HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2017-155RESOLUTION NO. 2017-155
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 THE 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, Section 13.14.150 requires the City to hold a public hearing, no sooner than
seven days after the sixty-day delinquency period has passed,. with advance notice to be mailed
to the affected property owners, notifying them that failure to pay the delinquent account will
result in a lien upon the property bill and the amount owed will be charged to the property owner
on the next regular tax bill; and
WHEREAS, City staff has identified certain properties for which the sewer service
charges are over sixty days delinquent; and
WHEREAS, many of the property owners have gone through this lien process previously
as they continue to leave their sewer service accounts unpaid; and
WHEREAS, the property owners have been notified of their delinquencies within the last
sixty days, were notified of the time and place 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 forwarded to the
County and assessed as recorded liens on the respective parcels of land and ultimately placed on
the next regular tax bill for collection; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has held the requisite public hearing and considered the
delinquent accounts together with any objections or protests presented by interested parties; and
WHEREAS, at the conclusion of the hearing, the City Council approved the delinquency
and amount owed on the accounts as submitted.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula
Vista, that it: (1) has considered assessing certain delinquent sewer service charges, as detailed in
the final list of delinquent sewer service accounts presented to the City Council for this matter,
as recorded liens on the affected properties; (2) has heard and overruled any and all protests or
objections presented at the public hearing on this matter; and (3) approves, 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
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and the placement of such delinquent charges as special assessments on the next corresponding
regular tax bills, unless cleared prior to transmittal of the delinquent account list to the County.
Presented by
Approved as to form by
David Bilby, MSBA, CPO 5At
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Director of Finance/Treasurer e
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 8th day of August 2017 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Aguilar, Diaz, McCann, Padilla,-and-Salas
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
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Mary .Jds, Mayor�
ATTEST:
Kerry K igelo , MMC, Acting City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO
CITY OF CHULA VISTA
I, Kerry K. Bigelow, Acting City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Resolution No. 2017-155 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council
at a regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 8th day of August 2017.
Executed this 8th day of August 2017.
Kerry K. I
elow,JN4MC, Acting City Clerk