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Home My WebLink AboutRESO 10116027021423 Resolution No. 10116 Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Approving the FY 2024 Wastewater Collection Utility Financial Plan, Including Reserve Transfers, and Adjusting Wastewater Rates by Amending Rate Schedules S-1 (Residential Wastewater Collection and Disposal), S-2 (Commercial Wastewater Collection and Disposal), S-6 (Restaurant Wastewater Collection and Disposal) and S-7 (Commercial Wastewater Collection and Disposal – Industrial Discharger) R E C I T A L S A. Each year the City of Palo Alto (“City”) assesses the financial position of its utilities with the goal of ensuring adequate revenue to fund operations. This includes making long-term projections of market conditions, the physical condition of the system, and other factors that could affect utility costs, and setting rates adequate to recover these costs. The City does this with the goal of providing safe, reliable, and sustainable utility services at competitive rates. The City adopts Financial Plans to summarize these projections. B. The City uses reserves to protect against contingencies and to manage other aspects of its operations, and regularly assesses the adequacy of these reserves and the management practices governing their operation. The status of utility reserves and their management practices are included in Reserves Management Practices attached to and made a part of the Financial Plans. C. Pursuant to Chapter 12.20.010 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code, the Council of the City of Palo Alto may by resolution adopt rules and regulations governing utility services, fees and charges. D. On June 19, 2023, the City Council held a full and fair public hearing regarding the proposed rate increase and considered all protests against the proposals. E. As required by Article XIII D, Section 6 of the California Constitution and applicable law, notice of the June 19, 2023 public hearing was mailed to all City of Palo Alto Utilities wastewater customers by April 27, 2023. F. The City Clerk has tabulated the total number of written protests presented by the close of the public hearing, and determined that it was less than fifty percent (50%) of the total number of customers and property owners subject to the proposed wastewater rate amendments, therefore a majority protest does not exist against the proposal. The Council of the City of Palo Alto does hereby RESOLVE as follows: SECTION 1. The Council hereby adopts the FY 2024 Wastewater Collection Utility Financial Plan. DocuSign Envelope ID: 7F5B3C2F-BC77-4D7C-A1B7-93AD903C956E 027021423 SECTION 2. The Council hereby approves the following transfers as described in the FY 2024 Wastewater Collection Utility Financial Plan: a. Up to $3,178,000 in FY 2023 from the Capital Improvement Projects Reserve to the Operations Reserve. b. Up to $342,000 in FY 2023 from the Rate Stabilization Reserve to the Operations Reserve. SECTION 3. Pursuant to Section 12.20.010 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code, Utility Rate Schedule S-1 (Residential Wastewater Collection and Disposal) is hereby amended to read as attached and incorporated. Utility Rate Schedule S-1, as amended, shall become effective July 1, 2023. SECTION 4. Pursuant to Section 12.20.010 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code, Utility Rate Schedule S-2 (Commercial Wastewater Collection and Disposal) is hereby amended to read as attached and incorporated. Utility Rate Schedule S-2, as amended, shall become effective July 1, 2023. SECTION 5. Pursuant to Section 12.20.010 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code, Utility Rate Schedule S-6 (Restaurant Wastewater Collection and Disposal) is hereby amended to read as attached and incorporated. Utility Rate Schedule S-6, as amended, shall become effective July 1, 2023. SECTION 6. Pursuant to Section 12.20.010 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code, Utility Rate Schedule S-7 (Commercial Wastewater Collection and Disposal – Industrial Discharger) is hereby amended to read as attached and incorporated. Utility Rate Schedule S-7, as amended, shall become effective July 1, 2023. SECTION 7. The Council finds that the revenue derived from the wastewater rates approved by this resolution do not exceed the funds required to provide wastewater service, and the revenue derived from the adoption of this resolution shall be used only for the purposes set forth in Article VII, Section 2, of the Charter of the City of Palo Alto. SECTION 8. The Council finds that the fees and charges adopted by this resolution are charges imposed for a specific government service or product provided directly to the payor that are not provided to those not charged, and do not exceed the reasonable costs to the City of providing the service or product. // // // // DocuSign Envelope ID: 7F5B3C2F-BC77-4D7C-A1B7-93AD903C956E 027021423 // SECTION 9. The Council finds that the adoption of this resolution approving the FY 2024 Wastewater Financial Plan and Reserve transfers does not meet the California Environmental Quality Act’s definition of a project under Public Resources Code Section 21065 and CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5), because it is an administrative governmental activity which will not cause a direct or indirect physical change in the environment, and therefore, no environmental review is required. The Council finds that the adoption of this resolution changing Wastewater collection rates to meet 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 all attachments presented to Council, 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: June 19, 2023 AYES: BURT, KOU, LAUING, LYTHCOTT-HAIMS, STONE, VEENKER NOES: TANAKA ABSENT: ABSTENTIONS ATTEST: City Clerk Mayor APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED: Assistant City Attorney City Manager Director of Utilities Director of Administrative Services DocuSign Envelope ID: 7F5B3C2F-BC77-4D7C-A1B7-93AD903C956E RESIDENTIAL WASTEWATER COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL UTILITY RATE SCHEDULE S-1 CITY OF PALO ALTO UTILITIES Issued by the City Council Supersedes Sheet No S-1-1 Effective 7-1-20232 dated 79-1-20221 Sheet No S-1-1 A. APPLICABILITY: This schedule applies to each Occupied Domestic Dwelling unit. B. TERRITORY: This schedule applies everywhere the City of Palo Alto provides Wastewater Service. C. RATES: Per Month Each Occupied Domestic Dwelling unit ................................................................................ $44.6248.64 D. SPECIAL NOTES: 1. Any dwelling unit being individually served by a Water, Gas, or Electric Meter will be considered continuously occupied. 2. For two or more Occupied Domestic Dwelling units served by one Water Meter, the monthly Wastewater charge will be calculated by multiplying the current Wastewater rate by the number of dwelling units. 3. Each developed separate lot shall have a separate service lateral to a sanitary main or manhole. {End} DocuSign Envelope ID: 7F5B3C2F-BC77-4D7C-A1B7-93AD903C956E COMMERCIAL WASTEWATER COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL UTILITY RATE SCHEDULE S-2 CITY OF PALO ALTO UTILITIES Issued by the City Council Supersedes Sheet No S-2-1 Effective 7-1-20232 dated 79-1-20221 Sheet No S-2-1 A. APPLICABILITY: This schedule applies to all commercial establishments other than those served under Utility Rate Schedule S-1 (Residential Wastewater Collection and Disposal), Rate Schedule S-6 (Restaurant Wastewater Collection and Disposal) or Rate Schedule S-7 (Commercial Establishments Wastewater Disposal – Industrial Discharger). B. TERRITORY: This schedule applies everywhere the City of Palo Alto provides Wastewater Service. C. RATES: Quantity Rate, per 100 cubic feet (See Section D.1) .......................................................... $9.088.33 D. SPECIAL NOTES: 1. The monthly charge for the quantity rate set forth in Section C of this rate schedule will be based upon the average Water usage for the months of January, February and March, and applied in the following July. If a Water Meter is identified as exclusively serving irrigation landscaping, such Meter will be exempted from Wastewater charge calculations. Customers without an applicable usage history will be rebuttably presumed to have usage of 4.8 ccf per month until such time as such usage may reasonably be established by the City of Palo Alto Utilities Department. 2. The City of Palo Alto Utilities Department may require Wastewater Metering facilities, in which case Service will be governed by terms of a special agreement between the City and the Customer. {End} DocuSign Envelope ID: 7F5B3C2F-BC77-4D7C-A1B7-93AD903C956E RESTAURANT WASTEWATER COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL UTILITY RATE SCHEDULE S-6 CITY OF PALO ALTO UTILITIES Issued by the City Council Supersedes Sheet No S-6-1 Effective 7-1-20232 dated 79-1-20221 Sheet No S-6-1 A. APPLICABILITY: This schedule applies to all restaurants. B. TERRITORY: This schedule applies everywhere the City of Palo Alto provides Wastewater Service. C. RATES: Quantity Rates, per 100 cubic feet of monthly metered Water usage ...................................$ 13.5512.43 D. SPECIAL NOTES: 1. The City of Palo Alto Utilities Department may require Wastewater Metering facilities, in which case Service will be governed by terms of a special agreement between the City and the Customer. {End} DocuSign Envelope ID: 7F5B3C2F-BC77-4D7C-A1B7-93AD903C956E COMMERCIAL WASTEWATER COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL – INDUSTRIAL DISCHARGER UTILITY RATE SCHEDULE S-7 CITY OF PALO ALTO UTILITIES Issued by the City Council Supersedes Sheet No S-7-1 Effective 7-1-20232 dated 79-1-20221 Sheet No S-7-1 A. APPLICABILITY: This schedule applies to any establishment requiring sampling of industrial discharges in excess of 25,000 gallons per day, or special discharge monitoring, as defined in Rule 23, Section C. B. TERRITORY: This schedule applies everywhere the City of Palo Alto provides Wastewater Service. C. RATES: 1. Collection System Operation, Maintenance, and Infiltration Inflow: $ 4.144.51 per 100 cubic feet of metered water use. 2. Advanced Waste Treatment Operations and Maintenance Charge: $ 1.651.80 per 100 cubic feet of metered water use 3. $220.43202.23 per 1000 pounds (lbs) of COD (Chemical Oxygen Demand) 4. $ 531.46 487.58 per 1000 lbs of SS (Suspended Solids) 5. $ 3,672.26 3,369.05 per 1000 lbs of NH 3 (Ammonia) 6. $ 16,111.5614,781.25 per 1000 lbs of toxics (chromium, copper, cyanide, lead, nickel, silver, and zinc) D. SPECIAL NOTES: 1. Water usage will be determined as defined in Rule 23, Section C. If a Water Meter is identified as exclusively serving irrigation landscaping, such Meter will be exempted from Wastewater charge calculations. 2. The City of Palo Alto Utilities Department may require Wastewater Metering facilities, in which case Service will be governed by terms of a special agreement between the City of Palo Alto and the Customer. 3. Charges for large discharges will be determined on the basis of sampling as outlined in Utilities Rule 23, Section C. However, for purposes of arriving at an accurate flow estimate, discharge Meters, if installed, can be utilized to measure outflow for billing purposes. Annual charges will be determined and allocated monthly for billing purposes. {End} DocuSign Envelope ID: 7F5B3C2F-BC77-4D7C-A1B7-93AD903C956E Certificate Of Completion Envelope Id: 7F5B3C2FBC774D7CA1B793AD903C956E Status: Completed Subject: DocuSign: Resolution 10116 Source Envelope: Document Pages: 7 Signatures: 6 Envelope Originator: Certificate Pages: 2 Initials: 0 Vinhloc Nguyen AutoNav: Enabled EnvelopeId Stamping: Enabled Time Zone: (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) 250 Hamilton Ave Palo Alto , CA 94301 Vinhloc.Nguyen@CityofPaloAlto.org IP Address: 199.33.32.254 Record Tracking Status: Original 6/26/2023 5:17:34 AM Holder: Vinhloc Nguyen Vinhloc.Nguyen@CityofPaloAlto.org Location: DocuSign Security Appliance Status: Connected Pool: StateLocal Storage Appliance Status: Connected Pool: City of Palo Alto Location: DocuSign Signer Events Signature Timestamp Aylin Bilir Aylin.Bilir@CityofPaloAlto.org Assistant City Attorney Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None)Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style Using IP Address: 199.33.32.254 Sent: 6/26/2023 5:19:52 AM Resent: 6/27/2023 9:01:55 AM Viewed: 6/27/2023 10:06:42 AM Signed: 6/27/2023 10:07:26 AM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign Kiely Nose Kiely.Nose@CityofPaloAlto.org Director, Administrative Services/CFO City of Palo Alto Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None) Signature Adoption: Uploaded Signature Image Using IP Address: 199.33.32.254 Sent: 6/27/2023 10:07:27 AM Viewed: 6/27/2023 3:10:25 PM Signed: 6/27/2023 3:10:30 PM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign Dean Batchelor Dean.Batchelor@CityofPaloAlto.org Director of Utilities City of Palo Alto Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None) Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style Using IP Address: 199.33.32.254 Sent: 6/27/2023 3:10:31 PM Viewed: 6/27/2023 3:35:25 PM Signed: 6/27/2023 3:35:41 PM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign Ed Shikada Ed.Shikada@CityofPaloAlto.org Ed Shikada, City Manager City of Palo Alto Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None) Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style Using IP Address: 166.198.34.9 Signed using mobile Sent: 6/27/2023 3:35:43 PM Viewed: 6/27/2023 3:39:32 PM Signed: 6/27/2023 3:39:56 PM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign Signer Events Signature Timestamp Lydia Kou Lydia.kou@cityofpaloalto.org Council Member Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None)Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style Using IP Address: 98.207.160.72 Sent: 6/27/2023 3:39:58 PM Viewed: 6/27/2023 6:38:43 PM Signed: 6/27/2023 6:39:13 PM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign Mahealani Ah Yun Mahealani.AhYun@CityofPaloAlto.org Acting City Clerk Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None)Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style Using IP Address: 199.33.32.254 Sent: 6/27/2023 6:39:15 PM Viewed: 6/28/2023 9:23:48 AM Signed: 6/28/2023 9:24:03 AM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign In Person Signer Events Signature Timestamp Editor Delivery Events Status Timestamp Agent Delivery Events Status Timestamp Intermediary Delivery Events Status Timestamp Certified Delivery Events Status Timestamp Carbon Copy Events Status Timestamp Witness Events Signature Timestamp Notary Events Signature Timestamp Envelope Summary Events Status Timestamps Envelope Sent Hashed/Encrypted 6/26/2023 5:19:52 AM Envelope Updated Security Checked 6/27/2023 7:48:33 AM Envelope Updated Security Checked 6/27/2023 7:48:33 AM Envelope Updated Security Checked 6/27/2023 7:48:33 AM Envelope Updated Security Checked 6/27/2023 7:48:33 AM Envelope Updated Security Checked 6/27/2023 7:48:33 AM Envelope Updated Security Checked 6/27/2023 7:48:33 AM Envelope Updated Security Checked 6/27/2023 7:48:33 AM Certified Delivered Security Checked 6/28/2023 9:23:48 AM Signing Complete Security Checked 6/28/2023 9:24:03 AM Completed Security Checked 6/28/2023 9:24:03 AM Payment Events Status Timestamps