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Resolution No. 9770
Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Amending Utility Rate
Schedule D-1 (Storm and Surface Water Drainage) Increasing the
Storm Water Management Fee Rates by 2.9% Per Month Per Equivalent
Residential Unit for Fiscal Year 2019
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 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, 2018.
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SECTION 2. The Council finds as follows:
a. This annual inflation adjustment is being imposed to offset the effects of inflation
on labor and material costs, as authorized by the voter-approved Storm Water
Management Fee, which was approved by a majority of Palo Alto property owners
on April 11, 2017.
b. Revenues derived from the Fee approved by this resolution do not exceed the
funds required to provide storm and surface water drainage service.
c. 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.
d. 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.