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Atascadero council adopts higher one-time sewer capacity charge to help fund wastewater plant
Summary
After a public hearing, the Atascadero City Council voted unanimously to increase the one-time sewer capacity charge from $6,769 to $8,856 per equivalent dwelling unit to help pay for treatment-plant upgrades and growth-related system improvements; the new rate takes effect 60 days after adoption.
The Atascadero City Council voted unanimously to raise the city’s one-time sewer capacity charge from $6,769 to $8,856 per equivalent dwelling unit (EDU), a change staff said is needed to help pay for existing system replacement and future wastewater treatment-plant work.
City staff presented the change at a public hearing and said the charge combines the value of existing assets with a prorated share of future capital improvement projects (CIP). Public Works Director Debar described the charge as a development-impact style fee: “These are one-time charges ... based upon equivalent dwelling units. That is the average peak flow from a single-family home,” he told the council.
The city’s wastewater rate study produced the new per-EDU figure. Debar said the…
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