HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2009-066RESOLUTION N0.2009-066
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, in order to adequately protect the City's interest in delinquent sewer service
charges and ensure that collection efforts are directed towazds the responsible property owner in
the event of a change in ownership, staff is recommending approval of liens against affected
properties as a preliminary action to replacing 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 chazges 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 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, lastly, the City Council adopts a resolution assessing such amounts as
recorded liens upon the respective parcels of land, and the amounts are chazged to the property
owners on the next regular property tax bill; and
WHEREAS, in December 2008, City Council approved 166 delinquent accounts valued
at $61,400 to be placed on the property tax bill for collection; and
WHEREAS, staff recently identified 1,275 accounts totaling $543,000 as being over 60
days delinquent and through preliminary collection efforts, 686 accounts have been resolved, and
the remaining 589 accounts valued at $302,100 are now being submitted (listing available at the
Finance Department); 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
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WHEREAS, these property owners have been notified of their delinquencies within the
last 60 days, and two weeks ago, they were notified of the public heazing and were asked again
to pay their delinquent sewer service charges to avoid a lien being placed on their property; and
WHEREAS, a final list will be submitted to the City Council for consideration on the day
of the public hearing in order to reflect the most current payment postings; and
WHEREAS, staff is recommending that the City Council approve the final list of
delinquent sewer accounts as submitted, and that these chazges be forwarded to the County and
assessed as liens on the respective owner occupied pazcels of land and ultimately placed on the
next regulaz tax bill for collection.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Chula
Vista assesses certain delinquent sewer service chazges as recorded liens upon the respective
owner occupied parcels of land and approves placement of those delinquent chazges on the next
regulaz tax bill.
Presented by
Mari Kachadoorian
Fin ce Director
Approved as to form by
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 24th day of Mazch 2009 by the following vote:
AYES:
NAYS:
ABSENT:
Councilmembers: Bensoussan, Castaneda, McCann, Ramirez, and Cox
Councilmembers: None
Councilmembers: None
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Cheryl Cox, M r
ATTEST:
Donna R. Norris, CM ,City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO
CITY OF CHiJLA VISTA
I, Donna R. Norris, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2009-066 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
regulaz meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 24th day of March 2009.
Executed this 24th day of Mazch 2009.
Donna R. Norris, CMC, City Clerk