Ordinance 3385 CITY OF ALAMEDA ORDINANCE NO. 3385
New Series
REVISING THE CITY'S SEWER SERVICE CHARGES
WHEREAS, Section 18-4.3 of the Alameda Municipal Code (AMC) and Section
5471 of the California Health & Safety Code permit the City Council of the City of
Alameda to set the City's sewer service charges; and
WHEREAS, on June 3, 2025, the City Council held a full and fair public hearing,
properly noticed as required by law, at which all persons interested were given an
opportunity to provide oral and written testimony with respect to a proposed revision of
the City's sewer service charges; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to revise the City's sewer service charges.
The City Council of the City of Alameda does ordain as follows:
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Alameda does hereby ordain
as follows:
Section 1. The City Council hereby establishes the schedule set forth in Exhibit
A to this Ordinance, which is incorporated herein by reference, as the City's schedule of
sewer service charges.
Section 2. The City Council hereby finds and determines that:
A. The City has complied with each of the requirements of Section 6 of Article
XIIID of the California Constitution with respect to the actions taken by this
Ordinance.
B. The rates established by this Ordinance do not exceed the amounts
permissible under Article XIIID for a fee for sewer service, and the sewer
service charge is not a tax.
C. A majority protest, as defined by Section 6(b) of Article XIIID of the California
Constitution, does not exist with respect to the increase of the sewer service
charge.
Section 3. The City Council continues its election to collect the sewer service
charge on the tax roll in the same manner, by the same persons, and at the same time
as, together with and not separately from, its general taxes pursuant to Section 5473 et
seq. of the California Health & Safety Code and Section 18-4.4 of the AMC. Staff is
directed to take all actions necessary to cause such collection to occur and to request
such assistance as is necessary from the County of Alameda.
Section 4 Notwithstanding any provision of the AMC to the contrary, all charge
proceeds shall be deposited in the sewer service charge fund and shall be used only for
the construction, reconstruction, repair, maintenance and operation of sewer facilities
and appurtenances thereto, to pay for engineering, mapping, describing, analyzing and
planning regarding the City's sewer facilities and appurtenances thereto; to repay
principal and interest on bonds issued for such purposes and to reimburse the City's
General Fund for any payment made therefrom, during the same fiscal year; and for any
of the purposes for which sewer service charge fund money could be expended. No
charge proceeds shall be used for any other purpose.
Section 5. For purposes of Section 18-4.3 of the AMC, this Ordinance shall serve
the purpose of the resolution described in paragraphs a, b, and c of that section.
Section 6. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this
Ordinance word by word, sentence by sentence, paragraph by paragraph, and section
by section, and does hereby declare that any provisions of this Ordinance are severable
and, if for any reason any word, sentence, paragraph or section of this Ordinance shall
be held invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining parts of this
Ordinance.
Section 7. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the
expiration of thirty (30) days from the date of it§ f. al passage.
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Presidkf-i i :r bf the City C ncil
Attest:
Lara Weisiger, City Clerk
City of Alameda
EXHIBIT A
Sewer Rate Schedule Monthly Sewer Rates
Year 1 ! Year 2 _ Year 3 Year 4 Year 5
FY FY FY FY FY
2025/26 2026/27 2027/28 2028/29 2029/30
Projected Increase 3.00% 3.00% 3.00% 3.00% 3.00%
Customer Class
Single Family ($/month) $31.95 I $32.91 $33.90 $34.92 $35.97
Multi-Family ($/month) $27.77 $28.61 $29.47 $30.35 $31.26
Commercial
Fixed Rate ($/month) $29.50 $30.39 $31.30 $32.24 $33.21
includes first 730 cubic feet
Flow Based Rate ($ per $4.01 $4.13 $4.25 $4.38 $4.51
HCF)
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I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was duly and regularly
adopted and passed by Council of the City of Alameda in regular meeting assembled on the 17th
day of June 2025, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Boller, Daysog, Jensen, Pryor and Mayor Ezzy
Ashcraft—5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of
said City this 18th day of June 2025.
Lara Weisiger, City Clerk
City of Alameda
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Yibin Shen, City Attorney
City of Alameda