CCWD sewer capacity charge - Vallecito / Douglas Flat

“Kevin Williams, along with consultant Shawn Koorn from HDR, presented the revised La Contenta Wastewater capacity fee study. They recommended increasing the fee from $15,902 to $21,719 to ensure new developments appropriately contribute to growth-related infrastructure costs.”

“A capacity charge is a one-time charge that is collected from new customers or developers when they connect to an existing system or increase the demand on the system.”

“Schedule A, Capacity Charge Table 1 | Service Area ... Vallecito/Douglas Flat”

2006-09-27

“Calaveras County Water District / Adjustments to Fee Schedules / As of July 1, 2026 / Ordinance 2006-03, dated Sept 27, 2006 / Ordinance 2020-01, dated Dec 9, 2020 / Ordinance 2021-01, dated Sept 22, 2021 / Ordinance 2022-01, dated March 9, 2022 / Ordinance 2026-01, dated March 25, 2026”

Ordinance 2006-03

“Calaveras County Water District / Adjustments to Fee Schedules / As of July 1, 2026 / Ordinance 2006-03, dated Sept 27, 2006 / Ordinance 2020-01, dated Dec 9, 2020 / Ordinance 2021-01, dated Sept 22, 2021 / Ordinance 2022-01, dated March 9, 2022 / Ordinance 2026-01, dated March 25, 2026”

other: all fees are to be paid prior to the installation of services

“It is important to keep in mind that all fees are to be paid prior to the installation of services and that the District is to inspect all work.”

Calaveras County Water District, the agency that levies it

“Unlike some communities where water and wastewater operations are administered by a city or county, CCWD stands as an independent public agency. The County and CCWD have a cooperative agreement where CCWD is responsible for the inspection of the water and sewer service from the property line to the building.”

“In the past, property owners who paid into AD-604 were charged a capacity fee for new connections that excluded AD-604 assets to ensure they were not charged twice for the same assets.”

“Mr. Korn stated the next steps would be publishing the Ordinance within 10 days of adoption, staff will continue outreach to members of the community, new fees would take effect May 8, 2022, and capacity fees would be adjusted annually every July 1st by the ENRCCI index as stated in the original Ordinance.”