R-10322RESOLUTION NUMBER 10322 CCS
(CITY COUNCIL SERIES)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
AMENDING WASTEWATER RATES
WHEREAS, the City Council may establish, amend or revise from time to
time by resolution the rates and service charges to be charged for supplying
wastewater service to any customer pursuant to Section 7.04.540 of the Santa
Monica Municipal Code;
WHEREAS, the City faces increased costs of providing wastewater
service to its customers;
WHEREAS, the City wishes to encourage water conservation by revising
the wastewater rate structure;
WHEREAS, the City, in accordance with Article XIII D Section 6 of the
California Constitution, mailed a notice of proposed wastewater rate increases for
a five-year period beginning August 1, 2008 through July 1, 2012. to the owner of
record of each parcel in Santa Monica's service area and parcels in the City of
Los Angeles who receive wastewater service from the City of Santa Monica.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES RESOLVE
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. As of August 1, 2008, or as soon thereafter practical, the
fixed sewer charge shall be zero and the costs of service will be recovered
through the commodity charge in order to encourage water conservation.
Section 2. As of August 1, 2008, or as soon thereafter practical, the
sewer discharge factors, to be applied to the metered water usage, are hereby
established as follows:
Single Famlily 51%
Duplex 80%
Triplex 85%
Fourplex 90%
Over Four Units. 95%
Individually metered 95%
Non-Residential 89%
Landscape Meter 0%
The Water Resources Manager shall have the authority to make
adjustments in discharge factors for individual users where it is determined that
the actual quantity of sewage discharge is substantially different from that
established by the above list.
Section 3. As of August 1, 2008; or as soon thereafter practical, the
sewer commodity charges. are hereby established as follows:
Sewage Strength Category Rate per HCF~
Residential: $2.94
Non-Residential
General Commercial $2.68
Medium Low $2.79
Medium $3.22
Medium High $3.51
High $4.11
Churches $2.64
School, Institutional $2.64
Misc. Industrial $3.26
* HCF = 100 cubic feet
Sewage strength values for individual users or various types of users may
either be estimated or determined by laboratory analysis, at the direction of the
Water Resources Manager. Where sewage strength values are estimated,. they
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shall be consistent with the current City of Los Angeles Amalgamated System
Sewage Generation Factors. No sewage strength .values for non-residential
users shall be less than sewage strength values established for residential users.
The City may revise sewage. strength values from time to time as deemed
necessary to reflect current conditions.
In the event any user believes that the sewage strength values
established by the City for its sewage discharge are excessive, said user shall
have the option of having its sewage sampled and analyzed at its own expense
by a laboratory approved by the City. The manner, frequency, and duration of
sampling and analysis shall be approved by the City to ensure that resultant
sewage strength values are representative of all conditions of discharges.
During the same time period when sewage is being analyzed, the user shall pay
all sewer service charges based on previously established strength values. Ih
the event analyses show actual strength values to be less than or greater than
the previously established values, the City shall either refund or bill the user, per
SMMC Section 7.12.112, for the difference in charges, as appropriate.
Section 4. On August 1, 2008, or as soon thereafter practical,
wastewater customers who do not receive water service from the City of Santa
Monica will pay their equitable share of wastewater charges based on the typical
average single family home using 36 HCF of water bi-monthly and the bi-monthly
rate shall be hereby established as $53.98.
Section 5. A low-.income allowance will be offered to residential
wastewater customers with individual water meters who qualify for the City's
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Utilities User Tax Exemption Program, the Southern California Gas Co. or the
Southern California Edison low-income assistance programs. As of August 1,
2008, or as soon thereafter practical, the residential low-income sewage strength
commodity charge is hereby established as follows:
$1.42 per HCF
Section 6. Maximum rate increases from July 1, 2009 through July 1,
2012 are hereby established as follows:
July 1, 2009 18.0%
July 1, 2010 15.0%
July 1, 2011 9.0%
July 1, 2012 4.0%
Section 7. Commencing upon July 1, 2013 and on July 1 of each fiscal
year thereafter, fees established by this resolution shall be administratively
revised annually by a factor equal to the difference in the Los Angeles-Anaheim-
Riverside Consumer Price Index for Wage Earners and Clerical Workers for the
twelve (12) month period February through February of the prior fiscal year.
Section 8. Resolution Number 9671 jCGS) is hereby repealed in its
entirety
Section 9. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution,
and thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
MARS/H,K",~ON S fvIOU
City Attorney
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Adopted and approved this 9th day of July, 2008.
Richard Bloom, Mayor Pro Tem
I, Maria Stewart, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Resolution No. 10322 (CCS) was duly adopted at a meeting of the Santa
Monica City Council held on the 8th and 9th day of July, 2008, by the following vote:
Ayes: Council members: Genser, Holbrook, O'Connor, Shriver
Mayor Pro Tem Bloom
Noes: Council members:
Abstain: Council members: None
Absent: Council members: McKeown
Mayor Katz
ATTEST:
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Maria Stewart, City Clerk