RESOLUTION NO. _____________

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA

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RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF SCA 12 (TORKALSON AND YEE), STORMWATER AND URBAN RUNOFF SERVICE FEES

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RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo, State of California, that

WHEREAS, increasingly strict regulation of pollutants from stormwater and urban runoff has significantly increased the costs faced by local agencies responsible for controlling those pollutants; and

WHEREAS, local agencies find themselves caught between the need to expend large amounts of money on stormwater runoff management; and Proposition 218’s prohibitively high requirements for approving fees to fund those efforts, and

WHEREAS, the California Constitution, with the exception of fees or charges for sewer, water, and refuse collection services, conditions the imposition or increase of a property-related fee or charge upon approval by either a majority vote of the owners of the properties subject to the fee or charge or, at the option of the agency imposing the fee or charge, by a 2/3 vote of the voters residing in the area affected by the fee or charge; and

WHEREAS, this measure would additionally exclude fees and charges for stormwater and urban runoff management from these approval requirements for the imposition or increase of a property-related fee or charge;

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED AND ORDERED that the Board of Supervisors by adoption of this resolution supports SCA 12 (Torkalson and Yee), Stormwater and Urban Runoff Service Fees.

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