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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GRAND TERRACE, CALIFORNIA
ADOPTING RATE INCREASES TO CITY OF GRAND TERRACE
SEWER SERVICE FEES
WHEREAS, the City of Grand Terrace (the "City") operates a municipal sewer system,
and transmits the wastewater from properties located within the City to the City of Colton
("Colton") for treatment and disposal; and
WHEREAS, under an agreement between the City and Colton, Colton will be operating
the City's sewer system as part of Colton's sewer system, such that there will be one unified
sewer system with the rates to be equalized between the two cities; and
WHEREAS, Colton undertook an evaluation of the capital infrastructure needs,
programs, and operations and maintenance costs of the unified wastewater system; and
WHEREAS, based on this evaluation, the City has been determined that in the fiscal
year-beginning July 1, 2014, the City will need to increase the rates for its wastewater service
fees for all customers in the City; and
WHEREAS, future rate _increases will be necessary for all of the City's wastewater
customers to enable Colton to recover projected costs of providing wastewater services for the
unified wastewater system, and to ensure that it can safely treat and dispose of sewage, maintain
the operational and financial stability of the utility, and avoid operational deficits and depletion
of reserves; and
WHEREAS, the rates for the wastewater service fees are comprised of five customer
classes — (1) residential (which includes single-family residences, mobile homes, and churches);
(2) multi-family (which includes apartment units and condominiums); (3) schools; (4)
commercial and industrial; and (5) significant commercial/industrial (which includes commercial
and industrial customers that discharge more sewage than other commercial or industrial
customer and/or that have sewage discharges that place more significant loads on the wastewater
system); and
WHEREAS, the rates for the monthly wastewater service fees for residential and multi-
family properties are determined on an equivalent dwelling unit ("EDU")basis; and
WHEREAS, the rates for schools are determined on the basis of the estimated sewer
flow generated at an identified school in terms of the number of students attending (in hundreds);
and
WHEREAS, the rates for commercial and industrial customers and significant industrial
customers are determined on the basis of the estimated sewer flow a property contributes to the
wastewater system (using monthly metered water use data) and the loads that a customer's
sewage discharges put on the system (based on biochemical oxygen demand and total suspended
solids); and
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WHEREAS, the rates are calculated to proportionately allocate capital replacement,
operations, maintenance, treatment, and disposal costs to each customer class; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the provisions of Article XHI D, section 6 of the
California Constitution, the City mailed out notices of the proposed rate increases and such
notices were provided to all property owners and tenants directly liable for sewer service fees
within the City not less than 45 days prior to the public hearing on the proposed establishment of
rates and fees as set forth herein; and
WHEREAS, the City Council conducted a public hearing on July 8, 2014, in order to
receive oral and written testimony regarding this Ordinance and the proposed rate increases.
Said date and time were not less than forty-five days after the mailing of the notice; and
WHEREAS, at the conclusion of the public hearing, written protests against the
proposed rate increases were not presented by a majority of the record owners of parcels upon
which the sewer service fees are imposed and tenants directly responsible for the payment of
sewer service fees; and
WHEREAS, on July 8. 2014 the City Council approved the Sewer Rate Study; and
WHEREAS, it is deemed to be in the best interests of the City to adopt the rate increases
due to the fiscal impacts referenced above.
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND
TERRACE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. All of the foregoing Recitals are true and correct and the City Council so
finds and determines. The Recitals set forth above are incorporated herein, are made findings
and determinations of the City Council, and are made an operative part of this Ordinance.
Section 2. The City Council hereby finds and determines that written protests against
the proposed rate increases were not presented by a majority of the record owners of parcels
upon which sewer service fees are imposed and tenants directly responsible for the payment of
sewer service fees. The City Council therefore finds and determines that a majority protest does
not exist and it is authorized to impose the rate increases as set forth herein.
Section 3. The City hereby adopts the rates for sewer service fees in the amounts and
on the effective dates set forth in the tables below.
RESIDENTIAL AND MULTI-FAMILY CUSTOMERS
MONTHLY WASTEWATER RATES ($/EDU)
Rates and Effective Dates
Customer Class 9/1/14 7/1/15 7/1/16 7/1/17
Residential $32.35 $33.00 $33.66 $34.33
Multi-Family2 $28.15 $28.71 $29.28 $29.87
r 1.Includes single-family residences,homes/mobile homes,and churches.
2.Includes apartment units and condominiums.
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SCHOOLS
MONTHLY WASTEWATER RATES ($/100 Students)
Rates and Effective Dates
Customer Class 9/1/14 7/1/15 7/1/16 7/1/17
Schools $73.04 1 $74.51 $76.00 $77.52
COMMERCIALANDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS
MONTHLY WASTEWATER RATES ($/HCF)1
Rates and Effective Dates
Customer Class 9/1/14 7/1/15 7/1/16 7/1/17
Commercial/Industrial
Low Strength $0.77 $0.79 $0.80 $0.82
Medium Strength $1.12 $1.14 $1.17 $1.19
High Strength $2.28 $2.33 $2.38 $2.42
1. HCF means one hundred cubic feet.
Section 4. The City Manager is authorized and directed to take all actions necessary
to implement the authorized rates.
Section 5. The City Council finds and determines that the administration, operation,
maintenance and improvements of the City sewer system, which are to be funded by the
increased sewer service rates set forth herein, are necessary to maintain service within the City's
existing service area. The City finds that the adoption of the rates and fees is necessary and
reasonable to fund the administration, operation, maintenance and improvements of the unified
wastewater system. Based on these findings, the City Council determines that the adoption of
the rates and fees established by this Ordinance are exempt from the requirements of the
California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to section 21080(b)(8) of the Public Resources
Code and section 15273(a) of the State CEQA Guidelines. The Interim City Clerk is hereby
directed to file a Notice of Exemption with the County Clerk within three days following the date
of this Ordinance.
Section 6. All ordinances, resolutions, or administrative actions by the City Council,
or parts thereof, that are inconsistent with any provision of this Ordinance are hereby superseded
only to the extent of such inconsistency.
Section 7. Within 15 days after adoption of this Ordinance, a summary of the
Ordinance shall be published with the names of those members of the City Council voting for
and against this Ordinance and a certified copy of the full text of this Ordinance, along with the
names of those City Council members voting for and against this Ordinance, shall be posted in
the office of the City Clerk.
Section 8. If any section, subsection, clause or phrase in this Ordinance is for any
reason held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this Ordinance shall not be affected thereby.
_ The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this Ordinance and each section,
\ subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that one or more sections,
subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases or the application thereof be held invalid.
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Section 9. This Ordinance shall take effect thirty days after its final passage.
Approved and Adopted this 22nd day of July, 2014, by the City Council of the City of
Grand Terrace.
Walt Stanckiewitz
Mayor
ATTEST:
De orah A.�Iarringt
Interim City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Z?ardL. Adams II
City Attorney
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CERTIFICATION
I, Deborah A. Harrington, Interim City Clerk of the City of Grand Terrace,
California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was regularly introduced at a regular
meeting of the City Council of the City of Grand Terrace, California, duly held the 8th day of
July, 2014, and thereafter adopted at a regular meeting held on the 22°d day of July, 2014, by the
following vote of the Council:
AYES: Council Members: McNaboe, Mitchell, Robles and Mayor Stanckiewitz
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official
seal of the City of Grand Terrace, California, this 24th day of July, 2014.
4rah A. Harrington, Ir6e m City Clerk_
City of Grand Terrace, California =
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