Title
Adopt a Resolution to Amend Title 6, Chapter 4 of the San Leandro Administrative Code Amending Fees and Charges for Wastewater Discharge for FYs 2026-2030
Staffreport
COUNCIL PRIORITY
* Infrastructure
SUMMARY
The Water Pollution Control Division (WPC) initiated a sewer rate study to determine the fiscal requirements to maintain high quality service, repair aging infrastructure, and meet regulatory requirements. Staff, upon the direction of the City Council and in compliance with Proposition 218, mailed a notice to all property owners within the City's sewer service area of the proposed rate increases, and opened the required 45 day protest period. If fewer than half of the property owners submit protests to the increase, Council may raise the sewer rates to the specified amounts.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the resolution to amend the sewer service rates to the amounts shown in Attachment A Exhibit A for Fiscal Years 2026-2030 if there is no majority protest.
BACKGROUND
The City's wastewater infrastructure serves about 60,000 residents and businesses in the northern two-thirds of the City. The system includes 125 miles of collection system pipelines, 12 lift stations, and a Water Pollution Control Plant (WPCP) that processes an average of about 5 million gallons per day of wastewater. Because of the preponderance of business and industrial users, the WPCP receives some of the strongest wastewater in the Bay Area and processes this water to exceed stringent requirements set by state and federal regulating agencies.
Proposition 218 requires that sewer rates be justified by expenses incurred in the collection and processing of wastewater, including capital expenses and reserve requirements. The City worked with Bartle Wells Associates, a public finance consulting firm with expertise in the areas of utility rates and finance, to analyze all financial data from the wastewater enterprise fund including operating expens...
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