HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 05142013 - C.17RECOMMENDATION(S):
1. ACCEPT the Chief Engineer’s report for the adoption of Stormwater Utility Assessments for Fiscal Year
2012-2013 for Stormwater Utility Area Numbers 1 through 18;
2. ACKNOWLEDGE receipt of resolutions requesting adoption of Stormwater Utility Assessments for Fiscal Year
2013-2014 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 25, 2013, at 9:30 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 2013-2014 for said areas.
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 05/14/2013 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: May 14, 2013
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, Letitia Waters, County Auditor-Controller's Office,
Leigh Chavez, Environmental, Mike Carlson, Flood Control, Tom Dalziel, Contra Costa Clean Water Program, Tim Jensen, Flood Control, Dan Jordan,
County Watershed Program, Catherine Windham, Flood Control
C.17
To:Contra Costa County Flood Control District Board of Supervisors
From:Julia R. Bueren, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Date:May 14, 2013
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:SET HEARING FOR ADOPTION OF STORMWATER UTILITY ASSESSMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR
2013-2014, COUNTYWIDE. PROJECT NO. 4500-6X7041
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 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 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 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 2013-2014 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.
ATTACHMENTS
Resolution No. 2013/214
Engineer's Report
Exhibit A
Municipal Resolutions