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' BOARD OF DIRECTORS '
POSITION PAPER
Board Meeting Date: August 5, 2010
Type of Action: SET A PUBLIC HEARING
Subject: SET SEPTEMBER 2, 2010 AS THE DATE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING TO
CONSIDER A PROPOSED ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 6.12 OF THE
DISTRICT CODE TO PROVIDE AN OPTION FOR INSTALLMENT PAYMENT OF
CAPACITY AND PUMPED ZONE FEES WHEN A PROPERTY OWNER
CONNECTS AN EXISTING HOME TO THE DISTRICT'S PUBLIC SEWER SYSTEM
AND CONCURRENTLY ABANDONS THE SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM SERVING THE
PROPERTY
Submitted By:
Jarred Miyamoto-Mills, .Provisional
Environmental Services Division Manager
REVIEWED AND RECOMMENDED FOR BOARD ACTION:
J. yamoto-Mills
Initiating Dept./Div.:
Engineering/Environmental Services
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A. Farre K. Alm
James Celly,
General Manager
ISSUE: At its July 15, 2010 regular meeting, the Board of Directors directed staff to
calendar a public hearing to consider an amendment of the District Code to provide an
option for installment payment of Capacity and Pumped Zone Fees when a property
owner connects an existing home to the District's public sewer system and concurrently
abandons the septic tank system serving the property. Board adoption of an ordinance
is required to amend the District Code.
RECOMMENDATION: Set September 2, 2010 as the date for a public hearing to
consider adoption of an proposed ordinance to amend Chapter 6.12 of the District
Code to provide an option for installment payment of Capacity and Pumped Zone Fees
when a property owner connects an existing home to the District's public sewer system
and concurrently abandons the septic tank system serving the property.
FINANCIAL IMPACTS: None by this action.
ALTERNATIVES/CONSIDERATIONS: The Board may decline to set a date for the
proposed public hearing or could set a date other than September 2, 2010. However, if
the proposed financing program is to be implemented, adoption of an ordinance
following a public hearing is required.
BACKGROUND: In the past, the Board has received many requests from property
owners who have asked for mitigation of the up-front cost of connecting their property
to the District's public sewer system. Most recently (at the July 15, 2010 Board
meeting), some of the prospective Sunnybrook Road Contractual Assessment District
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POSITION PAPER
Board Meeting Date: August 5, 2010
subject. SET SEPTEMBER 2, 2010 AS THE DATE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING TO
CONSIDER A PROPOSED ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 6.12 OF THE
DISTRICT CODE TO PROVIDE AN OPTION FOR INSTALLMENT PAYMENT OF
CAPACITY AND PUMPED ZONE FEES WHEN A PROPERTY OWNER
CONNECTS AN EXISTING HOME TO THE DISTRICT'S PUBLIC SEWER SYSTEM
AND CONCURRENTLY ABANDONS THE SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM SERVING THE
PROPERTY _
(CAD) participants requested that the District finance the Capacity Fees that would
otherwise be due in full upon connection.
The Board directed staff to calendar a public hearing to consider an amendment of the
District Code to provide an option for installment payment of Capacity and Pumped
Zone Fees when a property owner connects an existing home to the District's public
sewer system and concurrently abandons the septic tank system serving the property.
Board adoption of an ordinance is required to amend the District Code.
Staff has prepared an ordinance to amend the District Code to provide the financing
option drawing on experience gained from administering the Capacity Use Charge
Program for some commercial customers and the pilot program for deferral of fees for
newly developed properties. The proposed amendment may include limitations such as
the following:
1. Only residential properties being converted from private septic system sewage
treatment to public sewer service would be eligible to participate;
2. The application fees and interest rate for financing would be specified in the
Schedule of Environmental and Development-Related Rates and Charges;
3. To participate in the program, a property owner would be required to execute a
promissory note and a recordable Memorandum of Agreement with the District;
4. The Board would delegate the responsibility for executing and recording program
documents to the General Manager or his designee;
5. Annual installment payments would be collected on the Contra Costa County
Property Tax Roll.
It is appropriate to set the date for a public hearing to consider adoption of the
proposed ordinance.
RECOMMENDED BOARD ACTION: Set September 2, 2010 as the date for a public
hearing to consider adoption of an proposed ordinance to amend Chapter 6.12 of the
District Code to provide an option for installment payment of Capacity and Pumped
Zone Fees when a property owner connects an existing home to the District's public
sewer system and concurrently abandons the septic tank system serving the property.
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