CC RES 2020-055 RESOLUTION 2020-55
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO PALOS VERDES AMENDING RESOLUTION
NO. 2010-77, THE MASTER SCHEDULE OF FEES AND
CHARGES FOR CITY SERVICES, TO ADOPT CONNECTION
FEES FOR NEW CONNECTIONS TO THE ABALONE COVE
SEWER SYSTEM.
WHEREAS, the California Government Code requires that fees for services
charged by municipalities not exceed the cost of providing the service for which the fee
is levied and that no fee or service charge or increase in an existing fee or charge may
be levied without the public having an opportunity to make oral or written public comment
at a regularly scheduled City Council meeting; and
WHEREAS, the Abalone Cove Sewer System is owned, operated, and maintained
by the City of Rancho Palos Verdes ("City"); and
WHEREAS, on August 7, 2001, the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos
Verdes adopted Ordinance No. 368, which established sewer maintenance fees for the
Abalone Cove Sewer System as set forth in Chapter 13.06 (Sewer Service Charges —
Abalone Cove Landslide Abatement District) of Title 13 (Public Services) of the Rancho,
Palos Verdes Municipal Code ("RPVMC"); and
111 WHEREAS, current sewer maintenance fees collected by the City do not
adequately cover the full operation and maintenance costs for the Abalone Cove Sewer
System; and
WHEREAS, additional connections to the Abalone Cove Sewer System increase
the demands on the system and maintenance costs; and
WHEREAS, Government Code Sections 66013 and 66016 authorize the City to
impose sewer connection fees; and
WHEREAS, City staff has analyzed sewer connection fees applied by various
other local government agencies and found that the sewer connection fee collected by
the County of Los Angeles ("County") for residential connections to the County's sewer
system is approximately $4,500; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to better recover the operation and maintenance costs
for the Abalone Cove Sewer System by establishing a sewer connection fee of$4,500 for
new connections to the Abalone Cove Sewer System through an amendment of the
Master Fee Schedule as described in Exhibit A; and
WHEREAS, on September 23, 2020, a public notice announcing the City Council's
public hearing and review of the proposed amendment to establish a sewer connection
fee for new connections to the Abalone Cove Sewer System was published in the Palos
Verdes Peninsula News; and
WHEREAS, based upon oral and written presentations by City staff and members
of the public, the City Council now desires to adopt a sewer connection fee for new
connections to the Abalone Cove Sewer System.
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS
VERDES, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council finds and determines that the foregoing recitals are
true and correct, and adopts the recitals as findings in support of the actions taken herein.
Section 2. That the City Council hereby establishes and adopts the new sewer
connection fee for new connections to the Abalone Cove Sanitary Sewer System as
provided in Exhibit A of this Resolution. The sewer connection fees shall be used to
finance the City's costs associated with establishing a new physical connection to the
sewer system and operation and maintenance of the Abalone Cove Sanitary Sewer
System.
Section 3. All exhibits to this Resolution are incorporated herein by reference
and made a part hereto.
Section 4. This resolution is exempt from the California Environmental Quality
Act ("CEQA") pursuant to Section 15378 of the CEQA Guidelines because the sewer
connection fee constitutes a government funding mechanism or other government fiscal
activity which does not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result
in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment.
Section 5. If any section, subsection,, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or
portion of this resolution or the application thereof to any person, is for any reason held
to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction,
such decision shall not affect the validity of the remainder of this ordinance. The City
Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this resolution, and each and every
section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion thereof, irrespective
of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses,
phrases, or portions thereof be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 6. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
Resolution and enter it into the book of original Resolutions. This Resolution shall be
effective immediately upon passage and adoption.
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PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 6th day of October 2020.
John uikshank, Mayor
Attest:
-`rn-fily Colborn, City Clerk
State of California )
County of Los Angeles ) ss
City of Rancho Palos Verdes )
II, Emily Colborn, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, hereby certify that
the above Resolution No. 2020-55 was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the
said City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on October 6, 2020.
q4ct.tut `, _ti,,„,Le.
roily Colborn, City Clerk
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RESOLUTION NO. 2020-55
EXHIBIT "A"
AMENDMENT TO MASTER SCHEDULE OF FEES AND CHARGES FOR CITY
SERVICES SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS:
A new sewer connection fee for new connections to the Abalone Cove Sanitary Sewer
System is hereby added as follows.
Permit Type Proposed Action Proposed Fee
•
New Connection to Abalone
Add Connecti
Cove Sanitary Sewer System
on Fee $4,500
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Resolution No 2020-55
Exhibit A
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