HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Reso No 2016-026 CC Reso FY 2016-2017 National Pollution Discharge Elimination Sustem (NPDES) Permit ProgramRESOLUTION NO. 2016 -026
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE
ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA, MAINTAINING COUNTY SERVICE AREA
152 AND AUTHORIZING THE BENEFIT ASSESSMENT UNIT RATE
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016 -2017 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 into
CSA 152 in 1994, thereby providing the City a funding source for its NPDES program
activities; and
WHEREAS, the City has determined that the proposed CSA 152 parcel charge
is a benefit assessment; and
WHEREAS, the existing parcel charge is $13.88 per Benefit Assessment
Unit; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to keep the 2016 -2017 parcel charge rate at
$13.88 per Benefit Assessment Unit to continue to fund the activities mandated by the
Environmental Protection Agency and State Water Resources Control board through
the NPDES Permits; 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 established in 1994 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, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The above recitals are true and correct.
SECTION 2. That the City of Lake Elsinore continues participation in CSA 152_
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SECTION 3. That the City of Lake Elsinore requests that the County of
Riverside levy for 2016 -2017 a parcel charge in the amount of $13.88 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 22nd day of March 2016.
Bria Tisd e, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Susan M. Domen, MMC
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Barbara Zeid L ibold, City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss.
CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE )
I, Susan M. Domen, City Clerk of the City of Lake Elsinore, California, do hereby
certify that Resolution No. 2016 -026 was adopted by the City Council of the City of
Lake Elsinore, California, at the regular meeting of March 22, 2016, and that the
same was adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Council Members Johnson, Council Member Manos, Council Member Hickman,
Mayor Pro Tem Magee, and Mayor Tisdale
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Susan M. Domen, MMC
City Clerk