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Council Meetlng: May 14, 1996
Santa Monical Cal1fornla
RESOLUTION NO. 9032 (CCS)
(CITY COUNCIL SERIES)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA REVISING THE CITY'S
WATER RATE STRUCTURE
WHEREAS, the City Councll may establlsh, amend, or revise from
t1me to time by resolutlon the rates and service charges to be
charged for supply~ng water service to any customer, pursuant to
Section 7.12.010 of the Santa Mon1ca Munlcipal Code; and
WHEREAS, lt is the goal of the City of Santa Mon1ca's
Sustainable C2ty Program to encourage efflcient use of water by
water customers; and
WHEREAS, the following water rate structures will provlde
greater equity between customers,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
The bi-monthly fixed serVlce fee for domestlc
and landscape metered customers is hereby established as follows:
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Bl-Moqthly Water SerVlce Charae-All Customers
Meter Size
5/8 & 3/4"
1"
1 ~"
2"
SECTION 2.
SerVlce Charge
$8.66
$15.30
$26.37
$39.65
Meter Slze
3"
4"
61r
8"
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SerVlce Charge
$ 70.64
$114.91
$225.59
$358.40
$513.35
A three-tler water commodity rate structure
for all meters is hereby established as follows:
Water CommQdity Charge
Rate/HCF Ranae of Use
Slngle Family - 1st Tier $0.71 0-14 ReF
2nd Tler $1. 68 15-136 HCF
3rd Tler $4.00 137+ HCF
Multi-Fam1ly - 1st Tler $0.71 0-4 HCF
/dwelllng 2nd Tler $1. 68 5-28 HCF
un1t 3rd Tier $4.00 29+ HCF
Non-Resid. - 1st Tler $0.71 See
2nd Tier $1.68 Below
3rd Tier $4.00
Meter Slze
1st T~er
2nd TJ.er
3rd Tl.er
SECTION 3.
$/8-3/4" 1"
0-15 0-21
16-240 22-240
241+ 241+
1 ~"
0-54
55-522
523+
2"
0-120
121-1092
1093+
~"
0-220
221-1840
1841+
4"
0-390
391-2610
2611+
6"
0-1500
1501-9400
9401+
Bl-monthly fireline rates are hereby
established as follows:
Meter Slze
5/8 & 3/4"
1"
1 ~"
2"
Service Char'l1e
$ 6.70
$10.40
$16.56
$23.96
Meter size
3"
4"
6"
8.r
10"
SerVlce Charge
$ 41.22
$ 65.87
$127.51
$201. 48
$287.77
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SECTION 4. A low-income allowance wlll be offered to water
customers wlth indlvidual water meters who qualify for either the
Southern Callfornla Gas Co. or Southern Callfornla Edlson low-
income assistance programs. The low-1ncome allowance shall cons1st
of waiving the bi-monthly serVlce fee. The low-income customer
shall be responslble for paying the commodity rates.
SECTION 5. The water rate structure establlshed by.thlS
Resolution shall be appllcable to all water service prov1ded by the
City of Santa Monlca Water Dlvision except as otherwise provlded ln
Article VII, Chapter 2 of the Santa Monica Munlcipal Code.
SECTION 6. The City will establish adminlstratlve remedles
cons1stent wlth Santa Monica Municlpal Code Sectlon 7.16.080 for
those thlrd rate tier customers who can demonstrate that they have
taken all reasonable water efficiency measures to reduce water use
but still find themselves in the thlrd tler. Ci ty staff may
perform a water audlt for a customer and requlre the customer to
implement recomrnendatlons before rate structure adJustments are
made.
SECTION 7. The water rate structure as established by th1S
Resolution wll1 be effective on July 1, 1996, or as soon thereafter
as administrat~vely feasible.
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SECTION 8. Resolutlon Number 8188(CCS) is hereby repealed
as of the effetlve date of thlS Resolution.
SECTION 9.
The Clty Clerk shall certify to the adoptlon of
thlS Resolutlonl and thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be
ln full force and effect~
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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MARSHA JO~ES MOUTRIE
Clty Attorney
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Adopted and approved thIs 14th of May, 1996
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Mayor
I hereby certify that the foregmng ResolutIOn 9032 (CCS) was duly adopted at a meetmg
of the CIty Council held on the 14th of May, 1996 by the followmg vote
Ayes
Counctlmembers
Abdo, Genser, O'Connor Rosenstem
Noes
Councllmembers
Ebner, Greenberg
Abstam
Counctlmembers
None
Ab sent
CouncIlmembers
Holbrook
ATTEST
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City 'Clerk