Resolution - 2016-37RESOLUTION NO. 2016-37
A RE SOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, DECLARING ITS
INTENTION TO ADOPT A SCHEDULE OF SEWER FEE
INCREASES AND COLLECT THE ANNUAL SEWER
SERVICE CHARGE THROUGH THE COUNTY TAX BILL
AND SETTING JUNE 21, 2016, FOR A PUBLIC HEARING
ON METHOD OF COLLECTION AND FEE INCREASES
WI-IEREAS, Section 38902 of the Government Code authorizes a City to
establish an annual Sewer Service Charge; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 18902, the City of West Covina, by Resolution
No. 5726, established such a Sewer Service Charge exclusively for sewer operation,
maintenance, and capital costs, and collects the Sewer Service Charge as part of the annual
County Secured Property Tax Bill; and
WHEREAS, as part Resolution No. 5726, the City also established that the Sewer
Service Charge could be increased or decreased annually as of July I of each calendar year based
upon the Consumer Price Index ("CPI adjustment" herein); and
WHEREAS, as part of Resolution No. 8019, the City adjusted the schedule of
char -es to include that the fees collected bear a reasonable relationship to the cost of providing
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the services; and
WHEREAS, the proposed potential adjustment of 1.7% to the Sewer Service
Charge does not constitute an "increase" under Proposition 218; and
WHEREAS, State law requires a public hearing be held on this method of
collecting the Sewer Service Charge.
NOW, THEREFORE. the City Council of the City of West Covina does hereby
resolve as follows:
SECTION 1. That the City Council of the City of West Covina does hereby
declare its intention to collect a Sewer Service Charge as part of the annual County Secured
Property Tax Bill, which shall include the proposed potential adjustment of 1.7% for Fiscal Year
2016-2017, adopt the schedule of charges, and hereby set June 21, 2016, as the date for a Public
Hearing on this method of collecting the service charges.
Schedule of Charges: The annual charge shall be computed on a unit basis in
accordance with the following schedule of charges.
Rate: $56.24 per unit
Residential: One dwelling unit equals one unit
Corm-nercial: 667 sq. ft. of floor area equals one unit
SECTION 2. That the City Clerk is hereby authorized, designated and directed to
give notice of said Public Hearing in time, form, and manner as required by law.
SECTION 3. That the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, a daily newspaper of general
circulation, published and circulated within the said City of West Covina, California, is hereby
designated as the newspaper in which such notice shall be published.
SECTION 4. That the City Clerk of the City of West Covina shall certify to the
adoption of this resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED on this 3 rd day of May, 2016.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Kiuiberly r1all Barlow
City Attorney
N'ele�
l'oma
Ta)yr'
ATTEST:
Nickolas S. Lewis
City Clak.
1, HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted by the City Council of the
City of West Covina, California, at a regular meeting thereof on the 3" day of May, 2016, by the
following vote of City Council:
AYES: Johnson, Warshaw, Wu, Toma
NOES: Spence
A-BSFNT: None
ABSTAIN: None
City Clerk-