HomeMy Public PortalAbout2000.158 (09-20-00)RESOLUTION N0. 2000.158
A RESOLUTION OF THE. CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD
EXTENDING A TEMPORARY EXEMPTION FOR PARK WATER
CUSTOMERS 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 established 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 founded 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 #99-.161 was adopted to extend the program for temporary exemption for utility
users tax for Lynwood Park Water customers through September 30, 2000.
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 for payment of the users tax that
otherwise be applicable to charges for water purchased for 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. Tlie Tax Administrator (Director of Finance & Administration) is directed to ,
notify Park Water Company that this exemption has been established by the City Council and to
.~., provide such additional informatiori-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 beginning October 1, 2000 until September 30, 2001. The City Manager is directed
to monitor all applications for water rate increases filed by Park Water Company with 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 mannerwhether to oppose them.
Section 4. ,The City Cterk is directed to certify to the passage and adoption of this
Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this .2.0
AYES: COUNCILMEN
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMAN
ATTEST:
day of SEPTEMBER
2000.
REYES, RICHARDS, SANCHEZ, BYRD
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Louis Byrd, May r
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Andrea Hooper, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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APPROVED AS TO CONTEST:
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Rah .Davis, III
City Manager
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AI etta, .Earnest
Director of Finance & Administration