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Section 2. Section 3.44 of the Redlands Municipal Code, entitled "Sewer Capital Improvement Fund," is hereby amended to read as follows: "3.44.030: CHARGES: The specific amounts of the sewer capital improvement charges shall be approved by the City Council and shall be paid as a condition of issuing building permits, or other City approved entitlement, as determined within the sole discretion of the City, for buildings containing plumbing fixtures and required to have new sewer services tapping into the City's sewage system or increasing flow into the City's sewer system as estimated by the City. The charges shall be those in effect on the date the permit is issued or as such other entitlement issued by the City. 3.44.040: ADJUSTMENT OF CHARGES: On July 1 of each fiscal year, the City's Finance Director, in coordination with the City's Municipal Utilities and Engineering Director, shall make annual adjustments to the specific amounts of the sewer capital improvement fees adopted by the City Council by a percentage equal to the percentage change in the construction cost index of the Engineering News-Record's-"Construction Cost Index" - twenty (20) cities annual average for the preceding twelve (12) month period. The purpose of this adjustment is to offset the effects of inflation related construction cost increases or any deflation related decreases. If this index should cease publication, the Finance Director shall use any appropriate official index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, or similar agency as may then exist or may then be most nearly equivalent thereto." Section 3. Section 3.48 of the Redlands Municipal Code, entitled "Water Capital Improvement Fund," is hereby amended to read as follows: "3.48.030: CHARGES: A. Except as otherwise provided for in this section, the water capital improvement fees shall be approved by the City Council and shall be paid as a condition of approval of an application for a new water connection or, for any property or use having an existing water connection and which is increasing its water demand on the City's utilities system, as a condition of issuance of any building permit, business license, or other entitlement from the City associated with the change in the property or use that is causing such increased demand. The charge due shall be that charge in effect on the date the application for a connection is approved or on the date the entitlement authorizing the increased demand is issued. All water capital improvement charges shall be deposited into the City's Water Capital Improvement Fund. 3.48.040: ADJUSTMENT OF CHARGES: On July 1 of each fiscal year, the City's Finance Director, in coordination with the City's Municipal Utilities and Engineering Director, shall make annual adjustments to the specific amounts of the water capital improvement fees approved by the City Council by a percentage equal to the percentage change in the construction cost index of the Engineering News-Record's "Construction Cost Index" - twenty (20) cities annual average for the preceding twelve (12) month period. The purpose of this adjustment is to offset the effects of inflation related construction cost increases or any deflation related decreases. If this index should cease publication, the Finance Director shall 2 I:\Ordinances\Nos 2900-2999 in Word\2962 Amending RMC Relating to Open Space and Park Fees Sewer Captital Improvement Fund (Adoption).docx-ms