Ordinance No. 499-07 - Superseded
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ORDINANCE NO. 499-07
AN AMENDMENT TO THE SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT'S
ORDINANCE NO. 464 - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE SECTIONS 3.1.49 AND
3.1.50 WATER RATE SCHEDULES, AND SECTION 4.5.12 SEWER RATE
SCHEDULE, AND SUPERSEDING WATER AND SEWER RATE ORDINANCE
NO. 495-06 IN ITS ENTIRETY
The Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District, El Dorado
County, State of California, makes the following findings:
1. Public Notice of this Ordinance was duly given, authorized, posted and
published, as required by law and specifically, that said Notice fixing the time and place
of the meeting on said Ordinance was duly given, posted, and published, as required by
the Government Code of California.
2. Pursuant to said Public Notice, a public meeting of the Board of Directors
of the South Tahoe Public Utility District (District) on this Ordinance took place on May
3,2007, at 6:00 pm at the place specified in said Notice of Public Meeting.
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3. The Notice of time and place of said meeting, including a general
explanation of the matters to be considered at said meeting, was published on April 12,
2007 and April 26, 2007.
4. At least ten (10) days prior to said Public Meeting, the data indicating the
amount of the cost or estimated cost required to provide water and sewer services for
which service charges are proposed for adoption pursuant to this Ordinance, and the
revenue source(s) anticipated to provide such service was available to the public.
5. An additional public hearing took place on May 19,2007, at 2:00 pm, as
required by the California Constitution. Owners of property served by the District were
notified of the additional public hearing by mail. This mail notification was sent at least
forty-five (45) days prior to the adoption of this Ordinance, whereby the owners of the
property in the District were given the opportunity to protest these rate schedules.
WATER RATES
6. The water service charges in Schedules No.2 and 3 will be effective July
1,2007 and are for the following purposes:
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a. Obtaining funds for capital project necessary to maintain service for
existing customers;
b. Meeting debt service requirements;
c. Meeting operating expenses;
d. Purchasing or leasing equipment, supplies or materials;
e. Meeting financial reserve needs and requirements.
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7. The existing water service charges and the increase in the consumption
charge are necessary to meet the costs and expenses enumerated in paragraph 5
herein above, and are included in the water budget adopted on May 19,2007.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE SOUTH TAHOE
PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS THAT ORDINANCE
NO. 495-06 IS SUPERSEDED AND THAT WATER RATE SCHEDULES
NUMBER 2 AND 3 PROVIDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 464 - ADMINISTRATIVE
CODE, SECTION 3.1.49 AND 3.1.50 IS HEREBY AMENDED AND REPLACED
BY THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULES 2 AND 3:
WATER RATE SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 2 - ANNUAL FLAT SERVICE
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
Single dwelling unit
Duplex
Triplex
F ourplex
Each additional unit
Business establishment when serviced from:
$445.60
$819.52
$1,113.44
$1,433.28
$240.48
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% inch connection
One inch connection
$647.20
$976.64
SCHEDULE 3 - METERED SERVICE
Annual Minimum Rate
% inch water connection
1 inch water connection
1 ~ inch water connection
2 inch water connection
3 inch water connection
4 inch water connection
6 inch water connection
8 inch water connection
10 inch water connection
$244.48
$334.56
$574.08
$914.40
$1,820.96
$2,840.96
$4,301.12
$5,767.68
$7,971.52
All consumption will be charged at the rate of Two Dollars Twelve Cents ($2.12)
per one hundred (100) cubic feet.
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8. The Water Capital Improvement Charges in the amount of$I,448,000, formerly
in Schedules No.6 and 7, are combined and included in Rate Schedules 2 and 3 herein
above and will be effective July 1,2007. The Capital Improvement Charges are
restricted in use to the following purposes:
a. Construction of capital improvements as designated in the District's
financial statements as "Capital Assets";
b. Debt service related to items referred to in 8a;
c. Reserves accumulated for future construction or purchase of Capital
Improvements as designated in the District's financial statements as
"Capital Assets."
SEWER RATES
9. The sewer service charges in Schedule No.6 will be effective July 1,2007
and are for the following purposes:
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a. Obtaining funds for capital projects necessary to maintain service for
existing customers;
b. Meeting debt service requirements;
c. Meeting operating expenses;
d. Purchasing or leasing equipment, supplies or materials;
e. Meeting financial reserve needs and requirements.
10. The increase in sewer service charges are necessary to meet the costs and
expenses enumerated in Paragraph 7 herein above, and are included in the sewer budget
adopted May 19,2007.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE SOUTH TAHOE
PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS THAT ORDINANCE
NO. 495-06 IS SUPERSEDED AND THAT SEWER RATE NUMBER 6
PROVIDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 464 - ADMINISTRATIVE CODE, SECTION
4.5.12 IS HEREBY AMENDED AND REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING
SCHEDULE 6:
SEWER RATE SCHEDULE 6
Annual service charges per sewer unit shall be as follows:
Tyoe of Connection Annual Service
Charge per Unit
Quarterly Service
Charge per Unit
Minimum Charge
per Unit
Homes and Apartments $108.60
$27.15
$9.05
Motels/Hotels/Timeshares $108.12
$27.03
$9.01
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\., Restaurants $116.40 $29.10 $9.70
Service Stations $116.16 $29.04 $9.68
Trailer/Mobile Home Parks $101.88 $25.4 7 $8.49
& Campgrounds
Laundromats $116.16 $29.04 $9.68
Automobile Service Garage $116.16 $29.04 $9.68
Taverns without Food $116.16 $29.04 $9.68
Facilities
All Other Commercial $116.16 $29.04 $9.68
Establishments
11. Delinquent charges, when recorded as provided in California Government
Code Section 54354.5, and the District's Administrative Code, shall constitute a lien
upon the real property served.
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12. This Ordinance hereby supersedes Ordinance No. 495-06 in its entirety,
and amends Ordinance No. 464 - Administrative Code, Sections 3.1.49, 3.1.50 and
4.5.12.
PASSED AND ENACTED by the Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public
Utility District at its Regular Board Meeting on the 19th day of May, 2007 by the
following vote:
AYES: Directors Wallace, Jones, Farrell, Schafer, Mosbacher
NOES: None
ABSENT: Noile
DATED: May 19,2007
Eric Schafer,
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Kathy Sharp
\..,. To: joeharn@co.el-dorado.ca.us
Subject: South Tahoe Public Utility Ordinance No. 499-07
Attachments: Ord 499-07 Signed PDF.pdf
Hello - I am sending you the Ordinance our Board of Directors approved concerning changes to our water and
sewer rate scdules that will become effective July 1, 2007.
As Clerk of the Board, I certify this Ordinance is a full, true and correct copy of Ordinance No. 499-07 duly and
regularly adopted by the Board of Directors of the South Tahoe Public Utility District, County of EI Dorado, State
of California, on May 19, 2007.
I contacted your office today and they thought sending you this via email would be okay. If you prefer I send you a
hard copy of the ordinance and certification in the mail, please let me know.
If you have any questions about the Ordinance, please contact Rhonda McFarlane, Chief Financial Officer, at
530.543.6211, or Lisa Coyner, Customer Service Manager, at 530.543-6221.
Thank you,
Kathy Sharp, Executive Services Manager
South Tahoe Public Utility District
1275 Meadow Crest Drive
South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150
Ph: 530.544.6474, Ext. 6203
Fx: 530.541.0614
\., Email: ksharp@stpud.us
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5/24/2007