RESOLUTION NO. 23-0051
A RESOLUTION OF THE MANHATTAN BEACH
CITY COUNCIL ADOPTING WASTEWATER
RATES AND CHARGES
WHEREAS, on March 21, 2023 the Manhattan Beach City Council adopted Resolution Nos. 23-0029 and 23-0030 initiating the Proposition 218 process, setting the Public Hearing date , and establishing the procedures in connection with the proposed changes to the wastewater rates and charges (“rates”);
WHEREAS, the City of Manhattan Beach postmarked Proposition 218 notices on March 28, 2023, for all property owners and ratepayers and complied with the required protest period;
WHEREAS, the City Council set May 16, 2023, as the date of a public hearing to consider the proposed changes to the wastewater rates;
WHEREAS, the City Council identified the parcels upon which the proposed rates would be imposed and calculated the amount of the proposed rates;
WHEREAS, the City Clerk provided notice of the time and place of the public hearing on the proposed rates in accordance with all applicable law, and each notice described the amount of the proposed rates, the basis upon which the amount of the proposed rates was calculated, and the reason for the proposed rates; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has held a full and fair duly noticed public hearing on the proposed changes to the wastewater rates where all interested persons were afforded the opportunity to hear and be heard thereon, and the City Council considered all objections and protests thereto.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE MANHATTAN BEACH CITY COUNCIL
HEREBY RESOLVES, FINDS AND DETERMINES AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. No Majority Protest. Written protests with respect to the proposed changes to the wastewater rates have not been presented by a majority of owners of the parcels subject to the proposed rate increases or tenants of such parcels directly responsible for the payment of the charges, and therefore no majority protest exists. All protests and objections to the proposed changes to the wastewater rates are hereby overruled.
SECTION 2. Rates. The City Council hereby adopts the wastewater rates for wastewater services, as set forth in the rate schedule attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated by reference herein. The new rates are effective November 1, 2023 , and will be adjusted each November 1 the reafter through and including November 1, 2027.
SECTION 3. If any subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this Resolution is for any reason held to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Resolution. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed and adopted this Resolution and each and all of the provisions thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more of said provisions may be declared invalid.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution.
ADOPTED on May 16, 2023.
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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RICHARD MONTGOMERY
Mayor
ATTEST:
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LIZA TAMURA
City Clerk
Exhibit A
Proposed Rate Table, Effective November 1, 2023
Adjusted Each November 1 Thereafter through November 1, 2027, as shown below
Current Nov. 1, 2023 Nov. 1, 2024 Nov. 1, 2025 Nov. 1, 2026 Nov. 1, 2027 Bi-Monthly Fixed Charge ($/bi-mo)
5/8" or 3/4" 11.12 12.80 14.98 15.58 16.20 16.69
1" 15.56 17.90 20.95 21.79 22.66 23.34
1-1/2" 22.98 30.65 35.87 37.30 38.79 39.96
2" 31.86 45.95 53.77 55.92 58.15 59.90
3" 55.56 86.76 101.50 105.56 109.79 113.08
4" 82.20 132.66 155.21 161.42 167.87 172.91
6" 156.24 260.16 304.38 316.56 329.22 339.10
8" 245.10 413.16 483.40 502.73 522.84 538.53
10" 348.76 617.16 722.08 750.96 781.00 804.43
Variable Usage Charge ($/HCF)
All Usage 1.27 1.46 1.71 1.78 1.85 1.90