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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2007-089 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 Page 2 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 + ~.Jv,Jm~' Maria achadoonan Finance Director ~....~'0J <1'i\~~\:U~\\ 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: aL~C &.r Cheryl x, Mayor - =-==___ fu ~~~ d Susan Bigelow, MMC, City Cl~&5 f)~ 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. ~k,1 L I~ /()~ Susan Bigelow, MMC, City ClerfS"