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Home My WebLink AboutAGENDA REPORT 2001 0919 CC REG ITEM 11GITEM / / • fir. cf _�1� aDQ.� ...... _ ?-Qp - MOORPARK CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT BY:. TO: Honorable City Council FROM: Mike Mathews, Senior Management Analyst 94 %C 04 DATE: September 10, 2001 (CC Meeting of 9/19/2001) SUBJECT: CONSIDER RESOLUTION NO. 2001- ADOPTING NEW WATER WELL RATES PURSUANT TO ORDINANCE NO. 270 BACKGROUND The City of Moorpark contracts with the County of Ventura to administer the construction, repair, inspection, modification and destruction of wells within the City. All cities in Ventura County participate in the program. The cost of the well program is self - supporting through the imposition of fees for services rendered. Fees for the Moorpark well program were established by Resolution No. 90 -708 in 1990. The County raised the fees for the well program effective December 17, 1991. The rates have not changed since then. In January 2001, staff brought Ordinance No. 270 to the City Council to update the update the City's well ordinance to current County Standards. At the same time, Resolution No. 2001 -1809 set the fees at the rates in effect for the County at that time. DISCUSSION On June 19, 2001, the County Board of Supervisors raised the well rates for four of the ten fee categories. A summary of the fees is shown in the following chart. Honorable City Council 9/19/01 for CC meeting of 9/19/01 Page 2 Adonted by the Board of Supervisors on June 19, 2001 Effective Date is July 1, 2001 Category Previous New Amount of Fees Fees Increase Initial Test Well $4.75.00 $610.00 29% Each Additional Well $ 70.00 $ 90.00 29% Monitoring Well $300.00 $320.00 7% Each Additional Well $ 40.00 $ 40.00 0% Extend Existing Well $300.00 $300.00 0% Each Additional Well $ 70.00 $ 70.00 090 Engineering Test Wells $500.00 $520.00 4% Inspector -per day after two days $200.00 $200.00 0% Application Processing $ 25.00 $ 25.00 0% Certificate of Exemption Processing 1 $100.001 $100.00 0% STAFF RECOMMENDATION Adopt Resolution No. 2001- (Exhibit A) revising fees for wells and rescinding Resolution No. 2001 -1809. Attachments: Exhibit A: Resolution No. 2001- S=affReports /WcIIResoSR RESOLUTION NO. 2001- A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING WELL FEES PURSUANT TO ORDINANCE NO. 270 AND RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 2001 -1809 WHEREAS, Chapter 8.40 of the Municipal Code contains language authorizing the City Council, by resolution, to establish a schedule of fees for the processing of well permits and certain other services pertaining to groundwater conservation; and WHEREAS, the County of Ventura administers the groundwater conservation program for all cities in Ventura County through a contract with each City; and WHEREAS, fees charged by the County are set at an amount to only recover costs for the well program; NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Resolution No. 2001 -1809 is hereby rescinded. SECTION 2. Fees to construct, repair, modify or destroy a well shall be set at the rate currently in effect for the County of Ventura as set by a resolution effective June 19, 2001 (copy attached as Exhibit 1). SECTION 3. The City of Moorpark reserves the right to adopt, change or rescind well fees at the discretion of the City Council. SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution and shall cause a certified resolution to be filed in the book of original resolutions. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 19th day of September, 2001. Patrick Hunter, Mayor ATTEST: Deborah S. Traffenstedt, City Clerk Attachment: Exhibit 1, County Resolution effective 6/19/01 Resos /New Well Reso 41�(�" , Exhibit 1 RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF VENTURA ESTABLISHING FEES PURSUANT TO VENTURA COUNTY ORDINANCE CODE SECTION 4821 WHEREAS, the Ventura County Ordinance Code Section authorizes this Board to establish a schedule of fees for the processing of well permits and certain other services pertaining to groundwater conservation; and WHEREAS, this Board has, by resolution dated December 17, 1991, adopted a schedule of fees for well permits, which schedule is now obsolete; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, DETERMINED AND ORDERED as follows: 1. Said resolution of this Board dated December 17, 1991, is hereby repealed. 2. The fee for processing a permit to construct, repair, modify or destroy a well issued pursuant to Section 4813 of the Ventura County Ordinance Code shall be as follows: (a) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraphs (c) and (d), for permits relating to water wells, cathodic protection wells, monitoring wells and engineering test holes inspected by the County inspector, the fee shall be $610 for the initial well plus $90 for each additional well which is located on the same site and is perforated or sealed on the same day the initial well is perforated or sealed. (b) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraphs (c) and (d), for permits relating to monitoring wells and engineering test holes inspected by the applicant's registered inspector, the fee shall be $320 for up to four wells on the same site plus $40 for each additional well which is located on the same site. (c) Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (d), for permits solely to increase the depth of an existing and unabandoned well for which all earlier construction, repair or modification work has been pursuant to and in compliance with permits issued under Section 4813 of the Ventura County Ordinance Code, the fee shall be $300 for the initial well plus $70 for each additional well on the same site. (d) For permits specified in subparagraphs (a), (b) and (c), where work for which the permit is required has commenced before submittal of the permit application, the fee shall be doubled that otherwise specified in those subparagraphs. It is estimated that such late permit applications cost, on the average, twice as much to process as the timely applications for the same permits. This double fee is imposed not as a penalty but to recover the �.� ; estimated additional costs incurred in connection with such late permit applications. (e) For annual permits relating to engineering test holes inspected by registered inspector(s), the fee shall be $520 per year per company. (f) If a County inspector is required to be at a well site in the performance of an inspection of any completion operation, as defined in Section 4812 (d) of the Ventura County Ordinance Code, in excess of two working days, the fee shall be increased by $200 for each working day or portion thereof in excess of the initial two working days. 3. The fee for processing an application to extend a permit pursuant to Section 4813 (E) of the Ventura County Ordinance Code shall be $25. 4. No fee shall be charged for processing an application for approval of a registered inspector, as defined in Section 4812 (U) of the Ventura County Ordinance Code; provided, however, that approval shall be subject to such terms and conditions as the Director of the Ventura County Public Works Agency may deem reasonably necessary to ensure the registered inspector's competence and responsibility. 5. No fee shall be charged for processing an application for registration with the Department pursuant to Section 4813 (G) of the Ventura County Ordinance Code. 6. The fee for processing a Certificate of Exemption issued pursuant to Section 4820 of the Ventura County Ordinance Code shall be $100; provided, however, that no fee shall be charged for processing such a certificate respecting a well which is monitored annually by the Ventura County Public Works Agency or the United Water Conservation District. 7. This resolution shall become operative on July 1, 2001. a On motion by Supervisor , seconded by Supervisor —/-77.40VC� , the foregoing resolution was pasCed and adopted on po s1s Frank Schillo CHAIR, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS