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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 1989-15352A RESOLUTION NO. 15352A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA TEMPORARILY INCREASING THE SEWERAGE FACILITY PARTICIPATION FEE The City Council of the City of Chula Vista does hereby resolve as follows: WHEREAS the Federal Environmental Protection Agency has declared the City of San Diego in violation of the Clean Water Act, and WHEREAS it is imperative that San Diego and the participating agencies take action to upgrade the treatment system to secondary, and WHEREAS since Federal funding will not likely be available or at least not sufficient to upgrade the system, Chula Vista is partially dependent on growth to pay its way, and WHEREAS the fee needs to be increased immediately, otherwise needed revenues to pay our share of the upgrade system will be lost, AND WHEREAS on October 17, 1989 the City Council adopted a ~lution which will increase the Sewerage Facility [~ticipation Fee within the City of Chula Vista, and WHEREAS pursuant to Government Code Section 65962, the increase in the fee as a result of that resolution will not become effective until sixty (60) days thereafter, and WHEREAS developments in the City which will impact various public facilities will be applying for building permits during the interim period before the increased Sewerage Facility Participation Fee becomes effective, and WHEREAS, Government Code Section 65962 authorizes the City to adopt an interim fee as an urgency measure for thirty days upon making a finding describing the current and immediate threat to the public health, welfare, and safety, and authorizes up to two thirty day extensions thereof, and WHEREAS, on October 3, 1989, the City Council accepted a report from the Director of Public Works concerning an increase in the Sewerage Facility Participation Fee, which provided the public data indicating the amount of cost and sources of revenue anticipated for the sewer participation fee in accordance with Government Code Section 54992. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of . City of Chula Vista does resolve as follows: -1- SECTION 1: Finding of Urgency. That the City Council of the City of Chula Vista finds that it is necessary that its increased Sewerage Facility Participation Fee go into effect immediately in order that all properties especially those in the eastern section of the City pay their fair share of the cost of public improvements related to the impacts caused by their development. Immediate implementation of this fee is necessary to avoid a possible shortfall in the amount of money necessary to pay for the various public facilities or an increased charge to the remaining property owner. The City Council finds that the prospect of a shortfall and concerns about the propriety of an increased charge to remaining property owners constitute a current immediate threat to the public health, welfare and safety justifying the immediate imposition of the fee. SECTION 2. That Section 13.14.020 Sewerage Participation Fee of the Master Fee Schedule which has previously been amended for thirty days to increase the Sewerage Facility Participation Fee to $2,000 per equivalent dwelling unit of flow is hereby extended for thirty (30) days through December 15, 1989. SECTION 3. This resolution shall become effective upon its adoption if passed by the affirmative votes of at least four (4) members of the City Council as a temporary measure. Presented by Approved as to form by 6362a -2- Resolution No. 15352A PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista, California, this 14th day of November, 1989 by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers: McCandliss, Moore, Nader, Cox NOES: Councilmembers: None ABSENT: Councilmembers: Malcolm ABSTAIN: Councilmembers: None Greg' , R. Cox, ayor ATTEST: Bever~ A.' Authelet, City Clerk mATE OF CALIFORNIA ) UNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) ss. CITY OF CHULA VISTA ) I, Beverly A. Authelet, City Clerk of the City of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 15352A was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista, California, at a regular meeting of said City Council held on the 14th day of November, 1989. Executed this 14th day of November, 1989.