City Council

10A. PUBLIC HEARING RELATIVE TO PLACING THE ANNUAL SEWER SERVICE\nCHARGE FOR SEWER SERVICES ON THE PROPERTY TAX ROLL FOR FISCAL\nYEAR 2024/25\nOn August 8, 2017, the City held a noticed public hearing in compliance with Proposition\n218 and adopted the Annual Sewer Service Charges for Fiscal Years 2017/18 through\n2022/23 with Ordinance No. 1068. The approved rates include a 3.5% increase annually\nfor Fiscal Years 2018/19 through 2021/22. A new sewer service rate study has been on\nhold pending the completion of the City’s Sewer Master Plan Update project. Therefore,\nstaff is recommending no change to the Annual Sewer Service Charge collected for Fiscal\nYear 2024/25. The purpose of this noticed public hearing is to confirm the report prepared\nby the City’s consultant, Harris & Associates, and to seek City Council approval to request\nthe Orange County Auditor-Controller place the Annual Service Charge on the property\ntax roll for Fiscal Year 2024/25. The Sewer Service Charge Report (“Report”) prepared\nby the Consultant identifies each parcel subject to the Annual Sewer Service Charge for\nFiscal Year 2024/25 (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 2024/25; and\n3. Adopt Resolution No. 2024-25, directing the Orange County Auditor-Controller to\nplace the Annual Sewer Service Charge on the property tax roll for Fiscal Year\n2024/25, 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\n2024/25”.\nJune 25, 2024