REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
April 6, 2017
FROM: THOMAS C. ESQUEDA, Director
Department of Public Utilities
SUBJECT
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Actions pertaining to proposed water capacity fees (Citywide):
1. ***BILL NO. B-15 (Intro. 3/23/2017) (For adoption) - Amending Article 5 of Chapter 6 of the Fresno Municipal Code and Article 4.5 of Chapter 12 to repeal various fees associated with providing water capacity for new and expanded connections to the water system and create a new Water Capacity Fee classification, and to adopt Water Capacity Fees as proposed by and
justified in the nexus study prepared by Bartle Wells Associates.
2. ***RESOLUTION - 530th amendment to the Master Fee Resolution No. 80-420 adopting Water Capacity Fees under the Public Utilities Section.
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends City Council hold a public hearing for the proposed Water Capacity Fees, and approve a bill (for introduction) adopting the proposed Water Capacity Fees as justified in the nexus study prepared by Bartle Wells Associates and amending Article 5 of Chapter 6 of the Fresno Municipal Code (FMC) and Article 4.5 of Chapter 12 of the FMC to repeal various fees associated with providing water capacity for new and expanded connections to the water system and create a new Water Capacity Fee classification.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City's existing Urban Growth Management (UGM) water-related capacity and treatment fees include a range of fees that vary widely by development areas along the perimeter of the City's boundaries. The current fees include (1) UGM Water Supply Fees (21 areas); (2) Well Head Treatment Fees (5 areas); (3) Transmission Grid Main (TGM) Charges; (4) Transmission Grid Main Bond Debt Service Charges; (5) Recharge Area Fees, and (6) 1994 Bond Debt Service Fees. The City does not impose water-related capacity fees in non-UGM areas.
These fees are more than 10 years old and (1) do not recover the costs to provide capacity for new or expanded connections to the e...
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