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jmf 11/5/19 <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2019-110 <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />SANTA ANA ADJUSTING RATES FOR WATER AND <br />SEWER SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF SANTA <br />ANA <br />WHEREAS, Chapter 39 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, Article II, Sections 39- <br />19 and 39-36, authorize the City to set and charge fees for the provision of water and <br />recycled water to customers within the City of Santa Ana and to establish those fees by <br />resolution; and <br />WHEREAS, Chapter 39 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, Article III, Sections <br />39-55.1, 39-55.2, and 39-55.4, authorize the City to set and charge fees for the <br />provision of sewer services to customers; and <br />WHEREAS, this Resolution adjusting water, recycled water, and sewer service <br />rates shall apply only to Chapter 39 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, Water and <br />Sewers; and <br />WHEREAS, the City previously retained Stantec and Hildebrand Consulting, <br />independent financial consultants, to review the City's water, recycled water, and sewer <br />utilities to determine whether rates for service charges are sufficient to meet increased <br />costs of service, and to prepare a cost of service analysis and rate study (the "Study"); <br />and <br />WHEREAS, based on the results of the Study (a copy of which is available for <br />inspection at the City and was also posted on the City's website), increases to the rates <br />for water, recycled water, and sewer service fees and charges are necessary; and <br />WHEREAS, the proposed water rate structure includes a variable water usage <br />charge and a fixed monthly water utility charge, both billed on a bimonthly basis. The <br />proposed water usage charge is based on the amount of water consumed, measured in <br />dollars per hundred cubic feet ("CCF") of water delivered to the property. The fixed <br />monthly water utility charge is independent of the amount of water used and is <br />determined based on the size of the meter serving the property, as measured in inches; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the proposed water rate structure also includes a pass -through <br />adjustment mechanism providing for increases to the water usage charge based on <br />increases in the cost of purchasing potable and/or recycled wholesale water needed to <br />supply the City's water system that may be imposed on the City by the Orange County <br />Water District or the Metropolitan Water District; and <br />Resolution No. 2019-110 <br />Page 1 of 7 <br />