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� <br />AGENDA REPORT <br />; or the Council �bieeting o� „lay 21, 1gSo <br />� �� HONOR„9LE i�tAYOR AND COUNCII �+Ac�19�RS <br />i <br />:,??ROV�L: NAB„R ENRIQUE ��1ARTINEZ, CI iY �1.;�VAGER�•� <br />=r�0ibl: LcS EVANS, INTERIM WATcR 3 W;,S i EWATER OIRECTOR �, <br />�U3JcCT: WASTcWAT�R FINANCIAL PL",N AND RATE STUDY <br />D:,Tc: MAY �3, 1990 <br />3�CKGROUND: <br />On ;,pril 7, '1995, the Rzgional Water Quality Control Board (RWQC3) adooted Cease znd Dzsis; <br />Order �Vo. 95-30 (CDO-95-30) requiring tne City to stop issuing connzctions to tne sawzr system, <br />io pr=_p2re a r2por oi de;ici�nci2s at the Was;�wat=_r Trzatm=_nt Plant (fitl= 22 R�port) and to <br />dav=lop plans and schedules for maRing repairs and improvzmen;s identiried in the Titie 22 RepoR. <br />On August 15, 1995, the City completed the Tiile 22 Report and suomitted it to the RWQCB. On <br />�ugust 8, 1995, tne City Council adopied Plzns and Scnzdules for Compliznce with CDO No. 95- <br />30. Thz Compliance Scnedule includ2s the adoption oi new sewer service charges by July 1, <br />�i59o. <br />Tna City Council's adopied Plan znd Schadulzs for Conpliance with CDO No. 95-3o includes a <br />commitnent to dzsign znd construct repairs and improvem�nts to the Wzst�wa;er i reztment ?lant <br />and to impl=_ment a fin2ncizl plzn to tund tne improvamen;s. On January 10, 1990, thz City Council <br />z��;horized staff to proc=_�d wi;n the dzsign o� �.vo additionzl oxida;ion diiches and ;.vo addi;ional <br />s�condary clarifi2rs to zxp2nd th2 hydraulic czpacity of tne trezLm=_nt plznt and to design otnzr <br />improv=_m�nts to address deficiencies no;ed in tne Ti;le 22 RepoR. The cost of tn2se additions <br />znd improvzments is estimated at about 57.5 million, including dzsign cosis, In addition to tna <br />n�=_d for capital improvements at the Wastewaeer Treatmznt Plant, the City's wast=_water coilection <br />syst=_m is also in n2ed of mzjor repair and repiacements. A November, 199: study of the <br />coliection system recommended a program of s�wer line rehabili�ation of over 5400,000 a year for <br />four years. <br />Tha pr=_sent monthiy s=wer servicz chargzs (Wasi�wat�r Rates) which w=nt into ef�ect on July 1, <br />1993 are insuf�icient to iund 2ny significant improvaments to th2 Wasiewzt=_r Trzatm=nt Plant's <br />rzcilities or rehabilitation of old sewer mains. The propos2d rate increasz program, which will <br />g�nzrat= enough funds to meet cash flow requir�ments o( the n�cesszry syst�m czpital outl2y <br />progr2m and provide operations and maint=nance funds, requires an immediate rate increase oF <br />zbout 30°/,, �viih a szcond increzs2 oF about 8% in h,vo y=zrs, and a third increase of about 27% in <br />th� year 2000. <br />.—. <br />�� �co . / <br />i <br />,��t�ec�.a.-� ��"�i 6 -��- y � <br />Item # 39 <br />