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Resolution No. 9680
Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Amending Utility Rate
Schedule D1 (General Storm and Surface Water Drainage) to Increase the
Storm Water Management Fee by 62 Cents Per Month Per Equivalent
Residential Unit
R E C I T A L S
A. On August 29, 2016, by its adoption of Resolution No. 9624, the City Council (i)
ation of the Proposed Fee.
B. On October 24, 2016, following a properly noticed protest hearing at which it
was determined that a majority protest against the Proposed Fee did not exist, the City Council
adopted Resolution No. 9635, calling a mail ballot election for Tuesday, April 11, 2017 (the
C. The Election was conducted as directed by the City Council, and on April 17,
2017, by its adoption of Resolution 9673, the Council declared and certified that the Proposed
Fee was approved by the property owners in the Election.
The Council of the City of Palo Alto RESOLVES as follows:
SECTION 1. Pursuant to Section 12.20.010 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code, Utility
Rate Schedule D1 (General Storm and Surface Water Drainage) is hereby amended to read in
accordance with sheet D11, attached hereto and incorporated herein. The foregoing Utility
Rate Schedule, as amended, shall become effective June 1, 2017.
SECTION 2. The Council finds as follows:
a. Revenues derived from the Fee approved by this resolution do not exceed the funds
required to provide storm and surface water drainage service.
b. Revenues derived from the Fee approved by this resolution shall not be used for any
purpose other than providing storm and surface water drainage service, and the
purposes set forth in Article VII, Section 2, of the Charter of the City of Palo Alto.
c. The amount of the Fee imposed upon any parcel or person as an incident of
property ownership shall not exceed the proportional cost of providing the storm
and surface water drainage service attributable to the parcel.
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SECTION 3. The Council finds that modification and approval of this change to the
Utility Rate Schedule D1 (General Storm and Surface Water Drainage) for the purpose of
meeting operating expenses, purchase supplies and materials, meet financial reserve needs and
obtain funds for capital improvements necessary to maintain service is not subject to the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to California Public Resources Code Sec.
21080(b)(8) and Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations Sec. 15273(a). After reviewing
the staff report and both related reports and their attachments (ID #7285, ID # 7143) presented
to Council regarding the Storm Water Management Fee, the Council incorporates these
documents herein and finds that sufficient evidence has been presented setting forth with
specificity the basis for this claim of CEQA exemption.
INTRODUCED AND PASSED: May 22, 2017
AYES: DUBOIS, FILSETH, FINE, HOLMAN, KNISS, KOU, SCHARFF, TANAKA, WOLBACH
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS:
ATTEST:
City Clerk Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED:
Senior Deputy City Attorney City Manager
Director of Public Works
Director of Administrative Services
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GENERAL STORM AND SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE
UTILITY RATE SCHEDULE D-1
CITY OF PALO ALTO UTILITIES
Issued by the City Council
Effective 6-1-2017
Supersedes Sheet No.D-1-1 dated 7-1-2016 Sheet No.D-1-1
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:
Stormwater Management Fee per Equivalent Residential Unit (ERU) ........................................$13.65
D. SPECIAL NOTES:
1. An Equivalent Residential Unit (ERU) is the basic unit for computation of stormwater
management fees for residential and non-residential customers. All single-family residential
properties shall be billed the number of ERUs 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.) ERU
<6,000 sq.ft. 0.8 ERU
6,000 - 11,000 sq.ft. 1.0 ERU
>11,000 sq.ft. 1.4 ERU
All other properties will have ERU's computed to the nearest 1/10 ERU using the following
formula:
No. of ERU = Impervious Area (Sq. Ft.)
2,500 Sq. Ft.
2. For more details on the storm drainage fee, refer to Utilities Rule and Regulation 25.
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