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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - April 19, 1993 Page - 28 - PUBLIC HEARINGS (continued) Council Member Kerr said it appears that the other cities appear to only be charging fees for their actual costs to meet the Federal and State requirements, but San Leandro is adding the current cost of street storm drain operation, maintenance, and renewal and replacement and asked why San Leandro is doing that and replacing General Fund costs with this program. Mr. Taylor said the costs of the street sweeping program currently paid by the General Fund will be replaced with the Enterprise Fund, including the inspection program of the storm drains. He said TV inspections have never been made in the past for pollutants, followup, etc. , and that portion will be included in the program, but not the existing cost of storm drains. He said the program will include existing street sweeping, additional storm drain work, additional inspections of commercial/industrial property, public information, and additional work by Engineering and Development for new development and construction control programs. Council Member Kerr said the ordinance the Council passed says the Fund will be paying for the maintenance, upkeep, and replacement. Mr. Taylor said the City Attorney gave the City plenty of latitude, and almost all of the other cities have that. He said the City of Alameda's first year program included about $8.00 put into a fund for construction; this year it's all going into the Clean Water Program. He said just because something is in the enabling ordinance does not mean it's included in this budget. Council Member Kerr asked for an explanation of the $135,000 assessment for San Leandro's share of the General Program. Mr. Taylor said the County Program has different consultants doing parts of the program, and they prepared an estimate for San Leandro for 1993-94 of $1 ,079,424. He said his budget was close to this. He said the General Program for Alameda County is $2,838,558; San Leandro's portion is $137,954, which represents 50% area/50% population, and includes the overall management of the program, working with the State Regional Board, on-going, storm event monitoring programs, staffing of committees, and the overall public information program. Council Member Myers asked for further clarification on the $1 ,030,000. Mr. Taylor said it is composed of $135,000 for the City's portion of the General Program, which has, until recently, been paid by Flood Control ; commercial/industrial inspections, the costs of which were formerly funded by Flood Control ; illicit discharge and connection of storm drains, which is a new program; and the total cost of street sweeping, roadside litter cans, and leaf removal , a portion of which had historically been funded out of the General Fund. He said, during the Task Force process, it was identified that these services were not eligible for cuts because they are mandated, not discretionary, so the costs are being put into this program.