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HomeMy Public PortalAbout96-62RESOLUTION NO. 96-62 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD EXTENDING TEMPORARY EXEMPTION FOR LYNWOOD PARK WATER CUSTOMERS FROM UTILITY ~~ USERS TAX IMPOSED UNDER ORDINANCE NO. 1352 WHEREAS, Subsection 6-5.4(b) of section 6-5 of the Lynwood Municipal Code authorizes the City Council, by order or resolution, to establish one or more classes of persons, or one or more classes of utility service, that are exempt, in whole or in part, from- payment of the utility users tax; and WHEREAS, the City Council has found and determined that customers of water service provided by Park Water Company in Lynwood pay significantly higher water rates than do the customers of water service provided by the Lynwood Water Department; and WHEREAS, the City of Lynwood has no regulatory authority with regard to the rates charged by Park Water Company to its customers, because those rates are regulated by the California Public Utilities Commission; and WHEREAS, Resolution No. 95-175 was approved to initiate a pilot program for temporary exemption from utility users tax for Lynwood Park Water customers through March 31, 1996; and ~I~ ~ ` WHEREAS, in adopting Resolution, the City Council desires to alleviate economic hardship and to provide financial relief to those property owners in the city who are customers of Park Water Company by extending the temporary exemption from payment of the users tax that would otherwise be applicable to charges for water purchased from Park Water Company, until June 30, 1996. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Lynwood hereby finds, determines, orders, and resolves as follows: Section 1. City of Lynwood water customers purchasing water from Park Water Compa~sy are, as a class, exempted from further payment for an additional 90 days and/or through the billing period ending June 30, 1996. Section 2. The exemption provided for in Section 1 will remain in full force and effect for the period April 1, 1996 to June 30, 1996. The City Manager is directed to monitor alt applications for water rate increases filed by Park Water Company with the California Public Utilities Commission and to keep the City Council abreast of any rate chaYjges~ Section 3. The Tax Administrator/Director of Finance is directed to notify Park Water Company that exemption has been extended and to provide additional information as may be required by the Park Water Company. Section 4. The City Clerk is directed to certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 7th day of 1996. ~~~~ PAUL H. RICHARDS, II, MAYOR ATTEST: ,r ANDREA L. HOOPER, CITY LERK APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED AS TO CONTENT: City Attorney Faus ' Go aid ._--- City Manager r--~ ~~v fre ' F. Earnest Director of Finance STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of Lynwood, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was passed and adapted by the City Council of the City of Lynwood at a regular meeting held on the 7th day of May, 1996. AYES: COUNCILMEMBER BYRD, HEINE, HENNING, RICHARDS NOES: COUNCILMEMBER REA ABSENT: NONE ~ ~%l..,r City Clerk, City of L~~nwood i STATE OF CALIFORRIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) I, the undersigned City Clerk of the City of ~_.~;-nwood, anti Clerk of the Cit~.~ Council of said Cit~f, do hereby certify that the above ~,nd foregoing i_~ a full, trop and correct copy of Resolution No. 96-62 on file in my office ~~nd that said resolaution was adopted on the date and b~~ the voto therein stated. Gated this 7th day of P~a~~, 1996. e Ci t~% C1 erk