HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 1970 - 0104RESOLUTION NO.70-104-7
DECLARING INTENTION TO INCREASE CONNECTION CHARGES,
TO RENEGOTIATE AGREEMENTS WITH CITIES AND THE COSTA
MESA SANITARY DISTRICT FOR COLLECTION THEREOF,AND
TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO.711
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF COUNTY
SANITATION DISTRICT NO.7,OF ORANGE COUNTY
DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO ADOPT,ON JULY i4,1970,
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR INCREASED SEWER CONNECTION
CHARGES;TO RENEGOTIATE EXISTING AGREEMENTS WITH THE
CITIES OF NEWPORT BEACH,ORANGE,SANTA ANA AND TUSTIN,
AND THE COSTA MESA SANITARY DISTRICT PROVIDING FOR
THE DISTRIBUTION OF SAID CONNECTION CHARGES;AND TO
AJ~ND ORDINANCE NO.711 TO PROVIDE A CREDIT AGAINST
ANY CHARGE A C0I~flvIERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENT
MAY PAY FOR SEWER CONNECTION CHARGES AGAINST ANY
EXCESS CAPACITY CHARGE PAYABLE UNDER ORDINANCE NO.711
WHEREAS,the District,on November 25,1969,approved a general
plan for financing needed sewerage improvements and additions in the
District,which plan contemplates no increase in the District’s ad
valorem tax rate,and
WHEREAS,said plan provides for partial financing of said
improvements by the sale of $6,000,000 of general obligation bonds
with the estimated balance of $3,800,000 of financing required to
be provided by increased sewer connection charges and the annual
escalation thereof,and
WHEREAS,the voters of the District,on March 24,1970,approved
the issuance of said $6,000,000 of general obligation bonds,and
WHEREAS,there is urgent need for commencement of construction
of said sewerage improvements in the District at the earliest possible
date,and
WHEREAS,the District has previously entered into agreements
with the cities of Newport Beach,Orange,Santa Ana,Tustin,and the
Costa Mesa Sanitary District providing that said cities and sanitary
district collect existing sewer connection charges within their juris
diction and remit to the District twenty-five percent (25%)of said
charges,with the balance retained by said cities arid sanitary district
for construction of District facilities within their respective
boundaries,and
WHEREAS,it appears that said existing agreements with the
cities of Newport Beach,Orange,Santa Ana and Tustin,and the Costa
Mesa Sanitary District have resulted in the accumulation of funds by
said cities and sanitary district not needed in the forseeable future
for District facilities within their respective boundaries,sand
WHEREAS,on April 8,1970,the Board of Directors of the
District adopted Ordinance No.711,effective January 1,1971,which
provides for collection of excess capacity connection charges from
users of the District’s facilities which exceed specified peak flow
rates.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Directors of
County Sanitation District No.7,of Orange County,that it hereby
declares its intention:
1.To adopt,on July iii-,1970,an ordinance to provide for
increased sewer connection charges and the annual escalation thereof
as specified in Exhibit “A”,attached hereto,said ordinance to be
come effective January 1,1971.
2.To give ample notice and information concerning the new
connection charges to property owners in the District in the interval
between adoption of said ordinance and January 1,1971 (effective date
of said ordinance).
3.To negotiate,as soon as practicable,new agreements with
the cities of Newport Beach,Orange,Santa Ana and Tustin,and the
Costa Mesa Sanitary District providing that seventy-five percent (75%)
of said sewer connection charges collected by them within their
respective boundaries be remitted to the District with the remaining
twenty-five percent (25%)being retained by said cities and sanitary
district for the same purpose as aforesaid.
Li.To amend Ordinance No.711,said amendment to become effective
January 1,1971,in order to provide a credit against any charge a
commercial or industrial establishment may pay for sewer connection
charges against any excess capacity connection charge payable under
Ordinance No.711.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting held June 10,1970.
5-27-70
EXHIBIT NA”
District No.7
CONNECTION CHARGES
(Proposed Revisions)
(a)After the effective date hereof,no permit for connection to a
sewer discharging to a District’s sewerage facility shall be issued
until a charge,as established hereunder,is paid to the District,or
to an agency designated to act for the District,at the time the
permit application is filed.
(b)The following District connection charges are hereby established:
(1)Regular Connection Charge,Residential Buildings -$100 per
dwelling unit with kitchen or $50 per dwelling unit without
kitchen.
Commencing on July 1,1971,said charges will be increased
to $150 and $75 respectively and annually on July 1 for
the succeeding four years,said charges shall be increased
by $25 and $12.50 respectively.
(2)Regular Connection Charge,Commercial or Industrial
Establishments -$250 per acre of area (computed to nearest
1/10th acre)provided that such charge shall not be less
than $100.The term “commercial or industrial establish
ments”as used herein shall include property owned or
occupied by govemnnental agencies and non-profit
organizations.
Commencing on July 1,1971,said charge per acre and
minimum charge shall be increased to $375 and $150
respectively and annually on July 1 for the succeeding
four years,said charges shall be increased by $62.50 per
acre and $12.50 respectively.
(3)Trunk Connection Charge,Residential Buildings -$6 per
front foot for the real property fronting on and connect
ing to a trunk sewer,provided that no such charge shall
be less than $400.If said property contains more than one
dwelling unit,said charge shall be said front foot charge
or minimum charge,plus $100 for each dwelling unit with
*kitchen or $50 per dwelling unit without kitchen,greater
than one contained in said property.
Commencing on July 1,1971,said charges for additional
dwelling units will be increased to $150 and $75 respectively
and annually on July 1 for the succeeding four years,said:
charges shall be increased by $25 and $12.50 respectively.
(k)Trunk Connection Charge,Commercial or Industrial Establish
ments -$10 per front foot for the real property fronting
on and connecting to a trunk sewer,provided that no such
front foot charge shall be less than $500,plus $250 per
acre of area (computed to nearest 1/10th acre)contained
in said property.
Commencing on July 1,1971,said acreage charge shall be
increased to $375 per acre and annually on July 1 for the
succeeding four years,shall be increased by $62.50 per
acre of area.
(5)Assessment District Connection Char~-The regular
connection charges provided in Subsections 1 and.2 of
this article,plus a sum of money equal to the assessment
charge without Interest,or Treasurerts charge,would have
been made against the real property on which said improve
ments are located had said real property been assessed
within the Assessment District which constructed or
acquired the Assessment District sewer to which
connection is made.
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:STATE OF CALIFORNIA
Ss.
~COUNTY OF ORANGE
1,FRED A.HARPER,Secretary of the Board of Directors of
~County Sanitation District No.~,
of Orange County,California,
~do hereby certify that the above and foregoing Resolution No.70-104-7
was regularly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of said
~Board on the 10th day of June ~1970,by the following
vote,to wit:
AYES:Directors Clifton C.Miller,Wade Herrin,
Ellis N.Porter,Edgar Hirth,Don E.Smith
and Wm.Hirstein
NOES:None
ABSENT:None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,I have hereunto set ray hand and
affixed the official seal of County Sanitation District No.
of Orange County,California,this 10th day of June ,1970.
~‘red1~.Harper,Secretáff~
Board of Directorspf C~unty
Sanitation DistrictNo.7 ,
of Orange County California