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RESOLUTION NO 2006-228
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA APPROVING CERTAIN DELINQUENT
SEWER SERVICE CHARGES TO BE ASSESSED AS
RECORDED LIENS UPON THE RESPECTIVE OWNER-
OCCUPIED PARCELS OF LAND, AND AUTHORIZING
PLACEMENT OF DELINQUENT CHARGES ON THE NEXT
REGULAR TAX BILL
WHEREAS, in order to adequately protect the City's interest in delinquent sewer service
charges and ensure that collection efforts are directed towards the responsible property owners in
the event of a change in ownership, staff is recommending approval of liens against affected
properties as a preliminary action to placing the delinquencies on the property tax rolls if they
remain unpaid; and
WHEREAS, the 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 provides that, upon notification to the property owners, a
public hearing may be set for sewer service accounts which are over sixty days delinquent; and
WHEREAS, at the conclusion of the hearing, the City Council may approve the
delinquency and amount owed on the accounts, as submitted or as modified or corrected by the
City Council, and adopt a resolution accordingly; and
WHEREAS, staff recently identified 209 owner-occupied accounts, totaling $72,500, as
being over 60 days delinquent; 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, and last
month, they were notified of the public hearing and were asked again to pay their delinquent
sewer service charges to avoid a lien being placed on their property; and
WHEREAS, through City Staff's collection efforts, certain delinquent accounts have
been resolved and City Staff has presented the City Council with a final list, reflecting those
accounts which remain delinquent; and
WHEREAS, staff is recommending that the City Council approve the final list of
delinquent sewer accounts, as submitted, and that these charges be forwarded 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.
Resolution No. 2006-228
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Chula .-....
Vista hereby approves certain delinquent sewer service charges, as reflected on the final list
submitted to the City Council at the public hearing on this matter, to be assessed as recorded
liens upon the respective owner-occupied parcels of land and authorizes placement of the
delinquent charges on the next regular tax bill.
Presented by
Approved as to form by
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Ann Moore
City Attorney
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 25th day of July 2006 by the following vote:
AYES
Councilmembers:
Castaneda, Chavez, and Padilla
NAYS:
Councilmembers:
None
ABSENT'
Councilmembers:
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ATTEST
Stephen C. Padilla, Mayor
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Susan Bigelow, MMC, City erk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Susan Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certity that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2006-228 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 25th day of July 2006.
Executed this 25th day of July 2006.
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Susan Bigelow, MMC, City Cl
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