CC RES 2014-038 RESOLUTION NO. 2014-38
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO
PALOS VERDES ADOPTING A REPORT, AS FILED, IN CONNECTION
WITH THE STORM DRAIN USER FEE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO
CHAPTER 3.44 OF THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL
CODE; DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF SUCH FEE FOR FISCAL
YEAR 2014-15; AND ORDERING THAT SUCH FEE BE COLLECTED
ON THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES TAX ROLL FOR FISCAL YEAR
2014-15.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES HEREBY
FINDS, DETERMINES, ORDERS AND RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council finds:
A. Pursuant to Ordinance No. 418 of the City Council of the City of
Rancho Palos Verdes (the "City Council"), adopted on August 16, 2005, and Chapter
3.44 of the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code (the "Municipal Code"), the City
Council is authorized to levy an annual Storm Drain User Fee on each parcel of real
property in the City of Rancho Palos Verdes (the "City") that drains into City-maintained
storm drain infrastructure. The Storm Drain User Fee is levied to fund the City's Water
Quality and Flood Protection Program.
B. Pursuant to Section 5473 of the California Health and Safety Code,
the City elected in Ordinance No. 418 to have the Storm Drain User Fee collected for
each fiscal year on the County of Los Angeles tax roll in the same manner, by the same
person, and at the same time as, together with, and not separately from the general
taxes of the City.
C. A written report (the "Report") entitled, "Annual Report for the Storm
Drain User Fee, FY 2014-15" has been prepared by Harris & Associates and has been
filed with the City Clerk. The Report contains a description of each parcel of real
property in the City that drains into the City's storm drain system and the proposed
amount of the Storm Drain User Fee for each such parcel for Fiscal Year 2014-15
(commencing July 1, 2014 and ending June 30, 2015), computed in conformity with
Chapter 3.44 of the Municipal Code. Such Report is on file in the office of the City Clerk
and incorporated herein by reference.
D. The City Clerk caused notice of a hearing on the Report to be
published in the Palos Verdes Peninsula News on May 29, 2014 and June 5, 2014.
E. The City Council held a public hearing on the Report on June 17,
2014 (the "Public Hearing"). In addition, pursuant to Section 3.44.40 of the Municipal
Code, at the Public Hearing the City Council considered whether to collect the Storm
Drain User Fee for Fiscal Year 2014-15, and the rate per Equivalent Residential Unit
("ERU") for Fiscal Year 2014-15. In that regard, the City Council took into account the
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current and projected revenues of the City for Fiscal Year 2014-15, including but not
limited to, property taxes, sales taxes and transient occupancy taxes; the current and
projected expenditures of the City for Fiscal Year 2014-15, including, but not limited to,
proposed expenditures in connection with the City's storm drain system; the balance, if
any, in the Water Quality and Flood Protection Program Enterprise Fund; and the
current and projected General Fund reserves. In addition, the City Council took into
account any report and recommendation submitted by the Oversight Committee
established by the City Council in connection with the City's Water Quality and Flood
Protection Program.
F. All interested persons were given an opportunity to attend the
Public Hearing and express opinions about the Report and the proposed levy of the
Storm Drain User Fee for Fiscal Year 2014-15. The City Council heard and considered
all protests and objections against the Report and all testimony regarding the proposed
levy of the Storm Drain User Fee for Fiscal Year 2014-15.
G. No majority protest against the Report, determined in accordance
with Health and Safety Code Section 5473.2, exists.
Section 2. The City Council hereby overrules all protests and objections;
hereby approves and adopts the Report as filed; hereby determines that the Storm
Drain User Fee for Fiscal Year 2014-15 against each parcel described in the Report
shall be as described in the Report; and orders that the Storm Drain User Fee shall be
collected for Fiscal Year 2014-15 on the County of Los Angeles tax roll in the same
manner, by the same person, and at the same time as, together with, and not
separately from the general taxes of the City.
Section 3. The City Clerk is directed to file a copy of the Report, with a
statement endorsed on the Report over the City Clerk's signature that the Report has
been approved and adopted by the City Council, with the City Treasurer on or before
August 9, 2014 pursuant to Section 4 of Ordinance No. 418.
Section 4. The City Clerk is directed to file a copy of the Report, with a
statement endorsed on the Report over the City Clerk's signature that the Report has
been approved and adopted by the City Council, with the Auditor of the County of Los
Angeles on or before August 9, 2014 pursuant to Section 5 of Ordinance No. 418.
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PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 17th day of June, 2014.
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ATTEST:
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City Clerk
State of California )
County of Los Angeles ) ss
City of Rancho Palos Verdes )
I, Carla Morreale, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, hereby certify that the
above Resolution No. 2014-38 was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the said
City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on June 17, 2014.
City Clerk
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