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price rentals for additional uses thereafter. As discussed, these rental rates are based <br />upon the market rate for renting similar types of facilities within the same geographic <br />area. <br /> <br />The proposed fees were presented to the Parks, Recreation and Community Services <br />Commission on May 24, 2017, and were supported. <br /> <br />Public Works Services Fees <br />Most Public Works Services fees are based upon the actual cost of materials and staff <br />time dedicated to providing each service. Fees related to Backflow Administration are <br />recommended to decrease to the full cost, while the Water Meter fees are <br />recommended for increase to more accurately offset the costs associated with the cost <br />of meters and staff time involved in installing the meters. For the Main Tapping fee, <br />there are currently flat fees for different meter sizes. However, the study revealed that <br />the labor costs vary too greatly for a flat or fixed fee. Therefore, staff recommends <br />assessing the fee on an hourly basis to recover the full cost. <br /> <br />The study also revealed the hourly rate charged for the EV charging station is slightly <br />under-recovered for Level II charging stations. Therefore, staff recommends adjusting <br />the fee to $2.00/hour. It is important to note that the EV charging station hourly rate is <br />similar to parking meter rates and is not subject to user fee regulations. <br /> <br />One proposed new fee is an administrative fee for backflow prevention assemblies <br />when a customer fails to respond to the City’s notice to test the device and then <br />receives a termination notice. The fee captures the additional staff time involved in <br />administering the termination process. <br /> <br />Another proposed new fee is to cover the cost of performing industrial and commercial <br />stormwater inspections previously provided by the San Mateo County Environmental <br />Health Division. The City is required by the Municipal Regional Stormwater Permit <br />(MRP) to conduct regular stormwater inspections of industrial and commercial facilities <br />and report to the Regional Water Quality Control Board. The San Mateo County <br />Environmental Health Services Division has provided inspection services on behalf of <br />the City since 1996 to comply with Provision C.4 of the MRP under a Memorandum of <br />Agreement (MOA). However, the Environmental Health Services Division notified cities <br />with MOAs of its intent to terminate stormwater inspection agreements on December <br />31, 2017, due to staffing and cost concerns. The Division is currently not fully recovering <br />the cost of implementing the existing MOA through the fees charged to businesses. <br />Going forward, the City will be required to conduct or otherwise provide for an estimated <br />7.A. - Page 7