DATE: March 12, 2019
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control District Schedule of Drainage Costs and Fees and Storm Drainage and Flood Control Master Plan
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Adopt Resolution amending the Schedule of Drainage Costs and Fees for local drainage areas and Storm Drainage and Flood Control Master Plan pursuant to Section 17.64.050 of the Fresno County Ordinance Code.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will meet the County's Ordinance Code requirement to annually review and approve the amendment of the Schedule of Drainage Costs and Fees for the funding of planned drainage facilities of the Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control District (District). This update of the fee schedule is an Implementation Policy of the Fresno County General Plan. This item pertains to all districts within the Fresno/Clovis Metropolitan Area
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Your Board could vote not to adopt the recommended resolution and determine that the 2018 Drainage Fee Schedule rates are sufficient and direct Department of Public Works and Planning staff to continue to collect fees based upon the existing rates. However, failure to amend the Master Schedule of Drainage Costs and Fees to reflect the District's recently adopted 2019 Drainage Fee Schedule, effective March 1, 2019, may result in the District collecting insufficient revenue to implement the full build-out of the Storm Drainage and Flood Control Master Plan improvements.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact to the County. The schedule of drainage costs and per gross acre fees are calculated to raise the revenue necessary to pay the estimated costs of local drainage facilities in each local drainage area. Drainage fees paid, pursuant to Section 17.64.050 of the Fresno County Ordinance Code (Drainage Fee Ordinance) are deposited by the District into a separate trust fund. The monie...
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