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RESOLUTION NO. 2008-042
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA ANA REVISING THE METERED WATER RATE
AND SEWER SERVICE CHARGE
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1: The City Council hereby, finds, determines and declares as follows:
A. The Consumer Price Index -Urban, All Services Component, for the Los
Angeles-Riverside-Orange County Area in a twelve month period ending
December 31, 2007 (CPI) has risen by approximately 4.1%.
B. Santa Ana Municipal Code, Chapter 39, Article II regulates connection to
water mains within the City.
1. Pursuant to Santa Ana Municipal Code section 39.21 the City
Council shall set metered water rates by resolution.
2. The metered water rate shall be set to maintain a potable water
supply and provide standby readiness.
3. It is necessary to increase the metered water rate to reimburse the
City for increases in the direct and indirect costs of water delivery,
including purchasing water from the Metropolitan Water District of
Southern California and the Orange County Water District, Edison
power costs, administrative overhead costs, maintaining essential
water delivery and water capital improvement program costs.
C. Santa Ana Municipal Code, Chapter 39, Article III regulates connection to
sewer mains within the City.
1. Pursuant to Santa Ana Municipal Code section 39.55.4 the City
Council shall set reasonable sewerage service fees by resolution.
Said fee shall be used to operate, maintain, repair and replace the
City owned sewer system and facilities.
2. It is necessary to increase the sewer service charge to reimburse
the City for increased costs of repair, replacement and
maintenance of the sewer system and facilities, including increased
materials, labor and overhead costs and sewer capital improvement
program costs.
3. The rate increase over and above CPI will be placed into a fund
that will be used only to repair and replace sewer mains and
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laterals located within the street right of way, and which have
outlived their useful life and provide preventive maintenance of
sewer mains. No moneys from this fund would be placed in the
city's general fund.
4. There is a reasonable relationship between the imposition of the
fee imposed in that the use of the sewer creates an impact on its
condition, requiring its maintenance, repair and replacement.
D. On June 2, 2008, the City Council of the City of Santa Ana held a noticed
public hearing to review the proposed metered water rate and sewer rate
increases.
E. Based upon the testimony, reports and other evidence submitted on these
matters, this City Council makes the above-specified findings.
Section 2: The Metered Water Rate is hereby set as follows:
Service Meter Charge - a fixed bi-monthly charge based on meter size
Most homes & small businesses have a 5/8" meter.
5/8" meter $ 7.00
314" meter $ 11.00
1" meter $ 16.40
1.5" meter $ 23.40
2" meter $ 46.40
3" meter $116.60
4" meter $186.60
6" meter $280.00
Multifamily Dwelling Unit- $ 4.20
base meter charge
Water Usage Charge -water consumption charge based on units of one-
0 - 44 ccf (units)
Over 45 ccf (units)
$2.695
0-44 ccf of water per dwelling unit $2.284
Over 45 ccf per dwelling unit $2.695
Section 3: The Sanitary Sewer Charge is hereby set as follows:
Sewer Service Charge
Per unit of water $0.288
Bi-monthly flat charge (un-metered) $11.52
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Section 4: If any charge, fee, section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or
word of this Resolution is for any reason held to be invalid by a court of competent
jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this
Resolution. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed and adopted
this Resolution, and each and all provisions hereof, irrespective of the fact that one or
more provisions may be declared invalid.
Section 5: The increased metered water rate and sanitary sewer fees shall be
operative from and after July 1, 2008.
ADOPTED this 2"d day of June, 20--
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Joseph W. Fletcher, City Attorney
Laura Sheedy -
Assistant City Attorney
AYES: Councilmembers: Alvarez Benavides, Bustamante, Martinez,
Pulido Sarmiento Tinaiero (7)
NOES: Councilmembers: None (0)
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers: None (0)
NOT PRESENT: Councilmembers: None (0)
CERTIFICATION OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY
I, PATRICIA E. HEALY, Clerk of Council, do hereby attest to and certify the attached
Resolution No. 2008-042 to be the original resolution adopted by the City Council of the
City of Santa Ana on June 2, 2008.
Date: G, .--~- O~ _,~ ,max
Patricia E. Healy
Clerk of Council
City of Santa Ana
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