City Council

10B. PUBLIC HEARING RELATIVE TO PLACING THE ANNUAL SEWER SERVICE\nCHARGE FOR SEWER SERVICES ON THE PROPERTY TAX ROLL FOR FISCAL\nYEAR 2023/24\nOn August 8, 2017, the City held a noticed public hearing in compliance with\nProposition 218 and adopted the Annual Sewer Service Charges for Fiscal Years\n2017/18 through 2022/23 with Ordinance No. 1068. The approved rates include a 3.5%\nincrease annually for Fiscal Years 2018/19 through 2021/22. A new sewer service rate\nstudy is on hold pending the completion of the City’s Sewer Master Plan Update project.\nTherefore, staff is recommending no change to the Annual Sewer Service Charge\ncollected for Fiscal Year 2023/24. The purpose of this noticed public hearing is to\nconfirm 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 2023/24. The Sewer Service\nCharge Report (“Report”) prepared by the Consultant identifies each parcel subject to\nthe Annual Sewer Service Charge for Fiscal Year 2023/24 (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\n15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378(b)(4) of the\nCEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it\nhas no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly, or\nindirectly); and\n2. Conduct a public hearing concerning the placement of the Annual Sewer Service\nCharge on the property tax roll for Fiscal Year 2023/24; and\n3. Adopt Resolution No. 2023-14, directing the Orange County Auditor-Controller to\nplace the Annual Sewer Service Charge on the property tax roll for Fiscal Year\n2023/24, entitled:\n“A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF STANTON,\nCALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING RATES FOR THE ANNUAL SEWER\nSERVICE CHARGE FOR SEWER SERVICES FOR FISCAL YEAR\n2023/24”.