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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 132-2023 RESOLUTION NO. 132 -2023 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME ESTABLISHING A PUBLIC HEARING DECEMBER 4, 2023, AT 7:00 P.M. ON PROPOSED FIVE-YEAR RATES FOR SOLID WASTE SERVICES 2024-2028 WHEREAS, the City of Burlingame is a member of the South Bayside Waste Management Authority Joint Powers Authority (SBWMA), the purpose of which is to provide cost -effective waste reduction, recycling, and solid waste collection and disposal programs to member agencies; and WHEREAS, under the SBWMA Joint Powers Agreement, each member agency sets its own solid waste rates for residential and commercial customers; and WHEREAS, City staff has reviewed the various cost components attributable to its solid waste services, which determine the revenue required from customers in Burlingame for the subsequent rate year; and WHEREAS, the SBWMA Board approved Recology San Mateo County’s Compensation Application for rate year 2024 and recommended a rate increase; and WHEREAS, the City completed a five-year rate study to project the cost of solid waste services from 2024 through 2028; and WHEREAS, the five-year rate study projects that increases in rates will be necessary in each year from 2024 through 2028 due to increases in the costs of solid wa ste collection, transfer, transport, processing, recycling, composting, and disposal; and WHEREAS, the City will offset necessary rate increases by using rate stabilization reserves in the City’s Solid Waste Fund; and WHEREAS, Chapter 8.16.040 of the Burlingame Municipal Code provides that the City Council shall establish fees and charges for the administration of solid waste services; and WHEREAS, to comply with the requirements of Proposition 218, a public hearing shall be conducted, with written notice to each owner at least 45 days prior to the public hearing; and WHEREAS, the proposed rates for 2024 through 2028 in the draft Proposition 218 notice shown in Exhibit 1 have been calculated in accordance with the projected cost of providing solid waste services, after accounting for the use of rate stabilization reserves. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DETERMINE, AND FIND AS FOLLOWS: A public hearing on the proposed solid waste rates for the City of Burlingame is hereby set for December 4, 2023 at 7:00 p.m., before the City Council of the City of Burlingame. The meeting will be held in the Council Chambers located at 501 Primrose Road, Burlingame, California . Members of DocuSign Envelope ID: 7C7374FD-B781-4BEC-9FB9-0B8AA697884A the public may view the meeting either in-person or by logging into the Zoom meeting through the link published within the meeting agenda on the City’s website, or by accessing the meeting by phone. The various methods of accessing the public hearing are posted on the City’s website: www.burlingame.org. At the public hearing, the City Council will receive testimony and evidence; and interested persons may submit written comments before or at the public hearing, or they may be sent by mail or delivered to the City Clerk, 501 Primrose Road, Burlingame, CA 94010. Oral or written protests may be made at the hearing. To count in a majority protest against the proposed rates, a protest must be in writing and submitted to the City Clerk at or before the close of the public hearing on December 4, 2023. A written protest may be withdrawn in writing at any time before the conclusion of that public hearing. Each written protest shall identify the property’s service address. If the person signing the protest is not show n on the official records of the City of Burlingame as the owner of the property, then the protest shall contain or be accompanied by written evidence that the person is a solid waste ratepayer on record for the property. Any written protest as to the regularity or sufficiency of the proceeding shall be in writing and clearly state the irregularity or defect to which objection is made. If at the conclusion of the public hearing, there are of record written protests by a majority (50% or more) of the owners or customers, as to the proposed solid waste rates for the calendar year s 2024 through 2028, the City Council may not approve the proposed rates and the current rates will remain in effect. Further information regarding the proposed rates and procedures for filing a written protest may be obtained from the City Clerk, City Hall, 501 Primrose Road, Burlingame, California, phone 650 -558- 7203. Staff is instructed to provide notice by mail to each record owner of all service addresses in the City of Burlingame in accordance with the requirements of California Constitution Article XIIID (Proposition 218) at least 45 days in a dvance of the public hearing. _______________________ Michael Brownrigg, Mayor I, Meaghan Hassel-Shearer, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 16th day of October 2023, and was adopted thereafter by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers: BEACH, BROWNRIGG, COLSON, ORTIZ, STEVENSON NOES: Councilmembers: NONE ABSENT: Councilmembers: NONE ____________________________ Meaghan Hassel-Shearer, City Clerk DocuSign Envelope ID: 7C7374FD-B781-4BEC-9FB9-0B8AA697884A