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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 1987-11-24 COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT NO. 11 OF ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA MINUTES OF ADJOURN REGULAR MEETING November 24, 1987 - 5:30 p.m. 10844 Ellis Avenue Fountain Valley, California Pursuant to adjournment of the regular meeting of November 18, 1987, the Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No. 11 of Orange County, California, met in an adjourned regular meeting at the above hour and date. The Chairman pro tem called the meeting to order at 5:42 p.m. The roll was called and the Secretary reported a quorum present. DIRECTORS PRESENT: Tom Mays, Chairman pro tem, Roger R. Stanton and Grace Winchell DIRECTORS ABSENT: None STAFF MEMBERS PRESENT: J. Wayne Sylvester, General Manager, Rita J. Brown, Secretary, Thomas M. Dawes, William H. Butler, W. N. Clarke OTHERS PRESENT: Thomas L. Woodruff, General Counsel * * * * * * * * * * * * * Staff report on implementation of The General Manager reported that long-range financial program during the last year and a half District 11 has held four special meetings to consider alternative funding sources to finance operation and capital requirements over the next ten-year period. The purpose of this long-range financial planning is to assure adequate funding to carry out the Districts' wastewater management program for the benefit of the communities and the two million citizens which the Districts serve in metropolitan Orange County. .r For same time projections have indicated that funding shortfalls in District No. 11 would begin to occur as soon as 1989 and that the District would have to consider additional revenue sources to meet the District's long-term funding requirements for sewerage facilities improvements and expansion, and ongoing operations and maintenance costs. Operating shortfalls would total approximately $24 million and capital shortfalls would be over $10 million without additional funding. In July 1986 the Board considered and rejected debt financing as an alternative. Following further study, at an adjourned meeting on August 20, 1987, the Board approved initiation of proceedings to implement a supplemental user fee program and increase the District's connection fees. District 11 11/24/87 At the regular meeting on October 14, 1987, District 11 adopted Ordinance No. 1107 increasing the connection fees to $1,500/dwelling unit and $' O $300/1,000 sq. ft. for crcial and other non-residential property. 1 The proposed supplemental user fee program would be effective on July 1, 1988, with the initiation of the following fees beginning with the 1988-89 ' fiscal year Annual Charge Effective Class of User Basis of Charge July 1, 1988 g I _ Single-Family Annual Charge $26.40 Dwellings/Condominiums per Dwelling Is Unit Multi-Family Annual e� Y Charge $15.85 ', Dwellings/Apartments/ per Dwelling Mobile Homes Unit Commercial/Industrial/ Annual Charge per $18.90 Other 1,000 Sq. Ft, of f ,{ Building Based on the July 1988 implementation date, the District's operating fund would remain solvent through 1991-92 with the initial rates in place. Staff advised ' j.T : that once implemented, the user fee amounts would have to be evaluated annually i , to make sure that the program provides adequate revenues to meet the District's O ongoing funding needs. It is anticipated that the user fee will need to be s `{{ increased to $45.00 in 1991 to cover future shortfalls. The Director of Finance pointed out, however, that the District could elect to phase-in the increase in ! smaller increments but in that case, would need to revise the ordinance sooner f than 1991. The General Manager commented that the pending issue of annexation of the Bolsa i Chica area to the District will have an effect on District 11's financial y position, but that effect cannot be determined at this time. It was explained 4 ,, that construction of the proposed Coast Trunk Sewer to serve the Bolsa Chica area 9 {p would be financed by connection fees paid by developers, not by user fees. I Regardless of the eventual outcome of the Bolsa Chica annexation, implementation ajof the proposed supplemental user fee program is necessary. s � i 3q, ,3V The General Counsel reported that the proposed ordinance establishing sanitary '' sewer service charges had been written in the same format as those in effect in = g g' Districts 1, 5 and 6 which have previously adopted a supplemental user fee program. A First Reading of Proposed Moved, seconded and unanimously carried: 9 Ordinance No. 1108 [ i ; That proposed Ordinance No. 1108, An Ordinance of the Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No. 11 of t , Orange County, California, Establishing Sanitary Sewer Service Charges, be § + read by title only; and, 01 f ' FURTHER MOVM: That reading of said ordinance in its entirety be, and is hereby, waived. k {{ 3 1 i1 Y R 11 E _ �YpYYY pp {{pp �gyy�y ig District ll 11/24/87 Following the reading of Ordinance No. 1108 by title only, it was moved, seconded and duly carried: That Ordinance No. 1108, An Ordinance of the Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No. 11 of Orange County, California, Establishing Sanitary Sewer Service Charges, be introduced and passed to second reading on December 91 1987. Directing staff to proceed with Following a discussion of the planning for implementation of user procedures for completing implementa- fee program and authorizing tion of the supplemental user fee issuance of purchase order to O.C. program and utilization of the Assessor for computer programming annual property tax bill for and EDP processing collecting the yearly fee, it was moved, seconded and duly carried: That staff be, and is hereby, directed to proceed with planning for implementation of the proposed user fee program in accordance with the revised implementation schedule; and, FCTRTf�R MWED: That the staff be, and is hereby, authorized to issue a purchase order to the Orange County Assessor in an amount not to exceed $75,000 for ccmputer programming and EDP processing to provide data base information, mailing labels and parcel charge tapes relative to planning and implementation of user fees to be collected on the property tax bills in District No. 11. Adjournment Moved, seconded and duly carried: That this meeting of the Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No. 11 be adjourned. The Chairman pro tem then declared the meeting so adjourned at 6:00 p.m., November 24, 1987. Secretary, Boar of Directors County Sanitation District No. 11 of Orange County, California -3- STATE OF CALIFORNIA) ) SS. COUNTY OF ORANGE ) Pursuant to California Government Code Section 54954 .2 , I hereby certify that the Agenda for the Adjourned Regular Board Meeting of District No. % \ held on a-y , 1987 was duly posted for public inspection at the main lobby of the District' s offices on 1987 . IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this day of , 1987 . Rita J. Brown, Secretary of the Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No. of Orange County, California w __f 1 ���