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City Hall, Council Chamber City of Santa Rosa 100 Santa Rosa Avenue Santa Rosa, CA 95404 City Council Special Meeting Minutes - Final Monday, September 17, 2018 5:00 PM SPECIAL MEETING 1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL Vice Mayor Rogers called the meeting to order at 5:03 p.m. Present: 5 - Vice Mayor Chris Rogers, Council Member Ernesto Olivares, Council Member John Sawyer, Council Member Tom Schwedhelm, and Council Member Jack Tibbetts Absent: 2 - Mayor Chris Coursey, and Council Member Julie Combs 2. PUBLIC COMMENT - NONE. 3. PUBLIC HEARINGS 3.1 PUBLIC HEARING - PLACEMENT OF ANNUAL STORM WATER ENTERPRISE CHARGES ON THE SONOMA COUNTY PROPERTY TAX ROLL UNLESS THOSE CHARGES DO NOT MEET THE COUNTY MINIMUM OF $10 AND/OR PARCEL OWNER CONTACT INFORMATION IS KNOWN TO BE INCORRECT BACKGROUND: The City of Santa Rosa was required under the federal Clean Water Act to obtain and comply with a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) and Waste Discharge Requirements for Discharges from the Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (Storm Water Permit). To comply with permit requirements and to control and reduce flooding, property damage, erosion, and storm water quality degradation in the City, the Council, in 1996, added Title 16 to the City Code, which created a Storm Water Enterprise and Utility (“Storm Water Enterprise”) as an agency of the City. Under Title 16, the City Council was authorized to prescribe and collect charges (special assessments) for the services and facilities of the enterprise. The Council’s intention to collect the Storm Water Enterprise charges on the Sonoma County Property Tax Roll was stated in Resolution 22880, which levied the annual charges. RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the Water Department that City of Santa Rosa Special Meeting Minutes Page 2 of 3 City Council Special Meeting Minutes - Final September 17, 2018 the Council, by resolution, adopt by 2/3 vote the Storm Water Enterprise Charge Report and approve placement of the Storm Water Enterprise charges on the Sonoma County Property Tax Roll to be collected by the Sonoma County Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector at the same time and in the same manner as Sonoma County property taxes are collected, unless those charges do not meet the County minimum of $10 and/or parcel owner contact information is known to be incorrect. Attachments: Staff Report Resolution Presentation Public Hearing Notice Vice Mayor Rogers opened the public hearing at 5:09 p.m. PUBLIC COMMENT Duane DeWitt requested funds for restoring Roseland Creek. Seeing no one else wishing to speak, Vice Mayor Rogers closed the public hearing at 5:12 p.m. Council Member Combs joined the meeting at 5:10 p.m. A motion was made by Council Member Schwedhelm, seconded by Council Member Sawyer, to waive reading of the text and adopt: RESOLUTION NO. RES-2018-159 ENTITLED: RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ROSA APPROVING AND ADOPTING REPORT FOR PROPOSAL TO PLACE STORM WATER AND DRAINAGE CHARGES ON SONOMA COUNTY PROPERTY TAX ROLL FOR COLLECTION WITH COUNTY PROPERTY TAXES - FISCAL YEAR 2018-2019 AND ORDERING THAT CITY'S ANNUAL STORM WATER ENTERPRISE CHARGES BE COLLECTED ON THE SONOMA COUNTY PROPERTY TAX ROLL UNLESS THOSE CHARGES DO NOT MEET THE COUNTY MINIMUM OF $10 AND/OR PARCEL OWNER CONTACT INFORMATION IS KNOWN TO BE INCORRECT The motion carried by the following vote: Yes: 6 - Vice Mayor Rogers, Council Member Combs, Council Member Olivares, Council Member Sawyer, Council Member Schwedhelm, and Council Member Tibbetts City of Santa Rosa Special Meeting Minutes Page 3 of 3 City Council Special Meeting Minutes - Final September 17, 2018 Absent: 1 - Mayor Coursey 4. ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING Hearing no further business, Vice Mayor Rogers adjourned the meeting at 5:16 p.m. The next regularly scheduled meeting will take place on September 25, 2018, at a time set by the Mayor. Approved on: October 30, 2018 /s/ Daisy Gomez,City Clerk