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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2017-08 RESOLUTION NO. 2017-08 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAPE CANAVERAL,BREYARD COUNTY,FLORIDA; ESTABLISHING THE CITY'S RECLAIMED WATER RATES IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE IV OF CHAPTER 78 OF THE CITY CODE FOR CITY FISCAL YEARS 2016/2017 THROUGH 2020/2021; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF PRIOR INCONSISTENT RESOLUTIONS; INCORPORATION INTO APPENDIX B, SCHEDULE OF FEES; SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City is granted authority under Section 2(b), Article VIII, of the State Constitution to exercise any power for municipal purposes, except when expressly prohibited by law, and WHEREAS, Article IV of Chapter 78 of the Cape Canaveral Code of Ordinances establishes the City's reclaimed water utility; and WHEREAS, section 180.13(2), Florida Statutes, provides that the City Council may establish just and equitable rates or charges to be paid to the City for the use of utilities by each person, firm or corporation whose premises are served thereby; and WHEREAS, section 78-180 of the Code of Ordinances requires that rates for reclaimed water services be established by resolution of the City Council; and WHEREAS,Raftelis Financial Consultants, Inc. recently completed a Sewer System Rate Study dated February 2017("the Study"),which includes findings,conclusions,recommendations and supporting analysis related to reclaimed water rates; and WHEREAS,after careful consideration and deliberation, and after considering the Study, the City Council deems it is in the best interests of the public health, safety and welfare of its citizens to establish and adopt the reclaimed water rates set forth herein, which rates are hereby found to be just and equitable. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CAPE CANAVERAL, BREYARD COUNTY, FLORIDA,AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Recitals. The foregoing recitals are hereby deemed true and correct and are hereby fully incorporated herein by this reference as a material part of this Resolution. Section 2. Amendment to Appendix B, Schedule of Fees, Related to Reclaimed Water Rates. The City Council of the City of Cape Canaveral hereby adopts the following amendments to the Cape Canaveral Code of Ordinances, Appendix B, Schedule of Fees (underlined type indicates additions to and stril etitro••gh type indicates deletions from the existing text in Appendix B): APPENDIX B—SCHEDULE OF FEES City of Cape Canaveral Resolution No.2017-08 Page 1 of 3 *** CHAPTER 78. UTILITIES *** Article IV. Reclaimed Water *** (d) Reclaimed water rates shall be charged based on Equivalent Reclaimed Irrigation Connections ("ERICS") established by the size of the customer's connection to the City's reclaimed water system as follows: 1-inch diameter connection= 1 ERIC 2-inch diameter connection=4 ERICS 4-inch diameter connection= 12 ERICS Each customer class shall be charged the flat rate per ERIC identified below for reclaimed water service. New rates shall take effect on October Pt of each year. Reclaimed Water Flat Rate 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 Per ERIC All Customer $6.33 $6.65 $6.99 $7.34 Classes4 Reclaimed Water Flat Rate 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 Per ERIC All Customer $7.34 $7.53 $7.72 $7.92 $8.12 Classes' 1-Does not include wholesale, bulk,large user or other customer under separate contract or agreement with the City. *** Section 3. Incorporation into Appendix B, Schedule of Fees. The fee schedule set forth in this Resolution shall be incorporated into Appendix B, Schedule of Fees, to the Cape Canaveral Code of Ordinances and any section, paragraph number, letter or heading in Appendix B may be changed or modified as necessary to effectuate the foregoing. Grammatical,typographical and like errors may be corrected and additions, alterations and omissions, not affecting the construction or meaning of this Resolution and the City Code,may be freely made. City of Cape Canaveral Resolution No.2017-08 Page 2 of 3 Section 4. Repeal of Prior Inconsistent Resolutions. All prior inconsistent resolutions adopted by the City Council, or prior resolutions in conflict herewith, are hereby repealed to the extent of the conflict. Section 5. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, word or portion of this Resolution is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Resolution. Section 6. Effective Date.This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon adoption by the City Council of the City of Cape Canaveral, Florida. However, the rates established under this Resolution for City fiscal year 2016/2017,which are the same rates as the previous City fiscal year, shall be deemed effective retroactively from October 1, 2016. ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Cape Canaveral, Florida, assembled this 18th day of July, 2017. Bob Hoog, Mayor ATTEST: Name FOR AGAINST Mike Brown x Mia Goforth,CMC, Bob Hoog x City Clerk Brendan McMillin Second Rocky Randels Motion Betty Walsh x Approved as to legal form and sufficiency For the City of Cape Canaveral only by: Anthony A. Garganese, City Attorney City of Cape Canaveral Resolution No.2017-08 Page 3 of 3