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Home My WebLink AboutAGENDA REPORT 2001 0117 CC REG ITEM 11FITEM I I. F. CM OF MOORPARK. CAT.TrnRVTA City Cmincil Nleetini* of \ 1I'712Oc, ACTION: AVoPTCD R�spa# Zoo I- lauf' MOORPARK CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT By. TO: Honorable City Council FROM: Mike Mathews, Senior Management Analyst M �VA DATE: January 3, 2001 (CC Meeting of 1/17/2001) SUBJECT: CONSIDER RESOLUTION NO. 2001- ESTABLISHING FEES PURSUANT TO THE GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION ORDINANCE 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. 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 January 17, 1992. The rates have not changed since then. DISCUSSION This action changes the City rates to match the rates currently charged by the County. A summary of the fees is shown below. (The full text of the County fees is attached to the resolution as Exhibit 1). Current Changed Rate To $475 $475 Permit processing fee $50 $ 70 Fee for each additional well $325 $300 Fee for a monitoring well $25 $ 40 Fee for each additional monitoring well C C 0 14 3' Honorable City Council 1/4/01 for CC meeting of 1/17/01 Page 2 Current Changed Rate To none $300 Fee to increase depth - existing well none $ 70 Fee for each additional well $500 $500 Annual permits for engineering test holes $175 $200 Fee per day for a County Inspector in excess of 2 days. none $ 25 Fee to extend a permit application. $100 $100 Fee for a Certificate of Exemption If the County raises well rates in the future, staff will bring a recommendation to the City Council at that time. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Adopt Resolution No. 2001- (Exhibit A) revising fees for wells and rescinding Resolution No. 90 -708. Attachments: Exhibit A: Resolution No. 2001- Staff Reports /WellResoSR 0 yyqy RESOLUTION NO. 2001- A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING FEES PURSUANT TO GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION ORDINANCE AND RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 90 -708 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. 90 -708 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 January 17, 1992 (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 17`" day of January, 2001. Patrick Hunter, Mayor ATTEST: Deborah S. Traffenstedt, City Clerk Attachment: Exhibit 1, County Resolution effective 1/17/92 Rescs /NellOrd Reso Ge0145 NOV -13 -2000 12:23 Carr -en " f �.� e- S%tuGfu► -e r-7 5 /r1 CC RESOLUTION OF THE _BOAR.D OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY 03F VENTURA ESTABLISHING PEES PURSUANT TO VENTURA COUNTY ORDINANCE CODE SECTION 4821 P.11 Exhibit 1 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 pertain- ing to groundwater conservation; and WHEREAS,. this Board has, by resolution dated April 28,. 1987, adopted a schedule of fees for well permits, which schedule is now obsolete; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, DETERMINED AND ORDERED as . ZO�LVry. 1. Said resolution of this Board dated April 2o, 1927, 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 $475 for the initial well plus $70 for each additional well which is C',30 14 S NOV -13 -2000 12:23 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 P.12 $300 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. rRpair or modification work has been pursuant to and in compliance with permits issued under Section 4833 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 double 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 2 Ccc J1 -,11,_" NOV -13 -2000 12 :24 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 relatLng to engineering test holes inspected by registered inspector's), the fee shall be $500 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 vi t n- two working days. 3. The fee for processing an application to extend a permit pursuant to Section 4&13(e)of the Ventura County ordinance Code shall be $25. 4. No tee shall be charged for processing an application for approval of.a reqistered 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. 3 e IL P. 13 NOV -13 -2000 12:24 5. No fee shall be charged for processing an application for registration with the Department pursuant to Sect ion4813(C)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 tee 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 '.ani3A_-,- 7 , 1992. on motion b Supervisor LACEY y p , seconded.by Supervisor YANDERKQLK the foregoing resolution was pa==e,i ?.nd adopted on A_41,�_� 7 If 1991. CHA , EI&AIM OF-SUPERVISORS ATTEST: RICHARD D. DEAN, County Clerk, County of Ventura, State of Cali- fornia, and ex officio Clerk of the Board supervisors, thereof. c� By Deputy Clerk c: \text \abg \iwllfee.res -Z 4 P.14 TOTAL P.14