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Fiscal Year 2025/26
Annual Report
March 2026
Prepared By:
City of Palm Springs
Fiscal Year 2025/26 Annual Report
County Service Area 152 – National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES)
4745 Mangels Boulevard
Fairfield, California 94534
707.430.4300
www.sci-cg.com
City of Palm Springs
3200 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way
Palm Springs, CA 92262
Phone - (760) 323-8299
City Council
Naomi Soto, Mayor
David H. Ready, Mayor Pro-Tem
Jeffrey Bernstein, Councilmember
Ron deHarte, Councilmember
Grace Elena Garner, Councilmember
City Staff
Scott Stiles, City Manager
Teresa Gallavan, Assistant City Manager
Joel Montalvo, City Engineer
SCI Consulting Group
Brandon Vanleuven, Senior Consultant
Table of Contents
City of Palm Springs ................................................................................................................. 1 City Council ............................................................................................................................................. 1 City Staff ................................................................................................................................................. 1 SCI Consulting Group .............................................................................................................................. 1 Executive Summary ................................................................................................................. 1 Fiscal Year 2025/26 Levy Summary ........................................................................................................ 1 Maintenance and Services ....................................................................................................... 2 Estimate of Costs ..................................................................................................................... 4 District Budget ........................................................................................................................................ 4 City Held Fund Balance ........................................................................................................................... 5 Methodology of Charge ........................................................................................................... 6 Land Use Categories ............................................................................................................................... 6 Maximum Annual Rate ........................................................................................................................... 7 CSA 152 Boundaries ................................................................................................................. 8 Levy Listing for Fiscal Year 2025-26 .......................................................................................... 9 1 City of Palm Springs Fiscal Year 2025/26 Annual Report – County Service Area 152 Executive Summary
The County of Riverside (the “County”) formed County Service Area 152 (the “CSA 152”) on November 26, 1991, with the passage of Resolution No. 93-634. At formation, CSA 152 encompassed all unincorporated lands within the boundaries of the County.
The purpose of the formation was to provide for implementation of the federally mandated National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Program (the “Program”) to control non -point source pollution. Non-point source pollution, caused by rain or sn owmelt, moves water over and through the ground picking up natural or synthetic pollutants from the ground and then transmitting these pollutants into streams, rivers, lakes, wetlands, estuaries, coastal water, and groundwater.
NPDES is part of the Clean Water Act, Section 319, enacted by Congress in 1987. The Clean Water Act requires that all municipal, industrial, and commercial facilities that discharge wastewater or storm water directly from a point source into waters of the United States must obtain a NPDES permit.
Permits are issued to ensure the receiving water will achieve the federally mandated water quality standards. States are required to address such pollution by producing assessment reports, adopting management programs to control non -point source pollution, and implementing these management programs to curb pollution.
The Program requires runoff to be controlled by all storm water systems. Therefore, all local agencies, including the City of Palm Springs (the “City”), bear the responsibility for their own storm water systems, which they own and operate. Storm water systems include, but are not limited to roadways, drainage systems, washes, etc. As such, the City annexed into CSA 152 in 1993, to allow for the levy of the Charge to offset the City’s costs related to administering the Program.
Annually the City Council of the City of Palm Springs (the “City Council”) will pass a resolution approving the annual report (the “Report”) and setting the Benefit Assessment Unit (BAU) Rate. The proposed BAU Rate for Fiscal Year 2025/26 remains at $9.50. The following table summarizes the proposed Fiscal Year 2025/26 annual levy to cover the management and implementation of the Program:
Fi scal Year 2025/26 Levy Summa ry
Parcel Type
Number of Parcels Levied for
Fiscal Year 2025/26
Proposed Levy
for Fiscal Year 2025/26
Assessor’s Parcels 24,187 $$379,938.28
Taxable Possessory Interest 5,239 $102,087.90
Total: 29,426 $482,026.18
The Program is levied in accordance with the methodology adopted and approved by the City Council at the time of the CSA 152 formation. The final levy submitted to the Riverside County Auditor-Controller in August may vary due to changes in the County’s secured roll data that is released in July. 2 City of Palm Springs Fiscal Year 2025/26 Annual Report – County Service Area 152 Maintenance and Services
The City’s portion of the Program is le vied and collected an nually to offset costs associated with the Program. Revenues generated from the ch arge regularly pr ovide a variety of s ervices benefiting the properties that lie within the City’s boundaries. The City provides services either directly through City staff, indirectly via contractors, or t hrough County efforts to service the p ublic improvements and specified areas within the boundaries of the City.
In general, the services provided using CSA 152 revenues include, but are not limited to, the following activities resulting from the management and implementation of the Program:
Developing a plan to reduce pollutants in storm water runoff that meets the minimum federal standards at minimum cost to area residents.
Identifying the various locations of pollution and types of pollutants carried in storm water runoff.
Reviewing existing programs designed to protect against water pollution. Developing new programs to meet future federal standards and obtaining necessary permits from the State and regional water quality authorities.
Educating the public about the problems associated with storm water runoff pollution, helping citizens learn what they can do to help contain this problem.
The implementation of the Program requires the City to provide maintenance to improvements and various services to ensure compliance with the Program requirements. These services include, but are not limited to:
Water quality monitoring program
Pollution prevention program
Public education program
Inspections
Code enforcement
Street cleaning, sweeping, and maintenance
Hazmat removal
Basin cleaning and maintenance
Contractual services
Consultant services
Administration of the program
Staffing costs and overhead allocations
3 City of Palm Springs Fiscal Year 2025/26 Annual Report – County Service Area 152 Actual services provided may differ from those authorized based upon current resources, needs, and funding levels available. In addition, the Program may be authorized to provide additional services as outlined previously, beyond what services are actually provided. 4 City of Palm Springs Fiscal Year 2025/26 Annual Report – County Service Area 152 Estimate of Costs
District Budget
District Budget Adopted Budget Adopted Budget
CSA 152 FY2025/26 FY2026/27
Personnel Cost
Regular Employees $16,133 $17,025
Personnel Holding $11,677 $12,323
Overtime $14,688 $16,157
Uniform Allowance $44 $0
Pers Contributions $9,181 $9,669
Pers POB $0 $0
Medicare Tax $404 $426
Fringe Benefits $4,641 $5,198
Workers Compensation $7,082 $7,931
RHS Health Benefits $300 $300
Retiree Health Benefits $8,021 $8,021
Total Personnel Costs $72,170 $77,049
Material and Services
Hazmat Removal $0 $0
Contractual Services $149,000 $149,000
Administration Fee $9,655 $9,655
Total Material and Services $158,655 $158,655
Special Charges
Administration Services $0 $0
Insurance $16,711 $17,184
Facilities Maintenance $39,769 $32,433
Benefits Administration $0 $0
Total Special Charges $56,480 $49,616
TOTAL $287,305 $285,321
5 City of Palm Springs Fiscal Year 2025/26 Annual Report – County Service Area 152 City Held F und B alance
The City may contribute financial resources to CSA 152 and the associated Program. However, the County may hold monies that are available to the City. Below is the most recent City-held fund balance available.
$1,298,495.96
City Held Fund Balance as of 6/30/2025 *
6 City of Palm Springs Fiscal Year 2025/26 Annual Report – County Service Area 152 Methodology of Charge
The methodology for the charge is the BAU method developed by Riverside County Flood Control District.
This method spreads the total charge to parcels within CSA 152 in proportion to each parcel’s runoff.
Runoff is determined by first knowing a parcel’s siz e in acres, its present land use, and then assigning a runoff factor to its general land use category. Runoff factors are estimates of how much rainfall runs off a parcel in comparison to the amount of rainfall that falls on a parcel. In other words, the r unoff factor is a way of expressing the relative degree of imperviousness of parcels with different land uses. Paved and improved parcels have runoff factors closer to 1.0 (where 1.0 equals 100% runoff) than do unpaved or unimproved parcels. Reducing the l arge number of land uses in the County to six general categories for estimating runoff under the benefit assessment procedure provides for a manageable and reasonable computation method.
For the Program, additional factors have been brought into the analysis that consider the type of activity on that land use. The Program is required by Federal Regulation to focus its attention on urbanized areas or developments and to exclude agricultural properties. Therefore, agricultural, and vacant undeveloped properties have been completely exempted from the Program though they may have some amount of runoff.
The computation of the charge for any parcel is based on the number of BAUs assigned to that parcel. A single-family residential parcel of 7,200 square feet (1/6 acre) in size with a runoff factor of 0.40 was selected as the standard BAU. The number of BAU s for any other parcel can be computed by relating its size and land use to the BAU.
Land Use Ca tegories
The table below shows the six categories of land use, their respective runoff factors, and the BAU per acre.
Group Land Use Factor BAU Per Acre
A Commercial, Industrial 0.80 12
B Apartments/Mobile Home Parks, Churches, Schools 0.60 9 C Single Family Residential(1) 0.40 6
D Poultry, Irrigated/Cultivated Crops, Livestock, Vacant Undeveloped
0.00 0
E Golf Courses, Private Parks 0.0067 0.10
F Parcels with Miscellaneous Structures 0.0033 0.05
(1) All SFRs are levied $9.50 regardless of size.
The calculation of a typical Commercial Charge is as follows:
(BAU) X (Developed Acreage) X (Rate) = Annual Charge
7 City of Palm Springs Fiscal Year 2025/26 Annual Report – County Service Area 152 Max imum An nual R ate
The Charge’s maximum annual rate is $9.50 per BAU, and the maximum annual rate is the same as was originally adopted in 1994. All single-family residential parcels are levied at $9.50.
District
Fiscal Year
2024/25 Actual
Rate
Fiscal Year
2025/26
Proposed Rate
Fiscal Year
2025/26
Approved Rate
County Service Area 152 $9.50 $9.50 $9.50
8 City of Palm Springs Fiscal Year 2025/26 Annual Report – County Service Area 152 CSA 152 Boundaries
9 City of Palm Springs Fiscal Year 2025/26 Annual Report – County Service Area 152 Levy Listing for Fiscal Year 202 5-26
Due to its size, the Levy Listing is on file with the City. The description of each lot or parcel as part of the records of the County Assessor of the County of Riverside are, by reference, made part of this Report.