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RESOLUTION NO. 16- A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON AUTHORIZING STAFF TO SUBMIT AN OUT -OF -AREA SERVICE AGREEMENT APPLICATION TO LAFCO FOR PROPERTIES ALREADY CONNECTED TO CITY SEWER AND /OR WATER UTILITIES WHEREAS, effective 2001, California law has required that the City make an application to the Alameda County Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCo) for an Out -of -Area Service Agreement (OASA) before connecting any property outside the city limits to city sewer and /or water utilities; and WHEREAS, when making an application for an OASA to LAFCo at their meeting on September 11, 2014 for a property located in unincorporated Happy Valley, it was discovered that many properties within the Happy Valley area have been connected to the City utilities without the requisite OASA in place; and WHEREAS, during the research of utility billing records to determine when the connections were made, staff discovered many properties had connected post 2001, and that this situation was not confined to the Happy Valley area, but also included properties in the Remen Tract and in unincorporated areas west of Foothill Road; and WHEREAS, City staff presented these findings to LAFCo staff, who in turn took the information to the LAFCo Board on July 9, 2015; and WHEREAS, the LAFCo Board directed their staff to work with City staff to retroactively approve the connections made to date; and WHEREAS, City staff, in working with LAFCo staff, has prepared the required application materials to retroactively process the OASAs for the properties already connected; and WHEREAS, the application requires that City Council adopt a resolution authorizing the application be submitted to LAFCo; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE, AND ORDER THE FOLLOWING: SECTION 1: Staff is authorized to submit an Out -of -Area Service Agreement application to LAFCo for properties already connected to City sewer and /or water utilities. SECTION 2: The $10,500 LAFCo fee shall be covered through an allocation from the General Fund Unallocated Reserve SECTION 3: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions. SECTION 4: This resolution shall become effective immediately upon its passage and adoption.