City Council

10B. PUBLIC HEARING RELATED TO PLACING THE ANNUAL SEWER SERVICE\nCHARGE FOR SEWER SERVICES ON THE PROPERTY TAX ROLL FOR FISCAL\nYEAR 2026/27\nOn June 10, 2025, the City held a noticed public hearing in compliance with Proposition\n218 and adopted the Annual Sewer Service Charges for Fiscal Years 2025/26 through\n2029/30 with Ordinance No. 1068. Council adopted new annual sewer service rates on\nJune 10, 2025 based on the Comprehensive Sewer Utility Rate Study report that was\napproved by Council on March 25, 2025. The second year of the newly-adopted five year\nsewer rates will become effective July 1, 2026. The purpose of this noticed public hearing\nis to confirm the report prepared by the City’s consultant Harris & Associates and to seek\nCity Council approval to request the Orange County Auditor-Controller place the Annual\nService Charge on the property tax roll for Fiscal Year 2026/27. The Sewer Service\nCharge Report (“Report”) prepared by the Consultant identifies each parcel subject to the\nAnnual Sewer Service Charge for Fiscal Year 2026/27 (Exhibit A of Attachment A).\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. Conduct a public hearing concerning the placement of the Annual Sewer Service\nCharge on the property tax roll for Fiscal Year 2026/27; and\n3. Adopt Resolution No. 2026-31, directing the Orange County Auditor-Controller to\nplace the Annual Sewer Service Charge on the property tax roll for Fiscal Year\n2026/27, entitled:\nCALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING RATES FOR THE ANNUAL SEWER\nSERVICE CHARGE FOR SEWER SERVICES FOR FISCAL YEAR\n2026/27.”