HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2012-090RESOLUTION NO. 2012-090
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA ASSESSING CERTAIN DELINQUENT
SEWER SERVICE CHARGES AS RECORDED LIENS UPON
THE RESPECTIVE OWNER OCCUPIED PARCELS OF LAND
AND APPROVING PLACEMENT OF DELINQUENT
CHARGES ON THE NEXT REGULAR TAX BILL FOR
COLLECTION
WHEREAS, Chula Vista Municipal Code Section 13.14.150 allows delinquent sewer
service charges to be assessed as recorded liens upon the affected properties and ultimately
placed on the property tax bills for collection; and
WHEREAS, the ordinance states that upon notification of the property owners, a public
heazing is set for sewer service accounts which are over sixty days delinquent; and
WHEREAS, at the hearing, the City Council considers the delinquent accounts together
with any objections or protests by interested parties; and
WHEREAS, at the conclusion of the hearing, the City Council may either approve the
delinquency and amount owed on the accounts as submitted or as modified or corrected by the
City Council; and
WHEREAS, many of these property owners have gone through this lien process
previously as they continue to leave their sewer service accounts unpaid; and
WHEREAS, these property owners have been notified of their delinquencies within the
last sixty days, were notified of the public hearing and were again asked to pay their delinquent
sewer service charges to avoid a lien being placed on their property; and
WHEREAS, staff is recommending that the City Council approve the final list of
delinquent sewer service accounts as submitted, and that these charges be forwazded to the
County and assessed as recorded liens on the respective owner occupied parcels of land and
ultimately placed on the next regular tax bill for collection.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Chula
Vista does hereby: (1) conduct the public hearing to consider assessing certain delinquent sewer
service charges as recorded liens on the affected properties, (2) overrule any and all protests or
objections presented at the public hearing; and (3) approve, with respect to the delinquent
account list submitted to the City Council and on file in the City Finance Department, assessing
delinquent sewer service charges as recorded liens upon the respective parcels of land and the
placement of such delinquent charges as special assessments on the next corresponding regular
tax bills, unless cleazed prior to transmittal of the delinquent account list to the County.
Resolution No. 2012-090
Page No. 2
Presented by
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Maria achadoorian
Director of Finance/Treasurer
Approved as to form by
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 22nd day of May 2012 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Aguilar, Bensoussan, Castaneda, Ramirez and Cox
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
Cheryl Cox, Mayo
ATTEST:
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Donna R. Norris, CMC, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO
CITY OF CHULA VISTA
I, Donna R. Norris, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2012-090 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
regulaz meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 22nd day of May 2012.
Executed this 22nd day of May 2012.
Donna R. Norris, CMC, City Clerk