HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2024-213RESOLUTION NO. 2024-213
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA ASSESSING CERTAIN DELINQUENT SEWER
SERVICE CHARGES AS RECORDED LIENS UPON THE
RESPECTIVE PARCELS OF LAND AND PLACEMENT OF
DELINQUENT CHARGES ON THE NEXT REGULAR
PROPERTY TAX BILL FOR COLLECTION BY THE COUNTY
TREASURER-TAX COLLECTOR
WHEREAS, Chula Vista Municipal Code Section 13.14.150 allows delinquent sewer
service charges, including all penalties, interest and administrative fees to be charged to the
property owner, assessed as a recorded lien upon the affected parcel and ultimately placed on the
next regular property tax bill for collection; and
WHEREAS, Section 13.14.150 requires the City to hold a public hearing, no sooner than
seven days after a sixty-day delinquency period has passed, with at least ten days advance notice
mailed to affected property owners, notifying them of the time and place of the public hearing and
that failure to pay the delinquent account may result in a lien upon the affected parcel and the
amount owed ultimately charged to the property owner on the next regular tax bill; and
WHEREAS, Section 13.14.150 authorizes City staff to charge an administrative processing
fee to offset the costs incurred in administering the provisions of the public hearing and lien
assessment processes, as applicable, and designated in the master fee schedule to include the Lien
Recording Fee, Recorded Item Non-Payment Penalty, Lien Payoff Demand Letter Fee and Lien
Release Fee; and
WHEREAS, Staff has identified certain properties for which sewer service charges are
over sixty days delinquent and that account status and property ownership have been verified, and
that property owners have been notified of the delinquencies through a series of notices and
notified of the time and place of the public hearing and is recommending that the City Council
approve the list of delinquent sewer service accounts as submitted and that these charges be
submitted to the County Assessor’s Office as recorded liens on the respective parcels of land and
ultimately placed on the next regular property tax bill for collection by the County Treasurer -Tax
Collector.
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 list
of delinquent sewer service accounts presented to the City Council for this matter, as recorded
liens on the affected parcels; (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 and t he
placement of such delinquent sewer service charges as special assessments on the next
corresponding regular property tax bills, unless cleared prior to transmittal of the delinquent
account list to the County Treasurer-Tax Collector; and (4) approves the assessment of applicable
administrative fees in association with the staff costs of recording, processing and release of the
liens and recovery of fees imposed by the County as per the Master Fee Schedule.
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Resolution No. 2024-213
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Presented by Approved as to form by
Sarah Schoen Marco A. Verdugo
Director of Finance/ Treasurer City Attorney
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 12th day of November 2024 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Chavez, Gonzalez, Morineau, Preciado, and McCann
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
John McCann, Mayor
ATTEST:
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Kerry K. Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2024-213 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a regular
meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 12th day of November 2024.
Executed this 12th day of November 2024.
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
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