REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
October 20, 2016
FROM: THOMAS C. ESQUEDA, Director
Department of Public Utilities
BY: ROSA LAU-STAGGS, Wastewater Manager-Environmental Services
Department of Public Utilities - Wastewater Management Division
SUBJECT
Title
***BILL NO. B-39 - (Intro. 10/13/2016) (For adoption) - Repealing and adding Section 6-301 of the Fresno Municipal Code related to General Provisions; Purpose and Policy of Sewage and Water Disposal (Citywide).
Body
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends City Council consider for introduction and adoption an Ordinance repealing section 6-301 of the Fresno Municipal Code and adding a revised section 6-301 to allow the City Manager or designee to approve transfer of sewer capacity for businesses in Fresno when the business is relocating to another Fresno location at which there is no or insufficient sewer capacity, the business has previously purchase sewer capacity at a location, and an agreed-upon amount of sewer capacity is left at the donating location.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Sewer capacity purchased upfront or acquired through a deferred payment program pays for the right to connect to the sewer conveyance system and for sewer treatment at the Fresno Clovis Regional Wastewater Reclamation Facility (RWRF). Currently, sewer capacity paid upfront or through a deferred payment program remains in the property and cannot be transferred to another location. The proposed ordinance repeals section 6-301 of the Fresno Municipal Code and adds an updated section 6-301 allowing the City Manager or designee to authorize transfers of limited sewer capacity for businesses using the RWRF and relocating to other areas in Fresno. The transfer would be permissibly only where there is insufficient or no sewer capacity at the location to which the business is relocating. Business in Fresno planning to expand by relocating in other areas of Fresno will benefit from the ability to transfer a limited amount of capacity...
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