RESOLUTION NO. RES-2026-044
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA APPROVING THE PRELIMINARY FISCAL YEAR 2026-27 REGIONAL WATER REUSE SYSTEM OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND DEBT SERVICE BUDGET AND ALLOCATION OF COSTS WHEREAS, the Agreement for Use of Santa Rosa Regional Sewerage System (Agreement) among and between the cities of Santa Rosa, Rohnert Park, Sebastopol, and Cotati, and the Sonoma County South Park Sanitation District, each hereinafter referred to as “User Agency” or collectively as “User Agencies,” requires that the City of Santa Rosa annually prepare a Preliminary Budget and Allocation of Costs for the Regional Water Reuse System and notify the User Agencies of these costs by May of each year; and WHEREAS, the Agreement further requires that the proposed budget and allocation of costs be reviewed by the Subregional Technical Advisory Committee (SubTAC), the Board of Public Utilities (BPU) and the Council of the City of Santa Rosa prior to noticing the User Agencies of operating and debt service costs due; and WHEREAS, each User Agency pays operating costs based on the prior full fiscal year’s flow into the Laguna Treatment Plant and such flow has been determined; and WHEREAS, each User Agency pays debt service costs based on their capacity as allocated in the Agreement as amended at the time the debt service was issued and such costs have been determined; and WHEREAS, the proposed Regional Water Reuse System budget recommendation was reviewed and recommended, by motion, by the SubTAC at its regular meeting on April 2, 2026 and was reviewed and recommended, by resolution, to Council by the BPU at its regular meeting on April 2, 2026; and WHEREAS, the preliminary Fiscal Year 2026-27 Regional Water Reuse System Operating and Maintenance, Capital Improvement, and Debt Service Budget and Allocation of Costs has been reviewed by this Council; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15378, the proposed action is not a “project” subject to CEQA because it does not have the potential to result in either a direct physical change in the environment or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment; and WHEREAS, in the alternative, the proposed action is exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the action may have a significant effect on the environment.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Santa Rosa approves the Preliminary FY 2026-27 Regional Water Reuse System Operating and Maintenance, Capital Improvement, and Debt Service Budget and Allocation of Costs as follows:
and directs staff to notify the User Agencies of the amounts required for fiscal year 2026-27.
IN COUNCIL DULY PASSED this 21st day of April, 2026.
AYES: (4) Mayor Stapp, Vice Mayor Okrepkie, Council Members Alvarez, Rogers NOES: (0)
ABSENT: (3) Council Members Bañuelos, Fleming, MacDonald ABSTAIN: (0)
RECUSE: (0)
ATTEST: _________________________ APPROVED: ______________________________ Deputy City Clerk Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: ________________________
City Attorney
Reso. No. RES-2026-044
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