DATE: June 4, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Water Utilities Department
TITLE: INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 29 OF THE OCEANSIDE CITY CODE TO ESTABLISH WASTEWATER SYSTEM CAPACITY BUY-IN FEE ADJUSTMENTS AND INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 37 OF THE OCEANSIDE CITY CODE TO ESTABLISH WATER SYSTEM CAPACITY BUY-IN FEE ADJUSTMENTS
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that the City Council introduce an ordinance amending Chapter 29 of the Oceanside City Code to establish wastewater system capacity buy-in fee adjustments; introduce an ordinance amending Chapter 37 of the Oceanside City Code to establish water system buy-in fee adjustments; and direct staff to implement the capacity buy-in fee adjustments.
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
The Oceanside Water Utilities Department (Department) provides water and wastewater services to residential, commercial, industrial, and institutional customers throughout the City. These services are delivered through a complex network of infrastructure that includes treatment plants, pump stations, lift stations, and an extensive water distribution system and wastewater collection system of pipelines and appurtenances.
Customers who require a new service connection for water and sewer services (essentially, a new or upsized meter, not an existing connection that is being taken over) provided by the Department must pay the appropriate water and/or wastewater capacity buy-in fees. These fees account for the cost of providing the necessary capacity to provide service, as well as a pro-rated portion of the cost of building the water and wastewater systems to avoid shifting these new burdens to existing rate payers.
The Department recently secured the services of Carollo Engineers to update these fees, which have not been updated since 2015. The final fee study from Carollo Engineers supporting the revised fees is Attachment D to this staff report. To comply with Government C...
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