DEPARTMENT OF UTILITIES
STORM DRAINAGE
BALLOT ELECTION RESULTS
City Council Meeting
April 12, 2022
Ballot Election Results Recommendation
2 Adopt a Resolution certifying the Storm Drainage Property Related Fee ballot election, and:
Establish a Storm Drainage Property Related Fee
Establish the Strom Drainage Property Related Fee Fund Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to perform billing assessments
Storm Drainage Property Related Fee
3 Will provide $20 million annually to:
Protect drinking source water quality and supplies,
Reduce combined sewage overflowing onto streets
Replace aging and deteriorating pumps
Repair aging pipelines
Will provide approximately 600-700 jobs over 10 years
4 Proposition 218 Process
Mailed protest mailers in December 2021 and January 2022 Conducted a rate hearing with the URAC on January 26, 2022 Received authorization from City Council on February 1, 2022, to conduct ballot election.
5 Ballot Election
Mailed ballots on February 9, 2022
130,071 ballots mailed for 154,879 parcels
Weighted by one vote per parcel
Due to the City Clerk by March 16, 2022
Pre-paid postage return envelope provided
Dedicated phone line and email address
Responded to more than 280 inquiries
6 Ballot Tabulation and Results
Tabulated and certified by SCI
March 17 – 24, 2022
Coordinated with the City Clerk
Proposition 218 requires 50% plus one
vote for approval
Vote Count Percent
Yes 22,178 52.3%
No 20,229 47.7%
Total 42,407 100%
Residential Fee Amounts
7 Customer Tier Residential Property Density Monthly Fee Single Family #1 Parcel Gross Area less than 1/10 acre $3.13 Single Family #2 Parcel Gross Area between 1/10 acre & 1/4 acre $5.94 Single Family #3 Parcel Gross Area greater than 1/4 acre $10.78 Multi-Family #1 High Density 50+ Units per Acre $0.67 per unit Multi-Family #2 Medium Density 11-50 Units per Acre $2.41 per unit Multi-Family #3 Low Density 1-10 Units per Acre $5.84 per unit
Non-Residential Fee Amounts
8 Non-Residential Property Type* ISC
Agriculture 0.04
Public & Utilities 0.44
Industrial/Retail/Commercial 0.86
Office/Recreational/Church & Welfare/Personal Care & Health 0.80 Airport 0.30
Common Areas 0.30
Golf; Park; Cemetery; Miscellaneous; Vacant 0.10
Exempt 0.00
*$0.01975 per gross square foot x ISC (Impervious surface coefficient) annually Example: Commercial building on a 20,000 gross square foot parcel Fee is ($0.01975 X 20,000 X 0.86)/12 = $28 monthly
9 Billing Assessment Process
Resolution authorizes a billing assessment upon request of the customer
Determine the extent the parcel contributes to the Storm Drainage System
If findings show the parcel is being over-billed, may reduce the storm drainage fees
Applies to both Storm Drainage Fees
Sacramento Utility Rate Assistance (SURA)
10 8,790 participants
$3.78M annual budget
Discounted rates for water,
wastewater, and R&SW services
Recommend including the new
Stormwater fee in the program
Ballot Election Results Recommendation
11 Adopt a Resolution certifying the Storm Drainage Property Related Fee ballot election, and:
Establish a Storm Drainage Property Related Fee
Establish the Strom Drainage Property Related Fee Fund Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to perform billing assessments
If approved by council the fee will be implemented on July 1, 2022
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