RESOLUTION NO. RES-2024-094
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA SETTING THE STORM WATER UTILITY BUDGET AND DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF ELIGIBLE FUNDING THAT HAS BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE FLOOD CONTROL ZONE 1A BENEFIT ASSESSMENT IN FISCAL YEAR 2023-24 AND BASED THEREON SETTING THE STORM WATER ASSESSMENT PER EQUIVALENT RESIDENTIAL UNIT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2024-25 WHEREAS, on October 8, 1996, the Council adopted Resolution No. 22880 entitled, “A Resolution Approving Report and Levying Annual Storm Water Charges, City of Santa Rosa, Storm Water Enterprise”; and WHEREAS, Resolution No. 22880, among other things, approved the report of the Director of Public Works, as amended, including the formula and range of proposed charges; and WHEREAS, an escalator based on the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers for the San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose area was included in the assessment; and WHEREAS, the 3.4% escalator for the year ended August 31, 2023, increased the assessment for the Storm Water Utility for fiscal year 2024-25 to $41.34 per Equivalent Residential Unit (ERU); and WHEREAS, the annual amounts for each type of expense set forth in the report, as amended and approved, are estimates only and subject to change for any fiscal year; and WHEREAS, Resolution No. 22880 levied storm water assessments for fiscal year 19971998 and subsequent fiscal years as set forth in the report and provided that such assessments would be reduced (pro rata) in the next fiscal year by the amount of funds received from the Flood Control Zone 1A Benefit Assessment of the Sonoma County Water Agency in the current fiscal year if such funds so received are committed for purposes for which the revenues from the storm water assessments would otherwise be expended; and WHEREAS, the Council has determined that no such qualifying funds were received from the Zone 1A Benefit Assessment and so committed in the current fiscal year (2023-24), resulting in a storm water assessment of $41.34 per ERU for fiscal year 2024-25. ///
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Santa Rosa that:
1. Based on the foregoing and in accordance with the provisions of Section 4 of Resolution No. 22880, the assessment levied for the Storm Water Utility for fiscal year 2024-25 only shall be $41.34 per ERU.
2. It is the Council's intent by its adoption of this resolution to establish the amount of qualifying funds received from the Flood Control Zone 1A Benefit Assessment during fiscal year 2023-24 only and using that amount as the credit described and required under Section 4 of Resolution No. 22880 to establish the amount of the storm water assessment per ERU which the City will levy in fiscal year 2024-25 only for its Storm Water Utility. The qualifying amount so received from the Flood Control Zone 1A Benefit Assessment during fiscal year 2023-24 if any, as determined is a credit against the storm water assessment levied for fiscal year 2024-25 only and does not change the annual per ERU assessment established by Resolution No. 22880.
IN COUNCIL DULY PASSED this 18th day of June, 2024.
AYES: (6) Mayor N. Rogers, Vice Mayor Stapp, Council Members Alvarez, MacDonald, Okrepkie, C. Rogers
NOES: (0)
ABSENT: (1) Council Member Fleming
ABSTAIN/RECUSE: (0)
ATTEST: _________________________ APPROVED: ______________________________ City Clerk Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: ________________________
City Attorney
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