Resolution - 2020-61RESOLUTION NO.2020-61
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST
COVINA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE SEWER SERVICE
CHARGES TO BE COLLECTED ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2020-21
TAX ROLL
WHEREAS, on June 26, 1978, in accordance with Section 38902 of the California
Government Code, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 5726, establishing a sewer service charge
exclusively for sewer operation, maintenance, and capital costs. The City collects the sewer service
charge as part of the property tax roll; and
WHEREAS, on April 27, 1987, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 8019, amending
Resolution No. 5726 to adjust the schedule of charges so that the fees collected bear a reasonable
relationship to the cost of providing the services; and
WHEREAS, on June 6, 2017, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2017-55, adopting a
five-year schedule of annual sewer service charges for Fiscal Years 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-
21, and2021-22; and
WHEREAS, the five-year schedule was adopted following proceedings conducted pursuant
to Article XIII D, Section 6(a) of the California Constitution, which was added to the California
Constitution in 1996 as part of Proposition 218; and
WHEREAS, a report has been filed with the City Clerk containing a description of each parcel
of real property receiving sewer services and the amount of the charge for each parcel for Fiscal Year
2020-21, computed in conformity with the schedule of charges previously adopted by the City Council
(the "Report"); and
WHEREAS, the Report is on file in the Office of the City Clerk, available for public inspection,
and incorporated herein by reference; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 2020-36, adopted on May 5, 2020, the City Council elected
to collect the sewer service charges for Fiscal Year 2020-21 on the tax roll in the same manner, by the
same persons, and at the same time as, together with and not separately from, the City's general taxes;
and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 2020-36 also set June 16, 2020, at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council
Chambers located at 1444 West Garvey Avenue South in the City of West Covina as the time and place
for a public hearing (the "Hearing") on the Report. On June 16, 2020, the City Council continued the
Hearing to June 23, 2020. On June 23, 2020, the City Council continued the Hearing to July 7, 2020; and
WHEREAS, notice of the Hearing was published as required by law; and
WHEREAS, at the Hearing, the City Council heard and considered all objections or protests,
if any, to the Report; and
WHEREAS, the City Council now desires to cause the collection of the sewer set -vice charges
as listed in the Report.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA,
CALIFORNIA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council deternunes that the charges set forth in the Report are correct
and approves each such charge.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk is directed to file a copy of the Report with the Los Angeles
County Auditor -Controlled pursuant to Section 5473.4 of the California Health & Safety Code.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution and shall enter the
same in the book of original resolutions and it shall become effective immediately.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 7th day of Xly, 2020.
APPROVED AS TO FORM
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Thorag P. Duarfe
City Attorney
Tony Wu
Mayor
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Lisa She
Assi ity Clerk
I, LISA MERRICK, Assistant City Clerk of the City of West Covina, California, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 2020-61 was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of
West Covina, California, at a regular meetingthereof held on the 7th day of July, 2020, by the following
vote of the City Council:
AYES:
Castellanos, Johnson, Shewmaker, Lopez-Viado, Wu
NOES:
None
ABSENT:
None
ABSTAIN:
None
Lisa ShE2
Assist Clerk