HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2008-289RESOLUTION NO. 2008-289
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA ASSESSING CERTAIN 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
heazing is set for sewer service accounts which aze 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 heazing, 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 chazges 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
midyear as to better ensure the City's chances for collection; and
WHEREAS, while many of these property owners have gone through this lien process
previously as they continue to leave their sewer service accounts unpaid, the total number of
delinquent accounts being submitted for the lien process continues to climb; 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 chazges 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 chazges be forwazded 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.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista
that it (1) conducts the public hearing to consider assessing certain 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 pazcels of ]and 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.
Resolution No. 2008-289
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Presented by
Approved as to form by
Mara Kachadoorian Bart ~~ feh
Finance Director Interim City Attorney
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 9th day of December 2008 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Bensoussan, Castaneda, McCann, Ramirez, and
Cox
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
Cheryl Cox, yor
ATTEST:
Donna R. Norris, G C, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO
CITY OF CHULA VISTA
I, Donna R. Norris, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2008-289 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 9th day of December 2008.
Executed this 9th day of December 2008.
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Donna R. Norris, CMC, City Clerk