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RESOLUTION NO. 2007-089
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY 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 FOR COLLECTION
WHEREAS, in November 1998, the City Council amended Municipal Code section 8.24
to eliminate suspension of solid waste service for nonpayment; and
WHEREAS, to ensure that all residents pay their fair share of the costs of this program,
the ordinance allows for delinquent solid waste 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 to the property owners, a public
hearing is set for solid waste service accounts that are over ninety 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, the account status and property ownership on these delinquent accounts
have been verified by both Allied Waste and City staff; and
WHEREAS, property owners were notified of their delinquencies through a series of past
due notices sent by Allied Waste until they were ultimately submitted to the City for collection;
and
WHEREAS, staffhas notified the property owners of the public hearing and these owners
were asked to pay their delinquent solid waste service charges prior to transmittal of the
delinquent account list to the County to avoid a lien being placed on their property; and
WHEREAS, staff is recommending that the City Council approve the final list of
delinquent solid waste 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.
Resolution No. 2007-089
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City ofChula Vista
that it: (I) conducts the public hearing to consider assessing delinquent solid waste service
charges as recorded liens on the affected properties; (2) overrules any and all protests or
objections presented at the public hearing; and (3) approves the delinquent account list submitted
to the City Council and on file in the City Finance Department, assessing delinquent solid waste
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
cleared prior to transmittal of the delinquent account list to the County.
Presented by
Approved as to form by
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Maria achadoonan
Finance Director
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Ann Moore
City Attorney
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City ofChula Vista,
California, this 17th day of April 2007 by the following vote:
AYES:
Councilmembers:
Castaneda, McCann, Ramirez, Rindone, and Cox
NAYS:
Councilmembers:
None
ABSENT:
Councilmembers:
None
ATTEST:
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Cheryl x, Mayor
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Susan Bigelow, MMC, City Cl~&5
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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. 2007-089 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
regular meeting ofthe Chula Vista City Council held on the 17th day of April 2007.
Executed this 17th day of April 2007.
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Susan Bigelow, MMC, City ClerfS"