Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005 05 23 Public Hearing Item 401, Ordinance 2005-15 Increase Monthly Stormwater Rate COMMISSION AGENDA May 23. 2005 Meeting Consent Information Public Hearin X Re ular p_MGR.} IDEPT //1/' Authorization ITEM 401 REQUEST: The Public Works Department - Stormwater Division requests the City Commission adopt the Second Reading of Ordinance 2005-15 increasing the monthly Stormwater Utility Rate from $3.25 to $5.50 PURPOSE: The purpose of this request is to provide the necessary increase in the stormwater fee to adequately fund the operations, engineering, and special projects divisions of the Stormwater Utility Division. APPLICABLE LAW AND PUBLIC POLICY Winter Sprin2s Section 19-164(a) The stormwater management utility fee shall be adopted from time to time by ordinance of the City Commission (the "rate ordinance"),. . . CONSIDERATIONS: The City Commission directed staff on March 14, 2005 to update the stormwater master plan to evaluate the rate increase necessary to fund the operations and capital improvements of the Stormwater Utility Division. This was needed due to the unanticipated financial commitments required for the removal of debris from the creeks created by the hurricanes. Staff worked with CPR Engineers to complete an expedited review of the plan and anticipated expenses. A copy of the update was provided with the agenda for First reading of the ordinance. The 5 year revenues and expenses projection and 5 year CIP are attached. As can be seen, the fee needed to support the operating, engineering, capital and special project expenses and maintain a fund balance consistent with City policy is $5.50 per month per ERU (Equivalent Residential Unit). The current fee is $3.25 which was set in 2002. The ordinance was advertised on May 12, 2005. The effective date language has been changed to reflect the increase will be effective with cycle 1 which bills on June 14th. The capital project expenses have been segregated into the following categories: Public Hearing Agenda Item 401 May 23,2005 Page 2 vehicles/equipment, safety/maintenance improvements, flood protection, water quality improvements, system improvements/upgrades, and system renewal/replacement. The graph below provides a comparison of the rate for surrounding governments. Even after the increase, Winter Springs is in the middle of the comparative rates. Stormwater Utility Rates with City of Winter Springs Proposed Rate Increase $6.00 $7.00 $8.88 $6.00 ffi $5.00 ~ $4.00 B. $4.00 I $3.00 $2.00 $1.00 I M.micipality RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the Commission Adopt the Second Reading of Ordinance 2005- 15, changing the Stormwater Rate to $5.50 per month per ERU. IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE: The rate increase will be implemented with the Cycle 1 billing on June 14. A flyer will be included in the bill explaining the increase. ATTACHMENTS: 1. Ordinance 2005-15 2. Revenue Projections and CIP COMMISSION ACTION: ATTACHMENT NO.1 ORDINANCE NO. 2005-15 A RATE ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA, ESTABLISHING THE STORMW ATER RATES, AS PROVIDED IN SEC. 19-164(a); PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF PRIOR INCONSISTENT ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs, Florida, has determined it to be in the best interest of the safety, health, and welfare of the citizens of the City of Winter Springs to provide a Stormwater Management Utility to manage and control stormwater within the system, and WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs, Florida, has determined it to be in the best interest of the safety, health, and welfare of the citizens of the City of Winter Springs to provide for the adoption of a Stormwater Utility Fee to fund the Stormwater Management Utility system; and WHEREAS, Section 19-164(a) provides for the stormwater utility fee to be adopted by ordinance from time to time, and WHEREAS, CPH Engineers, Inc. at the request of the City of Winter Springs has conducted a review of the existing stormwater management master plan to determine the appropriateness of such rates to meet the anticipated expenditure requirements of the stormwater utility; and WHEREAS, the Public W orks/Utility Director and the consultant, upon review of the stormwater rate, recommends that a change in rates is appropriate at this time; and WHEREAS, this Ordinance is enacted pursuant to the Florida Municipal Home Rille Powers Act, Chapter 180, Florida Statutes, and other applicable law authorizing a municipality to set rates, fees, and charges for public utility services; and WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the public health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Winter Springs to amend the rates for stormwater provided by the City. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS HEREBY ORDAINS, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Recitals. The foregoing recitals are hereby incorporated herein by this reference. Section 2. The stormwater management utility fee shall be five dollars and fifty cents ($5.50) per ERU, and shall be calculated for each developed property as provided for in Section 19-164. Section 3. Repeal of Prior Inconsistent Ordinances and Resolutions. All prior inconsistent ordinances and resolutions adopted by the City Commission, or parts of prior ordinances and resolutions in conflict herewith, are hereby repealed to the extent of the conflict. Section 4. Incorporation Into Code. This ordinance shall be incorporated into the Winter Springs City Code and any section or paragraph number or letter and any heading may be changed or modified as necessary to effectuate the foregoing. Section 5. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, word or provision of this ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, whether for substantive, procedural, or any other reason, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision, and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. Section 6. Effective Date. The Stormwater rate set forth in this ordinance shall become effective on June 14,2005. It is the intent of this ordinance to begin imposing the stormwater rate during the start of the next full utility billing cycle. ADOPTED by the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs, Florida, in a regular meeting assembled on the _ day of ,2005. ATTEST: CIlY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA ANDREA LORENZO-LUACES City Clerk JOHN F. BUSH Mayor Approved as to legal form and sufficiency for the City of Winter Springs only: ANTHONY A. GARGANESE City Attorney First Reading Posted Second Reading and Public Hearing City of Winter Springs Ordinance No. 2005-15 Page 2 of2 s lti cs 10 .0 ~ ~ ~ W La: ~ - ;::! ~ ~ f5 ~ ~ i e CI) ~. N ~ 0 N 0 .... 10 .... N f') ~ a; ~ N ..; iXi 10 <0 CD I- ui .... .... .; .... .. 0 ~ I 10 .... ~ 0 .... ~ ~ 0 i III Gl ~ .... >- O. I'-- "': .... .... 'P" .... .. . ~ ~ ~ g Cl .... ~ 0 N III ~ N .... ~ O. I'-- N .... .... 'P" .... .. i ~ Cl C') ~ Cl Cl .... a 0 wi III ~ R .... ... C!, N .... .... 'P" .... .. I'-- ~ Cl N I ~ Cl Cl ! 0 .; ~ ~ .... 10 C!, .... 'P" .. 8 ~ N .... N Cl 0 "': ! ~ ui .... 0 'P" l>> ~ .... ~ .... ~ 'P" .. ~ ! ~. ~ i N .!j? 0 N ~ e ~ ~ .... en a. .... .... 'P" .. ~ Iii I'-- CD. S ~ iXi >- 10 U. .... - c . - f - 5i III C t a. . l! f 0 !. l! J!J w ~ ..J ::) l! ~ z 0' i! w CD .. i: CI. e ~ c I ~ S ~ l! c 1 !. 'iiI c 0 w 0 . I I .. .. .. i ~ ~ E .. s s 0 0 0 I I I g Cl 2 'P" ~ ~ ~ o 100 li~ ~~ ~~ ~~ C')~ !~ I'-- ~~ ~~ N jl n o w ~ ::) l- e z w CI. )( W NI'--~ ....en en.... ~~m ....N.... ~ .... ~~~ lQlOlO M~:! .... .... .... ~~~ 0101'-- NC')C') C') . .... ~.... ~ ~~~ ~~~ ........ ~ ~~~ uilON m....C') N..... .... .... .... ~~~ 1'--100 ~SQo N :or I'-- ~....~ ~~~ ....N~ ~~~ .... .... ~~~ ~~I'-- NNIO ~~~ ~ ~:l1! C ~ Q. ~ 8. ~ ~o - c . f III a. l! CD c ! !. o I I j o I I ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ !'!i en .... m ~.... .... ~ ~ ~ 0 I'-- 10.... .... ;;;~.... ~ ~ ~ 0 ~ ~ N .... ;;;~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ CZ........ ;;;~~ ~ ~ ~ 0 18mN ~ ;;~.. ~lBo 0 ~ I'-- ~ .... ;;M. o ~ I'-- .... o .... 0 ~- ~O~ C') .... .... ~ ~ ~ ~ Q) C).e C lS .- CI!Q. ~ 8. ~ ~o c . f !. l! ~ i: " " c 'iiI c w . .. CII I o I Cl 'P" CD f') - c . f !. l! i 2' a.. ii I o I } ~ s o 2 ~ ~ ... tti ... . . I l!f or:. ... ... ! ~! -:i,uipj" N N N ....~.... I . ... ... ! ~ ! g~f, N ~ N ~ .... I . ~ ~ ~ .... ~ .... ~~~ "~(I)- ... ... I. i ... ... · 8 ~ lB. 10 ..... ~ ~ ~ .... .... ~ ~ I ~ ~ i ~ :: ~ ;;; .... .... l . w ~. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~.... '" 1: Cl E I, ~ '" 8' c CIl c 'E 01 Cl 'Iii a: ...1 i o liS, ijl ~ .C i J: ,} 2i ::I il ~I 8 ~ ~ ii5 10 ~ .; 10 10 .. ~. ~ .... ..J i! e 8 C III Iii m ~ ~ ::s .... ::~t j l Q) I .s ~ a ~ a I t I .r. e .r. ~ t ~ 1 I- ~8 lOa;> I- <'" St.1 ":ii":ii15 ~ .~ ,..-- l 10 l to b ~~ z<'" ~ >-->-- '3'3' o 0 ~ i~l'. o 10% ~~ ('>I 1...-- C1> <<1''3 ~~ '>""'3 C'l 1...-- ~~ ~8 N .......- ",,8 ~I::!. '>""~ ('>I ...-- \~ 00 ,~ ~ ~~ 8'3 010 ":ii ~~ u gl 0 1 ~ '3 0 ... ~~ 'A ~ ",'" '" ... ~~~~~ ~~,&~i~ ..; ! g 88~1 10 100~& ~ ~ ~I ~ l'. \\~ ~ 'it %' 0'3 go 00 1C1~ ~i~ "'''' ~~, g IPIOO 'a .~ '" ~ 8' g 0 .gl\ 0 ",'" ~ \ 8 8~~ 0 -g~ ~ '" '" 8' -g.:' 'S ~O ~~ ~'S ~ >--....... l\8 'e~ 0-,('>1 ..J- "'61. %E o:~ ~ t& w t it :5 \13 ~z \~ %. ~ _\ c \ \ i \\ ~8i 8~ 'A'S "'~~ eS ... .. ... ~~ IPeS <'"" ",'" 09.' '315 10"; <'"" ",'" ~ ~ 8%~~~ IP.IPOIOIO ~ 'tlt ~ ~ ~ 2' '" '" 15 ~ ... 8~ ..; ~~ '3'3'3 000 'AolP ;i;~~ ~~ 10'" ~~ o ... i eS .. ... o ... , ~~g~~g o I- 0' IP a;> IP ('>I <'" IP ~ 9.1. ~ St.' ",,,,~~,9' 15 11) i ~ eS l ~g8%~' ~ ~l~'~ i '" 888~8~~8 ~~~~~\?,~'A St.' ",,,,,,,,,,,,,~ ~15 ~ I o ~ eft ~ 8 8~ , . ~ 'A! ~ ~ ~... ~ - 8 ~ I ~ ! - 8 ~ g 0 C'l ~ ';; ~ f. 8 ~ ~ I ~ aD ~ ~ ~ '" ... - '3 ,\ I 0 t.\ 10 .. ~ <'" ... '" ~ I eS <:I ~ ~ 8~ 81 '8 ~ eS 10'" "'~ ~ " ~<'" ~ '" ... ",'" 8~ ~ 8- ~ .... IP'A ! I- .. ~ ... ~'" ~ o ... z o t i Q. ~ \ ~\1 it. ~ ffi ~\....~ ts- o ~15 \ 't \ ~u ~ ~ \ ~ ~ z w ':& ~ ~ t ~ \ t~i ~ ;t ~il \ ag~ "2 a:.~% U> ~ ~ ~ ! i' ~1~\~~~6 18 ~~ (.) It. rl ~ \ \~ ~ 1 ~ ~\ o ... 8 ~ '" \ ~ w ':& \ Q. 'I. ~ .~~ z ~,~'" ~ i ~!~, '%: ~ I .%. '6- '6- ~ .~ '0:. -a t ~ ~~t~~i wl\ tIl ~ C - '!; It. l~ o.s .w ~ '2 4) ~ ~ !: !\ ~ ~ 'Q) .eEUlUl~ G 3\z u> ? ~ 8 ~ '" ~ I u ~ ~ ",0-0-4)- _~ ~-i <Ol~ <0 ,'~ ~ ~ %5 t It. (.) It. '0:. ~ u. ~,~ \~ ~ t& ~~t~ol~~ , ! li1\1 ~ t '5 ~, ~?5 ~ l"'t Q. t\<l ~"O 'I (/)1.11 ..,.1 ..~ ~t .- (/) t~ wit. it ':&(/) Y!~ ~t ~ 9, \~ L (II w I t ~ I. ~\~ ~ ==11U?,~ c. ~?G.{j(.) Q. Oo,\<l]! ':&"" ~(.),!i~ _~"9Ol~e ':&8'6-.,,0 \ttlt\! ! ~~\, ~~ ~ t \ "'l~ ~ ~ z.o- ~~~3%% \ \ \