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Home My WebLink About168 - 12/18/2018 - AMENDING CHAPTER 26 OF THE CITY CODE TO REVISE SEWER PLANT INVESTMENT FEES r ORDINANCE NO. 168, 2018 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AMENDING CHAPTER 26 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS TO REVISE SEWER PLANT INVESTMENT FEES WHEREAS, the City Council is empowered and directed by Article XII, Section 6 of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins,to by ordinance from time to time fix, establish,maintain, and provide for the collection of such rates, fees or charges for water and for other utility services furnished by the City as will produce revenues sufficient to pay the costs, expenses, and other obligations as set forth therein;and WHEREAS, Article IV, Chapter 26 of the City Code establishes and sets forth the wastewater utility as a utility service furnished by and an enterprise of the City; and WHEREAS, City Code Sections 26-283 and 26-284 provide for sewer plant investment fees ("SPIFs") to be based on and used for growth-related capital expansion costs of wastewater collection, transmission, treatment, and administrative facilities that are reasonably related to the overall costs of and required in providing wastewater services to serve new development; and WHEREAS, City Code Section 26-283 further requires that the City Manager annually review the parameters and rates of the SPIFs and also requires that the City Manager present such fees to the City Council for approval no less frequently than biennially; and WHEREAS,the City Manager and City staff have also recommended to the City Council adjustment of the SPIFs as set forth herein to be effective January 1, 2019 and WHEREAS, the Water Board considered the proposed SPIFs adjustments for 2019 at its meeting on October 18, 2018 and recommended approval of the proposed adjustments by a unanimous vote; and WHEREAS,based on the foregoing, City Council desires to amend Chapter 26 of the City Code to adjust the scope and rate of the PIFs as set forth herein. NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows: Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes any and all determinations and findings contained in the recitals set forth above. Section 2. That Section 26-284 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended to read as follows: Seca 26-284. - Sewer plant investment fees and surcharges established. -1- (a) The schedule of sewer plant investment fees, subject to the exceptions and additional requirements provided in this Section, is as follows: ........... ................... Category SPIF A Single-family Per $3,537 dwelling .............. - Per each dwelling I B and C Duplex and Multi-family unit or $2,588 mobile home space I D, E, F Non-residential and Industrial .......... Water meter size (inches) Fee Fee % $7,518 —--------- 111,553 -- ---------------.......- 1'/2 $31,728 -__ -� 2 _T_ $65,813 ........... Calculated on an individual basis based on peak wastewater 3 and above flow(determined in the manner set forth hereinafter) but not less than the charge for a two- inch meter Same as equivalent category, GT User outside plus any special sanitation district fees Determined pursuant to H Special Subsection(d) of this Section -2- (d) The amount of the plant investment fee and surcharge for each nonresidential surcharged user, users in Category H and any user that is expected to generate greater than its proportionate share of peak day flow at the treatment plant for the applicable category (including both contributed wastewater volume and volume related to infiltration and inflow), shall be calculated utilizing the following formula: SPIT = Site Flow x [Flows + (BOD x BOD$) + (TSS x TSS$)] + I&I Flow x [Flows + (200 mg/l x BOD$)+(250 mg/I x TSS$)] !Where: Plant investment fee for Category H users and users discharging wastewater with average concentrations of SPIF = BOD and/or TSS which exceed those average concentrations which are set forth in §.26-282(b) under Category E-34 Site The user's proportionate share of peak day flow at the = treatment plant based on site flow discharge from Flow user's site i That proportionate share of peak day flow due to �l I&I = infiltration and inflow as allocated to user's site flow 46.5% Flow discharge. I&I Flow is calculated based on Site Flow multiplied by i Unit cost of facilities attributable to treating Flows = Per Gallon $9.19 wastewater flow Average BOD concentration for user category or jBOD = measured BOD concentration for the user as determined in accordance with Subsection(c)of this Section, but not less than 200 mg/1 BOD$ = Unit cost of facilities attributable to treating BOD Per mg/1 $0.0143 Average TSS concentration for user category or TSS measured TSS concentration for the user as determined in accordance with Subsection(c)of this Section, but I not less than 250 mg/1 TSS$ = Unit cost of facilities attributable to treating TSS Per mg/1—� $0.0114 -3- (f) For purposes of this Section, the proportionate share of peak day flow at the treatment plant for users in Categories D, E and F shall be deemed to be Water Meter Peak Flow(gallons per day) Size (inches) 3/4 491 1,081 2,072 ._ .. . .. 2 4,298 Calculated on an individual basis based on user's proportionate share of peak 3 and day flow at the treatment plant (including both contributed wastewater volume greater and volume related to infiltration and inflow) but not less than the peak day flow for a two-inch meter Section 4. That the modifications set forth above shall be effective for all fees paid on or after January 1, 2019. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 4th day of December, A.D. 2018, and to be presented for final passage on the 18th day of December, A.D. 2018. Mayor ATTEST: SEAL City Ole C�LORAGO -4- Passed and adopted on final reading on the 18th day of December, A.D. 2018. Mayor ATTEST: Fogrco ' '_ti city cl •SEAL H COLORp�O -5-