City Council

12C. SETTING OF PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ESTABLISHING A SEWER USER\nRATE FOR SEWER SERVICES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025/26 THROUGH FISCAL\nYEAR 2029/30\nOn September 10, 2024, the City Council approved a professional services agreement\nwith Willdan Financial Services (“Willdan”) to complete a sewer rate study to assist the\nCity with developing cost-based sewer rates to fund the maintenance and capital\nimprovement program for the City’s sewer system from Fiscal Years 2025/26 through\n2029/30. Staff is seeking City Council approval of the Comprehensive Sewer Utility Rate\nStudy report (“study”) (Attachment A). If the City Council approves the recommended\nfees, then City staff will return the final report for City Council approval and adoption at a\npublic hearing on June 10, 2025.\nRECOMMENDED ACTION:\n1. City Council find that this item is not subject to California Environmental Quality Act\n(“CEQA”) pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the activity will not result in a direct or\nreasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment) and 15060(c)(3)\n(the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA Guidelines,\nCalifornia Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it has no potential for\nresulting in physical change to the environment, directly, or indirectly); and\n2. Approve the Comprehensive Sewer Utility Rate Study report; and\n3. Set the public hearing for Tuesday, June 10, 2025 at 6:30 p.m., to receive public\ncomment regarding the proposed sewer rates.