on the property tax bill as shown in the attached Exhibit A, attached hereto and by reference made a part of. BE IT FURTItER RESOLVED that the City Staff are hereby authorized to undertake all administrative tasks to implement/he assessments, including, but not limited to an agreement with Alameda County for collection which may provide payment to Alameda County of its reasonable costs of collection not to exceed 1.7% of the total amount levied. 'PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 6~ day of July, 1999. AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk ATTACHMENT 2 City of Dublin /c> RESIDENTIAL MINIMUM GARBAGE / RECYCLING SERVICES (Collected With Residential Property Tax Bills) Affected ParceJ.s ~ . ~ _ ...... , .,. Residenfial.h~using u~ts are ,illea i-o ' ' fi0st of Minimum` Garbage/Recycling Services, which is included with the annual property tax bill. This fee only applies to residential units, which have individual garbage containers and are not serviced by central bins. This does include duplexes and other attached housing types, which receive individual service. Households subject to this fee which only receive Minimum Service, will not be billed by the Garbage Company. Livermore Dublin Disposal will continue to bill customers each quarter for additional services, 'if a household selects weekly garbage collection of a container larger than the 35 gallon container included in the Minimum service Level. · ' -'~' ' ~' Basis of TheFee - ~ ' The City estimates the total revenue required to pay the Garbage Company for Minimum Service to all residential units which are eligible to use the service. The specific factors considered in this calculation include the following components: the monthly residential rate for Minimum Service (Proposed at $10.05 per month); estimated number of housing units affected by the fee; costs associated with the collection of the fee as part of the Property Tax Bill; estimated delinquencies; estimated revenues from late payments and interest earnings; and funds available from collections in a prior year. What Services Are Provided By The Fee Minimum Service includes: weekly collection and disposal of one (35 Gallon) garbage container; Weekly collection of one (64 Gallon) Green Waste container; weekly curbside recycling (including: glass, tin, aluminum, newspaper, mixed paper/junk mail, magazines, and cardboard); and three special clean-ups each year. All monies collected will .only be used towards the cost of these services. Amount of the Fee The annual amount of the assessment includes the cost of collection as well as the cost of services over the entire year. The City makes the payment to Livermore Dublin Disposal based upon the current rate allowed for Minimum Residential Service. TYPE OF HOUSING UNIT Each Single Family Residence Each Condominium / Townhouse Unit Each Duplex (2 Units) Each Duplex (5 or More Units) ANNUAL FEE $120.60 $120.60 $ 241.20 $120.60 times the number of units Although the proposed Fiscal Year 1999/00 fee is a 1.8% increase over the 1998/99 fee, the'amount is still less than the charge required prior to the new automated service, which was implemented in 1996. Exhibit A