HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Reso No 2013-015 City Council ResoRESOLUTION NO. 2013 -015
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE
ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA, REGARDING COUNTY SERVICE AREA 152
AND AUTHORIZING THE BENEFIT ASSESSMENT UNIT RATE FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2013/2014 FOR THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE TO
FUND THE CITY'S NATIONAL POLLUTION DISCHARGE
ELIMINATION SYSTEM (NPDES) PERMIT PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the County of Riverside established a Community Service Area,
(CSA) 152, for the purpose of collecting parcel charges for National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System ( "NPDES ") services within its boundaries; and
WHEREAS, the County of Riverside annexed the City of Lake Elsinore, order to
fund its NPDES program activities into CSA 152 in 1994; and
WHEREAS, the City has determined that the proposed CSA 152 parcel charge is
a benefit assessment; and
WHEREAS, the existing parcel charge is $8.24 per Benefit Assessment Unit; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to maintain for 2013/14 the parcel charge of $8.24
per Benefit Assessment Unit to fund the activities mandated by the Environmental
Protection Agency and Regional Water Quality Control Boards through the NPDES
program; and
WHEREAS, Section 5(a) of Article XIIID of the California Constitution states that
existing assessments on the effective date of Article XIIID imposed exclusively to
finance the capital costs or maintenance and operation expenses flood control and
drainage systems are exempt from the provisions of Article XIIID; and
WHEREAS, Section 5(a) of Article XIIID of the California Constitution also states
that future increases to an exempt assessment are subject to the provisions of Article
XIIID; and
WHEREAS, the proposed changes to the annual assessment do not exceed the
maximum assessment and does not constitute an increase in assessment for purposes
of Article XIIID.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA,
DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMIE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The above recitals are true and correct.
SECTION 2. That the City of Lake Elsinore continue participation in CSA 152.
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SECTION 3. That the City of Lake Elsinore requests that the County of Riverside
levy for 2013/14 a parcel charge in the amount of $8.24 per Benefit Assessment Unit.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
resolution and the same shall thereupon take effect and be in force.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council
of the City of Lake Elsinore, California, this 12
ATTEST:
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VIRGINI J. BLOOM
CITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss.
CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE )
I, Virginia J. Bloom, City Clerk of the City of Lake Elsinore, California, hereby certify that
Resolution No. 2013 -015 was adopted by the City Council of the City of Lake Elsinore,
California, at a regular meeting held on the 12 day of March 2013, and that the same
was adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Council Member Tisdale, Council Member Manos, Council Member
Hickman, Mayor Pro Tern Johnson and Mayor Magee
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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