HomeMy Public PortalAbout96-062 (05-07-96)RESOLUTION 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
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
Company 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 all 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
changes.
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.
Resolution. Section 4. The City Clerk is directed to certify to the passage and adoption of this
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 7th day of 1996.
PAUL H. RICHARDS, H, MAYOR
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
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City Attorney
City Manager
)qfretti F. Earnest
Director of Finance
STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) 4
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
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 May, 1996.
AYES: COUNCILMEMBER BYRD, HEINE, HENNING, RICHARDS
NOES: COUNCILMEMBER REA
ABSENT: NONE /
City Clerk, City of Lynwood
STATE OF CALIFONRIA ) §
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, the undersigned City Clerk of the City of 1_ and Clerk
of the City C of said City, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing
is a full, true and correct Copy of Resolution No. 96 -62 on file in my office
and that said resolaution was adopted on the date and b( the vote therein
stated.
Bated this 7th day of May, 1996.
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City Clerk