Title
Adopt a Resolution to Approve and Authorize the City Manager to Execute a Consulting Services Agreement with HF&H Consultants, LLC for Implementation of a Proposition 218 Voting Process for Proposed Stormwater Rates for $203,350 Budgeted in Account 598-58-006 in Fiscal Year 2024
Staffreport
COUNCIL PRIORITY
* Fiscal Sustainability
SUMMARY
At the April 3, 2023 City Council meeting, staff provided a presentation on the status of the Stormwater Fund. At the conclusion of the presentation, the City Council directed staff to proceed with finalizing a new stormwater rates study and to proceed with a Proposition 218 voting process. Given the legal framework of Proposition 218 and the Proposition 218 Omnibus Implementation Act, staff is desirous of engaging HF&H Consultants, LLC (HF&H) as qualified experts in the field of conducting this process.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution to approve and authorize the City Manager to execute a Consulting Services Agreement with HF&H for implementation of a Proposition 218 voting process for $203,350 that is proposed in Account 598-58-006 for fiscal year 2024.
BACKGROUND
When established in 1993, the Stormwater Fund was intended to provide a funding source for San Leandro's costs to comply with the provisions of the Stormwater Program, supporting activities related to stormwater pollution control, stormwater system maintenance, and improvement and repair of the infrastructure. Additional activities paid for by the fund and required by the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit include public information/education, street sweeping, elimination of illicit discharges and connections, new development and construction site controls, and implementation of an inspection program for industrial and commercial properties.
Unfortunately, the Fund was established without an inflation factor. In the intervening years, in addition to increased labor costs, the State ...
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