HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 05182010 - C.17RECOMMENDATION(S):
1. ACCEPT the Chief Engineer’s report for the adoption of Stormwater Utility Assessments
for Fiscal Year 2009-2010 for Stormwater Utility Area Numbers 1 through 18;
2. ACKNOWLEDGE receipt of resolutions requesting adoption of Stormwater Utility
Assessments for Fiscal Year 2010-2011 from the following municipalities and
corresponding Stormwater Utility Areas:
Antioch, Clayton, Concord, Danville, El Cerrito, Hercules, Lafayette, Martinez, Moraga,
Orinda, Pinole, Pittsburg, Pleasant Hill, San Pablo, San Ramon, Walnut Creek,
Unincorporated Contra Costa County, and Oakley.
3. ADOPT the attached Resolution, and FIX June 22, 2010, at 10:00 a.m. in the Board
chambers as the time and place for the Public Hearing on the adoption of Stormwater Utility
Assessments for Fiscal Year 2010-2011 for said areas.
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 05/18/2010 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Gayle B. Uilkema, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Susan A. Bonilla, District IV
Supervisor
ABSENT:Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Tim Jensen (925) 313-2390
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the
Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: May 18, 2010
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: EMY SHARP, Deputy
cc: Richard Seithel, County Administrator's Office, Bob Campbell, County Auditor-Controller's Office, Sue Turner, County Auditor-Controller's Office, Tom
Dalziel, Contra Costa Clean Water Program, Tim Jensen, Flood Control, Alex Anaya, County Watershed Program, Catherine Windham, Flood Control,
Leigh Chavez, Environmental
C.17
To:Contra Costa County Flood Control District Board of Supervisors
From:Julia R. Bueren, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Date:May 18, 2010
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Set Hearing for Adoption of Stormwater Utility Assessments for Fiscal Year 2010-2011, Countywide.
Project No. 4500-6X7041
FISCAL IMPACT:
The proposed assessments for Stormwater Utility Areas 1 through 18 will provide
approximately $13,949,192 in funding for the cities and Unincorporated County for the
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program and drainage
maintenance activities. 100% Stormwater Utility Area Assessments.
BACKGROUND:
The Contra Costa Clean Water Program consists of Contra Costa County (County), its
incorporated cities, and the Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation
District (FC District) working collectively under a Joint Municipal Stormwater NPDES
Permit issued by the State Regional Water Quality Control Board. This permit is
federally mandated through the Clean Water Act, which was amended in 1987 to
specifically address stormwater pollution. The current five-year permit from the San
Francisco Regional Water Quality Control Board began in December 2009. Public
education on pollution prevention, trash assessments, inspection of construction sites, as
well as commercial and industrial facilities, street sweeping, catch basin cleaning and
other forms of drainage maintenance are examples of actions taken to meet permit
requirements. An Annual Report is written each year to summarize accomplishments.
The Contra Costa Clean Water Program is currently in its third Joint Municipal
Stormwater NPDES Permit issued by the San Francisco Regional Water Quality Control
Board. The Joint Municipal Stormwater NPDES Permit issued by the Central Valley
Regional Water Quality Control Board for the cities of Antioch, Brentwood, Oakley, and
unincorporated East County has expired and is under administrative extension pending
the renewal of the new permit. The permit includes, for each municipality, a Stormwater
Management Plan outlining intended activities designed to reduce or eliminate pollutants
from entering the storm drain system.
The Regional Boards indicated the need for a restricted funding source to finance
implementation costs. In order to meet this need, the County proposed legislation
providing a financial option for municipalities to use through the FC District. The bill,
AB 2768 (Campbell), was passed by the legislature and signed by Governor Pete Wilson
on August 30, 1992. The legislation specifically allowed a municipality to request
formation of a Stormwater Utility Area and an assessment to pay for implementation costs.
The Board of Supervisors, acting as governing board of the Contra Costa County Flood
Control and Water Conservation District, provided public notice to all affected property
owners before the establishment of the Stormwater Utility Areas on June 22, 1993,
creating 17 Stormwater Utility Areas. This 1993 Board action also set the first-year
assessment rates for each Stormwater Utility Area, as well as maximum rates.
Assessments were collected for Fiscal Year 1993-1994 through 2000-2001. On May 9,
2000, the FC District separated the City of Oakley from Stormwater Utility Area 17. The
City of Oakley was established as Stormwater Utility Area 18 at that time and
assessments were collected for Fiscal Year 2000-2001. The FC District does not collect
this assessment for the cities of Richmond and Brentwood. Richmond and Brentwood
collect their NPDES levy as a sewer fee.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If the proposed assessments for Fiscal Year 2010-2011 are not implemented, the program
would have to be funded by the general funds of the cities and County to ensure
compliance with NPDES permit requirements.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
ATTACHMENTS
Resolution No. 2010/276
Exhibit A
Engineer's Report
SUA Municipal Resolutions