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AGENDA STATEMENT
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: June 25, 1997
SUBJECT:
Public Hearing for Property Related Fee: Storm Water -Refuse
Services
Report Prepared by: Lee S. Thompson, Public Works Director
EXHIBITS ATTACHED:
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Resolution
Report of Calculation of Fees
Copies of protest letters
RECOMMENDATION:
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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 property related storm water-
refuse collection fee for Fiscal Year 1997-98
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT:
The proposed storm water management program for Fiscal Year
1997-98 totals $90,395, including delinquency and the cost of fee
collection.
The proposed fee for Fiscal Year 1997-98 will be at $7.30 for a
single-family property. This is aooroximatelv 50% less than the
fee of 514.72 oer sine:le-familv orooertv that was chare:ed in
orior Years.
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.
In the past, funds collected through the City's storm water fee have been used to pay the cost of street
sweeping, catch basin cleaning, and the staff time needed to carry out the local information/education
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program and make industrial site inspections. The fee also paid County administrative costs for mas.
advertising, program coordination, and stream monitoring. .
Earlier this year, the City Council directed Staff to develop a Storm Water Fee which would account for
only those activities associated with refuse s~ces. For the upcoming Fiscal Year, the storm water utility
fee has been replaced by the Property-Related Fee for Storm Water - Refuse Services, which will pay the
cost of street swe~pine: and catch basin cleanine: only (plus the costs associated with providing notice and
collecting .the fe~). Street sweeping and catch basin cleaning have been identified as <<Best Management
Practices" for the storm water program.
The fees are based on a Benefit Unit, which is related to the estimated runoff area (Le., area covered by
buildings or pavement) and the type of land use. Single family, townhouse, and duplex units have a benefit
factor of 1. Condominium units are charged 60% of one <<benefit unit," and multi-family and commercial
properties are calculated according to the formula below. The proposed fees are:
Single family, townhouse, or duplex lot: $7.30
Condominium: $4.38
Multi-family or commercial: $7.30 times the square footage of the site + 4,840
(Example: a 48,400 s.f. property would be charged $73.00 - $7.30 x 48,400 + 4,840)
Vacant property: 50% of the developed property fee
Mixed use parcels' fees will be based on the proportion of the various uses for that parcel.
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The storm water fee is collected by Alameda County through the property tax bills and passed on to
Dublin, less collection fees.
It should be noted that there will be a surplus of approximately $83,950 remaining from the storm water
utility fee for Fiscal Year 1996-97. It is proposed to use these funds to pay the cost of industrial
inspection, public education, and the County administrative cost for Fiscal Year 1997-98 (see Exhibit 2).
Staff feels that use of the canyover funds for this purpose is reasonable since the storm water utility fee
was intended to pay these costs. In future ::fiscal years, when a surplus no longer exists, these costs will
have to be paid :from the City's General Fund.
In accordance with the requirements of Proposition 218, notices were mailed to all property owners in the
City of Dublin (7,856 total parcels) at least 45 days in advance of this public hearing. As of the date the
staff report was written, protests regarding four parcels had been received, three of which were :from one
property owner. A majority protest, which would consist of protests from the owners of 3,929 parcels, is
required to cancel the fee. A blank space has been provided in the resolution (Exhibit 1) for entering the
::final number of protests received prior to or at the Public Hearing.
Staff recommends that the City Council conduct a Public Hearing, deliberate, and adopt the Resolution
approving the Storm Water Fee for 1997-98.
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RESOLUTION NO. - 97
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
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APPROVING AND ESTABLISmNG
PROPERTY RELATED STORM WATER - REFUSE 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; and
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, Staffhas developed a method of establishing a City-wide fee to cover a portion of the costs of the
Program, including the cost of collecting fees and estimated delinquency; and
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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 as set forth in the report prepared by the City Public Works Department; and
WHEREAS, the report was available for public inspection and review more than ten (10) days prior to this
public hearing; and
WHEREAS, in compliance with Proposition 218, a noticed public hearing was held for purposes of considering
adoption of this Resolution and the proposed property-related Storm Water-Refuse Fee; and
WHEREAS, _ protests were received, not constituting a majority protest; 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-Refuse Fee is to provide a program for stonn 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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The fees collected pursuant to this Resolution shall be used to provide fimds for street sweeping
and catch basin cleaning (plus the cost of providing notice, preparing the calculations, and the
cost of collection):
The amount to be raised through the Storm Water-Refuse Fee for 1997-98 does not exceed the .
estimated total cost of the Program and related expenses described in the report for Fiscal Year
1997-98; and
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Dublin establishes and adopts a Storm Water-
Refuse Fee.
BE IT FURTIffiR RESOLVED that the following method be used to calculate the Storm Water-Refuse fees
for different land uses for the 1997-98 fiscal year:
Land Use
Fee Cost
Each Single-Family Residential, Townhouse, or Duplex
Each Condominium
Commercial, Industrial and
Multi-Family Residential
Lands that have been zoned for
mixed uses but not subdivided
One Benefit Unit ($7.30)
0.6 Benefit Unit ($4.38)
Lot size (sf) x One Benefit Unit ($7.30)
4,840 sf
The calculation will be made for the uses based on
the proportion of the area zoned for individual use
For Vacant Land
1/2 the fee as calculated above
The fee for Fiscal Year 1997-98 for each Benefit Unit shall be $7.30.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager is authorized and directed to enter into all necessary
agreements with Alameda County for collection of the fees along with property taxes, including payment to Alameda
County of its reasonable costs of collection not to exceed 1.7% of the total amount collected.
PASSED. APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 25th day of June, 1997.
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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PROPERTY RELATED FEE
STORM WATERooREFUSE COLLECTION
FISCAL YEAR 1997-98
REPORT OF CALCULATION OF FEES
CASH BALANCE, 6/30/96 $ 58,387.00
1996-97 STORM WATER UTILITY FEE EST. INCOME $ 170,288.00
PRIOR YEAR COLLECTIONS $ 2,450.00
PENALTIES $ 950.00
CONTRIBUTIONS $ 4,500.00
ESTIMATED INTEREST $ 3,735.00
SUBTOTAL $ 240,310.00
ESTIMATED 1996-97 EXPENDITURES
ENGINEERING, INCLUDING COUNTY ADMINI-
STRATIVE COST, INDUSTRIAL INSPECTION, PUBLIC
EDUCATION, AND REPORT PREPARATION: $ (70,330.00)
STREET SWEEPING $ (74,660.00)
CATCH BASIN CLEANING $ (4,730.00)
DELINQUENCY, AT 2.2% $ (3,746.00)
COUNlY COST OF COLLECTION AT 1.7% $ (2,895.00)
SUBTOTAL: $ (156,361.00)
BALANCE AS OF 6/30/97 $ 83,949.00
ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES FOR 1997-98 PRO-
POSED TO BE PAID BY SURPLUS:
PERSONNEL COST, SUPPLIES, AND TRAINING FOR
INSPECTION AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS $ (29,620.00)
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, CONTRACT $ (1,000.00)
COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE COST $ (50,000.00)
SUBTOTAL: $ 3,329.00
1997-98 STORM WATER-REFUSE FEE EST. INCOME $ 86,611.00
PRIOR YEAR COLLECTIONS $ 2,450.00
PENALTIES $ 475.00
ESTIMATED INTEREST $ 3,000.00
SUBTOTAL: $ 95,865.00
ENGINEERING (REPORT PREPARATION ONLY) $ (1,500.00)
STREET SWEEPING $ (80,600.00)
CATCH BASIN CLEANING $ (4,900.00)
DELINQUENCY AT 2.2% $ (1,923.00)
COUNTY COST OF COLLECTION AT 1.7% $ (1,472.00\
SUBTOTAL, 1997-98 EXPENDITURES ONLY: $ (90,395.00)
BALANCE AS OF 6/30/98: $ 5,470.00
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Parcel #
Address
!941.o176-039 17335 Bedford Way
1941.0176-089 In15 Cardigan St
1941-0185-012 8527 Longford Way
1941-1501)...36-0017007 San Ramon Rd.
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Conner, Steve Protest Fees - Charge directly to person at address instead of property ow r.
Conner, Steve Same as above
Conner, Steve Same as above
Gemma, J. Protest Fees under the stron est tenns.
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Charles Pillers. Managing Panner
PO Box 111585
Campbell. CA 95011-1585
Phone: (408) 241-5600
Fax: (408) 261-3366
Pager: (408) 581-3800
eimail -cpi//ers@ao/.com
May 21, 1997
City Clerk
City of Dublin
PO Box 2340
Dublin, CA 94568
Re: Proposed assessment of fees against parcels of property owned by us.
We hereby protest under the strongest terms, the proposed assessment of user
charges against the owners of parcels of real estate as being proposed under the "CITY
OF DUBLIN, PUBLIC NOTICE AND SUMMARy REGARDING PROPOSED
ADOPTION OF PROPERTY RELATED FEES.", received by us this date. These
proposed .....fees relate to Refuse Collection Services for two program areas (Garbage
CoDectionJDisposal- RecycIing'CoDection and S~onn Water Program)."
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Property Owner: Gemma, Joseph F. et aI, dba Dublin Investors
c/o Charles Pillers, Managing Partner
PO Box 111585
Campbell, CA 95011-1585
Assessor's Parcel #: 941-1500-36-00
Property Address: 7007 San Ramon Road, Dublin, CA
If any portion of this written protest is not adequate, please notifY me of the
deficiency in time for me to correct it as it is fully our intent to protest any filiing against
our prope .
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