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TO: THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: THE CITY' MANAGER'S OFFICE
CDUNC]L MEETING DATE
NOVEMBER 15, 1989
SUBJECT: TO RECEIVE PUBLIC INPUT REGARDING CCNSUERATION OF THE INTRODUCTION OF AN
ORDNANCE SEFrING AND ESTABLISHING IMP ASS D RATES FOR g3NM SERVICE AND
CIJN M3CM'4 FEES
PREPARED BY:
City Manager
RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the City Council introduce Ordinance No. 1463,
"An Ordinance of the Lodi City Council Adopting a Nov
Fee Schedule for Sewer 'Service and Connection Fees,"
said adjustments to be effective with sewer service
bills prepared on and after January 1, 1990.
BACKGROUND P4(FA ATION : The City Council adopted Resolution 86-152 at its
regular meeting of October 1, 1986 setting in place a
schedule of annual sewer service charges and
connection fees adjustments until such time as the
White Slough Water Pollut on Control Facility expansion project is completed or
until that resolutior! is superseded. The adjustments are 15%effective each
year on or as close to Oct)ber 1 as feasible.
The proposed fee and related ordinance changes are outlined in the attached mum
(Exhibit 1) prepared by the Public Works Director dated November 3, 1989. The
proposed Ordinance Na 1463 is attached as Exhibit A to this Menlo. This data
was reviewed with the City Council at its "Shirtsleeve" session of November 7,
1989. The proposed adjustments will increase the monthly sewer service charge
for a two-bedroom house from $5.38 to $6.19, and the connection fee from $1587
to $1825.
The mum
provides the City Council with the information it
requested on setting
a flat
rate connection fee on all
residential units. Staff
still feels that the
fairest way to apply connection
fees to residential units
is by number of
bedrooms.
If the Council wishes
to change the concept to a
flat rate connection
charge,
this approach can be
incorporated at the time
the ordinance is
introduced.
Since these increases will help to fund theroposed expansion of the White
Slough Treatment Plant it is critical that Ordinance No. 1463 be introduced at
this meeting. The introduct on of this ordinance requires a 4/5 vote of the
Counci 1.
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Rates for Sewer Service at.. Connection Fees
November 15, 1989
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At the last "Shirtsleeve" session, Councilmember Pinkerton requested to be
informed of the City fees for a standard single-family home. For an average
1800/s,f, three-bedroom home the City fees collected are as follows:
Building Permit Charge $1300.00
(includes building permit,
plan check, Strong Motion
Instrumentation Program
(seismic safety) , plumbing,
electrical and mechanical/air
conditioning)
Sewer Connection
(using proposed increase)
The school impact fee ($1.56/s.f.)
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Attachments
CFUNC-690
EXHIBIT 1
MEMORANDUM, City of Lodi, Public Wogs Department
E
T0: City Manager
City Council
FROM: Public Works Director
DATE : November 3, 1989
SUBJECT: Nw Fee Schedule for Sewage Service Charges and Connection Fees
and Related Changes i n the Existing Sewer Ordinance
The attached Exhibit A i s the proposed Ordinance which modifies the sewage
service charges and sewer connection fees.
i.
A t the October 4, 1989 Council meeting, under the discussion of increasing
sewer fees, two questions were raised that continued the action on the
proposed fee increase. These questions were: _
1. Should me have a flat connection fee for all sizes of residential ! \
units rather than the present variable connection fee which is
tied to the number of bedrooms?
2. Fbw is the connection fee and sewage service charge determined for
commercial and industrial uses? The chart showing the allocation
of these fees war, not provided to the City Council.
Residential Connection Fee
Section 1 of the proposed Ordinance (Exhibit A) shows the residential
connection fee as 51,825.00 per Sewage Service Unit. Section 13.12.130 of
the overall sewer ordinance shows the following relationship between the
number of bedrooms and sewage service unit::
Number o f Sewage Service
Bedrooms U r i t s
F ...
1 0.75
2 1.00';:_
3 1.25 1
4 1.50`
5 1.75
6 2.00
7 2.25
Therefore, the ccnnection fees for residential would be as follows:
Number of
Bed,-ooms Connection Fee l
1 $1,368.75
2 $1,825.00
3 $2,281.25
4 $29-737.50
5 $3,193.75
6 $3,650.00 a
7 $4,106.25
fw
The Council requested that me calculate a flat rate connection fee for all
sizes of residential units that would provide the same revenue as the
proposed connection fee tied to bedrooms. In order to make this
i
calculation, an assumption has to be made on what ratio of bedrooms per
residential unit will be constructed in the future. The attached Exhibit
B evaluates four different development alternatives. Listed below are the
alternates and what the flat rate connection fee would be for each.
F1at.Rat
Alternate Description Connection ree
1 The future ratio will equal the ratio of 51,8b0
existing units presently constructed
The future ratio will equal that ratio based S2,245
on 1988 building permits
3 The future ratio will equal that ratio based $1,990
on 1989 building pewits
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4 The future ratio will equal the average of -oe $2,160
1988/89 building permits
Under these four alternatives, the flat rate connection fee varies from
$1,860 to 52,245 per residential unit. If the Council desires a flat rate
residential connection fee, staff would recommend using Alternate 4 which
is based on the average of the 1988/89 building permits and provides a
flat rate fee of 52,160 per residential unit.
Commercial and Industrial Fees
In Section 1 of the proposed Ordinance (Exhibit A), the cost per sewage
service unit for moderate strength commercial and industrial users on the
domestic system is as follows:
Annual Sewage Service $74.28 per sewage service unit
(56.19 monthly)
Connection Fee $1,825.00 per sewage service unit
High strength user fees are calculated individually using flow, BOD, and
SS .
The chart shown in Section 2 of the proposed Ordinance shows how the
sewage service unit charge for both the connection fee and sewage service
is applied.
Example
A Church (Meeting Place, Re l i q i ou s) with 300 seats would be charged
for 1.5 Sewage Service Units (300 . 200 = 1.5)
Connection F e e
1.5 X S? ,825 = S2,737.50
MCMB949/TXTW.02M
Sewaqe Service Charge
1.5 X $74.28 + 12 months = $9.28/month
The proposed Ordinance recommends a change in the ellocation of sewage
service units to some commercial and industrial uses. The attached
Exhibit C shows the changes that are being recommended. The recommended
changes are based on calculated sewer flows determined from actual water
metered usage.
Under Section 1, the unit charges for flow, SOD, and SS for a high
strength industrial user on the domestic'system were increased more than
the standard 15%. Three years ago, when the connection fees were
increased from $290 to $1,200, these unit charges for connection fees were
not proportionately increased. This oversight was not caught until now.
11Rhis had not been caught, a two-bedroom residence using these unit
charges would be charged a connection fee of only $110 versus the $1,825
that should be charged. Fortunately, no high strength industrial users
have connected in the last three years, so the City has not lost any
revenue.
Section 4 of the proposed Ordinance revises the appeal section of the
overall sewer ordinance. The revision will allow the Public Woks
Director to make adjustments in the monthly sewage service charge. The
existing ordinance only allows an adjustment in the connection fee.
Section 4 also provides for determining and adjusting connection fees and
sewage service charges based on calculated sewer flows where water meters
are installed.
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Jack 1. Ronsko
Public Works Director
JLR/mt
Attachments
cc: Water/Wastewater Superintendent
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ORDINANCE NO. 1463
Eahi bi t A
AN ORDPW�CE OF THE LODI CITY COUi�,,IL
ADOPTING A NEW FEE SCHEDULE
FOR SEWA 1 SERVICE AND 00NgBC.H0N FEES
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE LODI CITY COUIVC7L:
SECIION 1. Lodi Municipal Code Chapter 13.12 "Sewer Service", §13.12.2
i
"Sewer Service Connection Fee Schedule" is hereby amended to read as {
follows:
13.12.245 Sewage Service and Connection Fee Schedule
DOMESIIC SYSIE\4
A. Residential IM
1. Sewage Service Charge
Number of Bedrooms Monthly Rate
5 4.65
S 6.19 1,
S 7.74
S 9.28 {
510.83
$12.37
$13.90 `F
2. Connection Fee $1,825.00 per unit* ,
*"Unit": Sewage Service Unit, defined as each increment of
flow of a typical two-bedroom residence (206 gallons per day f
and having BOD and SS strengths of less than 300 milligrams
per liter). Units for residential, commercial, and industrial
users are shown in Section 13.12.180.
B. Commercial
1. Annual Sewage Service $74.28 per unit per year
2. Connection Fee $1,825.00 per unit
C. Industrial
1. Annual Sewage Service
Moderate Strength User S74.28 per unit per year
High Strength User
Unit Item Unit Charae
Flow - MG
BOD - 1,000 lbs.
SS - 1,000 lbs.
SEWcR0RD/TXTW.02V.
5357.41 per MG
5174.90 per 1,000 lbs.
5142.97 per 1,000 lbs.
"2. Commercial and industrial user sewage service charges shall be
based on the number of sewage service units assigned to each
user. The units of measure or determining the number of sewage
service units assigned to each user are as follows:
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2. Connection Fee
Moderate Strength User
$1,825.00 per unit
=;
High Strength User
Unit Item (per year)
Unit Charae
Flow - MG
59,733.01 per MG
BOD - 1,000 lbs.
$4,009.18 per 1,000 lbs.
SS 1,000 lbs.
$1,805.59 per 1,000 lbs.
j INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM
A. Annual Sewage Service
i Unit I tem
U n i t Charoe
Flow - MG
To be determined annually
by
BOD - 1,000 lbs.
the Public Wojks Director
as
outlined in §13.12.200 of
the>
Lodi Municipal Code
B. Connection Fee
To be determined annually
by
the Public Wo�s Director
as
outlined in §13.12.210 of
the
Lodi Municipal Code
HOLDING TANK WASTES
A. Dumping Charge
$54.75 p 2 r 1.000 gal.
STORM ERAN SYSTEM
A. Storm Drain Disposal Charge
$66.13 per MG"
j
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SBCHON 2. Lodi Municipal Code Chapter
13.12 "Sewer Service",
;
i
§13.12.180 "Domestic System Service Charges", Section C-2, is hereby
i
amended to read as follows:
"2. Commercial and industrial user sewage service charges shall be
based on the number of sewage service units assigned to each
user. The units of measure or determining the number of sewage
service units assigned to each user are as follows:
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User Description
1. Meeting place, religious
2. Meeting place, Public
3. Hotel, motel without kitchenettes
4. Hotel, motel with kitchenettes
5. Veterinary clinic
6. Post office
7. Funeral parlor
8. Service station with service garages
9. Service station without service garages
10. Car wash, autcmatic bays
11. Car wash, self -serve bays
12. School, 8th grade and below
13. High school
14. Eating place, seating only
15. Eating place, seating and take-out
16. Eating place, "pizza parlor"
17. Eating place, take-out only
18. Lunch truck business
19. Laundry, coin -op. , reg. mach.
20. Laundry, coin -op., big mach.
21. Comm. laundry and dry cleaning
22. Dentist's office
23. Office, store, warehouse, manufacturer,
Doctor's, Chiropractor's, and X-ray
offices
24. Grocery store, supermarket (having
vegetable/fruit or butcher/meat sections)
25. B? r
26. Barber, beauty shop
SNERORD; TX71W.00"
Unit of Mersure
Each 200 seats
Each 100 seats
Each 3 beds ,
Each unit
Each
4 employees
Each
15 employees
Each
3 employees
Each
2.5 pumps
Each
7 pumps
20 SSUs per bay
2 SSUs per bay
Each
20 students
Each
15 students
Each
10 seats
Each
7 seats
Each
35 seats
Each
5 employees
Each
5 employees
Each
1.5 machines
Each
machine
Each
3 employees
Each
employee
Each 6 employees
Each 3 employees
Each 20 seats
Each 3 workstations
27. Hospital , convalescent bcme
28. Rest and retirement home
29. Mobile bcme park
30. RV dump station
Each 3 beds
Each 3 beds
Each 1.33 pads
Each station
One sewage service unit shall be assigned to each unit of
measure. Fees shall be based on nearest one-tenth sewage service
unit except minimum number of sewage service units shall be 1.0."
SECTION 3. Lodi Municipal Code Chapter 13.12 "Sewer Service", §13.12.190
"Domestic System Connection Fees", Section C, which reads as follows, is
hereby deleted:
C. Any discharger, after one full year of operating data is available,
may request the public works director to make an adjustment, or
the public works director may institute an adjustment, if a
significant variation exists between the estimated end actual
quantities for each characteristic. Increases in connection fees
shall be due and payabie on demand a t tf,e time the public works
director makes the fee adjustment and decreases will be credited."
SECI)ON 4. Lodi Municipal Code Chapter 13.12 "Sewer Service", §13.12.260
"Appeals" is hereby amended to read as follows:
"The owner or occupants of any premises who find that the charges and/or
fees provided for in this article are unjust or inequitable may make
application to the public works director to have the fees modified, in
accordance to Section i3.12.590.
SE-k'-EPORD/TXT', . 02M
Commercial or industrial discharger, after one full year of operating
data is available, may request the public works director to make an
adjustment, or the public works director may institute an adjustment,
if a significant variation exists between the estimated and actual
quantities for each characteristic. Increases in connection fees
shall be due and payable on demand a t the time the public works
director makes the fee adjustment and decreases will be credited.
Increases or decreases i n sewage service charges shall be implemented
in the next billing following the determination by the public works
director that adjustment is appropriate.
Where water
usage is
metered, the estimated sewer
flows may be .
compared to
the flows
of a two-bedroom residence
(one SSU) to
determine or
adjust the
connection fee or sewage service
charge."
SECTION 5. The above fees for the Domestic System and Holding Tank Wastes
shall be increased 15p annually on October 1 of each year until the White
Slough Weter Pollution Control Facility expansion is completed or this
ordinance is superseded.
SECTION 6. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith
are repealed insofar as such conflict may exist,
SECTION 7. This ordinance is for the usual and current expenses of the
City and is adopted pursuant to Governm-int Code §36937(d). I t shall be
pub! ished one time in the Lodi News Sentinel, a daily newspaper of general
circulation printed and published in the City of Lod'a, and shall be in
force and take effect immediately upon its passage and approval. The
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Approved this day of o 1989
JOHN R. SNIDER
T.
Attest :
ALICE N. REIMCHE
City Clerk
$z.wGR0RD/i G.r2M - 6 -
State of California
County of San Joaquin, ss.
I, Alice M. Rc-mche, City Clerk of the City of Lodi, do hereby certify that
Ordinance ;1u, was introduced as a regular meeting of the City Council
of the City of Lodi held 1989 and was thereafter passed,
adopted an ordered to print at an adjourned regular meeting of said Council
t
hel d 1989 by the following vote:
Ayes : Counci lmembers
.1
Noes: Counci lmembers
4
Absent Counci lmembers
Abstain: Counci lmembers
I further certify that Ordinance No. was approved and signed by the
Mayor on the date of its passage and the same has been published pursuant
t o law.`
f
s:
ALICE M. REXMCHE''
City Clerk
Approved Pas t o Form:
BOBBY W. MGNA7
City Attorney
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Alternate 4
Average
of 1988 & 1989
Total Units % of Total
33 7.76
131 30.79
200 47.00
57.5 13.51
3.5 0.89.
.5 0.12
425.5
$2,160
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Seder Conrktion Fee Pee:ttesidentla"
th'it
Alternate 1
Altemate 2
Almrate 3
1988
989
Overall Units
Building Permits
Building Permits
FYicti�x as Of 11/80
of 10/87 - 9/88
of 10/83 - 9/W
# of flediTnis
Proposed
Connection Fee
Total Units % of Total
Total Units % of Total
Total Units % of Total
1
$1,368.75
2,876 16.39
12 2.1
54 15.98
2
$1,825.00
6,740 38.42
113 22.03
149 44.W
3
$2,281.25
7,056 40.22
300 58.48
100 29.59
4
$2,737.50
795 4.53
83 16.18
32 9.47
5
$3,193.75
72 .41
5 .97
2 0.59
6
$3,650.00
4 .02
0 --
0 0
7
$4,106.25
1 .01
0
1 129
notal
17,544
513
338
[(-- Per Residential thit*
$1,1360
$2,245
$1,990
Alternate 4
Average
of 1988 & 1989
Total Units % of Total
33 7.76
131 30.79
200 47.00
57.5 13.51
3.5 0.89.
.5 0.12
425.5
$2,160
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Chanoes i n Units .z.P,easuref
Legend: ---- deletion
new wording
11, Car wagh . self serve bays 2 GSU's per bev
9- School, 8th grade and below
Each 20 Stugents
high school
Lacb 15 s`udent=_
��• Each: '_0 sea --S
_-c Eating place, seating onl% `
User
Description
Unit of Measure
1.
Meeting place, religious
Each 200 seats
2.
Meeting place, public
Each 100 seats
3-----Hete-? , -saote--------------------------------£ftt'h•-�--be .
i3.
Hotel motel witr:et, es
Eich 3 beds
4
Hotel motel with kitchengzttes
Lach unit
i-
veterinary clinic
£ach-�8-3terrsei�
Each 4 employees
!-
post office
Meeh-E6-engsecea
-6-7_.
Funeral parlor
Eaeh-?-emp� e�rees
$ach 3 enRlgvees.
r-,
Service Gcation prmps wit r sg-Tvice aara.a„�Eeeh-=-ptmea
.
Each 2.5,pumAs
.
s2ryice station without sq ice as -acres
Each 7 pumps
Car wash begs automatic_ bays
Each -hey
20 SSU's per bay
11, Car wagh . self serve bays 2 GSU's per bev
9- School, 8th grade and below
Each 20 Stugents
high school
Lacb 15 s`udent=_
��• Each: '_0 sea --S
_-c Eating place, seating onl% `
Eating place, seating and take-out. Each 7 sees
_ t
i6, Latina D ace "Ai zza uaZior" Each-:�5__seats
i3-17 s Eating place, take-out only Each 5 employees
i4- Lunch truck business Each 5 employees
Laundry, coin -op., reg. mach. =act-- meehi:�ca
Each 1.5 machines
i .b-ZQs Laundry, coin op., big mach. Each machine
_T
iT-21• Comm. laundry and dry cleaning Eaei:-?-cry oyeee
Each 3 gnnIDvees
x$ ; Hoctet-le-aft --------------------------- 1
Dentist's office Haeh-S-eap�e�►ees
R Each emlovee
?$-----eh.,_i 'QCt ce--------------------�Qch-=9-eap?e�+ees
-t .. -.
>s,
e-2 office, store, waxrehouse, manufacturer Each.-----ehp_eyees
o�t�r's. Chiropractor's and X-ray
C -o
offices Each 6_ dnplovegs
24, Grocery Store. Supermarket (Having Each 3 emi l ovees ,
y
vea/fruit or butcrpr/neat sects ons)
..-=-r25. Bar
=-*-fit, Barber, beauty shop
..Z-27. Hospital, convalescent home
= r_-. Rest and retirement home
c--29. Mobile home park
zz-
.-.30• RV dump station
ae�•?S-9ceta
Each 20 seats
Eaeh-4-e?�c_-a
F.aCh 3 Wb?'k5}2 �'1072S
Each -e -beds
E c 3 beds
Each 3 beds
Each 1.33 pads
Each station
one sewage service unit shall be assigned to each unit of measure. Fees
s. -Lail be based on nearest one-tenth sewaae service unit: except minimum
n::rnber of sec:aae serv.iee , , its- - E beL1.0-
'OTICF OF PURLIC HFARING
` CIT" Or LODI% Date: November 15, 1989
P CARKEGIE FORUM
305 NVest Pine Street. Lodi Time: 7:30
For information regarding this Public Hearing
Please Contact:
Alice M. Reimche
City Clerk
Telephone: 333.6702
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
November 15, 1989
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Wednesday, at the hour of 7:30 p.m., or as
soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, the City Council will conduct a
public hearing to consider the following matter:
1. to receive public input regarding consideration of the
introduction of an ordinance setting and establishing increased
rates for sewer service and connection fees.
Note: This public hearing was continued from the regular City
Council Meeting of October 4, 1989 to November 15, 1989 at
7:30 p.m.
All interested persons are invited to present their views and comments on this
matter. Written statements may be filed with the City Clerk at any time prior
to the hearing scheduled herein, and oral statements may be made at said
hearing.
If you challenge the subject matter in court, you may be limited to raising only
those issues you or someone else raised at the Public Hearing described in
this notice or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk, 221 West
Pine Street, at or prior to the Public Hearing.
By Order Of the Lodi City Council:
Alice M. Reimche
City Clerk
Dated: November 1, 1989
Approved as to form:
o�W. McNatt
City Attorney,
November 15, 1989
City Council
City of Lodi, California
Tonight you face a vote on yet another utility raise, one
that like our water raise of recent could be very disciminitory
to a large segment of our population. I write of that group
who are home Owners, regular voters, on fixed incomes who
are now approaching their "Golden Years".
Please consider the fact that your vote, wit.')ut modification,
can make these years "leaden" rather than "Golden".
This group of solid citizens, earning less than $30,000 a
year household income are LOCKED INTO 25 to 35 year old (or
older) homes that require constant maintenance and are unable
to afford a home with less bedrooms (the criterion for utility
raises) .
These same people are unable to enjoy the creature comforts
of full time heating or air conditioning due to the rates,
unable to afford new cars, unable to stretch that limited
income for whim or fancy. Unwilling to plunge into debt for
different housing as they are the sons and daughter of the
great depression and three wars.
These are the people who have helped pay the tariff that has
built Lodi from a village to a city. Those who have volunteered
in community activity and affairs, those who have paid and
paid.
These are the people living 2 to a 3 -bedroom homg• unlike
of Lodi's 1 and 2 -bedroom homes and apartments housing 8 or
12 people.
An exemption should
PEOPLE. ,
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2448 Corbd.n Lane
be written into the ordinance. FOR THE