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ORDINANCE NO. 3096-08 An ORDINANCE establishing water and filtration rates for inside and outside City customers, rates for wholesale master meters, rates for sewer service, and surface water management and repealing Ordinance No. 2805-04 (EMC 14.16.710), Ordinance No. 2804-04, Ordinance No. 2190- 96, Resolution No. 3568 and amending Ordinance No. 2366-99 (EMC 14.04.020) WHEREAS, Ordinance 2805-04 was adopted on November 24, 2004 establishing current water and filtration rates for Everett water customers; and WHEREAS,the 2008 water cost of service study has been completed; and WHEREAS,to cover the cost of service, a general rate increase for retail and wholesale metered accounts and flat rate accounts is necessary to cover operations, maintenance and capital expenditures; and WHEREAS,Utilities staff has been working closely with wholesale customers regarding a demand charge for certain wholesale customers, Utilities recommends that a meter charge be added to wholesale water charges for West of the Snohomish River wholesale customers; and WHEREAS, the Washington State Department of Health has adopted Water Use Efficiency Rules that require all end users of municipal water systems with more than 1,000 connections to be metered in the next 10 years; and WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 2804-04 was adopted on November 24, 2004 establishing current sewer service and surface water management rates; and WHEREAS, the City of Everett City Council finds that increased sewer service and surface water charges are necessary to meet NPDES permit requirements as ordered by the Department of Ecology, continue to aggressively maintain sewer and surface water infrastructure, and expand system capacity, and an increase in septage dumping rates is necessary to reflect the severe loadings put on Everett's Water Pollution Control Facility by septage discharges; and WHEREAS, the City of Everett Council finds that it is necessary and conducive to the protection of the public health, safety, welfare and convenience of the citizens of the City of Everett to collect charges from all users who contribute wastewater to the City's sewer collection and treatment system. The proceeds of such charges so derived are to be used for the purpose of operating, maintaining, and improving, including debt service the City's sewer system and surface water and drainage systems. 1