RESOLUTION NO. __________
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA APPROVING AN INCREASE IN INDUSTRIAL
WASTEWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT FEES AND
AMENDING THE MASTER FEE SCHEDULE
WHEREAS, on December 7, 1993, the City of Chula Vista (City) entered into the Interjurisdictional Pretreatment Agreement (Pretreatment Agreement) ( see Exhibit 1 ) to ensure coordination and compliance with the pretreatment required for the multijurisdictional sewage discharge into the City of San Diego’s (San Diego) publicly owned treatment works; and
WHEREAS, per the Pretreatment Agreement, the San Diego may provide services for the City related to performance of technical and administrative activities necessary for implementation of a pretreatment program, including: 1) updating the industrial waste survey; 2) providing technical services, such as sampling, process chemical analysis and engineering advice; 3) permitting; 4) compliance monitoring; and 5) enforcement support, or the City may provide these service with the authority to review the program; and
WHEREAS, on February 21, 1984, San Diego’s City Council approved Resolution R - 260133 (the “1984 Resolution”) (see Exhibit 2) identifying the Industrial User (IU) fees based on discharge quantities and characteristics; and
WHEREAS, no changes were made to the 1984 Resolution until September 21, 2021 when the San Diego adopted San Diego City Council Resolution R -313725 (see Exhibit 3) (the “2021 Resolution”) which included updated IU permit fees that were to be phased in over four years in annual increments of 25%, commencing on July 1, 2022; and
WHEREAS, the City proposes to increase its IU permit fees to pass through the approved San Diego IU fees per the 2021 Resolution commencing on July 1, 2022, and increasing annually over the next four years as also provided in the 2021 Resolution; and
WHEREAS, as City operates on a cost recovery basis, staff also recommends the adoption of an administrative fee to cover the costs associated with the manual billing of the IU permit fees.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista that it approves and adopts increases to the City of Chula Vista’s Industrial Wastewater Discharge permit fees to pass through the increased fees approved by the City of San Diego pursuant to San Diego City Council Resolution R-313725.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista that it approves and adopts the amendment to the Master Fee Schedule as provided in Exhibit 4 to this resolution.
Presented by Approved as to form by
William S. Valle Glen R. Googins
Director of Engineering and Capital Projects/ City Attorney City Engineer
Exhibit 1 - Pretreatment Agreement
Exhibit 2 - City of San Diego’s City Council Resolution R-260133 (1984 SD Resolution) Exhibit 3 - San Diego City Council Resolution R-313725 (2021 SD Resolution) Exhibit 4 – Proposed Master Fee Schedule 12-200 Update