HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESO 9429Resolution No. 9429
Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Amending Utility Rate
Schedule D-1 (Storm and Surface Water Drainage) to Increase Storm
Drain Rates by 2.6% Per Month Per Equivalent Residential Unit for
Fiscal Year 2015
The Council ofthe City of Palo Alto RESOLVES as follows:
SECTION 1. Pursuant to Section 12.20.010 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code, Utility
Rate Schedule D-1 (Storm and Surface Water Drainage) is hereby amended to read in
accordance with sheet D-1-1, attached hereto and incorporated herein. The foregoing Utility
Rate Schedule, as amended, shall become effective July 1, 2014.
SECTION 2. The Council finds that this rate increase is being imposed to offset the
effects of inflation on labor and material costs pursuant to the annual inflationary fee escalator
provision of the Storm Drainage Fee ballot measure, which was approved by a majority of Palo
Alto property owners on April 26, 2005 ..
SECTION 3. The Council finds that the revenue derived from the authorized
adoption enumerated herein shall be used only for the purpose set forth in Article VII, Section
2, of the Charter of the City of Palo Alto.
SECTION 4. The Council finds that modification and approval of this change to the
Utility Rate Schedule D-1 (Storm and Surface Water Drainage) for the purpose of meeting
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operating expenses is statutorily exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
review, pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 15273(a).
INTRODUCED AND PASSED: June 16, 2014
AYES: BERMAN, BURT, HOLMAN, KLEIN, KNISS, PRICE, SCHARFF, SCHMID, SHEPHERD
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS:
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GENERAL STORM AND SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE
UTILITY RATE SCHEDULE D-1
A. APPLICABILITY:
This schedule applies to all storm and surface water drainage service, excepting only those
users and to the extent that they are constitutionally exempt under the Constitution of the
State of California or who are determined to be exempt pursuant to Rule and Regulation 25.
B. TERRITORY:
Inside the incorporated limits of the city of Palo Alto and land owned or leased by the city.
C. RATES:
Per Month:
Storm Drainage Fee per Equivalent Residential Unit (ERU) ....................................................... $12.30
D. SPECIAL NOTES:
1. An Equivalent Residential Unit (ERU) is the basic unit for computation of storm
drainage fees for residential and non-residential customers. All single-family residential
properties shall be billed the number ofERUs specified in the following table, based on
an analysis of the relationship between impervious area and lot size for Palo Alto
properties.
RESIDENTIAL RATES (Single-Family Residential Properties
PARCEL SIZE (sq.ft.J ERU
<6,000 sq.ft. 0.8ERU
6,000-11,000 sq.ft. l.OERU
> 11,000 sq.ft. 1.4 ERU
All other properties will have ERU's computed to the nearest 1110 ERU using the
following formula:
No. ofERU Impervious Area (Sq. Ft.)
2,500 Sq. Ft.
2. For more details on the storm drainage fee, refer to Utilities Rule and Regulation 25.
CITY OF PALO ALTO UTILITIES
Issued by the City Council
Supersedes Sheet No.D-1-1 dated 7-1-2013
CITY OF
PALO
ALTO
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Effective 7-1-2014
Sheet No. D-1-1