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RESOLUTION NO. 2008-087
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA ASSESSING DELINQUENT SEWER SERVICE
CHARGES AS RECORDED LIENS UPON THE RESPECTIVE
OWNER OCCUPIED PARCELS OF LAND AND APPROVING
PLACEMENT OF DELINQUENT CHARGES ON THE NEXT
REGULAR TAX BILL
WHEREAS, 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, the ordinance states that upon notification of the property owners, a public
hearing is set for sewer service accounts which are over sixty 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, because charges can only be submitted for placement on the property tax
bills once a year in August, staff is recommending assessing liens on the affected properties mid-
year as to better ensure the City's chances for collection; 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 within the
last sixty days, were notified of the public hearing and were again asked to pay their delinquent
sewer service charges to avoid a lien being placed on their property; 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 liens on the respective owner occupied parcels of land and ultimately placed on the
next regular tax bill for collection.
Resolution No. 2008-087
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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 sewer service charges as
liens on the affected properties; (2) overrules any and all protests or objections presented at the
public hearing; 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 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:
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Mari Kachadoorian
Finance Director
Approved as to form by:
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Ann Moore "-
City Attorney
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City ofChula Vista,
California, this 1st day of April 2008 by the following vote:
AYES:
Councilmembers:
Castaneda, McCann, Ramirez, Rindone, and Cox
NAYS:
Councilmembers:
None
ABSENT:
Councilmembers:
None
ATTEST:
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Donna R. Norris, MC, Intenm City Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Donna R. Norris, Interim City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Resolution No. 2008-087 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council
at a regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 1st day of April 2008.
Executed this 1st day of April 2008.
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Donna R. Norris, CMC, ~terim City Clerk
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