§ 24-451. Findings.

The City Council of the City of Cartersville, Georgia makes the following findings:

(a)

The professional engineering and financing analysis (Stormwater Management Action Plan) submitted to the city properly assesses and defines the stormwater management problems, needs, goals, program priorities and funding opportunities of the city.

(b)

Given the problems, needs, goals, program priorities, and funding opportunities identified in the professional engineering and financing analysis, it is appropriate to authorize the formation of an organizational and accounting entity dedicated specifically to the management, maintenance, protection, control, regulation, use, and enhancement of stormwater systems in Cartersville in concert with other water resource management programs.

(c)

Stormwater management is applicable and needed throughout the corporate limits of Cartersville. While specific service and facility demands may differ from area to area at any given point in time, a stormwater management service area encompassing all lands and water bodies within the corporate limits of Cartersville is consistent with the present and future needs of the community.

(d)

The stormwater needs in the City of Cartersville include but are not limited to protecting the public health, safety, and welfare. Provision of stormwater management programs and facilities renders and/or results in both service and benefit to all properties, property owners, citizens, and residents of Cartersville in a variety of ways as identified in the professional engineering and financial analysis. The service and benefit rendered or resulting from provision of stormwater management systems and facilities may differ depending on many factors and considerations, including but not limited to location, demands and impacts imposed on the stormwater systems and programs, and risk exposure.

(e)

The City of Cartersville presently owns and operates stormwater management systems and facilities which have been developed over many years. The future usefulness of the existing stormwater systems owned and operated by the city, and of additions and improvements thereto, rests on the ability of the city to effectively manage, protect, control, regulate, use, and enhance stormwater systems and facilities in Cartersville in concert with the management of other water resources in the city. In order to do so, the city must have adequate and stable funding for its stormwater management program operating and capital investment needs.

(f)

The mayor and city council finds, concludes and determines that a utility provides the most practical and appropriate means of properly delivering and funding stormwater management services in Cartersville.

(Ord. No. 75-06, § 1, 11-2-06)