Resolution 12243EE
CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 12243
ADOPTING STORM WATER UTILITY FEE
WHEREAS, on April 16, 1991, the City Council authorized
the execution of an agreement between the City of Alameda, the
County of Alameda, Alameda County Flood Control and Water
Conservation District and thirteen East Bay cities, to implement
the Alameda County Urban Runoff Clean Water Program (ACURCWP), and
approve Alameda's share of the program, and
WHEREAS, on October 16, 1991, the California Regional
Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region, issued a
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit to
the ACURCWP participants to implement "A Storm Water Management
Plan" and
WHEREAS, the Alameda Municipal Code and the California
Government Code provide that the City Council may set fees for
reasonable costs of providing various services by resolution; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the Storm
Water Utility Fees established by this Resolution are a reasonable
cost for providing the service; and
WHEREAS, funding was not provided for this Federally
mandated program by Federal, State, Regional, or other sources for
the Program and permit cost, and each city in Alameda County is
responsible for funding its portion of the program and permit cost;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City
of Alameda that City Council, by resolution, establish Storm Water
Utility Fees, as detailed in Exhibit A attached hereto.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager is
authorized and directed to enter into all necessary agreements with
Alameda County for collection of the fees along with property
taxes, including payment to Alameda County of its reasonable costs
of collection not to exceed 1.7% of the total amount collected.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Resolution shq.11 not
become effective until the effective date of the adoption of a
required implementing ordinance.
EXHIBIT A
I. Stormwater Management and Discharge Control Program service
charges shall be computed in accordance with the following
formula, schedule and rates:
A. An Equivalent Residential Unit (ERU) is the basic unit
for computation of storm drainage fees for residential
and nonresidential customers. All single family
residential and small multiple residential (4 units
maximum) are considered to have an ERU of one (1) which
represents a standard 5,000 square foot parcel with 40
percent of its area having impervious surfaces such as
roofs, sidewalk and driveway. The average impervious
area for an ERU is 2,000 square feet (5,000 square feet
x 0.40).
B. All condominium units are considered to have an ERU of
0.30.
C. All other properties will have ERU's computed to the
nearest one hundredth (1 /100) ERU using the following
formula:
1. No. of ERU = Impervious Area (Square Feet)
2000 Square Feet
2. Land Use Impervious Area %
(% of Gross Area)
Commercial /Industrial 80 %
Institutions /Apartments 60 %
Vacant Land 20 %
3. Minimum Gross Area = 5,000 square feet.
II. Expressing Total Number of "Equivalent Residential Units" for
All Land Uses.
The County Assessor has collected information about parcel
size for Alameda as shown below. Only total area per land use
is available at this time. Calculation of individual areas
for land uses other than single family residential, small
multiple residential and condominiums are currently being
developed and will be used for determining charges for each
parcel.
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A
B
C
D
E
F
Use
No /Parcels
Total Area
(Sq.Ft.)
%
Impery
Total Impery
Area (Sq.Ft.)
(CxD /100)
No. of
ERU's
E /2,000
Single Family/
Small Multiples
14,661
N/A
N/A
N/A
14,661
Condominiums
1,970
N/A
N/A
N/A
591
Commercial/
Industrial
N/A
24,959,880
80
19,967,904
9,984
Institutions/
Apartments
N/A
12,153,240
60
7,291,944
3,646
Open Space
N/A
22,128,480
20
4,425,696
2,213
TOTAL
31,095
III. Estimate of Annual Direct Program Costs per ERU
The costs of the Stormwater Management Program will be spread
equally among the City's total number of ERU's (program costs
divided by 31,095). The chart below illustrates the cost of
each component of the program per ERU per year for the
remaining four years of our National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES) Permit for stormwater discharge.
Costs include 1.7 percent of program costs to compensate the
Alameda County Assessors Office for collection and 5 percent
per year to allow for inflation and potential additional
program requirements by the Regional Water Quality Control
Board.
Year
Program Component
Cost
Cost /ERU
1992 -1993
Alameda County Urban
$ 326,575
$ 10.50
Runoff Clean Water
Program (ACURCWP)
Capital Improvements
203,400
6.54
Total
$ 529,975
$ 17.04
1993 -1994
-ACURCWF-
$ 342,903
$ 11.03
Capital Improvements
213,570
6.87
Total
$ 556,473
$ 17.90
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1994-1995
ACURCWP
$ 360,049
$ 11.58 1
Capital Improvements
224.249
7.21
Total
$ 584,298
$ 18.79
1995-1996
ACURCWP
$ 378,051
$ 12.16
Capital Improvements
235,461
7.57
Total
$ 613,512
19.73
Average Cost/ERU for the remaining NPDES permit period:
(Rounded up to the nearest dollar)
ACURCWP
Capital Improvement
Total
$12,00
8.00
$20.00
IV. Calculating Fees for Individual Parcels (Other than Single
Family Residential Small Multiple Residential and
Condominiums.)
To determine the fee it is necessary to multiply the parcel's
area by its percent imperviousness divided by one hundred,
divided by 2,000 sq. feet and multiplying by cost per ERU.
Area x % imperviousness x
1 x cost per ERU = Fee
100 2,000 sq. ft.
Example: The owner of an industrial 40,000 sq. ft. parcel
would pay the following:
40,000 sq. ft. x 80 x 1 x $20.00 = $320.00 per year
100 2000 sq. ft.
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I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution
was duly and regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the
City of Alameda in regular meeting assembled on the 5th day of
May 1992, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Arnerich, Lucas, Roth and
President Withrow - 4.
NOES: Councilmember Camicia - I.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
official seal of said City this 6th day of May , 1992.
Diane
City o
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Felsch, City Clerk
Alameda