City Council Special Meeting

JC Martinezstaffyou mayor council as stated the appropriation resolutions are needed for the general capital wastewater transit stormwater utility cable old town transportation tax debt service and the American Rescue Plan Act also known as the ARPA fund in order to implement the FY 2026 budget the amounts contained are in the attached resolutions are pending approval of the final FY 2026 adoption council action will be taken during the budget adoption portion or agenda item 3e at the end of towards the end of this meeting happy to answer any questions are

Shinneberryclerkcouncilmember Hall aye councilmember Amos Motion passed unanimously Next items a consideration of an ordinance amending chapter 102 article 5 section 102-203 203 and parents B of the code of the city of Fairfax Virginia to set the rate for stormwater utility service furnished by the city At thirty four dollars thirty cents per BU and parents billion it a six point zero percent increase I'll recognize JC Martinez chief financial officer to provide the staff presentation

JC MartinezstaffThank You mayor council the city stormwater utility fund initial rate was at $28.80 per fill-in unit and was said at a time that the stormwater's utility was created on December 14th, 2021. This action is to set the rate at $34.30 per fill-in unit, a 6% increase for calendar year beginning January 1, 2025. User fees are expected to generate stormwater utility revenue of approximately $3.2 million or an increase of $183,279. annual stormwater credits given back to the residents are equal about a hundred and thirty thousand dollars per year happy to answer any questions are

Thomas PetersonAnd I guess my question becomes, with the use of funds that are collected here in the stormwater utility, what is the opportunity for targeting them to reduce runoff in these areas where the cost associated with runoff is pretty significant and where we may actually be investing in cost avoidance. And we might, as a consequence, have an opportunity to take a second look at how we're targeting funds. Can you just elaborate a little bit? And those two areas, I'm sure, are not the only ones that are affected by this kind of runoff, where the price tag associated with the runoff is pretty high.

Well, maybe hold that point. different than that but I understood is there's pretty significant runoff events that occurred watershed based from the hill behind and any event I guess the big question here is maybe this is a city-wide question to what extent are we targeting the use of these stormwater utility funds for hot spots or areas that are most in need in terms of avoided cost of runoff

Speaker 6the flood mitigation and flood resiliency portion of the CIP in the stormwater utility addresses some localized flooding one is the Mosby Woods condominium community. We're also recommending in the FY26 budget a flood study of the Accutink corridor from Fairfax Boulevard to Pickett Road that impacts the area adjacent to the small area plan. Those types of projects are targeted specifically at areas where we know that there are flood issues.

Stacey Hardy-ChandlerIs there a motion councilmember Hardy Chandler I move to enact an ordinance amending and readopting chapter two 102 article 5 section 102 dash 203 be setting the rate per building unit to be used in the calculating the stormwater utility fee for the calendar year beginning January 1 2025 at $34.30 is

Stacey Hardy-ChandlerI move to adopt the general fund the capital capital fund wastewater fund stormwater utility fund cable grant fund old town service district fund transit fund transportation tax fund debt service fund and ARPA fund FY 26 budgets as presented by the city manager together with proposed FY 2026 schedule of rates and levies the FY 2026 to 2030 capital improvement program, the FY26 health benefit contribution rates, a 2.0 percent merit increase effective January 1, 2026 for eligible general-scale employees, and the programmed annual STEP increase for public safety employees who were moved to the STEP system. Is

approve the appropriation resolutions for the general capital, wastewater, transit, stormwater utility, cable, Old Town, transportation tax, debt tax, and ARPA funds for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, reflecting all changes approved as part of the FY2026 budget adoption immediately prior to this action. Is there a second?