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RESOLUTION NO. 3070
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, FIXING AND ESTAB-
LISHING RATES AND CHARGES FOR WATER SERVICE
IN SAID CITY AND RESCINDING RESOLUTIONS NOS.
3011 AND 3032.
WHEREAS, Chapter 14.04 of the "E1 Segundo Municipal
Code" fixes, adopts, and establishes the rules and regulations
for the service of water from the waterworks system of the city;
and
WHEREAS, Section 14.04.060 of said Chapter 14.04 of
the "E1 Segundo Municipal Code" authorizes the rates and charges
for water service to be fixed and established by resolution;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL
SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA. DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The following rates and charges for water
services from the municipal waterworks system of the City of
El Segundo are hereby fixed and established as follows:
(A) GENERAL RATES. General rates shall be as follows:
(1) For meters billed each month, monthly
minimum charges:
FOR the first 500 cubic feet (14.15 cubic meters):
Meter Size
5/8 x 3/4 inch
3/4 inch
1 inch
1 -1/2 inch
2 inch
3 inch
4 inch
6 inch
8 inch
10 inch
12 inch
16 inch
20 inch
24 inch
meter
meter
meter
meter
meter
meter
meter
meter
meter
meter
meter
meter
meter
meter
Scheduled Charges for
Water Commencing 8 -1 -81
$ 3.50
3.50
5.25
7.70
10.15
18.50
42.50
63.75
101.25
150.00
216.00
393.00
504.00
615.00
FOR water used in excess of the first 500 cubic feet
(14.15 cubic meters):
Per 100 cu. feet----------- - - - - -- 0.38
Per cu. meter ----------- - - - - -- 0.13418
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• (2) For meters billed each two months,
bimonthly minimum charges:
FOR the first 1,000 cubic feet (28.30 cubic meters):
Meter Sizes
Scheduled Charges for
Water Commencing 8 -1 -81
5/8 x 3/4 inch meter ----------- - - - - -- $
3/4 inch meter ----------- - - - - --
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1 -1/2
2
3
4
6
8
10
12
16
20
24
inch
inch
inch
inch
inch
inch
inch
inch
inch
inch
inch
inch
meter
meter
meter
meter
meter
meter
meter
meter
meter
meter
meter
mutter
7.00
7.00
10.50
15.40
20.30
37.00
85.00
127.50
202.50
300.00
432.00
786.00
1,008.00
1,230.00
FOR water used in excess of the first 1,000 cu. ft
(28.30 cu. meters):
Per 100 cu. feet---------- - - - - -- 0.38
Per cu. meter ----------- - - - - -- 0.13418
(3) Where two or more meters are installed
in a battery or manifold the service connection size
shall be used for computing the minimum charges and
the consumption charges shall be based on the combined
total readings of all meters in the battery or manifold;
(4) For water used exclusively for agricultural
purposes, the general rates therefore shall be three
dollars and fifty cents and seventy percent of the
scheduled charges of this section.
(B) CONSTRUCTION RATES. Construction rates shall
be as follows:
(1) Water used on construction jobs, other
• than pipeline trenching, shall be metered and the cost
shall be one and one -half times that set forth under
the general rates cost;
(2) Upon application for service a charge
of twenty -five dollars shall be made for the initial
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meter installation and an additional charge of twenty -
five dollars shall be made for each meter relocation;
(3) A returnable deposit of two hundred
dollars for each meter must be made upon application
for service, which deposit shall secure the payment
to the City of any damage suffered and of charges for
• water served and which has not otherwise been paid.
(C) FIRE SERVICE STANDBY RATES. Fire service standby
rates per month shall be as follows:
Size of Connection Scheduled Charges
2
inches ------------
- - - - -- $ 2.20
3
inches ------------
- - - - -- 3.30
4
inches ------------
- - - - -- 4.40
6
inches ------------
- - - - -- 6.60
8
inches ------------
- - - - -- 8.80
10
inches ------------
- - - - -- 11.00
12
inches ------------
- - - - -- 13.20
provided however, that the fire service standby rate shall
not apply to fire services which supply buildings that are
fully protected by automatic sprinkler systems.
(D) WATER LIFELINE RATE -- APPLICATION. A fifty percent
discount on all charges for the first 1,000 cubic feet or
28.30 cubic meters of water used bi- monthly shall be made
available to any resident sixty -two years of age or older
who makes application for such discount and meets the fol-
lowing requirements:
(1) Applicant must be a resident and user of
the water service at the address specified on the appli-
cation and service must be in the name of the applicant;
(2) Applicant's combined adjusted gross income
• (as used for purposes of the California personal income
tax law) of all members of the household in which they
reside must be ten thousand dollars or less for the prior
calendar year;
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(3) The water meter must be for residential use
and shall be limited to 1 -inch or smaller size.
Applications for Lifeline rates shall be renewed
on an annual basis. Renewal applications shall be accepted
by the Director of Finance from April 1 through April 30
of each year.
(E) UNMETERED WATER RATES. For water used through
an unmetered City fire hydrant, a charge shall be made to
cover the cost of the water used and employees' wages.
The charge shall be $30 for turning the hydrant on and off
and the first ten minutes of flow. An additional charge
of one dollar shall be made for each minute after the initial
ten minutes. Any use of water from a fire hydrant other
than by the City shall be subject to the foregoing charge.
SECTION 2. The type of water delivered to a particular
location is determined by the point of delivery of the Metro -
politan Water District of various quantities and qualities of
water and no water consumer shall be entitled to demand delivery
of another or different type of water as it is not practicable
to deliver to a water consumer a type or kind of water such
consumer selects.
SECTION 3. The charges established by this resolution
shall apply to all bills issued on or after August 1, 1981.
SECTION 4. Resolutions Nos. 3011 and 3032 are rescinded.
SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage
and adoption of this resolution; shall enter the same in the
book of original resolutions of said city; and shall make a
minute of the passage and adoption thereof in the records of
• the proceedings of the City Council of said city, in the minutes
of the meeting at which the same is passers and adopted.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 19thday of May , 1981.
ATTEST:
Mayor of the city of El Segundo,
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City Clerk California
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I, VALERIE A. BURROWES City Clerk of the
City of El Segundo, California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the
whole number of members of the City Council of the said City is
five; that the foregoing resolution, being Resolution No, #3070
was duly passed and adopted by the said City Council, approved
and signed by the Mayor of said City, and attested by the City
Clerk of said City, all at a regular meeting of the said Council
held on the 19th day of May , 19 8L
and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Armstrong, Bue, Johnson
Siadek, and Mayor Van Vranken
NOES: Councilmen None
ABSENT: Councilmen None
WITNESS MY BAND AND THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF SAID
CITY this 1st day of June 19 81
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City Clerk of the City of El Segundo,
California