75A - PH - PROPOSED BUDGET & MISC FEES FY 2010-11

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PUBLIC WORKS AGENCY (CONTINUED) 9) Notice of Abatement Fee -Multiple Posting Fee in 12-Month Period Existing Fee: $35.00 Proposed Fee: $58.00 The City Council has authorized the imposition of a standard charge to recover additional administrative costs incurred by the City for parcels requiring more than one (1) notice of abatement in any twelve-month period. The Notice of Abatement Multiple Posting Fee has not been increased since its adoption in 1996. The proposed increase will help offset staff costs of posting the same property more than once in a twelve month period and will cover costs associated with inspection, posting and notice preparation. Currently, the City does not recover its cost for posting the first Notice to Clean Premises, during a twelve month period. 10) Permit Parking Fee Option 1-Bi-Annual Renewal Cycle Retained Existing Fee: $35.47/permit (Bi-Annual Renewal) Proposed Fee: $90.00/permit (Bi-Annual Renewal) Option 2 New Annual Renewal Cycle Employed Existing Fee: $35.47/permit (Bi-Annual Renewal) Proposed Fee: $50.00/permit (Annual Renewal) The proposed increase offsets staff costs associated with operating the day-to-day permit parking program. Currently, the city subsidizes $220,000/year to run this program. The proposed fee helps recover the remaining public works agency costs to run this program. 11) Metered Water Rates Existing Fee: Base Rate Per 100 Cubic Feet $2.673 Tail Block Rate Per 100 Cubic Feet $3.097 Proposed Fee: Base Rate Per 100 Cubic Feet $2.727 Tail Block Rate Per 100 Cubic Feet $3.151 The City owns and operates the local water utility and charges customers for the water usage. The average Santa Ana household uses less than 44 units of water bi-monthly. One unit is equal to 100 cubic feet (CCF) or 748 gallons. A bi-monthly cycle is used because water bills are mailed out and due every two months. A customer whose bi-monthly usage exceeds the base rate allocation of 44 units pays the tail block rate. The proposed 2.0% water rate adjustment consists of a 0.6% cost decrease for commodity adjustment and a 2.6% cost increase of providing metered water service to fund additional capital improvements. The proposal will adjust the base rate by $.0536 and the tail block rate by $.0536 per unit. The typical monthly water bill of 20 units would increase by $1.07 and the typical bi-monthly bill of 40 units would increase by $2.14. 75 75A-94