HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 06262012 - SD.12RECOMMENDATION(S):
ADOPT Resolution 2012/279 approving the Stormwater Utility Assessments for Fiscal Year 2012-2013 for
Stormwater Utility Areas No. 1 through 18, as recommended by the Chief Engineer, Flood Control and Water
Conservation District, Countywide.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The proposed assessments for Stormwater Utility Areas 1 through 18 will provide approximately $13,887,796 in
funding for the cities and unincorporated Contra Costa County (County) for the National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES) program and drainage maintenance activities.
BACKGROUND:
The Contra Costa Clean Water Program consists of the 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
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 06/26/2012 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
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: June 26, 2012
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc: Richard Seithel, County Administrator's Office, Bob Campbell, County Auditor-Controller's Office, Wendy Nelson, County Auditor-Controller's Office,
Leigh Chavez, Environmental, Tom Dalziel, Contra Costa Clean Water Program, Mike Carlson, Flood Control, Tim Jensen, Flood Control, Alex Anaya,
County Watershed Program, Catherine Windham, Flood Control
SD. 12
To:Contra Costa County Flood Control District Board of Supervisors
From:Julia R. Bueren, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Date:June 26, 2012
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Adopt Resolution Approving the Stormwater Utility Assessments for Fiscal Year 2012-2013, Countywide. Project
No. 4500-6X7041, CP# 95-37
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
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 fourth 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 began in September 2010. 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 the 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 1993-94 through 2000-01. 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 2012-2013 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:
Not applicable.
CLERK'S ADDENDUM
Speakers: Joyce Ellis, resident of Walnut Creek, satisfied action today is not an increase. Jim and Marilynee
Mellander did not wish to speak, but submitted written comments in opposition. CLOSED the hearing; and
ADOPTED Resolution 2012/279 approving the Stormwater Utility Assessments for Fiscal Year 2012-2013 for
Stormwater Utility Areas No. 1 through 18
ATTACHMENTS
Resolution No. 2012/279