HomeMy Public PortalAbout96-090 (06-18-96)CITY OF LYNWOOD
LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
RESOLUTION NO. 96 -90
' A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF LYNWOOD EXTENDING A TEMPORARY EXEMPTION
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. Resolution #96 -62 was approved to extend a pilot
program for temporary exemption for utility users tax for Lynwood
Park Water customers through June 30, 1996.
E. 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 extending the temporary exemption from
payment of the users tax that would otherwise be applicable to
charges for water purchased from Park Water Company, after June
30, 1996.
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.
Section 3. The exemption provided for in Section 1
will remain in full force and effect for the period July 1, 1996
until September 30._M 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
inform the City Council of those proposed 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.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED i da June 1996.
ATTEST:
PAUL H. RICHARDS, MAYOR
4 R A EAL-tIOOPER, CI CLERK
APPROVED AS ! T� O . FORM:
`W.La,- a -iC
CITY ATTORNEY
APPROVE S TO C NT: ,
Faustin Gonzales
City Manager
Al re to F. Earnest
Interim Asst. City Manager/
Director of Finance
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, the undersigned, City Clerk os 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 18th day of June 18, 1996.
AYES: COUNCIL14EMBER BYRD, HEINE, HENNING, RICHARDS
NOES: COUNCILMEMBER REA
ABSENT: NONE
City Clerk, City of Lynwood
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, the undersigned City Clerk of the 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 Resolution
No. 96 -90 on file in my office and that said resolution was adopted
on the date and by the vote therein stated.
Dated this 18th day of June, 1996.
City Clerk