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Home My WebLink AboutCC 1987-05-28 Agendas I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS CITY COUNCIL AGENDA MAY 28, 1987 For the Special Meeting conducted at the North Richland Hills City Hall Pre-Council Chambers, 7301 Northeast Loop 820, at 7:.00 p.m. The below listed items are placed on the Agenda for discussion and/or action. NUMBER ITEM ACTION TAKEN 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call 3. GN 87-39 Wholesale Wastewater Contract between the City of North Richland Hills and the City of Fort Worth 4. GN 87-40 Adopting Wastewater Access Fees, Ordinance No. 1459 5. Adjournment Following the Special Meeting there will be a Work' Session with the City Council and Mr. Worth Blake, Worth Blake & Associates. Items for Discussion 1. Phase I Economic Development Program I I '!"':('-~ '.'1i'''~ ". '""". """;!/'~'~~;r:';¡>".,~,,,~,,,, '~"...,,.,,. ." ~~<" Vk '\' ,. .: !'or. <..c··.··. ,. . !,:"':';!f.;' '''''''''",'''-'''.''''¡''':''_.'!'._ CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS Department: Utility - Council Meeting Date: 5-28-87 Subject: Wholesale Wastewater Contract Between the City of North Richland Hills and the City of Fort Worth Agenda Number: GN 87-39 Copies of the final contract with the City of Fort Worth were distributed on May 11th at the regular Council meeting. Since these contracts are so long and bulky we are not recopying them for this meeting. However, if anyone needs another copy of this contract the Utility Administration will be glad to furnish a copy. The staff feels that this contract is a good contract for everyone concerned and is alot better than the old contract. It is estimated that the City of North Richland Hills will save quite a bit of money on the surcharging under the new contract. The way the old contract surcharging was structured, the City of North Richland Hills was paying a premium for high strength sewage discharges. In other words, you had an allowable amount if you did not exceed this allowable amount the high strength and the volume surcharge was not billed to the City. Because of the make up of the City we could not avoid high strength discharges and therefore, we would pay a high surcharge each and every month. There are cities that stay under the allowable amount and also cities that did not have metering stations so they could not be tested for high strength and these cities did not pay for any surcharging. However, under the new contract the high strength surcharge starts at 0 up for each and every city and each and every city whether they have metering stations or not will be tested at least once a year and will pay on that test for that year. The old contract provided that if you were surcharged for high strength then you had a volume surcharge. The new contract does not have the volume surcharge. The new contract provides for the same methodology for future rate increases as was used for this rate structure that we are going on at the present time. I have enclosed with this cover sheet a copy of how the new rates are structured. Also, the new contract beginning June 1st is for a period of 30 yearsl The ¡ following is how the rate is structured. The volume charge per 1,000 gallons of discharge is $ 0.3374. The BOD strength is $ 0.0683 per pound of BOD. The suspended solid charges are $ 0.0417 per pound of TSS. The monthly billing charge is $27.00 per metering station. If there are questions~concerning this contract please let us know ánd we ~ill have the answèrs that might be needed for you~ Finance Review Source of Funds: Bonds (GO/Rev.) Operating Budget Other WO ~ ' Pia~ .. - ._ __ e K!It ß-Y Department Head Signature ity Manager CITY COUNCIL ACTION ITEM Acct. Number Sufficient Funds Available . Finance Director Page 1 of 2 ';;'-J;:-',,-"? I I I I I I I I I I I I '...t>""..·"j' 1-~:'t{:0~~:~f'~~-š~~~~ R ";~\W~""~\~~"'i'~f"i"".'''~c'if\'·'··'· ,'.. .. /.""". "'~'V'·'···' . ',," """~)'¡~." "''',e,' t,»<: ;;',.;,"";' ,'F, .....,... ,.. s """'" .' --,: '-:, ~·~-·".:'·'>f'-;; t:;_ '/~-;,_;" Recommendation: The staff recommends approval of the wastewater contract between the City of Fort Worth and the City of North Richland Hills for a period of 30 years beginning June l, 1987. CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS ~-~_"'''''->'r_. r---,;"'-~':'< ,~~,:.,: ,:.:> -"--;~-':'_ j'~'---:~.; -_._;,_,.__\:~:~: __' .<~;: __ .. __--:; ."_'_ '"___: ::<¿'__':_ '.' '_".:~_'" , '~A'y'r'7!"'~'" >'}~~~..;~~';""r'!",~,:,)"~.",·~\.c. , '»'" ''f''',..'«>.'.c,c,··.·, I CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS Utility 5-28-87 - Council Meeting Date: Approval of Ordinance #1459 Adopting Wastewater GN 87-40 Acce~::> Fe~~ ' Agenda Number: A copy of this proposed ordinance was distributed at the May 11th, meeting and an add it i ona 1 COPJI is a ttached hereto. This ordinance adopts wastewater system access fees beginning June 1, 1987 on all new construction including residential, commercial and industrial. It will also be applied when water service is upsized at existing buildings. Although the proposed ordinance is required by the City of Fort Worth to be adopted, the new wastewater contract provides that we will pay fees to the City of Fort Worth in the amounts based on the schedules that are attached. The staff recommends that, rather than charging the entire City a rate that would provide for payment of these fees to the City of Fort Worth, that new construction should pay these costs as proposed in the attached ordinance which is similar to the one that Fort Worth adopted. These fees will be phased in on a percentage basis over a peri~d of five years as follows: for the remainder ofFY 86-87 we will collect 20% of the system facility access fees, 40% for FY 87-88, 60% for FY 88-89, 80% for FY 89-90 and 100% in FY 90-91 (as outlined in Table I & II of the attached ordinance). Recommendation: Approval of Ordinance #1459 requiring wastewater access fees is recommended. Finance Review Acct. Number Sufficient Funds Available ¡eJ CITY COUNCIL ACTION ITEM , Fmance Director P~"A 1 nf 1 I -- I I I I I I I . I I I I I I I Ie I ORDINANCE NO. 1459 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 381, "WATER AND SEWER" POLICIES OF THE CITY CODE OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, AS AMENDED, BY PROVIDING FOR AND ESTABLISHING WASTEWATER SYSTEM FACILITY ACCESS FEES; MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE OF PRIOR ORDINANCES; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PROVISIONS OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR ENGROSSMENT AND ENROLLMENT; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of North Richland Hills, Texas deems it necessary and proper and in the best interests of the citizens of North Richland Hills to promote the safe, orderly and healthful development of land; and, WHEREAS, substantial economic development and increasing population within the region has placed a burden on the Fort Worth and North Richland Hills wastewater facilities and has caused a need to expand these facilities; and, WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of North Richland Hills must endeavor to provide long-range solutions to the wastewater needs of the citizens of the City_of North Richland Hills in accordance with the City's Master Plan; and, WHEREAS, in accordance . with and in the exercise of the powers afforded to the City of North Richland Hills under Article 974a and Article 1175, V.A.T.S. there are hereby established wastewater system facility access fees for certain uses. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS: That Ordinance 381 of the Code of the City of North Richland Hills is hereby amended by adding a Section entitled "Wastewater System Facility Access Fees", and shall be as follows: SECTIDN I. DEFINITIONS When used in this section, these terms shall be defined as follows: "BUILDING PERMIT": A permit required by the City for the construction of any new dwelling or building. "CITY": City of North Richland Hills, Texas. "COMMERCIAL": Any customer served by a single meter or meters that is engaged in any type of business, except the processing, fabrication, or manufacturing of any goods or products and any type of dwelling unit. "COMMERCIAL-MULTIPLE UNIT": Any customer that has a single meter or meters serving more than one business per meter and/or three or more dwelling units per meter. I -- I I I I I I I -- I I I I I I I 1- I "DIRECTOR": The Director of the Water Department of the City of North Richland Hills, or his authorized representative. "GENERAL BENEFIT FACILITY": Wastewater facilities that provide utility services and benefits common to all customers of the utility; this includes wastewater treatment plants, control systems and appurtenances, and all major collectors and interceptors that are eighteen inches (l8") and greater in diameter. "INDUSTRIAL": Any customer served by one or more water meters whose sewage contains wastewater from a product fabricated, processed, or manufactured by the customer. "INDUSTRIAL-MONITORED CLASS": Any customer determined by the Director to be a producer of any sewage having a suspended solids or B.D.D. content which 'is significantly in excess of that found in normal sewage, but is otherwise acceptable into the city sanitary sewerage system. "INITIAL WASTEWATER SERVICE": The first wastewater service to be provided at a specific property location. "LIVING AREA": The enclosed area of a dwelling that does not include garages, carports, and outside patios or porches. "METER": A device that measures the quantity of water used. The types of meters used herein are those described in the American Water Works Association C700 through C703 and M6 Standards. "PUBLIC UTILITY": Any person, firm, corporation, cooperative corporation, or any combination of these persons or entities including a municipal corporation, water supply or sewer service corporation, or other political subdivision of the __state, or their leasees, trustees, . and receivers, owning or operating for compensation equípment or facilities for the provision of potable water to the public or for the collection and treatment of sewage for the public, but does not include any person or corporation not otherwise a public utility that furnishes the services only to itself or its employees or tenants as an incident of that employee's service or tenancy when that service is not resold to or used by others. "RESIDENTIAL": Any customer living in a dwelling having the necessary living facilities for one unit that is served by a single water meter. This class also includes a duplex dwelling where no more than two living units are supplied water through a single meter. -2- I SECTION 2. ~ I SYSTEM FACILITY ACCESS FEE I No person, firm, corporation or other entity shall be entitled to initial wastewater service until payment of the appropriate system facility access fee as set forth in Section 3 hereof. Payment of the system access fee is required as a condition precedent to establishing initial wastewater service. All other conditions for initiating service, such as deposit requirements, tap fees, extension agreements, and service charges as covered elsewhere in the City Code and are in addition to the system access fee. I Prior to the initial connection of any building, structure, premises, or lot after the effective date of this ordinance to the City's wastewater system, the owner of that building, structure, premise or lot shall pay the system facility access fee as established in Section 3, such fee to be paid in cash prior to the issuance of the building permit. I I SECTION 3. I SCHEDULE OF FEES I A. The System Facility Access Fees for the Residential Class using a 5/8 x 3/4 inch water meter shall be those as set out in Table I below. . TABLE I I Living Area (sq. ft.) Wastewater System Access Fee $ I Under 1000 1001-1200 l20l-l400 1401-1600 l60l-l800 1801-2000 Over 2000 88 102 ll6 130 144 158 172 I I B. The System Facility Access Fees for all other customer classes and the Residential Class using a water meter larger than the 5/8 x 3/4 inch meter shall be those as set out in Table II on the following page. 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The full amount of the fees set out in this ordinance) as amended from time-to-time through cost-of-service based studies) will be phased-in gradually as specified below: For City of North Richland Hills Fiscal Year Beginning October 1st: Percentage of System Facility Access Fee in Effect During Fiscal Year to be Charged: WASTEWATER 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% SECTION 4. PRIVATE AND PUBLIC FACILITIES If any property within or without the City's corporate limits utilizes a water well, a septic tank, or an individual waste disposal system and the property owner requests to be connected to the City's wastewater system, the customer shall be assessed the fee established by this ordinance before the property is connected to the City's wastewater system. Should the property owner request only a wastewater connection while retaining a private water well, the appropriate fee to be assessed will be determined by the Director of the Water Department. A System Facility Access Fee will not be assessed to any property which is receiving service from a wastewater treatment plant owned by a public utility when such public utility is acquired by the City and connected into the City's wastewater system. SECTION 5. CLARIFICATIONS AND DETERMINATIONS Where a question arises as to the classification of a customer's service class and/or the appropriate meter size, the Director shall make the determination in accordance with the existing City Code as of the date the question arises. Any customer shall have the right to request in writing from the Director an interpretation or clarification of the basis upon which a system facility access fee was assessed. -5- I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I SECTION 6. INCREASING SIZE OF METER If a customer requests an increase in meter size to an existing service, the customer shall pay the fee difference between the new level of service and the existing level of service as set out in Section 3 hereof. The additional fee shall be paid prior to the installation of the enlarged meter service. A request for additional sewer connections for improved property shall not result in the assessment of an additional System Facility Access Fee so long as no increase in the size of the water meter is made. SECTION 7. DEDICATED FUNDS The System Facility Access Fees, together with all interest derived therefrom, that are generated by this Ordinance shall be deposited into two dedicated funds to be used solely for the financing of the construction, design, inspection, and other related expenses of general benefit wastewater capital improvement projects. A separate dedicated fund shall be established for receipt of proceeds from sewer customers of the City whose sewer is treated by the City of Fort Worth. A separate dedicated fund shall be maintained by the City for sewer customers whose sewer is not treated by the City of Fort Worth. SECTION 8. It is intended that the fees collected by this ordinance will be utilized in a timely manner to provide additional capacity of general benefit facilities. For purposes of this ordinance, timely utilization of fees is determined to mean the encumbrance of funds for general benefit contracts within five (5) years from the date of the receipt of a fee. In the event that such proceeds are not encumbered within five years of date of receipt, such fees will be refunded to the present property owner upon written request. SECTION 9. No system facility access fee shall be assessed an application for initial wastewater service provided: -6- I -- I I. all approach and on-site mains and facilities are in place and final inspection has been conducted and accepted by the Water Department; 2. such application for the initial wastewater service is presented to the City on or before May 1, 1987. I SECTION lO. I This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances and of the Code of the City of North Richland Hills, Texas, as amended, except where the provisions of this ordinance are in direct conflict with the provisions of such ordinances and such Code, in which event conflicting provisions of such ordinances and such Code are hereby repealed. I SECTION ll. I It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be peclared unconstitu- tional by the valid judgment of decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section. I I . SECTION 12. I The City Secretary of the City of North Richland Hills is hereby dirécted to engross and enroll this ordinance by copying the caption of this Ordinance in the minutes of the City Council and by filing the ordinance in the ordinance records of the City. I SECTION 13. I This ordinance shall be in full force and effect May I, 1987 and it is so ordained. I PASSED AND APPROVED this day of ,l987. I Mayor I ATTEST: I Ie I City Secretary APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGAL ITY : City Attorney -7-