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CounCil Meeting June 8, 1999 Santa MOnica, California
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FROM
SUBJECT
Mayor and City Council
City Staff
Recommendation to Approve the Stormwater Parcel Report Describing
Each Parcel In the City and the Amount of Each Parcel's Stormwater
Management User Fee for FY 1999-2000
Introduction
This report recommends that the City Council approve the 1999 Stormwater Parcel Report
pursuant to the California Health and Safety Code, Section 54734 which describes each
parcel In the City that receives a property tax bill from the County of Los Angeles and which
details the amount of each parcel's Stormwater Management User Fee No Increase In
the fee IS being recommended
Background
On July 25, 1995, City Council adopted an ordInance establishing the Stormwater
Enterprise Fund The Stormwater Management User Fee proVides revenues for
stormwater management actiVities At that time, the LA. County Tax Assessor's Office
was recognized as proViding the most cost-effective billing process to the annual fee
Stormwater management consIsts of (I) periodiC upgrades and replacement of the storm
drain system, (II) enforcement of local, State and Federal stormwater regulations, such as
the Los Angeles County NPDES permit, the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System of the Clean Water Act, and the City'S Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention
Ordinance, (III) Implementation of the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Plan and (IV) a variety
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of cost-effective programs, such as Best Management PractIces (BMPs), aImed at
reducmg the volume and pollutant load of urban runoff f10wmg Into Santa MOnica Bay
DIscussIon
The Stormwater Parcel Report lists all privately-owned parcels with their associated
Stormwater Management User Fee The City must submit thiS report to the L A County
Tax Assessor's Office by August 10, 1999, In order to be Included on the 1999-00 tax rolls
Prior to submittal for billing, a public hearing and CounCIl approval are required
Notification regardmg a public heanng was published In the Argonaut on May 27 and Will
be published agam on June 3, 1999 The 1999-00 Parcel Report was filed With the City
Clerk on May 27, 1999, and has been available for public review since that tIme
ThiS report IS based on the most accurate parcel database avaIlable for calculatmg the
number of Parcel Billing Umts (PBUs) The number of PBUs IS calculated based on land
use and parcel Size, which are directly proportional to the amount of runoff generated by
a gIven parcel The proposed 1999-00 Stormwater Parcel Fee IS $36 per PBU, which IS the
same as the current year's rate A summary of average Stormwater Management User
Fees by land use IS prOVided below In Table 1
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Table 1. Average Monthly Costs of Stormwater Management User Fee
Land Use Avg.Sq.Ft. Avg. Monthly Cost FY 99-00
Single-Family 7,584 $ 300
Condo (per unit) 1,158 $ 1 02
Multi-Family 8,053 $680
Commercial 15,4 79 $1515
Bud~etlFlscallmpact
The Stormwater Enterprise Operation IS orgamzatlonally located In the Wastewater
DIvIsion, reimbursement for all designated stormwater program costs are paId by the
Stormwater Fund vIa Inter-fund transfer The total revenue estimate from the proposed fee
In FY 1999-00 IS approximately $1,252,000 and IS Included In the proposed FY 1999-00
budget. This revenue will be received In revenue account number 34-500-661-00000-
0550-10000
Recommendation
Staff recommends that the City Council approve the 1999 Stormwater Parcel Report
desCribing each parcel In the City that receives a property tax bIll from the Los Angeles
County Tax Assessor's Office and the amount of each parcel's Stormwater Management
User Fee
Prepared by
Craig Perkins, Director, Environmental and Public Works Management
Neal Shapiro, Acting Stormwater Management Program Coordinator
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