HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-05-28 - Resolution No. 2019-17 RESOLUTION NO. 2019-17
RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF THE YORBA LINDA WATER DISTRICT
ADJUSTING SEWER RATES EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2019
AND RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 18-22
WHEREAS, pursuant to Water Code Section 31007, the Board of Directors of the Yorba
Linda Water District is required to set sewer rates at a level which will yield
an amount of revenue sufficient to pay for operating expenses and provide
for repairs and depreciation of works; and
WHEREAS, on July 16, 2015 and August 31, 2015, the Board of Directors considered
the 2015 Water and Sewer Rate Study Report ("Rate Study") and
determined that the schedule of sewer rate increases described in the Rate
Study is necessary and sufficient to cover, without exceeding, the cost to
provide sewer service to each customer connection; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to and in compliance with Proposition 218 (California Constitution
art. XIII D), the District on July 31, 2015 mailed a notice of schedule of water
and sewer rate increases ("Prop 218 Notice") to all property owners within
the District's service area which included the proposed sewer rates for
Fiscal Year 2016 (i.e. "FY16"), FY17, FY18, FY19, and FY20; and
WHEREAS, on September 17, 2015, and in accordance with article XIII D, the Board of
Directors held a public hearing regarding its Prop 218 Notice, and adopted
Resolution No. 15-23, which established sewer rates, effective October 1,
2015; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors has since rescinded Resolution No. 15-23 and
adopted and rescinded Resolution Nos. 16-11 and 17-19; and
WHEREAS, the aforementioned rescinded Resolutions repeated the Board of Directors'
findings, determinations, and resolutions in Sections 2 - 5 of Resolution No.
15-23, which are not repeated in this Resolution to avoid any confusion
regarding the findings, determinations, and resolutions to adjust the sewer
rates in this Resolution; and
WHEREAS, on June 26, 2018, the Board of Directors adopted Resolution No. 18-22,
which adjusted sewer rates that took effect on August 1, 2018; and
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WHEREAS, in FY19, following substantial review and analysis, which included Board
workshops, District staff prepared a cost of service analysis; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the cost of service analysis and Water Code Section
31007, the Board of Directors desires to adjust District sewer rates for FY20
within the confines of the District's sewer rate schedule published in its Prop
218 Notice.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Directors of the Yorba Linda
Water District does hereby find, determine, and resolve the following:
Section 1. The matters set forth in the foregoing recitals are true and correct.
Section 2. Resolution No. 18-22 is hereby rescinded effective July 1, 2019.
Section 3. Sewer rates and customer connection charges for service defined in
Sections 6.10 and 6.11 of the Rules and Regulations for Sewer
Service with regard to the Rendition of Sanitary Sewer Service of the
Yorba Linda Water District are hereby adjusted as follows and will
take effect on July 1, 2019:
A. Residential:
1. Residential - individually metered $8.10 per month
2. Residential - master metered $7.62 per month per unit
B. Commercial-Industrial and Public Schools:
1. For all sewer customers in this category who use meter
readings, the rate is as follows:
a. First 700 cubic feet per month of water consumption
per month: $8.10 per month.
b. All water consumption in excess of 700 cubic feet
per month: $0.52 per 100 cubic feet.
2. Alternatively, for customers who have a sewer meter or
who can demonstrate to the District's satisfaction that
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100% of the water meter reading ends up in the District's
sewer system, the rate is as follows:
a. First 700 cubic feet per month of water consumption
per month: $8.10 per month
b. All water consumption in in excess of 700 cubic feet
per month: $0.52 per 100 cubic feet.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 28th day of May 2019, by the following called vote:
AYES: Directors Hall, Hawkins, Jones, Miller, and Nederhood
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
Brooke Jone , President
Yorba Linda Water District
ATTEST:
Annie Alexander, Board Secretary
Yorba Linda Water District
Reviewed as to form by General Counsel:
Andrew B. Gage,6-,tsq.
Kidman Gagen Law LLP
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