City of Culver City, California
City Council Agenda Item Report
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends the City Council Adopt a Resolution:
1. Ordering the Preparation of the Engineer’s Report for the Sewer User
Service Charge for Fiscal Year 2009/2010; and,
2. Declaring its Intention to Order the Levy of Annual Sewer User Service
Charge on property tax statements for Fiscal Year 2009/2010; and,
3. Setting the Public Hearing for June 22, 2009, at 7:00 p.m. in the Mike
Balkman Council Chamber.
Should the City Council adopt this Resolution, a public notice of the hearing will be
published and posted, and the City Engineer will prepare a comprehensive report
containing detailed information on the actual and estimated charges that are
proposed. The report will be made available for public review ten (10) days before
the Public Hearing at the City Clerk’s office.
DISCUSSION:
Culver City obtains sewage treatment services at the City of Los Angeles' Hyperion
Treatment Plant through an Amalgamated Agreement with the City of Los Angeles
(Agreement). The Agreement requires Culver City to pay a proportionate share of
the costs of conveyance, operation, maintenance, repair and capital improvements to
upgrade and improve the Amalgamated Sewerage system.
Meeting Date: 5/26/09 Item Number: A-5
AGENDA ITEM: Adoption of a Resolution Ordering the Preparation of the
Engineer’s Report, Declaring the Intention to Order the Annual Sewer User
Service Charge, and Setting the Date, Time, and Place for the Public Hearing for
the Sewer Users’ Service Charge
Contact Person: Mate Gaspar/PW Phone Number: (310) 253-5602
Fiscal Impact: Yes [X] No [] General Fund: Yes [] No []
Public Hearing: [] Action Item: [X] Attachments: [X]
Public Notification:
Master E-Mail Notification List (05/20/09); Published in the Culver City News on
05/21/09.
Department Approval:
Charles D. Herbertson (05/15/09)
City Attorney Approval:
Carol Schwab (by H. Baker) (05/19/09)
Chief Financial Officer Approval:
Jeff Muir (by N. Kimball) (05/19/09)
City Manager Approval:
Jerry B. Fulwood (05/20/09) City of Culver City, California
City Council Agenda Item Report
Culver City owns and operates a separate sewage collection system, which is
connected to the Amalgamated system.
Federal law requires that all agencies using the City of Los Angeles' Hyperion
Treatment Plant adopt a system of charges to assure that each property served by a
public sewer pay its fair share of costs for the operation, maintenance, repair and
improvement of Hyperion Treatment Plant. The “fair share” of each property is based
on its contribution to the system in terms of flow quantity and sewage quality
(biochemical oxygen demand and suspended solids). This is in addition to the cost
experienced by Culver City in the collection, operation, and improvement of our own
sewage collection and conveyance system.
In addition to formulating and adopting a system of Sewer User’s Service Charges,
the City must also select a system for collecting these charges. In 1980, based on an
engineering study and the City Engineer’s recommendation, the City Council initiated
a once-a-year billing procedure for Sewer Users’ Service Charges that places each
property owner’s charges on their property tax bill. This method of collection has
proven to be very efficient and provides the lowest cost billing and collection service
for Culver City.
Based on preliminary evaluation, no increase to the sewer user service charge will be
proposed at the Public Hearing on June 22, 2009. The existing sewer user service
charges for fiscal 2008/09 are proposed to be the same for 2009/2010. However, the
final recommendation will be based upon the Engineer’s Report to be completed
should the Council adopt the proposed resolution.
A Public Hearing will be held not earlier than 10 days after authorization by the City
Council and advertisement of the hearing in the newspaper, with a proposed date of
June 22, 2009. During the scheduled Public Hearing, the City will consider all
protests against the proposed levy. At the Public Hearing, the City Council will
review the Engineer’s report, act upon the recommendation contained in the report,
and then may order the levy and collection of the sewer user service charges.
FISCAL ANALYSIS:
All of these costs are annually determined and presented to the City Council in the
City Engineer's Report, in accordance with Section 5.02.035 of the Culver City
Municipal Code. The proposed charges for Fiscal Year 2009/2010 will address
estimated costs for providing complete operation, maintenance, and local capital
improvements for the Culver City sewerage system and for the estimated payments
due to the City of Los Angeles for Culver City's share of the Los Angeles
Amalgamated System costs. City of Culver City, California
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ATTACHMENT:
1. Resolution of Intention
MOTION:
That the City Council:
Adopt a Resolution ordering the preparation of the Engineer’s Report, declaring
the intention to levy and collect the sewer user service charges for Fiscal Year
2009/2010 and setting a Public Hearing for June 22, 2009, at 7:00 p.m. in the
Mike Balkman Council Chambers.
5/26/09
Adoption of a Resolution Ordering the Preparation
of the Engineer's Report, Declaring the Intention to
Order the Annual Sewer User Service Charge, and
Setting the Date, Time, and Place for the Public
Hearing for the Sewer User's Service Charge
MEETING DATE:
AGENDA ITEM:
ATTACHMENTS
Pagi|109| Resolution of Intention 1-;RESOLUTION NO. 2009-R
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
CULVER CITY, CALIFORNIA, ORDERING THE PREPARA7
OF AN ENGINEER'S REPORT PURSUANT TO
PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 5.02 OF THE CULVER
MUNICIPAL CODE AND DECLARING ITS INTENTION
ORDER THE ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LEVY FOR THE SEUSER'S SERVICE CHARGE AND SETTING THE TIME
PLACE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Culver City desires ti
proceedings for considering the annual assessment levy for the City's sewer
charge, pursuant to the terms and provisions of Section 5.02.035 of Chapter
Culver City Municipal Code in what is known and designated as, "SEWER LP
SERVICE CHARGES;" and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Culver City desires tc
the proceedings for the annual levy of the assessments as required by Articl€
and (D) of the Constitution of the State of California (Proposition 218); and
WHEREAS, these proceedings for the annual levy of assessm€
relate to the fiscal year commencing July It 2009 and ending June 30, 2010.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Culver City
HEREBY RESOLVE as follows:
1. The above recitals are all true and correct.
2. The City of Culver City hereby declares its intention to le,
annual assessment on the ratepayers for fiscal year 2009/2010.
3. The City Engineer is hereby ordered to prepare and file
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4. Upon receipt of the City Engineer's Report, and in accor
the provisions of Section 5.02.035.0 of the Culver City Municipal Code, the (
hereby ordered to mail written notice of the time and place a public hearing v
by the City Council to consider objections and protests.
5. A public hearing is hereby set for June 22, 2009 at 7:00
Mike Balkman Council Chambers, located at City Hall, 9770 Culver Boulevar
City, California 90232.
APPROVED and ADOPTED this day of 201
ANDREW WEISSMAN, MAYOF
City of Culver City, California
ATTEST:
MARTIN R. COLE, City Clerk
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