Visalia City Council
December 19, 2022

Introduction to the Storm and
Sewer Master Plan Nexus Study
1 Agenda
• What is a ‘Nexus Study’
• Scope and Adoption Process
• Background
• Tentative Timeline / Schedule
• Council Direction
2 3
Master Plan Update
Identifies Current Future
Infrastructure Needs
Nexus Study Ensures
Equitable Distribution of
Infrastructure Costs
Development Occurs,
Impact Fees Collected
Collected Revenue Used
for Master Plan
Improvements
Existing Master Plan
Becomes Outdated as
City Grows
What is a Nexus Study?
Stormwater Service Charges
Revenue
Expenditures
4 vs
Tasks of a Nexus Study
5 Data
Collection
Impact Fees
Financial
Projection
Cost of
Service
Rate Charge
Design
Presentations
and Reports
Stormwater Service Charge
Adoption Process
Stormwater Service Charges
• City attorney draft Proposition
218 notice
• Notice for Public Hearing – 45
days before hearing
• Public Hearing
• Presentation of Study results
• Count protests
• All‐Mail Ballot Process
Impact Fees
• No Proposition 218 needed
• City adoption process applicable
6 Storm and Sewer Master Plan History
1994 Current
Master Plans
Adopted
2006 ‐ Only 1
Storm Master
Plan Proposal
2008 Great
Recession
2014 General
Plan Update
2018 ‐ Major
Staff Turnover
Ongoing
Development
7 1994 Storm Master
Plan
• 8 Drainage Basins/Catchment Areas
Defined
• Relies heavily on discharging directly to
waterways
• St Johns River, Modoc Ditch, Mill Creek,
Evans Ditch, Packwood Creek, and
Cameron Creek
• Assumes space to enlarge waterway
channels
8 (In Progress) Storm
Master Plan Update
• Over 800 Sub‐Drainage Basins/Catchment
Areas Defined
• No new direct discharges
• Future Regional Basins are Park Ponds like
Burke Park whenever possible
9 Future Park‐Pond Profile
10 1994 Sewer Master Plan
11 12
2005 Unadopted Sewer Master Plan
13 2022 Draft Sewer Master Plan
Schedule
June‐
August
May
April
March
February
January
December
14 Council
Introduction
Impact Fees
Results
CAC starts
Draft Report
Final Report
Public Hearing
Notice
DAC = Development Advisory Committee
CAC = Citizen’s Advisory Committee
Impact Fee – Stakeholder Meetings
DAC starts DAC continues
Service Charge
Results
Service Charge (User Fee) – Stakeholder
Meetings
DAC continues DAC concludes
CAC continues CAC concludes
Public MeetingsFinancial
Analysis
Council Direction—Proper Stakeholder
Representation
Impact Fee Stakeholders
• Development Advisory Committee
(to be created)
• Developers/Engineering Firms
• Building Advisory Committee
• Chamber of Commerce & TKHC
• Building Industry Association of
Tulare/Kings Counties
• Visalia Economic Development
Corporation
• Tulare County Board of Realtors
• Others as directed by Council
Storm Service Charge Stakeholders
• Citizen’s Advisory Committee
(existing)
• Others as directed by Council
15 Questions and
Comments
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