HomeMy Public PortalAbout95-175 (11-07-95)CITY OF LYNWOOD
LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNI*
RESOLUTION NO. 95 -175
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF HE CITY
OF LYNWOOD ESTABLISHING A TEMPORARY N--
FROM THE WATER USERS TAX IMPOSED UNDER
SUBSECTION 6 -5.9 OF SECTION 6 -5 OF THE
LYNWOOD MUNICIPAL CODE
RECITALS
A. Subsection 6 -5.9 of Section 6 -5 of the Lynwood
Municipal Code authorizes the imposition of a tax, not to exceed
ten percent (10 %), upon charges made for water that is delivered
through mains or pipes.
B. 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 tax imposed by Section 6 -5.
C. 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. 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.
D. In adopting this 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 establishing a temporary exemption from
payment of the utility users tax that would otherwise be
applicable to charges for water purchased from Park Water
Company.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD
HEREBY FINDS, DETERMINES, ORDERS AND RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Customers purchasing water from the Park
Water Company in the City are, as a class, exempted from further
payment of the utility users tax that is authorized to be imposed
by Subsection 6 -5.9 of Section 6 -5 of the Lynwood Municipal Code.
Section 2. The Tax Administrator is directed to notify
Park Water Company that this exemption has been established by
the City Council and to provide such additional information as
may be required to enable Park Water Company to remove all exempt
customers from its utility users tax billing procedures. The Tax
Administrator is further directed to request Park Water Company
to notify the Tax Administrator of the dates on which the
exemption is implemented with regard to each category of
customers, including those customers having different billing
cycles.
Section 3. The exemption provided for in Section 1
will remain in full force and effect for a period of ninety days
following its implementation. Prior to the expiration of that
ninety -day period, the City Manager is directed to determine the
fiscal impact of this exemption upon the City's general fund and
to submit to the City Council a report setting forth the
advantages and disadvantages of extending this exemption for an
additional period of time. The City Manager is further directed
to monitor all applications for water rate increases in the City
filed by Park Water Company with the California Public Utilities
Commission and to inform the City Council of those proposed
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increases in order that the City Council may determine in a
timely manner whether to oppose them.
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
November, 1995.
vote:
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MAYOR P EM L. HEI
i
ANDREA L. ..•
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
SS.
' I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of Lynwood,
do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was passed and
adopted by the City Council of the City of Lynwood at a regular
meeting held on the 7th day of November , 1995.
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS HEINE, HENNING, REA, RICHARDS, BYRD
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
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City Clerk, City of Lynwood
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
) SS.
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, the undersingned City Clerk of th City of Lynwood,
and Clerk of the City Council of said City, do hereby certify that
the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of
Resikytion NO. 95 -175 on file in my office and that said resolutions
was adopted on the date and by the vote therein stated.
Dated this 7th day of November 1995.
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City Clerk