HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017-61 - Establishing Sewer Charges Effective January 1, 2018 and Four Years of Phased Increases TheretoRESOLUTION NO. 2017-61
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING
SEWER CHARGES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2018 AND
FOUR YEARS OF PHASED IN INCREASES THERETO
WHEREAS, on March 20, 2017, the City of Newport Beach ("City") retained the
services of HF&H Consultants, LLC ("HF&H") to update HF&H's prior sewer rate study
from 2013-14 in order to analyze the current cost of sewer services and to provide
recommendations regarding an appropriate rate structure;
WHEREAS, the resulting HF&H study recommended establishing a rate structure
that includes a both a fixed charge and a use charge for sewer customers who also
receive water service from the City, and a fixed charge for sewer customers who do not
receive water service from the City, plus four years of phased in increases thereto;
WHEREAS, following a public hearing held on September 12, 2017, in conformity
with Proposition 218, the City Council determined that no majority protest against the
recommended rate structure had occurred;
WHEREAS, the City's current sewer charges are codified in Newport Beach
Municipal Code ("NBMC") Section 14.24.065. On September 12, 2017, the City Council
for the City of Newport Beach ("City Council") introduced Ordinance No. 2017-15 to
amend NBMC Section 14.24.065 to have the sewer charges and any changes thereto be
adopted and charged pursuant to a resolution adopted by the City Council and passed
Ordinance No. 2017-15 to second reading and adoption on September 26, 2017;
WHEREAS, by adopting this resolution, the City Council intends to establish sewer
charges effective January 1, 2018 and phased in increases thereto over a period through
January 1, 2022, pursuant to the schedule attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated
herein by this reference.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach resolves as
follows:
Section 1: The City Council does hereby establish the sewer charges effective
January 1, 2018 and phased in increases thereto through January 1, 2022, as identified
in Exhibit A. The sewer charges shall become effective according to the schedule in
Exhibit A. The City Council directs staff to include the newly established sewer charges
and phased in increases thereto, as adopted by this resolution, in the City's Schedule of
Rents, Fines and Fees, or other successor document thereto as amended from time to
time.
Section 2: The recitals provided in this resolution are true and correct and are
incorporated into the operative part of this resolution.
Resolution No. 2017-61
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Section 3: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this resolution
is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the
validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this resolution. The City Council
hereby declares that it would have passed this resolution, and each section, subsection,
sentence, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections,
subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 4: The City Council finds the adoption of this resolution is not subject to
the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the
activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the
environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378)
of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it
has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly.
Section 5: This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the
City Council, and the City Clerk shall certify the vote adopting the resolution. /
ADOPTED this 261h day of September, 2017.
Kevin M
Mayor
ATTEST:
Leilani I. Brown
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
Aaron C. Harp
City Attorney
Exhibit A — Current and Newly Adopted Sewer Charges
Exhibit A
Current and Newly Ado ted Sewer Charges
(Per Resolution No. 2017-61)
Month/ Sewer Service Charge
Newport Beach Water and Sewer Customers
Meter Size
Current
1/1/2018
1/1/2018
1/1/2019
1/1/2020
1/1/2021
1/1/2022
5/8"
$
4.50
$
6.46
$
7.07
$
7.74
$
8.39
$
8.55
3/4"
$
4.50
$
6.46
$
7.07
$
7.74
$
8.39
$
8.55
V.
$
4.50
$
6.46
$
7.07
$
7.74
$
8.39
$
8.55
1.5"
$
4.50
$
7.11
$
7.78
$
8.51
$
9.23
$
9.41
2"
$
14.50
$
9.70
$
10.61
$
11.61
$
12.58
$
12.83
3"
$
14.50
$
10.99
$
12.02
$
13.15
$
14.26
$
14.54
4"
$
14.50
$
12.93
$
14.14
$
15.47
$
16.77
$
17.11
6"
$
14.50
$
14.55
$
15.91
$
17.41
$
18.87
$
19.25
8"
$
14.50
$
16.16
$
17.68
$
19.34
$
20.97
$
21.39
10"
$
14.50
$
20.69
$
22.63
$
24.76
$
26.84
$
27.37
12" 1
$
14.50
$
25.86
$
28.29
$
30.95
$
33.55
$
34.22
Sewer Use Charge
HCF
Current
1/112018
111/2019
11112020
1/1/2021
1/1/2022
$
0.35
$
0.38 1
$
0.42 1
$
0.46 1
$
0.50
$
0.51
Month/
Newport Beach Sewer Customers Only
Sewer Service - No Water Char e
Meter Size
Current
1/1/2018
1/1/2019
1/1/2020
1/1/2021
1/1/2022
5/8"
$
6.25
$
9.90
$
10.83
$
11.85
$
12.84
$
13.10
3/4"
$
6.25
$
9.90
$
10.83
$
11.85
$
12.84
$
13.10
V.
$
6.25
$
11.59
$
12.68
$
13.87
$
15.04
$
15.34
1.5"
$
6.25
$
34.87
$
38.15
$
41.73
$
45.24
$
46.14
2"
$
6.25
$
35.92
$
39.30
$
42.99
$
46.60
$
47.54
3"
$
6.25
$
92.27
$
100.94
$
110.43
$
119.70
$
122.10
4"
$
6.25
$
163.41
$
178.78
$
195.58
$
212.01
$
216.25
6"
$
6.25
$
287.97
$
315.04
$
344.65
$
373.60
$
381.07
8"
$
6.25
$
289.58
$
316.80
$
346.58
$
375.70
$
383.21
10"
$
6.25
$
294.11 1
$
321.75
$
352.00
$
381.57
$
389.20
Note: Surcharge and Per Dwelling Unit charges have been removed from proposed rates
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss.
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, Leilani I. Brown, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify that the
whole number of members of the City Council is seven; the foregoing resolution, being Resolution
No. 2017-61 was duly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting
of said Council held on the 261h day of September, 2017; and the same was so passed and adopted by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Council Member Brad Avery, Council Member Diane Dixon, Council Member Scott
Peotter, Council Member Will O'Neill, Mayor Pro Tem Duffy Duffield
NAYS: Mayor Kevin Muldoon
ABSENT: Council Member Jeff Herdman
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of
said City this 27th day of September, 2017.
Leilani I. Brown
City Clerk
Newport Beach, California