Label
DPU031919STORMWATERBILLING/IMPERVIOUS SURFACEMAPPINGPHASE1
Division of Engineering Services
Christy Soncrant (x2851)
Revised
Title
Authorizing the appropriation of $450,000 from the unappropriated balance of the Stormwater Utility Improvement Fund and operating transfer of same to the Stormwater Utility Operating Fund; authorizing the appropriation and expenditure in an amount not to exceed $450,000 from the unappropriated balance of the Stormwater Utility Operating Fund; authorizing the mayor to enter into a contract with Woolpert, Inc. for the completion of the Stormwater Billing update and Impervious Surface Mapping Phase 1; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The Stormwater Utility charges a stormwater fee for properties with impervious surfaces within the City of Toledo. Residential Customers (single family homes and duplexes) are billed at a flat rate of 1 Equivalent Residential Unit (ERU), while non-residential customers are billed based on a measurement of the impervious surfaces on their property. The impervious surface of each non-residential property was digitally traced (digitized) into GIS using an aerial photo background to obtain the square footage. These measurements have been updated manually as the city has become aware of site improvements or measurement errors on individual parcels, however, there has not been an overall review or update of the billing measurements for the entire city.
This ordinance appropriates funds for phase one of a two phased project to ensure consistent and fair stormwater billing to all City of Toledo residents. This phase will review the current policies for stormwater billing, perform impervious surface mapping using remote sensing technology, and update the City's Equivalent Residential Unit (ERU) database. Phase 2 of this project will merge the ERU database and the City of Toledo Billing database (SAP), along with including a process and procedure to keep the two databases in sy...
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