HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2003-472RESOLUTION NO. 2003-472
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CfI'Y OF
CHULA VISTA ASSESSING DELINQUENT SOLID WASTE
SERVICE CHARGES AS RECORDED LIENS UPON THE
RESPECTIVE PARCELS OF LAND AND APPROVING
PLACEMENT OF DELINQUENT CHARGES ON THE NEXT
REGULAR TAX BILL
WHEREAS, in November 1998, the City Council amended the Municipal Code to
eliminate suspension of solid waste service as a remedy for failure to pay mandatory solid waste
service charges; and
WHEREAS, to ensure that all residents pay their fair share of the costs of this program,
Chapter 8.24 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code allows for delinquent solid waste service
accounts to become a continuing lien upon the property served and also charged to the property
owner on the next regular tax bill as a special assessment; and
WHEREAS, after assignment of the delinquent account to the City for collection by the
franchise, and if the property owner has not paid the full amount of the delinquent solid waste
service charge within fifteen days after the mailing of a "Final Notice of Delinquency", a public
hearing shall be set to review and confirm the delinquent account before placing a lien and
special assessment on the property; and
WHEREAS, at the hearing, the City Council is to consider 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, the account status and property ownership on these accounts have been
verified by both Pacific Waste and staff; and
WHEREAS, property owners were notified of their delinquencies through a series of past
due notices sent by Pacific Waste until they were ultimately submitted to the City for collection;
and
WHEREAS, staff has notified property owners of the public hearing and has requested
that they pay delinquent solid waste service charges before said hearing to avoid property liens;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council held the required public hearing and considered any and all
protests and objections presented; and
WI~REAS, staff is recommending that the City Council approve the final listing of
delinquent sewer service accounts as submitted and that these charges be forwarded to the
County for placement on the next regular tax bill for collection.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED the City Council of the City of Chula Vista
does hereby (1) overrule any and all protests or objections presented at the public hearing and (2)
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approve, with respect to the delinquent account list presented by staff and on file in the office of
the City Clerk, assessing delinquent solid waste service charges as liens upon the respective
parcels of land and the placement of such delinquent charges as a special assessment on the next
corresponding regular tax bill, unless cleared prior to transmittal of the delinquent account list to
the County.
Presented by
Mafia Kflchadoorian
Financ74 Director
Approved as to form by
Ann Moore
City Attorney
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 18th day of November, 2003, by the following vote:
AYES:
Councilmembers:
Davis, McCann, Rindone, Salas and Padilla
NAYS:
Councilmembers: None
ABSENT:
Councilmembers:
None
Susan Bigelow, CMC, City-Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Susan Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2003-472 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 18th day of November, 2003.
Executed this 18th day of November, 2003.
Susan Bigelow, CMC, City Clerk