HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2011-034 stored water credits surcharge MARANA RESOLUTION NO. 2011-34
RELATING TO UTILITIES; REQUESTING THE CITY OF TUCSON TO INCLUDE A STORED
WATER CREDITS SURCHARGE IN THE WATER RATES CHARGED TO TUCSON WATER
CUSTOMERS WITHIN THE TOWN LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF MARANA
WHEREAS the City of Tucson provides water service to certain areas within the town limits
of the Town of Marana; and
WHEREAS the Town of Marana and the City of Tucson entered into an intergovernmental
agreement dated December 5, 2000, and recorded in the Pima County Recorder's office on
December 13, 2000 at Docket 11444, Page 1792 (the "2000 IGA "); and
WHEREAS paragraph 6.2 of the 2000 IGA requires the Town of Marana to transfer long-
term storage credits ( "Stored Water Credits ") to the City of Tucson to cover water usage attributable
to Tucson Water customers who are located in Marana and connected after the effective date of the
2000 IGA; and
WHEREAS paragraph 6.4 of the 2000 IGA provides for the City of Tucson to include, upon
the Town of Marana's written request, a Stored Water Credits surcharge in the water rates charged to
Tucson Water customers within the Marana town limits; and
WHEREAS the Stored Water Credits surcharge established by this resolution provides
reasonable cost - recovery to the Town of Marana based on the town's current actual costs attributable
to the transfer of Stored Water Credits to the City of Tucson as required under the 2000 IGA; and
WHEREAS the 2000 IGA was extended and remains in force and effect pursuant to an
amendment recorded in the Pima County Recorder's office on May 21, 2010 at Docket 13814, Page
4119 (the "2010 Amendment "); and
WHEREAS the 2000 IGA and the 2010 Amendment benefit all Tucson Water customers in
Marana by assuring the continued availability of water connections for new and expanded
development within the Tucson Water service area.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Mayor and Council of the Town of Marana,
Arizona, as follows:
SECTION 1. The Town of Marana hereby requests the City of Tucson to include a Stored
Water Credits surcharge of eight cents per hundred cubic feet ($0.08 /ccf) in the water rates charged
to Tucson Water customers within the town limits of the Town of Marana, in accordance with
paragraph 6.4 of the 2000 IGA.
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SECTION 2. The Town's Utilities Director is hereby directed to transmit a copy of this
resolution to the City of Tucson as the Town of Marana's formal written request under paragraph 6.4
of the 2000 IGA.
SECTION 3. The various Town officers and employees are authorized and directed to
perform all acts necessary or desirable to give effect to this resolution.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF
MARANA, ARIZONA, this 1 day of March, 2011.
Mayor Ed onea
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