Resolution 15598CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 15598
FINDING THAT A MAJORITY PROTEST DOES NOT EXIST,
DIRECTING A PROPERTY OWNER BALLOT PROCEEDING FOR
THE CITY'S 2019 WATER QUALITY AND FLOOD PROTECTION FEE
AND DIRECTING CITY MANAGER TO VOTE "YES" FOR CITY-
OWNED PARCELS
WHEREAS, on July 16, 2019, the City Council of the City of Alameda adopted
Resolution No. 15574 initiating proceedings to obtain approval of the proposed new 2019
Water Quality and Flood Protection Fee ("fee"), which is a property-related fee conforming
to Article XI liD, Section 6 of the California Constitution; approving the Fee Report dated
July 2019 for the 2019 Water Quality and Flood Protection Fee ("Fee Report"); and setting
a public hearing before the City Council on October 1, 2019, to consider all property owner
protests to the proposed fee; and
WHEREAS, on July 16, 2019, the City Council of the City of Alameda adopted
Resolution No. 15575 adopting ballot procedures applicable to the proposed fee pursuant
to Article XIIID, Section 6(c) of the California Constitution; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of Article XIIID of the California
Constitution, the City has provided 45-days' written mailed notice to each record owner
of parcels of real property subject to the 2019 Water Quality and Flood Protection Fee of
a public hearing, which was held at a regular meeting of the City Council on October 1,
2019, at 7:00 pm in the City Council Chambers on the issue of whether the proposed
property-related fee should be levied and collected as proposed in the Fee Report for
Fiscal Year 2020-21; and
WHEREAS, the mailed notice of the public hearing contained the following
information: (a) the total amount of fee proposed to be levied for Fiscal Year 2020-21; (b)
the fee chargeable to each owner's parcel; (c) the reason for the 2019 Water Quality and
Flood Protection Fee; (d) the basis upon which the amount of the proposed 2019 Water
Quality and Flood Protection Fee was calculated; (e) the date, time and place of the public
hearing as specified in this resolution; and (f) a summary of the effect of a majority protest.
NOW, THERE FORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Alameda
as follows:
SECTION 1. Tabulation of the Written Protests. The tabulation of written protests by the
City Clerk is complete. A total of 64 written protests have been submitted representing
.31% of the 20,578 identified parcels subject to the 2019 Water Quality and Flood
Protection Fee. Therefore, the City Council hereby finds that a majority protest does not
exist as defined in Section 6(a)(2) of Article XIIID of the California Constitution and
Sections 53755(b) and (d) of the California Government Code with respect to the
proposed Water Quality and Flood Protection Fee.
SECTION 2. Voter Approval for the 2019 Water Quality and Flood Protection Fee.
Pursuant to the provisions of Article XIII D, Section 6(c) of the California Constitution, the
City of Alameda shall conduct a ballot proceeding to obtain property owner approval of
the 2019 Water Quality and Flood Protection Fee consistent with the procedures
described in Resolution 15575.
SECTION 3. BALLOTS FOR CITY-OWNED PARCELS. The City Manager shall vote
"yes" on all parcels owned by the City, Alameda Reuse and Redevelopment Authority,
and Community Improvement Commission, and return those ballots to the City Clerk
within the time period to cast ballots.
SECTION 4. ORDINANCE. The City Council hereby approves the submission of the
ordinance related to the 2019 Water Quality and Flood Protection Fee for voter approval
pursuant to Article XIII D, Section 6(c) of the California Constitution, in the form, attached
hereto as Attachment A. Such ordinance shall be made available to the public upon
request.
EXHIBIT A
CITY OF ALAMEDA ORDINANCE NO. __
New Series
AMENDING THE ALAMEDA MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING
ARTICLE IV TO CHAPTER 18 TO ESTABLISH THE WATER
QUALITY AND FLOOD PROTECTION FEE
WHEREAS, the City of Alameda ("City") oversees and manages a municipal
separate storm sewer system ("MS4"), which includes making capital improvements,
overseeing maintenance and operations, and conducting activities to ensure compliance
with all state and federal regulations associated with the Clean Water Act and the City's
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System ("NPDES") permit; and
WHEREAS, the City's MS4 is made up of a comprehensive drainage infrastructure
system that includes man-made drainage elements such as curbs and gutters, ditches,
culverts, pipelines, manholes, catch basins (inlets), outfall structures and lagoons; and
WHEREAS, the City, through its MS4, provides storm drainage services
("Services") that include, but are not limited to, collecting, conveying, protecting, treating,
and managing stormwater runoff from improved parcels within the City; and
WHEREAS, in 1992, the City adopted a stormwater utility fee to conserve and
protect the MS4 from the burden placed on it by the increasing flow of nonpoint source
runoff and to otherwise meet the requirements of the Clean Water Act, EPA regulations
and the City's NPDES permits, which charge has not been increased since 2005; and
WHEREAS, the City does not currently have adequate funding to fully finance the
system needs of its MS4, and in order to finance the infrastructure, maintenance, and
regulatory oversight of the MS4 and the provision of services, the City Council has
determined that there is a need to adopt an additional fee ("Water Quality and Flood
Protection Fee"), in compliance with Article XIIID of the California Constitution
(Proposition 218), to cover the costs associated with capital improvements, operations
and maintenance, and regulatory compliance needs of the MS4; and
WHEREAS, on July 16, 2019, the City Council approved the Fee Report for the
Water Quality and Flood Protection Fee, which is attached hereto as Exhibit A ("Fee
Report") and which sets forth the basis and the amount of the Water Quality and Flood
Protection Fees on various parcels of land in order to finance, in compliance with Article
XI liD of the Constitution, the Water Quality and Flood Protection Fee program needs; and
WHEREAS, the City Council on July 16, 2019 adopted Resolution No. 1557 4
initiating proceedings in accordance with Article XIIID of the Constitution, approving the
Fee Report, and setting the date of October 1, 2019 for a public hearing and directing the
mailing of a notice to the owners of real property affected by the proposed Water Quality
and Flood Protection Fee, which notice includes a description of the proposed Water
Quality and Flood Protection Fee, the amount to be charged, the total amount to be
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collected, and the right of property owners to protest the Water Quality and Flood
Protection Fee; and
WHEREAS, the City Council on July 16, 2019 adopted Resolution No. 15575
establishing procedures for conducting a ballot proceeding in accordance with Article
XI liD of the Constitution; and
WHEREAS, the Water Quality and Flood Protection Fee is a property-related fee,
that requires following a two-step process for approval: 1) the City must provide a Notice
of Public Hearing and opportunity to protest to all property owners subject to the fee; and
2) if no majority written protest is received, then the City may proceed with a ballot
proceeding where the Water Quality and Flood Protection Fee must be approved by a
majority of votes received from property owners subject to the Water Quality and Flood
Protection; and
WHEREAS, the City mailed notices of a public hearing on August 14, 2019 and
conducted said public hearing on October 1, · 2019 and heard testimony from residents
and property owners regarding the proposed Water Quality and Flood Protection Fee,
and a majority protest was found not to exist; and
WHEREAS, the City Council introduced this Ordinance on October 1, 2019, after
a duly noticed public hearing; and
WHEREAS, Article XIIID of the Constitution requires that the property-related fees
defined in the Fee Report and included in this Ordinance shall not be imposed unless and
until that fee is submitted and approved by a majority vote of the property owners of the
property subject to the Water Quality and Flood Protection Fee; and
WHEREAS, upon introduction of this Ordinance, the City Council will direct that it
be submitted to the affected property owners in a mail ballot proceeding in accordance
with Article XI liD of the Constitution, Section 53755.5 of the Government Code, and City
of Alameda Resolution No. 15575.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1 MUNICIPAL CODE REVISED
Chapter 18, Article IV of the Alameda Municipal Code is hereby established to read as
follows:
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18-31 TITLE, PURPOSE AND GENERAL PROVISIONS
18-31.1 Purpose of the Fee-Limitation of Use.
A. The purpose of the Water Quality and Flood Protection fee is to conserve and
protect the City's essential values of maintaining our aging storm drainage infrastructure,
making improvements to meet future challenges such as climatic and land use changes,
and maintaining a sustainable environment in accordance with the Clean Water Act,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations and the City's National Pollutant
Discharge Systems (NPDES) permits.
B. The specific purpose of the Water Quality and Flood Protection fee established
pursuant to this chapter is to derive fee revenue, which shall only be used for the
acquisition, construction, reconstruction, maintenance, and operation of the storm
drainage and flood control system of the City or related green infrastructure or other
activities required by the City's NPDES permits, to repay principal and interest on any
bonds which may hereafter be issued for said purposes, to repay loans or advances which
may hereafter be made for said purposes.
C. The Water Quality and Flood Protection fee is imposed pursuant to Articles
XIIID of the California Constitution, Government Code Sections 38900 -38901 and
53755-53756, and Health and Safety Code Section 5471 -5473.11.
D. Proceeds from the Water Quality and Flood Protection fee will be deposited in
an account entitled the Clean Water and Flood Protection Fund.
18-31.2 Definitions.
Except where the context otherwise requires, the following definitions in this
section shall govern the construction of this chapter:
A. "City" means and includes all territory lying within the municipal boundaries of
the City of Alameda as presently existing plus all territory which may be added thereto
during the effective term of the ordinance codified herein.
B. "Condominium" means a parcel that is an individually-owned single residential
unit attached to an undivided or joint ownership of the remaining portion of the property.
The "Condominium-Medium Density" category refers to a condominium complex where
each residential unit has no other units above or below it. The "Condominium High-
Density" category refers to a condominium complex where residential units are built
above or below other residential units.
C. "Public Works Director" means the Public Works Director and his/her duly
authorized agents and representatives.
D. "Fee Report" means the report prepared by SCI Consulting Group dated July
2019 which was approved by the City Council on July 16, 2019 in Section 2 of Resolution
No. 15574. The Fee Report sets forth the rate structure and methodology of
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apportionment of the fee to various categories of parcels and shall be the basis for the
Water Quality and Flood Protection fee.
E. "Finance Director'' means the Finance Director and his/her duly authorized
agents and representatives.
F. "Impervious Area" means any part of any parcel that has been modified by the
action of any person in a manner which reduces the land's natural ability to absorb and
hold storm and surface water. This includes, but is not limited to, activities such as:
grading of property, the creation of any hard surface area which either prevents or retards
the entry of water into the soil mantle, or the hardening of an existing surface which
causes water to flow at an increased rate. Common impervious areas include, but are
not limited to, roof tops, walk-ways, patios, driveways, parking lots or storage areas,
concrete or asphalt paving, gravel roads, or any cleared, graded, paved, graveled, or
compacted surface or paved earthen materials used for vehicular travel, or areas covered
with surfaces which similarly impede the natural infiltration of surface water into the soil
mantle. Impervious area can be expressed as a percentage of a parcel's total size.
G. "Maintenance and operation" means the administration, operation,
maintenance and repair of any facility in the City's storm drain system, including, but not
limited to:
1. Items ordinarily recognized as capital items (e.g., interests in land) when
reasonably necessary;
2. Street sweeping, catch basin cleaning, and capture and removal of trash from
the storm drain system;
3. Replacement of portions of existing facilities damaged or destroyed as a result
of accident or natural disasters or found to be of inadequate size or condition;
4. Damages or settlements paid in the course of, or because of, threatened or
actual legal actions to the City's storm drain system or non-point source program;
5. Regional monitoring, permit fees, public education and awareness programs
regarding the City's storm drain system and the City's nonpoint source program;
6. Management of the City's non-point source program including, but not limited
to, BMP manuals, public outreach, printed materials, City staff and legal costs
related thereto.
H. "Multi-Family Residential" means parcels improved or used for a residence for
five or more families living independently of each other and doing their own cooking and
which is not separately assessed by the county tax assessor for each such family
dwelling. This term is synonymous with "apartment" and is categorized as non-residential
in this ordinance .
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I. "Open Space" means land that is substantially in a natural condition and
includes agricultural or other lands that demonstrate stormwater absorption equal to or
greater than natural conditions.
J. "Parcel" means a unit of land which is designated by the tax assessor of
Alameda County for property tax purposes.
K. "Rate Category" means a group of parcels that are of similar imperviousness
characteristics and are charged the same rate. Residential Parcels are categorized by
size; Non-Residential Parcels are categorized by impervious percentage ranges.
L. "Residential" means parcels, other than multi-family parcels, improved or used
solely as a residence for one, two, three or four families living separately in separate
dwelling units.
M. "Storm drainage system" means any pipe, conduit, or sewer of the City
designed or used for the collection, conveyance and management of storm and surface
waters and drainage including unpolluted cooling water and unpolluted industrial process
water but excluding any community sanitary sewer system.
N. "Vacant (developed)" means a parcel which has been altered from its natural
condition through grading or compaction activity or in another manner which reduces the
land's natural ability to absorb and hold storm and surface water without any structure
existing upon it.
18-32 DETERMINATION AND IMPOSITION OF FEES.
18-32.1 Categories and Fee Amounts
For purposes specified in Section 18-31.1, the Water Quality and Flood Protection
fees established pursuant to this chapter are hereby prescribed and imposed for Fiscal
Year (FY) 2020-21, and shall be paid to and collected by the City, for services and
facilities furnished by the City in connection with its storm drainage system to or for each
parcel which is benefited directly or indirectly by said storm drainage system or any part
thereof, or from which any storm water is conveyed or discharged directly or indirectly
into the storm drainage system. Said fee is imposed annually and will be assessed and
collected as follows:
A. Residential Class
Category·
Small Lot
Parcel Siz.e
(aeres)
Under 0.08
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Annual Fee per
Parcel
$47.72
Categ!Ory Parcel ·Size Annua-l ' Fe,e per
(acre$) P·arce:t ·
Medium Lot 0.08 to 0.14 $78.00
Large Lot Over 0.14 $85.06
Condominium-Medium Na $47.72
Density
Condominium -High Density Na $24.55
B. Non-Residential Class
. Ca,teg;ory 1 Annua ,f Fee
pe:r Acre
of Parcef Size:2
Apartment $908.18
Commercial/ Retail/ $1,083.80
Industrial
Office $756.06
Church /Institutional $866.58
Institutional with play field $619.22
Park $59.76
Vacant (developed) $59.76
Rate Structure Notes:
1. The Rate Category for any Non-Residential parcel shall be assigned by the
description of the land use of the parcel. For Non-Residential land uses
that do not fit the descriptions in Table 8 of the Fee Report (for example,
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mixed use parcels), the rate with the nearest percent impervious area
shown in Table 8 of the Fee Report shall be assigned to a parcel.
2. Non-Residential fees are calculated in 0.01-acre increments.
18-32.2 Adjustments to Fees
A. Low Impact Development Credit: All parcels that comply with Provision C.3
(New Development and Redevelopment Requirements) of the City's NPDES permit that
is applicable at the time of building permit issuance shall have their fees reduced by 25%>
in recognition of the reduced impact on the City's storm drainage system inherent in C.3
compliance, as documented in the Fee Report (Low Impact Development Rate Credit).
B. Direct-Drain-to-Bay Credit: All parcels that drain directly to the Bay or estuary
shall have their fees reduced by 57°/o in recognition of the reduced impact on the City's
storm drainage system as documented in the Fee Report (Direct Drain Rate Credit).
C. Residential parcels with more than one residential structure shall have their
fees increased by 16°/o in recognition of the higher percentage of impervious surfaces
found on those parcels.
D. For non-residential parcels that have both improvements and significant open
space areas (described in the Fee Report as "hybrid parcels"), the chargeable acreage
shall be adjusted downward in recognition that the open space areas do not increase the
need for the fee.
E. Open space and agricultural parcels are not subject to the Water Quality and
Flood Protection fees.
18-32.3 Annual Review of Fee and Inflationary Adjustments.
Commencing with FY 2021-22, the City Council shall, by resolution, annually
determine the Water Quality and Flood Protection fee in accordance with the following:
A. In no event shall the rate for any category of property be increased beyond the
rate approved by a majority vote of property owners subject to the Water Quality and
Flood Protection fee. Commencing in FY 2020-21, the Water Quality and Flood Protection
Fee rates may be increased by an amount equal to the change in the Consumer Price
Index for all Urban Consumers for the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA area (the
"CPI"), including all items as published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics as of
December of each succeeding year, not to exceed a maximum increase of three percent
(3°/o) in any single year.
B. The Water Quality and Flood Protection fee shall not be deemed to be
increased in the event the actual fee upon a parcel in any given year is higher due to a
change in use of the subject parcel or an increase in the amount of the impervious area
of the subject parcel.
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C. In any year in which the City Council does not change the Water Quality and
Flood Protection fee rate, pursuant to the voter-approved CPI allowable annual increase,
the previously adopted fee shall continue in full force and effect for the next fiscal year.
D. The City Council shall not be required to enact a CPI increase each year.
18-33 ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES.
18-33.1 Various Actions.
Without a vote of the property owners, in any year the City Council may do any
and all of the following: (a) discontinue the Water Quality and Flood Protection fee; (b)
reduce the rate for all parcel categories; or (c) increase the rate up to or below the
maximum voter-authorized rate if it has been previously set below such rate.
18-33.2 Effective Date of Fees.
The Water Quality and Flood Protection fees shall become effective on July 1, 2020.
18-33.3 Fees Collected with General Taxes.
A. Subject to the exceptions hereinafter set forth, the City elects, as an alternative
procedure for the collection of Water Quality and Flood Protection fees prescribed or
imposed by the provisions of this chapter, to have all such Water Quality and Flood
Protection fees for each fiscal year collected on the tax roll in the same manner, by the
same persons and at the same time as, and together with and not separately from, its
general taxes.
B. The Public Works Director is hereby directed to prepare and file with the City
Clerk, on or before the fifteenth day of June of each year, or such other date or dates as
the City Council may specify by resolution, a written report containing a description of
each and every parcel of real property receiving the benefit of the storm drainage system
mentioned in this chapter, except for those parcels the fees for which are not to be
collected on the tax roll, and the amount of the Water Quality and Flood Protection fees
for each parcel for the forthcoming fiscal year, computed in conformity with the fees
prescribed by the provisions of this chapter.
C. The City Clerk shall cause notice of the filing of said report and of a time and
place of hearing thereon to be published, prior to the date for hearing, in a newspaper of
general circulation printed and published within the City. The publication of said notice
shall be once a week for two consecutive weeks. Two publications in a newspaper
published once a week or more often, with at least five days intervening between the
respective publication dates, not counting such publication dates, are sufficient. The
period of notice commences upon the first day of publication and terminates at the end of
the fourteenth day.
D. At the time stated in the above-mentioned notice, the City Council shall hear
and consider all objections or protests, if any, to the report referred to in said notice, and
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may continue the hearing from time to time. If the Council finds that protest is made by
owners of a majority of separate parcels of property described in the report, then the
report shall not be adopted, and fees shall be collected separately from the tax roll and
shall not constitute a lien against any parcel or parcels.
E. Upon the conclusion of the hearing, the City Council may adopt, revise,
change, reduce, or modify any fee or overrule any or all objections and shall make its
determination upon each fee as described in said report, which determination shall be
final.
F. 1. On or before the first day of August of each year following such final
determination, the City Clerk shall file with the Finance Director a copy of the report
with a statement endorsed thereon over the City Clerk's signature that it has been
finally adopted by the City Council.
2. The Finance Director shall thereupon cause said fees to be placed on the
property tax roll and collected by the County for the City, as hereinafter provided.
The County's tax collector shall enter the amounts of the fees against the
respective parcels as they appear on the current assessment roll. If the property
is not described on the roll, the County's tax collector may enter the description
thereon, together with the amounts of the fees as shown in the report.
G. The amount of the fees shall constitute a lien against the parcel against which
the fee has been imposed as of noon on the first Monday in March immediately preceding
the date of the levy.
H. The tax collector shall include the amount of the fees on bills for taxes levied
against the respective parcels. Thereafter the amount of the fees shall be collected at
the same time and in the same manner and by the same persons as, together with and
not separately from, the general taxes for the City, and shall be delinquent at the same
time and thereafter be subject to the same delinquency penalties.
I. All laws applicable to the levy, collection and enforcement of general taxes of
the City including, but not limited to, those pertaining to matters of delinquency, collection,
cancellation, refund and redemption, are applicable to such fees.
J. The tax collector may, at the tax collector's discretion, issue separate bills for
such fees and separate receipts for collection on account of such fees.
K. If any parcels receiving benefit from the storm drainage system are omitted
from the abovementioned report or said tax roll, either because the fee for such parcels
has not yet been ascertained by the City as of the date of said report, or for any other
reason, the Water Quality and Flood Protection fee for such parcels shall be collected in
the manner provided elsewhere in this chapter. If the fee for any parcels, as shown on
said report for the forthcoming fiscal year, should be less than what should be the fee
therefor under the provisions of this chapter, the balance of such fee shall be collected in
the manner provided elsewhere in this chapter. If, however, the fee for any parcels shown
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in the report and collected on the tax roll should exceed the correct fee for such parcels
for the fiscal year, the Finance Director shall refund the excess amount so collected.
18-33.4 Payment of Balance of Fee.
A. If the fee for any parcels placed on the tax roll, or for any parcels collected
based upon billing, was less than what should be the fee therefor under the provisions of
this chapter due to error, the balance of said fee shall be collected by a bill or invoice
based on a detailed statement showing the basis of the calculations, the location of the
parcels and other relevant information, and prepared on or after January 1st for the
preceding six months from July to December during which a discrepancy between the
amount collected and the correct fee is discovered, and on or after July 1st for the
preceding six months from January to June during which such a discrepancy is
discovered. The Finance Director shall mail said bill or invoice to the person or persons
listed as the owners of the parcels on the last equalized assessment roll of the County at
the address shown on such assessment roll or to the successor in interest of such owner
if the name and address of such successor in interest is known to the Finance Director.
Failure to mail any such bill or invoice, or failure of any owner to receive any such bill or
invoice shall not excuse the owner of any parcels from the obligation of paying the balance
of any Water Quality and Flood Protection fee upon receipt of adequate notice that the
fee is due and payable.
B. The interested owner may, at any reasonable time, review the detailed
statement prepared by the Finance Director.
C. The balance of the Water Quality and Flood Protection fee for such parcels
shall be due and payable immediately upon receipt of the bill or invoice referred to in this
section.
18-33.5 Collection of Fees Omitted from Tax Roll-Billing.
A. The Finance Director shall semi-annually, on or after July 1st, prepare or cause
to be prepared a detailed statement containing the basis of the calculations, the location
of the parcels and other relevant information, showing the total monthly fee for the
preceding six months from January to June and on or after January 1st, for the preceding
six months from July to December for any parcels the fee for which should be collected
on the tax roll pursuant to Section 18-31.070A but was omitted from the report referred to
in Section 18-31.0708, or parcels the fee for which is collected pursuant billing.
B. . An invoice may be rendered for a period of less than six months if the
commencement date of fees is other than July 1st or January 1st, as may be the case
with new accounts.
C. On the basis of the statement, the Finance Director shall prepare a bill or
invoice showing the total fee for such six months or less, and shall mail said bill or invoice
to the person or persons listed as the owners of the parcels on the last equalized
assessment roll of the County at the address shown on such assessment roll, or to the
successor in interest of such owner if the name and address of such successor in interest
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is known to the Finance Director. Failure to mail any such bill or invoice, or failure of any
owner to receive any such bill or invoice shall not excuse the owner of any parcels from
the obligation of paying the balance of any Water Quality and Flood Protection fee upon
receipt of adequate notice that the fee is due and payable .
D. The interested owner may, at any reasonable time, review the detailed
statement prepared by the Finance Director.
E. The Water Quality and Flood Protection fee for such parcels shall be due and
payable immediately upon receipt of the bill or invoice referred to in this section.
18-33.6 Payment of Fees-Owner Responsibility.
The owner of any parcel is and shall be responsible for payment of any and all
Water Quality and Flood Protection fees applicable to parcels owned by him or her. It
shall be and is hereby made the duty of each such owner to provide to the Finance
Director information sufficient to calculate the land area of the parcels within thirty days
after request of the Finance Director and ascertain from the Finance Director the amount
and due date of any such fee applicable to parcels owned by such owner and to pay such
fee when due and payable. It also shall be and is hereby made the duty of all owners of
all parcels to inform the Finance Director immediately of all circumstances, and of any
change or changes in any circumstances, which will in any way affect the applicability of
any fee. In particular, but not by way of limitation, an owner of any parcel shall
immediately inform the Finance Director of any sale or transfer of such parcel by or to
such owner.
18-33.7 Payment of Fees-Location.
Except as otherwise provided elsewhere in this chapter, all Water Quality and
Flood Protection fees shall be payable at the office of the Finance Director in the City Hall
of the City.
18-33.8 Payment of Fees-Delinquency Date.
Except as otherwise provided elsewhere in this chapter, each Water Quality and
Flood Protection fee shall be delinquent if not paid on or before the fortieth day
immediately following the date upon which such Water Quality and Flood Protection fee
became due and payable.
18-33.9 Penalty for Delinquency.
Except as otherwise provided elsewhere in this chapter, whenever any Water
Quality and Flood Protection fee becomes delinquent, there shall be imposed a penalty
equal to ten percent of the amount as set forth under Section 18-33.3.
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18-33.1 0 Disputed Fees.
If any owner disputes the amount of the fee in any bill or invoice, the owner shall,
within thirty days from and after the date such bill or invoice is mailed, and no later, file a
claim with the Public Works Director accompanied by detailed supporting factual data in
support of the claim. It shall be the duty of each such owner to prove to the Public Works
Director, that such fee is in error and the correct amount thereof. If the Public Works
Director determines that the bill or invoice was in error, the Finance Director shall correct
said bill. Failure to dispute the amount of the fee in accordance with this section shall be
deemed acceptance of the correctness of the fee.
18-33.11 Refunds.
Whenever any refunds should become owing by virtue of any relief granted by the
City Council pursuant to the provisions of Section 18-31.140 or by virtue of any error made
in ascertaining the fee applicable to any parcels, the Finance Director is authorized to
make such refunds and to expend for such purpose the moneys in the Clean Water and
Flood Protection Fund. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 18-33.10, any claim for
refund for fees collected under Section 18-33.3 must be made within one year after the
date bills for taxes are received by the owner. The City shall not be liable for interest on
any amount determined to be refundable.
18-33.12 Inspection of Parcels Authorized.
The Public Works Director, the Finance Director and their authorized
representatives are hereby given power and authority to enter upon and within any
parcels to ascertain the nature of such parcels; to inspect, observe, and review the benefit
received from the storm drain system as may be allowed by law.
18-33.13 Payment of Delinquent Fees-City Enforcement Powers.
A. Notwithstanding other remedies, in the event of the failure of any owner to pay
when due any Water Quality and Flood Protection fees applicable to parcels owned by
such owner, the City may enforce payment of such delinquent fees by instituting action in
any court of competent jurisdiction to collect any fees which may be due and payable in
the same manner as any other debts owing to the City may be collected.
B. Any and all delinquent payments may be placed on the tax roll, and collected
with property taxes, as provided in Section 18-31.070.
C. Such other action may be taken as may be authorized by law and by the City
Council.
D. Remedies under this section are in addition to and do not supersede or limit
any and all other remedies, civil and criminal.
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18-34 FISCAL ACCOUNT ABILITY
18-34.1 Annual Audit
The City shall retain an independent auditor to conduct an annual audit of the
Water Quality and Flood Protection fee and the Clean Water and Flood Protection Fund
as part of its comprehensive annual financial report. The auditor shall include an
accounting of the revenue received from the fee and expenditures thereof in the audited
financial statements. The auditor's report shall be presented to the City Council and made
available to the public. The Finance Director or the Public Works Director shall prepare
and present to the City Council an annual report in conjunction with the annual audit that
reviews the status and performance of the programs, services and projects funded wholly
or partially with proceeds of the Water Quality and Flood Protection fee.
18-34.2 Special Fund-Restricted Use of Revenues.
A. All revenues collected pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be placed
into a special fund, which is known as the "Clean Water and Flood Protection Fund." Such
revenues may be used for the purposes specified in Section 18-31.1, and for no other
purpose; provided, however, that moneys deposited in the fund may be used for direct
and administrative costs of the City in providing storm drainage services.
B. As used in this section, "direct costs" means wages and salaries and costs of
employee fringe benefits incurred by the City, and mileage reimbursement attributable to
said collection activities. As used in this section, "administrative costs" includes, but is
not limited to all costs for human resources, finance and payroll, legal, information
technology, and public information services.
C. Notwithstanding subsections 18-34.2AA and 18-34.28, interest on revenues
in the Clean Water and Flood Protection Fund may be credited to the general fund of the
City or to any other fund in the discretion of the City Council.
SECTION 2. CEQA EXEMPTION
The City Council finds, based on its own independent judgement, that the proposed
amendments to the Alameda Municipal Code are statutorily exempt from the
requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Public
Resources Code Section 21 080(b)(8) and CEQA Guidelines 15273(a) -Rates, Tolls,
Fares, and Charges and categorically exempt pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section
15301. A Notice of Exemption will be filed with the County Clerk.
SECTION 3. INCONSISTENCIES REPEALED
This Ordinance is intended to be controlling on the authority to establish the Water Quality
and Flood Protection fee, and shall supersede all prior ordinances, resolutions, rules or
regulations that are in conflict herewith. Any provision of the Alameda Municipal Code,
or appendices thereto, or any other ordinances of the City inconsistent herewith, are
repealed only to the extent of such inconsistencies and no further.
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SECTION 4. IMPLEMENTING POLICIES AND REGULATIONS
The City Manager or the City Manager's designee shall have the authority to promulgate
all necessary policies, procedures, and regulations to implement the requirements and
fulfill the policies and purposes of this Ordinance, and to take any other action and sign
any documents necessary to implement this ordinance.
SECTION 5. SEVERABILITY
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason
held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such a decision shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions of the Ordinance. The City Council of the City of
Alameda and the property owners who approved the Water Quality and Flood Protection
fee hereby declare that they would have passed this Ordinance and each section or
subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or
more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid.
SECTION 6. EFFECTIVE DATE
This ordinance shall take effect on July 1, 2020 if approved by a majority of the property-
owner voters, provided that the Fee Report for the 2019 Water Quality and Flood
Protection Fee Report, which is attached as Appendix A, may be published as an
appendix to the Municipal Code.
Presiding Officer of the City Council
ATTEST:
Lara Weisiger, City Clerk
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Appendix A
C ITY OF ALAM EDA
.FEE REPORT
W ATER QUALITY AND FLOOD PROTECTION FEE
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PURSUANT TO THE ARTICLES XIII( & D OF THE CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION,
AND THE GOVERNMENT (ODE SECTIONS 38900-38901 ET AL.
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CITY OF ALAMEDA
CITY OF ALAMEDA
CITY COUNCIL
Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Mayor
John Knox White, Vice Mayor
Tony Daysog, Councilmember
Jim Oddie, Councilmember
Malia Vella, Councilmember
CITY MANAGER
Eric Levitt
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
Liam Garland, Director
ENGINEER OF WORK
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................... 1
OVERVIEW ...................................................................................................................... 1
CITY'S FACILITIES ............................................................................................................ 2
STORMWATER FUNDING BACKGROUND ............................................................................. 2
LEGAL REQUIREMENTS OF STORMWATER FEE ................................................................... 3
FACILITIES AND SERVICES ................................................................................................ 4
fiNANCIAL NEEDS AND REVENUE REQUIREMENTS .................................................................... 5
SUMMARY OF CLEAN WATER AND STORM PROTECTION SYSTEM NEEDS .............................. 5
ANNUAL REVENUE REQUIREMENT ..................................................................................... 7
RATE STRUCTURE ANALYSIS .................................................................................................. 9
SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PARCELS AS BENCHMARK ..................................................... 9
NON-RESIDENTIAL PARCELS .......................................................................................... 11
RATE CREDITS .............................................................................................................. 13
STORMWATER FEE CALCULATION ................................................................................... 15
ANNUAL COST INDEXING ................................................................................................ 17
MANAGEMENT AND USE OF STORMWATER FUNDS ............................................................ 17
APPENDICES ....................................................................................................................... 18
APPENDIX A-FULL LIST OF CAPITAL PROJECT NEEDS ..................................................... 18
APPENDIX B -PERCENTAGE OF IMPERVIOUS AREA ESTIMATIONS ...................................... 21
APPENDIX C-LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT RATE CREDIT ANALYSIS ................................. 22
APPENDIX 0-STORMWATER RATES FROM OTHER MUNICIPALITIES .................................. 27
APPENDIX E -LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS .................................................... 30
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LIST OF TABLES
TABLE 1 -SUMMARY OF PROGRAM REVENUES ........................................................................ 5
TABLE 2-SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE COSTS ................................................. 6
TABLE 3-SUMMARY OF HIGH-PRIORITY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS .............................. 7
TABLE 4 -ESTIMATE OF ANNUAL REVENUE REQUIREMENT ....................................................... 8
TABLE 5-SUMMARY OF RESIDENTIAL PARCELS ..................................................................... 11
TABLE 6-SUMMARY OF NON-RESIDENTIAL PARCELS ............................................................. 12
TABLE 7-SUMMARY OF SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PARCELS ............................................. 15
TABLE 8-PROPOSED 2019 WATER QUALITY & FLOOD PROTECTION FEE SCHEDULE ............... 16
TABLE 9-LIST OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS-ALL PRIORITIES .................................. 18
TABLE 1 0 -PERCENT OF IMPERVIOUS AREA FROM SAMPLING RESULTS ................................... 21
TABLE 11-RECENT STORM DRAIN BALLOT MEASURES .......................................................... 28
TABLE 12-SAMPLE OF RATES FROM OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ................................................. 29
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INTRODUCTION
OVERVIEW
CITY OF ALAMEDA
The City of Alameda ("City") has engaged SCI Consulting Group to study, make
recommendations, and assist in the implementation of a funding approach for its municipal
separate storm sewer system 1 ("MS4") including environmental programs, maintenance and
operations, capital improvements, and compliance with all state and federal regulations
associated with the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System2 ("NPDES") permit.
Since 2008 the City's Public Works Department has developed several planning documents
pertaining to its Storm Drainage Program ("Program"). These include the Storm Drain Master
Plan (2008), Storm Drain Pump Station Study (2011), Storm Drain Outfall Assessment
(2013), Long-Term Trash Load Reduction Plan (2014), South Shore and Bay Farm Island
Lagoon Operations Studies (2015), 18-lnch and 55-Inch Sea Level Rise Studies (2008 and
2016), and the Storm Drain Master Plan Update Memorandum (2017). Other planning
documents currently in development include the Green Infrastructure Plan and the Climate
Action and Resiliency Plan. These plans made it clear that the Program would need to
expand its levels of service to achieve the goals of responsible environmental stewardship
and smart investment in the City's aging infrastructure.
In 2018, the City embarked on a two-phase project to determine the feasibility of
implementing an increase to the City's storm drain fees to fund the City's Clean Water and
Flood Protection needs. The first phase evaluated the feasibility of increasing the City's
storm drainage fees and included exploring potential funding sources, estimating user rate
ranges for various budget scenarios, and conducting a public opinion survey of Alameda
residents and property owners to determine storm drain-related priorities and willingness to
support a fee increase for these services. The results of the feasibility evaluation showed
that the community valued the storm drainage system and was willing to invest in
improvements to service and pursuing projects that would ensure environmental
stewardship and protection from flooding.
The City Council has now embarked on the second phase: implementation of a funding
mechanism. This Fee Report, the first step in that process, incorporates information from
the feasibility phase, establishes needs and associated revenues required, and presents a
fee structure that is fair and meets all legal requirements. Subsequent steps in this
implementation phase include a public hearing and a ballot proceeding over the coming
months.
1 In this report, the terms "storm sewer," "storm drainage," "storm protection," and
"stormwater" are used interchangeably, and are considered to be synonymous.
2 Created in 1972 by the Clean Water Act, the NPDES permit program is authorized by the
EPA to allow state governments to perform many permitting, administrative, and
enforcement aspects of the program.
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CITY'S FACILITIES
The City operates and maintains a storm drainage system, as it is empowered to do per
Government Code Sections 38900 and 38901. This complex system is comprised of
integrated storm drainage pipes, inlets, outfalls. culverts, pump stations, lagoons and sea
walls and perimeter levees to prevent flooding. As the community grew and neighborhoods
and business districts expanded, the City's storm drainage system was developed. Parts of
the system may date back nearly 100 years.
When the first NPDES permit was issued in the early 1990s, the City recognized the fiscal
burden these new clean water requirements would bring and established a property fee on
most parcels to fund this activity. Since that time the City has worked diligently and efficiently
to continue meeting the ever-increasing requirements of the NPDES permit, while the State's
clean water requirements have evolved into a comprehensive environmental stewardship
program.
The operations and maintenance ("O&M") side of the Program has also developed many
activities that support clean water goals and maintain the City's aging infrastructure to protect
the neighborhoods and businesses from local flooding. On average, the industry-standard
life expectancy of a storm drain system is approximately 60 years. The majority of the City's
storm drainage pipes were installed more than 50 years ago, leaving the City with a system
that is approaching the end of its useful life. Moreover, as noted in the storm drainage
planning documents, some of the drainage system does not have adequate capacity.
The City's complex storm drainage system has evolved to meet the unique needs dictated
by the City's flat topography and location along the tidal waters of San Francisco Bay. The
system's balance has historically protected the City from flooding from storm runoff as well
as tidal influences. Climate change is bringing about new challenges with a predicted rise in
sea level of more than two feet of elevation as well as more frequent and more intense
storms. These challenges were summarized in the 2017 Storm Drain Master Plan Update
Memorandum and are also being incorporated into the Climate Action and Resiliency Plan
being drafted this year. While the City's storm drainage system (designed primarily to convey
storm runoff to the Bay) must adapt to these changes, it alone cannot supply the full scope
of remedies to meet these climate change challenges. Therefore, the fee recommendations
in this Report will not fully address climate change.
STORMWATER FUNDING BACKGROUND
CITY OF ALAMEDA
The City historically has funded its storm drainage program primarily through two sources:
The General Fund and the Storm Water Utility Fee established in 1992. Although it was
increased over the years, the last inflation adjustment, authorized in 2001, was implemented
in 2005. Due to changes in the law the City can no longer increase the fee without the
approval of property owners through a ballot measure. a For that reason, the storm drain
3 This "freeze" on the stormwater fees is due primarily to the stringent requirements of
Proposition 218 for a ballot measure to increase fees. See next section for more details.
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fees have not been increased in nearly 15 years. As a result, the City has needed to limit
capital expenditures and keep operations and maintenance activities to a less than desirable
level of service, mostly responding to storm-related emergencies and basic regulatory
compliance.
The scale and projected needs of the storm drainage system point toward the need for
asking property owners to approve an increase in storm drainage fees in order to ensure a
dedicated and sustainable funding stream. As many other municipalities in California have
done, including Berkeley, Culver City, Palo Alto and San Jose, the City of Alameda is
considering developing a new, additional, more secure and predictable source of funding for
the Program. This Fee Report is the first step in that process, should the City decide to
proceed.
LEGAL REQUIREMENTS OF STORMWATER FEE
CITY OF ALAMEDA
This Report calculates the Stormwater Fee as a property-related fee . Property-related fees
are subject to the requirements of Articles XIIIC and D of the State Constitution, which were
approved by voters in 1996 through Proposition 218, as well as the Proposition 218 Omnibus
Implementation Act (Government Code Sections 53750 -53758).
Any property-related fee must comply with requirements of Article XI liD, Section 6. These
include the following:
• Revenues derived from the fee shall not exceed the funds required to provide the
property-related service;
• Revenues derived from the fee shall not be used for any purpose other than that for
which the fee was imposed;
• The amount of a fee upon any parcel or person as an incident of property ownership
shall not exceed the proportional costs of the service attributable to the parcel;
• No fee may be imposed for a service unless that service is actually used by, or
immediately available to, the owner of the property in question. Fees based on
potential or future use of service are not permitted. Standby charges, whether
characterized as charges or assessments, shall be classified as assessments and
shall not be imposed without compliance with the assessment section of the code;
and
• No fee may be imposed for general governmental services including, but not limited
to, police, fire, ambulance or library services where the service is available to the
public at large in substantially the same manner as it is to the property owners.
The procedural requirements of Proposition 218 require that new or increased property-
related fees submit to a two-step process: 1) a 45-day public protest period culminating in
a public hearing, and 2) a ballot proceeding whereby it must be approved by a 50% simple
majority of property owners (or a two-thirds supermajority of registered voters) before new
or increased fees could be authorized. However, fees for water, sewer and refuse collection
were exempt from the second step. In the years following the passage of Proposition 218,
there was uncertainty whether stormwater fees qualified as a type of sewer fee and therefore
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were not subject to the ballot proceeding requirement. The California Sixth Appellate District
Court clarified the question in a 2002 ruling 4 that found stormwater fees did not qualify as a
type of sewer fee, and new or increased fees must be approved through a ballot proceeding.
Subsequent to that date, the City Alameda did not authorize any further inflation
adjustments.
FACILITIES AND SERVICES
CITY OF ALAMEDA
The City operates and maintains a municipal separate storm sewer system within the City's
boundaries. The system is made up of man-made drainage systems including, but not limited
to, curbs and gutters, ditches, culverts, pipelines, manholes, catch basins (inlets), outfall
structures, pump stations, lagoons, and sea walls and perimeter levies. The system serves
the entire City.
The primary storm drainage service provided by the City is the collection, conveyance, and
overall management of the stormwater runoff from parcels. By definition, all parcels that
shed stormwater into the City's system, either directly or indirectly utilize, or are served by,
the City's storm drainage system. The need and necessity of this service are derived from
property improvements, which historically have increased the amount of stormwater runoff
from the parcel by constructing impervious surfaces such as rooftops, pavement areas, and
certain types of landscaping that restrict or retard the percolation of water into the soil beyond
the conditions found in the natural, or unimproved, state. As such, open space land (in a
natural condition) and agricultural lands that demonstrate stormwater absorption equal to or
greater than natural conditions, are not charged a fee. Other vacant land that was once
improved or has been prepared for future improvements do not qualify as open space or
natural land and will typically be charged a fee.
A critical service provided by management of the City's storm drainage system is compliance
with all water quality requirements through the City's NPDES permit. This service ensures
that all parcels within the City are monitored and, in some cases, individually regulated to
ensure such compliance. This applies to parcels that drain directly to the Bay as well as all
other parcels in the City. For this reason, all parcels (other than natural open space and
agricultural) are included in the fee structure.
The storm drainage planning documents referenced above contain thorough sets of maps
and lists of various elements within the stormwater system. Those descriptions are the basis
for this Report.
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FINANCIAL NEEDS AND REVENUE REQUIREMENTS
SUMMARY OF CLEAN WATER AND STORM PROTECTION SYSTEM NEEDS
CITY OF ALAMEDA
As part of the fee implementation task, the SCI team conducted an analysis of the City's
Water Quality and Flood Protection system needs. This analysis included information from
several source planning documents as well as recommendations from City staff members.
PROGRAM REVENUES
The first step of the analysis was to review the revenues available to the City's Program.
Based on information provided by in the City's draft 2019-21 budget, the existing revenues
are projected through Fiscal Year 2020-21 as shown in Table 1 below. Revenues are
projected to not increase with the exception of the existing Storm Water Utility Fee, which
will experience growth only through the addition of new properties to the rate base.
TABLE 1 -SUMMARY OF PROGRAM REVENUES
Shown in thousands
FY 2019-FY 2020·
Revenue Source 20 21
$term Water Utilily ;fees
r;Jase Reuse Prope rtles
La§oom Service Agre:ement
Interest & Other
Transe,rtn-Gea:era1 fund
Transertn-Re-Use
PROGRAM COSTS
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$
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$ 2,.231
238
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$ 2,599
The City's Program is influenced primarily by the requirements to prevent local flooding and
to comply with the Municipal Regional Permit (''MRP 2.0"). 5 Cost estimates were based on
budgetary and supplemental information provided by the City as well as the following storm
drainage planning documents:
• Storm Drain Master Plan (2008)
• Storm Drain Pump Station Study (2011)
• Storm Rain Outfall Assessment (2013)
• Long-Term Trash Load Reduction Plan (2014)
s NPDES permits for most Bay Area cities are administered by the Bay Area Water Quality
Control Board. In 2009, they brought all those cities in this region under a single permit
called the Municipal Regional Permit. The renewed MAP, 2015, is referred to as MAP 2.0.
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• South Shore and Bay Farm Island Lagoon Operations Studies (2015)
• 18-lnch and 55-Inch Sea Level Rise Studies (2008 and 2016)
• Storm Drain Master Plan Update Memorandum (2017)
In broadly assessing the Program's costs and following the City's current Budget structure,
two main categories were used: Operations and Maintenance ("O&M") Costs, which include
compliance with the MRP 2.0, and Capital Improvement Program (''CIP") costs. These
categories reflect how the City generally allocates funds to implement its day-to-day storm
drainage-related programs.
In addition, SCI worked closely with City staff from both the Engineering Division and the
Storm Drain Maintenance Division to develop priorities for a sustainable Water Quality and
Flood Protection program. These documents and additional input from City staff resulted in
the following needs recommendations.
O&M costs are relatively stable from year to year and present a firm basis for a fee structure.
Table 2 below shows the budgeted O&M expenditures contained in the City's draft 2019-21
budget.
TABLE 2-SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE COSTS
Shown in thousands
FY 2019-FY 2020-
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Ope,rati:ons a Mfdnl:enanc:e
Storm DraiMI& o aM
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$ 3,-061
l,383
$ :\449
The CIP costs shown in Table 3 below are a compilation of high-priority capital improvement
projects derived from all sources totaling approximately $30 million. Costs are shown as
one-time project expenses and include all phases such as environmental, permitting, design,
and construction. Costs are expressed in 2019 dollars. These projects are taken from a
larger list of project needs including 87 high-, moderate-and low-priority projects totaling
approximately $170 million. A full listing of all projects is shown in Appendix A.
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TABLE 3-SUMMARY OF HIGH·PRIORITY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS
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7,500
500
600
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$ 13,910
$ 3#570
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ANNUAL REVENUE REQUIREMENT
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Since stormwater fees are subject to voter approval, it is recommended that a fee be
structured in the beginning to be steady over the long term as well as sustainable. Unlike
other utilities (e.g., water and sewer) where the fees can be reviewed and re"set at five"year
(or less) intervals, stormwater fees are usually set at a level that can be increased annually
in accordance with a predetermined formula or index for many years to come. As a result,
the revenue requirements must be expressed in annual terms that will reflect future years'
needs (with the formulaic adjustments).
While the O&M costs are shown in Table 2 as annual costs, the CIP costs in Table 3 are
shown as lump"sum, one-time costs. Therefore, the CIP costs must be annualized. Further,
the $30 million CIP costs are more than can be paid for through a reasonable fee amount.
As a result, portions of the CIP are identified for funding from other sources such as General
Fund, other City funds, grants or future bond funds. Finally, the revenue needs shown below
in Table 4 convert the CIP costs to annual amounts based on an assumed 15"year, pay"as"
you"go expenditure plan.
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RATE STRUCTURE ANALYSIS
Proposition 218 states that the amount of a fee upon any parcel shall not exceed the
proportional costs of the service attributable to the parcel. It also states that no fee may be
imposed for a service unless that service is actually used by, or immediately available to,
the owner of the property. In compliance with Proposition 218, the proposed Water Quality
and Flood Protection Fee will only be imposed on properties that shed water, directly or
indirectly, into the City's system or are otherwise served by the system. Additionally, the
amount of use attributed to each parcel is proportionate to the amount of storm water runoff
contributed by the parcel, which is, in turn, proportionate to the amount of impervious surface
area on a parcel {such as building roofs and pavements).
SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PARCELS AS BENCHMARK
CITY OF ALAMEDA
The most widely used method of establishing storm drainage rates 6 is to use the average or
median single-family residential parcel? ("SFR") as the basic unit of measure, or benchmark,
which is called the single-family equivalent, or "SFE." Since the metric for this fee structure
is impervious surface area, a benchmark amount of impervious surface area {"ISA") must
be established.
Alameda has a wide range of sizes of SFR parcels, which have varying percentages of
impervious area ("%lA"). Generally, smaller, denser parcels tend to have a higher proportion
of impervious area than larger, less dense parcels, which tend to have a lower percentage
of impervious area. {This can be best visualized by the fact that larger residential properties
tend to have a larger proportion of pervious landscaping, and therefore a smaller proportion
of impervious area.) A random sample of 279 SFR parcels was selected, and the ISA of
each sample parcel was measured using aerial photographs. This sample data forms the
basis for determining the median I SA, which will then be the basis for determining the SF E.
The range of SFR parcels was grouped into three size categories based on trends that
emerged in the %lA. The median sized SFR parcel is 0.11 acre (approximately 4,792 square
feet), which is also the median parcel size for the medium SFR rate category. The average
%lA for the medium size group was found to be 59.33%. Therefore, the median parcel in
Alameda contains 2,843 square feet of impervious surface area ("ISA") as shown in the
calculation below. This will be used as the benchmark {1 SFE) for all other size categories
and other non-residential land uses.
e Stormwater Utility Survey, 2017, page 2, Western Kentucky University. Other common
names for this benchmark unit are Equivalent Runoff Unit (ERU) and Equivalent Drainage
Unit (EDU).
1 The SFR category also includes multiplex parcels of two, three or four units, since the lot
development characteristics do not vary significantly from the SFR parcels of similar size.
In all, this includes the approximately 1,783 multiplex parcels in the City, which were
distributed to the same three parcel size categories as the other SFRs. Any residential
parcel with five or more units is categorized as apartments, which is calculated separately.
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1 SFE = %/A x Median Parcel Size
= 59.33% x 4, 792 sf
= 2,843 sf
This becomes the basis for calculating the SFEs for all other types of land uses. The %lA
for each size category was applied to the median size parcel in that category to calculate its
median I SA. The SFE per parcel for each size category is a simple ratio of the median ISA
for each category to the ISA (2,843 s~ for the benchmark category of medium-sized parcels
as shown in the following formula:
SFE per Parcel =
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Median/SA
2,843
Condominium units are particularly difficult to categorize as they are often on very small
individual parcels yet share larger common areas that are made up of landscaped (pervious)
areas, parking lots and shared roofs, and other recreational uses (either pervious or
impervious). The data for these variables is not readily available, so some assumptions are
made about their characteristics.
Condominiums can be grouped into two categories: Medium density where there is only one
level of residential units (e.g., townhomes) and high density where there are multiple levels
of residential units (similar to apartment buildings). For the medium-density condominium
units, the presence of common areas with landscape features make them very similar to the
small-lot SFR parcels, and therefore they are assigned the same ISA (1,739 s~ and SFE
(0.6118) per parcel as a small-lot SFR parcel.
For the high-density condominium units, further analysis was done. Twelve condominium
complexes with 1,246 units were sampled throughout the City. Using aerial photographs,
measurements were made of the impermeable areas. The average ISA per unit was 895
square feet. Therefore, the high-density condominiums are assigned an ISA of 895 square
feet. This is 31.48% of the ISA for the median SFR, resulting in an SFE of 0.3148 per parcel.
Table 5 below shows a summary of the SFEs for residential parcels.
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TABLE 5-SUMMARY OF RESIDENTIAL PARCELS
~ : ----· ---#of Median SFE per
lot Type Parce _l Size Range Parcels A Acres A ISA (sf) 8 Parcel
Acres Square Footage
Smalft un{r)l~r o.os
Medium 0.08 to 0~14
tar~e over 0.14
Condo-Med Density<:
Condo .. Hi Density
unf.te'r 3,.M6
3,266 to 6,316
ove·r 6,316
na
na
2,171
9.899
2,1:64
2,899
1,41'9
tD.74
1,052.35
394.03
665.68
497.&8
TOTAL 18,552 2,743.83
1,139
2,843
3#ll00
na
na
fMJJ21
LOOOO
LI!IJ6
0.6118
8.1148
A Numbers of Parcels and Acres do not factor into the basis of the SFE calculation; they are shown for
informational purposes only.
B From Table 12, Appendix B.
C Medi urn-density condominiums are assumed to be similar to Small category of SFR
NON-RESIDENTIAL PARCELS
CITY OF ALAMEDA
Unlike the residential parcels, the non-residential parcels can vary widely in size as well as
impervious characteristics. For this reason, the parcels have been grouped into land use
categories according their %lA characteristics (as shown in Appendix B). The SFE for each
land use category is based on a per-acre basis, so size can be a variable in the calculation
of the fee. The SFE-per-acre can be computed for each category using the following formula:
(43,560 sf/ acre) x %I A _ S'DE r A
2,843 sf I SFE -r. pe ere
where 2,843 square feet is the amount of ISA in one SFE.
Table 6 below shows a summary of resulting parcel SFEs for each non-residential land use
category.
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TABLE 6-SUMMARY OF NON-RESIDENTIAL PARCELS
, ,~, " -¥ , ~, ' '·. ·#at ·: " · .. · % tmperv ;~~~F~-p~r~:
landUseCatego,Y -_ · · Parcels .A ·AcresA . · ~rea .8 -~:.-~ .... ~·~cre _'.:
A.partm&nts 7t9 29S.42 7$.0%
Com~f,....Jm~ esa 1A&Gl 90.n&
Ot'fi·te 1i1 211.06 64.0%
Churdl/ ~onat 146 U1.13. n.•
School w/Piayfield 20 384.84 5:1~8%
Park 18 -· 5.m6
· Vacant (developed) 185 224.96 s.cm
1.,701.61 tl:;~!t~'
~;>:}.;···:>;. QpeA ·~I AgrieulturaJ iti
· TOTAL 2717 4_,3·7S.l0
A Aggregate numbers of Pa reels and Acres do not factor into the bas is of the SFE
calculation; they are shown for informational purposes only.
B %lA Is from Table 12, Appendix B.
11.643
aat4
9.808
11.110
7.988
0.761
0.766
Each individual parcel's SFE is then calculated by multiplying the parcel size (in acres) times
the SFE per acre for that land use category, as shown in the following formula:
Parcel Size (acres) x SFE per Acre = SFE
NON-RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUMS
Non-residential condominium parcels such as commercial or office condominiums cannot
be charged on the acreage of the individual unit because that would omit the acreage of the
common areas, which are often parking lots with high o/oiA. In turn, the common area
acreage data is partially duplicative of the acreages assigned to the individual units. For
these reasons, and because there are relatively few such condominiums in the City, the full
site acreage for each complex of condominiums has been apportioned to the individual units.
From that, their SFEs are calculated in the normal method.
DEVELOPED VACANTB PARCELS
Developed vacant parcels are devoid of obvious structures or improvements but are
distinguished from natural open space by one of several characteristics. Typically, a
developed vacant parcel has been graded to be ready for building construction (possibly as
part of the original subdivision or adjacent street grading). In some cases, the parcel
previously contained a structure or improvement that has been removed, but its fundamental
alteration from a natural state remains. Although developed vacant parcels may have
significant vegetative cover, the underlying soil conditions resulting from grading work or
previous improvements usually cause some rainfall to runoff into the storm drainage system.
8 "Vacant" in this Report refers to land that is devoid of improvements. It does not refer to
land with vacant buildings or improvements, which would continue to shed water to the
MS4 the same as if they were occupied.
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The %lA for developed vacant parcels is reasonably assumed to be 5%, which is also used
as a minimum value of imperviousness for any land use type (excluding open space and
agricultural land-see next section). Vacant parcels that have significant impervious paving
remaining from prior improvements may be classified as Commercial or some other
classification best representing the %lA of the parcel.
OPEN SPACE AND AGRICULTURAL PARCELS ARE NOT CHARGED
The City's storm drain system was developed in response to land development over the
many decades. Tracts of land that have not yet been developed, or have been used primarily
for agricultural purposes, have not created an impact on the system beyond the natural
condition, and are therefore considered to receive no service from the system. In practical
terms, these parcels generate no additional storm runoff beyond the natural condition. For
these reasons, open space and agricultural parcels are not charged a Fee.
HYBRID PARCELS
Some parcels may have both improvements as well as significant open space areas. For
such parcels that contain a residence, the open space acreage does not increase the fee
because residential parcels are not charged on a per-acre basis. Rather, they are charged
based on the median ISA for that size category.
For such parcels that contain non-residential improvements (which are charged on a per-
acre basis), the chargeable acreage should be adjusted downward to reflect the improved
area only, leaving the open space area "invisible" to the fee calculation. Where parcels have
been found in this category, that acreage adjustment has been made.
OTHER PARCELS
Parcels that do not fall within the land use descriptions listed above may be placed into the
category having the closest %lA characteristics.
RATE CREDITS
CITY OF ALAMEDA
LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT RATE CREDIT
The MRP 2.0 (as well as previous permits) requires certain properties to construct
stormwater treatment and attenuation facilities, also known as low impact development
("LID"). These facilities are typically designed to capture a portion of the storm flows, retain
them, and enable them to filter though a landscape, be used as an alternative water supply,
or infiltrate into the ground. While this is intended to help filter pollutants from the water, it
also can reduce the parcel's stormwater runoff quantity to some extent, which in turn can
reduce a parcel's impact on the system. In addition to MRP 2.0-required LID, other parcel
owners may elect to follow LID guidelines voluntarily.
The section of the MRP 2.0 that requires LID facilities is Provision C.3 (New Development
and Redevelopment). Compliance with C.3 is a well-established and convenient metric on
which to base customer activities that further Program goals and affect Program costs. C.3
compliance can have impacts to many of the Program elements. Based on a detailed study
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done for a similar city in the Bay Areas (operating under the same MRP 2.0), it has been
determined that compliance with Provision C.3 equates to a reduction of Program impacts
of approximately 25% based on the overall Program costs. Based on that analysis, C.3-
compliant parcels shall receive a credit of 25% of their otherwise-calculated fee.
Some non-residential parcels may implement LID for only a portion of the parcel acreage.
Since that effort and reduction in impacts to the City's storm drainage system should be
recognized, those parcels should receive a partial credit. For any parcel that implements
LID for 26% to 50% of the site acreage, the credit shall be 12.5%. For any parcel that
implements LID for 25% or less of the site acreage, the credit shall be 6.3%.
DIRECT DRAIN RATE CREDIT
Some parcels along or near the shoreline drain directly into the Bay and do not contribute
flows to the City's storm drain system. Those parcels do not place additional burden on the
physical storm drainage infrastructure, but the City does provide a certain level of storm
drainage system service in two significant ways:
• NPDES Com pliance: Compliance with the MRP 2.0 applies to all parcels within the
City limits including those that drain directly to the Bay. The City's Program must
continue to perform task such as monitoring compliance with pollutant and trash
generation, illicit discharges and Provision C.3 regulation. In addition, certain
activities such as beach clean-ups provide a direct benefit to shoreline parcels. The
impact to this Program element is not reduced due to a direct-drain status.
• Shared Facilities: All parcels in the City benefit from a well-maintained storm
drainage system that keeps roads clear of flooding and infrastructure failures that
could impede the movement of people, goods and emergency vehicles. These
parcels also benefit from a reduced chance of flooding and the damage to private
property that can accompany such instances.
An estimate of the costs of the various O&M Program elements determined that
approximately 33% of the costs are related to NPDES compliance as shown in Table 7
below. CIP costs were not included in this analysis due to the variability of the funding and
project impacts on the NPDES program.
In addition, it is conservatively estimated that an additional 10% of the costs can be linked
to the shared facilities element. Therefore, it is determined that direct-drain parcels shall
receive a credit of (100%-33%-10% =)57% of their otherwise-calculated fee.
9 City of Cupertino, CA, 2019 Clean Water and Storm Protection Fee Report, February
2019, pages 11 and 12, as reproduced in Appendix C of this Report.
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TABLE 7-SUMMARY OF SINGLE·FAMIL Y RESIDENTIAL PARCELS
$
ALAMEDA POINT RATE CREDIT
1,120
1,326
4,246 .
lS%
500..(;
$
$
730
663
The City's existing storm drainage infrastructure does not serve some parcels on Alameda
Point similar to the direct-drain situation discussed above. While the reach of City storm
drainage infrastructure may be extended in the future, it is determined that such parcels be
treated as direct-drain parcels until such time as they are served by City storm drainage
infrastructure. This type of reclassification of a parcel's landuse shall not require further
balloting under Proposition 218.10
CUMULATIVE CREDITS
There are two independent types of credits available under this rate structure: LID and direct
drain (including both shoreline parcels and certain Alameda Point parcels). Accordingly, a
parcel may qualify for both credits. In such cases, the credit multipliers are compounded in
the following manner:
LID Mulitplier = 0.75
Direct Drain Multiplier = 0.43
Multiplier for dual credit = 0. 75 x 0.43 = 0.32
This equates to a credit of (1 00% -32% =) 68% for parcels qualifying for both credits.
STORMWATER FEE CALCULATION
CITY OF ALAMEDA
The primary metric in this analysis is the SFE as illustrated above. To arrive at the fee
amount for the various land use categories, the total City-wide SFEs must be divided into
the total revenue requirement to arrive at the rate per SFE. Using the analysis above, that
calculation is represented by the following formula:
10 California Government Code Section 53750(h)(3).
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SPERate Annual Revenue Req 't = Total SPEs
$2,892,100 = 37,079.320
= $78.00 per SFE
This SFE rate amount is then multiplied by the SFEs per parcel or per acre for the various
land use categories to arrive at the Stormwater Fee Rate Schedule shown in Table 8 below.
It should also be noted that the proposed rates shown below are in addition to the existing
storm water utility fees charged by the City.
Appendix D has information about stormwater rate initiatives done by other municipalities
and rates adopted by other municipalities.
TABLE 8 -PROPOSED 2019 WATER QUALITY & FLOOD PROTECTION FEE SCHEDULE
..
Proposed Fee
land Use Category SFE Rate FY 201S..20
R,esi,de·ntf,a:J '*'
Smelt l.hltler
Medium o.os to
Ltqe rMrl'
Condo ~ Med Density·
Condo ... Hi Density
401 " 0.14 QC
A.l4 til£
0.1118 $ 47.72
1..0000 $ 78.00
1.0801 $ 85.01
0.6118 $ 47.72
0.1l41 $ 24.55
Mu:ltlple SFR on single parcel pa'y's 16% higher rate
Non~:R,es,•den·tial 8
Apat'tment
Comme rofa ,ll Retai I/ tndustri al
Office
Ch:u:rch /Institutional
IA'stituttomd w /Pleyfifid
Park
Vacant (clevelopad)
Open Space I Asricuftural
1L6Gt
1J.8945
9.8011
11.1016
7.MIS
0.7662
0.7662
$ 90&12
$1,0$3.74
$ 715.01
$ 866.:52
$ ,1 ... 18
$ 59476
$ 59..76
nQ fee
perperqJ
perpaKet
pefpaR:e~
pe,rparce1
perpaRe'l
~acnl
per acre
per acre
pera,cre
perar;re
pera<;re
P&f'acN
A-Residentia I category also includes duplex, triplex and four-pi ex units.
B-Non-Residential parcel size is calculated to the hundredth of an acre.
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These rates are proposed to be maximum rates . If the City chooses to propose, adopt or
implement rates that are lower than these, the reductions should be uniform across all rate
classes in order to preserve the proportionality and remain in compliance with Proposition
218.
ANNUAL COST INDEXING
The 2019 Water Quality and Flood Protection Fee is subject to an annual adjustment tied to
the Consumer Price lndex-U for the San Francisco Bay Area as of December of each
succeeding year (the "CPI"), with a maximum annual adjustment not to exceed 3%. Any
change in the CPI in excess of 3% shall be cumulatively reserved as the "Unused CPI" and
shall be used to increase the maximum authorized rate in years in which the CPI is less than
3%. The maximum authorized rate is equal to the maximum rate in the first fiscal year the
Fee was approved adjusted annually by the lower of either 3% or the change in the CPI plus
any Unused CPI as described above. NOTE: In order for the City's dedicated storm drainage
revenue sources to satisfy cost requirements into the future, the annual adjustment for each
property may be calculated based · upon the sum of the Water Quality and Flood Protection
Fee and the existing Storm Water Utility Fee.
MANAGEMENT AND USE OF STORMWATER FUNDS
CITY OF ALAMEDA
The City shall deposit into a separate account(s) all Water Quality and Flood Protection Fee
revenues collected and shall appropriate and expend such funds only for the purposes
outlined by this Report. The specific assumptions utilized in this Report, the specific
programs and projects listed, and the division of revenues and expenses between the two
primary categories (O&M and CIP) are used as a reasonable model of future revenue needs
and are not intended to be binding on future use of funds.
Dated: July 03, 2019
Engineer of Work
Jerry Bradshaw, License No. C48845
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APPENDICES
APPENDIX A-FULL LIST OF CAPITAL PROJECT NEEDS
All figures are shown in thousands
CITY OF ALAMEDA
TABLE 9-LIST OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS-ALL PRIORITIES
. ·· .. :·.:.·.:.:.··:.: .. · ... ··:·.·· .......
A~a 2019 COst L,1 __ _JP~!f!!!•!!!!l~t;!!!!tbJ!L __ _
~IPt!$/LgPPrl$< .. •· · • · High ' Moderate
. L Shcir~ltne cuh;~ft 400 · •
·2 ~ayFarm.l~landGa~eOpener Bayfarm 400 a
£!!LviewW~lr Rehab ~iew .. · 200 t------1!.... ,....._____ _ __ _
4 Tidal ;Pr()tectlon of Outtalls Citywide 1,800 UCD
5 Veteransce~~rt Bay ~arm Island 1,910 ~
& . ~~on Wall~·. South .Shore 15,000 ;g _JA!L -~..;....;..
1 seawall·@rtl;FiiGate Bay Farrrilslaod. sbo a
' ~. · Orec:tse Lagoon -South ShOre South Shore 600 •
9 Dredge ~goon.,-BFI Bay Farm .Island · 600 ~ ,._.....,.. .. ....,.___. _ ___,....,._..
10. Sayviev,tWeir Bay Farm Island 121(X)O. t lla .
1LGibbons. .Easuide 3;1~ .t.O
.·1a .. Th~m . ...;J,e"""so""'n_· ---------~ti:a=sts=·i"""'d.::.e. ____ ___.· .~1r...,.17..;.....o ,__ _ _,_. · . 1,17(). 13.~iJ~.··:· Eastsid~ 3,390 · 1;390-.
14 Femside Eastsicte. 1~91() ·1,910
1$ W~shi!Jjt<m i. · .. East~i·de . 850 , ... • _,._ ·------~
16. · qalhriun: · Eastside ~.20 . · 320
11 Grand : · . North central 3;500 . 1$0
~~a """YJ.....c.·'i""'-lloc:;.;w.;...,· ··,"'"':··. -----------'·~No;;.;;_rt.;;;..h;..;;t=e~~.ral_-"-·-. ____ 3i.07o ._: ___ ·-· -~ ._ .. _ ____;.;_
· 19 Waln~t . ·North Central 2,440 2,440.
20 ()~~~'-'~ North Central 2,~2,() · .. 2;120 ·
· il P~'rtt .. _·• ...,..,_..........c.--.....--------'-'N'"""ort'-"h;.c_C=e=nt..::..ra=l---·--·-640_' ... ____ l---_,...,.. ---~
· 22 ~ver~tt North Central 950. 9SO
: 23 .. Broadway Nprth ce.ntral 64Q M
~2~4~·P~·e~a~rl ~·~·~·~----------------·-No~rt~h_c~e_nt_~~~~~------a~.~~-------~·: ____ __
25 THd~n . · · NorthCentral S30
26 Caml:)ri.dg¢ · NorthCentfcd · 950
530
950
it Const1t~ .. t.·J:2.l'J_ .. ~ .... -·-···· . . Northside · 4,660 at MA .. ... .;.,;..;;;:.;;.;;;:::= • .,;.._.........;,.;;_;..,. _ __,;4.~,1.;;;;;•30':;.;,. ... --·--"" _., .. ~----. ~a yv~st.Atta!'ltic · Northsid~ 4,130
29 ~~~~ ~tlj)ntlc; (1) · N.orthSid·e 850 sso
.,..;;'30;;;;;; .. ··;.;..\>E~a;.;;;;St+A~·tl;.;;an.;;.;·ti:;.;;.e.,\;;(2;;£..) _. __________ _.:.:.N;::;;ort.:::.h.::::;si;..::;d;;.e ........... "....,._,__._--. _640 -·-----'---~ __ .....;;640~· ·.....,
.31. NeVI Outfall North$ide . 4,98() 4,9lll
32 Mahi St.. . . · ~orthside ·· sao · ··. sao··
33 w•b~!!Jt): .___;. ___ .;..... _......_._~ortti~side
~· 3rtfsveet Northside
. 150> . 1$0 .
. . -----~~ -.. -............... $a ~a
35 'Webster{3). North~ide 1,170 1,110
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Category I Project Area 2019 Cost ____ Pn_·o_rlty..!.-.Le_ve_ls __ ___:.
Pipes I Lagoons (continued) . Hlf .. Moderate Low
36 Chapin Northside 320 320
37 Paru Northside 1,800 1,800
38 Bay Sherman Northside 1,910 1910 ........................................................................................................................ -............................... " ............................................................................ , ....................................... ,...-...... ,....... _ ................. _ .. ( .. ~· ............ -... !._,_ ..
39 Main St (2) Northside 850 · 850
40 5th Street Northside 1,480 1,480
41 PacificSt Northside 1,170 ·-1,170 _
42 Fountain
43Mound
South Shore
South Shore
1,590
530
1,590
530
... ~ .. ~~r..~r.~.~~~·~·-···-·--·-·-................................................................... ~2~.!.~ .. ?.~.~~~ ............................... __ , ....... !~.?.~ ..... ~.-............... ,...... . ............... _,_.,, ............ h?99 .. ..
45 Harbor light South Shore 2,440 · · 2,44$ ·
46 Rosewood South Shore 1,170 1,.1'70
47 Pearl _ 950 South Shore 950
48 Alameda Park
49 3rd
50 Willow
51 S Shore Center W
52 Regent
53 Park .
~···Page
55 Webster
56 Ballena
57 Paru
$8 Shoreline
59 Dub!in Way
60 lslandD~ve
61 verde mar Orive
62 R()bertDavey Jr Dr
63 Mecartney Road
64 Arvlngton
65 camelia
66 Fitchburg
67 Holly
68 .Pipe Extension_N..,:..o __ _
69 Pipe Extension NC
70 Pipe .Extension So
71 Pipe Extension Ea
Pipes I Lagoons Subtotal
Pump Stations
South Shore 1,800
South Shore 530
South Shore so
South Shore 1,170
South Shore 530
South Shore 530
South Shore 1,590
South Shore 950
South Shore 850
South Shore 100
South Shore 640
Bay Farm Island 950
Bay Farm Island so
Bay Farm Island 1,170
Bay Farrt_! Island ·210
Bay Farm Island 1,270
Bay Farm Island 950
Bay Farm Island 1,270_
Bay Farm Island 640
Bay Farm Island 1,170
Northside ___ 1,48Q...
North Central 1,590
South 1,910
Eastside 210
115,320
72 Arbor North Central 3,570 t579 ;
73 Webster Westside 1,050 1,.8
530
so
1,170
530
530
1,590
950
850
74 Centrai/Eastshore Ea~tside 2,700 -~!!L ·--~. --· ~-
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Low
·76 · Harb9r Bav 1:' · · · ·· Bay Farm Island : 950 ·. r B
. fj H*Bavir , , ·. ·. · ~vF~m11~'and: ··_·. · · . t,t70' : UlO
-"-'-7,..;;;.S...;,.M8..;.i""";f\.S~Jre .... < e;.;;.J.;..., ....... · .;...........-...~.;.;;............u;;.,;;.~;..;...;.;;.;W..;;;;··.·est..i..;;SI;.,;;;:.d.;...·--· ·'·~__.._,-·'""?'"-. ~···""""'·: alt}. . QD ·------~~~·~_.-
. 79, Northside • · . Westsl~~ -,:, · .· · · .. ,_· ''; 2,440 ' 1,441
· 80. third Street ·. w~s~sld~ · ' · .,.._....,640 ..... ·· ...... ,· · 140
,PumP: Stations S~btotai :. · · 7J!: ¥!
· ... __ .··. : .. ·_ .. ·
£nyifO~mt~: ..
i ~t Gteefi1riff-8structure .':: ·. ~,.:,fta$nc~~tu~' · ··.
Environme~WS.Iibtotal .
.. . .. .
84 lntersection;Culverts
~ ,Pondlngtmproverllents
86 ~C~eattJtVideO,. '
87 -~goon .. ..•.. .
bps Enhanee.meots Su:btotal
. .
l().TAJJ,
.. Ci1VW1de : ... · ... , .
·.·'a~ide ..
Ci~l~e
Citywidtl
___ ..;;..···.....;;Ci-!.tyw..._l..,..de ___ ..
. CltyWl~~ _: . . ·
South ShO~& Say farm l.sland
. /i;;t(xj ~
''1;025· . 1,!5 : ---_......,...__
~t125 tUS. ----.......--
1,319 ..
16,500
3,500
3$0
·t~~3~
.... : .. 37;845
• • 759
Uta~ 5)(1 8, 700
~--~----~M
-~ l,D 1,160
1)!2 1¥!
¥!1 ' •• 11,219
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APPENDIX 8 -PERCENTAGE OF IMPERVIOUS AREA ESTIMATIONS
CITY OF ALAMEDA
For most land use categories, a sample of parcels was analyzed using aerial photography
and other data to determine the average percentage of impervious area ("%lA"). Table 10
below shows the results of that analysis.
TABLE 10-PERCENT OF IMPERVIOUS AREA FROM SAMPLING RESULTS
I"' • ' q l,.; ~ I ~ "' '< ' ,._, ," <-~ 1-l ~ ~ ~
' , · Total Acres
#of #Parcels Total Acres Impervious Impervious
Land Use Category Parcels Analyzed Sampled Area Area A
Singre .. family Residential
Smaclif Under
Medium 0.08 to
tar"'Qe over
Condo Med~Denisty 8
Concto Hi "'Density
(l fJB
0.14
fU4
QC
ac
rx
Non-Single-Family Residential
4171
9,899
4164
2,899
1,419
M~Jiiti .. famHy ~es:identta.;l 7119
Commercial/ Retail/Industrial 662
Office lll
Church /lnsti tuti ona I 146
lin$ltuti,onal w/Pta,fietd 20
Park c
Vaeant {develapedi) c
TOTAL
'163
11!
41 2JJ4 1.19 1, ?5 sf
189 19.94 11.83 2,843 sf
4a 8. 79 B.ea :3,100 sf
:n:::mer:~rn :::r??t::m~m:~:~~(~~~:~~~~~?m:tt?J t:;)::lt:r??:~?:m
1,048 27 .55 21.53 &SS af
IS 61.83 46..9:8 7S.J8~
58 16.41 14.88 90.68%
2l 4l.l 6 27.0$ M.Gl"
31 24.62 17.85 72.50%
9 48.70 2S .. 2J 51,11'1!
252 •. 94 na
A For Residential, Impervious area is the median value of all parcels analyzed. For Non-Residential,
impervious area is expressed as a percentage of parcel area (TotaiiA/Total Acres sampled).
B Condominium-Not sampled as explained on Page 11 ofthis Report.
c Park and Vacant-Park and Vacant parcels were estimated to have a 5% impervious area based on
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APPENDIX C-LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT RATE CREDIT ANALYSIS
CITY OF ALAMEDA
On the following pages is an analysis done for the City of Cupertino in February 2019 that
estimated the extent that low impact development ( .. LID") reduces the impact on the City's
storm drain system. Cupertino is similar to the City of Alameda in that both are mid-sized
cities with similar land use patterns, storm drainage systems, and magnitude of costs and
needs. Further, both cities operate under the same MRP 2.0.
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OPEN SPACE AND AGRICULTURAL PARCELS ARE Nor CHARGED
The CttY~ storm drain system was developed 1n response to land development over the
tnany decades Tracts of tand that have not yet been develooed. or have been used pnmanly
for agricultural purposes have not created an lmp:act on he system tre~tond the natura!
conditton. and ate therefore cons1derea ~J receive no serv1ce from the system !'1 practical
terms these parcets generate no addttJonCJl stc!fm runoff beyond the natuta~ condJtiOn For
these r~asons, open space and agncu1tura! parceb ~re not chargee! B Fee
HYBRID PARCEL$
Some parcels may have both Improvements as weH as s1gmfrcart open space areas For
such parcels that contain a res1dence . the open space acreage does not increase the fee
because residential pa!cef<; are 1101 charged on a peh3Cte ba~rs Ra hei, they are charged
based on the median ISP. for thai size category .
For such p~rcets that contam non-r~stdeFttaltmorov~ments (wttidl are charged on a p;:r-
acre basts) the chargeable acreage showa be adjusted downward to reflect the improved
aree only, leav1ng tne open space area 'invlstble ·to the fee calculatton Where parcels have
been found in thts category. that acreage adjustment has been made
LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT RATE ADJUSTMENT
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The current NPDES Permit requires certain properties to construct stormwater trea.fment
and attenuati.on fa.cilities, also known as low impact development ('liD"). These facilities are
typically designed to capture a portion of the storm flows, retain them I and enable them to
infiltrate into the ground. While this is intended to help filter pollutants from the water, it also
can red1,1ce the parcel's stormwater runoff quantity to some extent, which in turn can reduce
a parcel's impact on the system. In addihon to NPOES~required LID, other parcel owners
may elect to follow LID guidelines voluntarily.
The section of the MRP that requires LID facilities is Provision G .3 (New Development and
Redevelopment). Compliance with G.3 is a well~establishedand convenient metric on which
to base ous·tomer activities that further Program goals and affect Program costs. C.3
compliance can have impacts to many of the Program elements. In order to analyze the
extent to which G:3 compliance will impactProgram costs, each Program element was rated
with one of four impact levels: none (0%), minor (25%), medium (50%), and major (80%).
By applying those impact levels to the costs of each Program element~ it was determined
that compliance>with Provision C.3 equates to approximately 25% of the overall Program
costs. Tabte 6below shows the results of that analysis.
Based on that analysis, a commensurate reduction in the fees for certain C.3~compliant
parcels is warranted. However, C.3 compliance brings with it some additional administrative
burdens to verify ongoing compliance. While this burden is· relatively minor, for single-family
parcels where the annual fee is also relatively small, the administrative burden negates the
LID benefits· to the program. Therefore~ single~family residential parcels do not qualify for
the reduced fee. Conversely, C.3 compliance for condominiums is typically accomplished
on a collective bas.is, so the minor administrative burden is spread across. many parcels
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making it insignificant. Therefore, a 25% reduction in fees will be applied to all C.3-compliant
parcels that are either non~single-family or condominium.
TABLE 6-LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT RATE ADJUSTMENT ANALYStS
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MRP Provision ~ i _:e i Notes
Operations & Maintenance
Program Management
C.2 Municipal Operations
Clean Water Program
C.l Permit Compliance
C.2 Municipal Operations
·c.3 New Development and
Redevelopment
Industrial and Commercial
C.4 Site Controls
Illicit Discharge Detection and
C.S Elimination
C.6 Construction Site Control
Public Information and
C.7 Outreach
C.8 Water Quality Monitoring
C.9 Pesticides Toxicity Control
C.10 Trash Load Reduction
C.11 Mercury Controls
C.12 PCBs Controls
C.13 Copper Controls
C.17 Annual Reports
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Does not lessen Prognim Management
burden
R.educes storm llowsln minor storm.
(educing burden on operations
Is a small . part of overall Program
Compliance
Does not lessen Municipal Operations
compliance burden
Is all about C.3
Provides controls
Does not lessen Illicit Discharge burden
Does not lessen Construc.tion Corltrols
bt.irden
Aids in educating property owners
Does not lessen WQ. Monitoring burden
Capture & infiltration may filter out
pesticides
Mary C.3 devices are considered a
partial trash capture device
Capture & infiltration may filter out
pollutants
Capture & infiltration may filter out
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Capture & infiltration may filter out
pollutants
Does. not lessen reporting requirements
STORMWATER FEE CALCULATION
CITY OF CUPERTINO
The pnmary metnc m 1 ana st~ ts the SFE as illustrated above To arnve at he fee
amount forth vanous tand us ... categones. the total Ctty wi e SFEs must be dtv ded mto
the t()tal revenue requtremen to amve at the rate per SFE Ustn the anal sts above that
calculatton ts represen1ed by 1he fotlowtng ot mula
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~ 4. City Estimated Expenditures for MRP, by Cost Category (Fund) and Fiscal Year
I PflooiOI I _.... I net MAP PftA\t$lOA _ 20t1-2018 _ IOtM$19 _ ......
C.2 Munieim:tl Oper~tipns $493,000
C.1 Perrni;~ QofTiplianc~ $23;000
C,2 Munieipat O~.ra~ns $148,0,00
c.s New ~vefqpmeht and Redevelopment $70,000
0.4 Industrial and Commercial Site Controls $83,000
c .. s Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination $129,000
C.6 Construction Site Control $43,000
C.7 P!Jblic Information and Outreach $118,000
c.s Water Qu$1ity Monitoring $11,000
C.9 Pest~ides Toxicity ContrOl $21,000
~.10 Trash Load Reduction $130,000
:.11 Mercury· Controls $24,000
:~12 Pci3s Controls $51,000
:;.13 Copper Controls $11,000
:;;17 Annual Repql't$ $29,000
Fund'Tctfal $7tJ1,72iJ. .$72().1M. ~1.tJg(}
Total $1,211,670 $1,197,288 $1,443,000
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$61,()()0 . $(93,000 se5,ooo·
$508,000 $523,000 $539,000
$24,000 $25,000 $25;000
$153;000 $157,000 $162,000
$72,000 $.77,000 $80,000
$86,000 $88,000 $91,000
$133,000 $137,000 $141,000
$44,000 $46,000 $47,000
$122,000 $126;000 $129,000
$11,000 $.12,000 $12,000
$21,000 $22,000 $23,000
$134,.000 $148,000 $152,000
$25,000 $27,000 $27,000
$52,000 $57,000 $59,000
$11,000 $·12,000 $12,000
$30,000 $33;000 $34,00()
•. 1:8,CJqO $~4,:000 $994.:(100
$1,487,000 $1,650,000 $1,598,000
$67,000
$555,000
$26,000
$167,000
$.82,000
$94,000
$145,000
$49,000
$133,000
$13,000
$23;000
$157,000
$28,000
$61,000
$13,000
$35,000
$1J)zt),OOO
$1,646;000
!dues are from the City's Fiscal Year 2018-,20.19 Adopted Budge~ (2018 Adopted Budget and 2019 Adopted Budget for both Non-Point Source (Fund 230-81) (p. 407 -409) and
:tlrt'n. [)rain Maint~n•nc~ (Fund 100..85) (p. 434-4~)).
1cn val.ue for. the fiscal years under the "Future -Projected" column is coosldered to be estimated and has been rounded to the nearest $1 ,000; thus, summing individual values
ay result in a slightly.dlfferent.total than those shown in the "Fund Total" and "Total" rows-.
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APPENDIX 0-STORMWATER RATES FROM OTHER MUNICIPALITIES
CITY OF ALAMEDA
There have been relatively few voter-approved local revenue measures in the past 15 years
to support stormwater programs in California. A summary of those efforts plus some others
in process or being studied is shown in Table 11 on the following page, in roughly
chronological order. Amounts are annualized and are for single family residences or the
equivalent.
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TABLE 11 -RECENT STORM DRAIN BALLOT MEASURES
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Municipality Status · .R Year Mechanism _ _ . at~ .. -.
San ct-.mente
Carmel
PafoAt:to
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PaJoAito
Entlnitas
SantaMomca
San ~
SsienaBeacb
Woodland
·DelMar
Kawlfmme
sar.taCruz
Burlingame
s a.nta Oarita.
Stockton
Co.un-tv of Contra Costa
Santa ·CiuaVdtyWatef
tllslriet
City of Berkeley
County ol LA
san. <:temente
Vallejo SanfJeROGd
Culver City
h.loAI!t'O
Su~essfuf ; $ aUS 2002 ; Baltoted Property-,R.-ted· Fee
una~ $ ._. Ml ~,_,~Fee
unsucces.sf.tll $ 57"00 2003 Ball·oted Propeny~Related Fee
Stlceetsftd $ 28JI) I 211M SP'8dtf,.-tt O.llmd
Strecessfui : $ 12fU)(!) 2005 . Balloted 'P·roperty .. Related· Ff!e
Sttassff.d ~ h raded... ~ ... ~li -~ ._..._Lhtated Fe•
I F~ ~ ~~ v~~~
Unsuccessful
~ Overtul'htlby
Court of Appeal&, Decett1fde4 $ lB.m
b¥ SupfeJMe CGtlft
Successful : $ 87.00
Su~rett•wed $ aa
t Notrlaltotedt 1'tlreatened by . $ 2LS4
Lawsuit, 8altoted., Successful 1 u.u.... $ ..
Suceessful · $ 163.38
~ $am
Successful $ 28.00
SVCM~fvt $ Jl50.I&
Sutce$$ful · I $ 21.00
Unsuossfut $ 94.56
Unsu¢tessful ; S 22.00
Successfu:l
·~ Strctessfu,l
iuetestfut
iuccessfut
varies
$ 5441)
$ 74.76
$ a•
$ 99.00
$ 18.80
2006 -'11»7
'Zfl1l
2008 ..
: Non..Balloted P.ro;perty..f.te.tated
Fee adopted.1tt2004, · ·
~ chaUenged, balloted and failed
ln 200'6
Special lax
~PlrQp~ate4 ..
Noo-8al1$,t•d & Balloted
Property..:Reiated Fe.e
~,..,.~ate4 Fu
! Bal.loted P·roperty-Related Fee
lal--~teCIFee
2008· Spedal T:ax
28 llalot4d Pr<Jpertr-<Reiate4 f!ee
2009 : Ballot.-d ~pe~Related Fee
• aattete:dPm~~ Pee
2012 ' Balloted Property .. R~Jated Fee
2.012 '
82
2013 -201~
2117
Measure M-GO Bond
NA
BaUoted Property·Refated Fee
ta.lloted~d Fe•
Special Tax
Town of Mo·rasa I
City ef Berkeley
Unsuccessful
Stlaesslut
1 $ 12CU&j 2018
s 42 ....
181'-ed PropertV""Rtdate4 Fee
Ilea~ of-fee
' 8aUoted P·rope·rty·'ReJated Fe.e
hlltJM;cf Pr operty-Rltatecl fee
Ctty of 'l.Qs Af.tos 1
CountvefS.laq-n
Cltv of Sacrame:nto
Cit\'ofSdft8&
Clty of Santa Clara
Cllnmt¥ of san Mateo
Coun.ty of El Dorado
County el Ornp
Cqunty ofV'n~!Jra
lnProtess
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Studyif18
SWEI¥tna
Studylna
SttHI¥iftg
Studyin g
N.A NA
NA .-A
NA NA
rtA NA
NA NA
M NA
NA NA
NA M
NA NA
i · sal loted l>rOperty-ReJated Fee
~~Fee
Qalloted Pr.operty .. ftelated Fee
NA
Balloted Prop-erty .. Related Fee
NA
NA
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In addition to the agencies listed above in Table 11 that have gone to the ballot for new or
increased Stormwater Fees, there are several other municipalities throughout the State that
have existing Stormwater Fees in place. Some of these rates are summarized in Table 12
below. Amounts are annualized and are for single family residences or the equivalent.
The City's proposed $78.00 SFR rate is well within the range of stormwater rates adopted
by other municipalities.
TABLE 12 -SAMPLE OF RATES FROM OTHER MUNICIPALITIES
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. , . Annual
. Muni-cipality Rate Type of Fee
Bakersfield
CuJ:ver City
Davis
E,JkGrove
Hayward
LosAnge·le,s
Los Angeles County
Pa)<>Aito
Redding
Sacramento (City)
Sacramento (County)
S-c~:n&runo
San Clemente
san Jose
SantaCruz
Stockton*
VaUejo Sanitation and Flood
Control District
West Saera;mento
Woodland
$ 200 Property-Related Fee
$
$
$
$
s
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
99
85
70
29
27
83
164
16
136
70
46
60
t2
109
221
24
144
6
Special Tax
Property-Related Fee
P,ro,pe,rty-Re,fated Fee
Property-Related Fee
S-pedi'l ta:x.
Special tax
Prope·rty·,Re·l:aled F,ee
Property-Related Fee
P·roperty .. Re·tated Fee
Property-Related Fee
Property-Related Fee
Property-Related Fe·e
Prope·rty-.Related Fe,t
SpeciatTax
Property-~elated Fee
Property-Related Fee
Prop;e tty-Related fe,e
Property .. Related Fe·e
*This is the calculated average rate for the City of Stockton, which has 15
rate zones with rates ranging from $3.54 to $651 .68 per year.
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APPENDIX E • LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
%lA Percent Im pervious Area
C.3 Provision C.3 of the MRP -New Develo pment and Redevelo pment
CIP Ca pital Im provement Pro gram
CPI Consumer Price Index (from the Bureau of Labor & Statistics )
FY Fiscal Year
G.l. Green Infrastructure
GO Bond General Obli gation Bond
ISA Im pervious surface area
LID Low impact development
MFR Multi-famil y residential
MRP Munici pal Re gional Permit (current version is MRP 2.0 )
NPDES National Pollution Dischar ge Elimination System (EPA )
O&M Operations and maintenance
sf Square feet
SFE Sin gle-famil y equivalent
SFR Sin gle-famil y residential
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I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was duly
and regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in a regular
meeting assembled on the _ day of , 2019, by the following vote to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSENTIONS:
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official
seal of said City this __ day of , 2019.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Yibin Shen, City Attorney
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Lara Weisiger, City Clerk
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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 a regular meeting
assembled on the 1st day of October 2019, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Daysog, Knox White, Oddie, Vella 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 2"d day of October 2019.
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Lara Weisiger, ~
City of Alameda
Approved as to form: