Res 97-036 RESOLUTION NO. 97-036
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF POWAY
CREATING AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD FOR COLLECTING
SEWER CONNECTION FEES FOR HIGH VOLUME SEWER USERS
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 473 has been adopted by the City Council authorizing an
alternative method for collecting sewer connection fees for high volume sewer users.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Poway does
hereby resolve as follows:
Section 1: Alternative Method for Collecting Sewer Connection Fees for High Volume Sewer
Users
The City of Poway has established a new class of sewer users which is called "high
volume sewer users." An applicant would qualify as a high volume sewer user if they
generated more than 25,000 gallons per day ADF (Average Dally Flow).
The applicant is required to pay a minimum sewer connection fee calculated at the
minimum current rate of one EDU per 6,000 square feet. This capacity would remain
with the property and would be collected at building permit issuance.
Once an applicant is declared a "high volume sewer user" they are eligible to lease
their required sewer capacity. The lease payments are collected on their bimonthly
sewer bill based on the average daily flow calculated for the bi-month period.
The bimonthly lease rates are based on financing the connection fees at an indexed
interest over a 30-year period. The interest rate is calculated based on 12 month
London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and adjusted annually.
Staff will calculate the base rate and provide it to the applicant before payment of
connection fees. The base rate will be documented and then applied to the sewer
billing.
The sewer discharge for a two month period is converted to an average daily flow and
then multiplied by the prevailing factors to calculate the bimonthly lease rate for
sewage capacity. The rate will be adjusted annually.
The applicant has the option of either paying all of their sewer connection fees at
building permit issuance or participating in the lease rate. Participating in the lease
program provides sewer capacity as needed; however, the property owner obtains no
ownership in sewer capacity and could not be transferred in the future other than the
minimum purchased capacity.
H. A high volume user applicant is required to construct a sewer discharge metering
facility upon which their bimonthly sewer rate and connection fee lease rate is based.
Resolution No. 97- 036
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PASSED, ADOPTED, AND APPROVED, by the City Council of the City of Poway,
California, at a regular meeting this June 10, 1997.
ATTEST:
Marjo~k~. Wahlsten, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
) SS.
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
I, Marjorie K. Wahlsten, City Clerk of the City of Poway, do hereby certify under the penalty of
perjury, that the foregoing Resolution No. 97- 036 was duly adopted by the City Council at a
meeting of said City Council held on June 10, 1997 and that it was so adopted by the following
vote:
AYES: CAFAGNA, EMERY, GOLDBY, REXFORD, HIGGINSON
NOES: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
Marjori~ K.~Wahlsten, City Clerk
City ofoP~y