HomeMy Public PortalAbout2001.093 (09-04-01)RESOLUTION. N0. 2001.093
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 #2000-158 was adopted to extend the program for temporary exemption for
utility users tax for Lynwood Park Water customers through. September 30, 2001
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. The 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 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. wilt remain in full force and effect
for the period beginning October 1, 2001 until September 30, 2002. 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 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 4th
day of
September
2001
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a I H Richards 11, Mayor
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Andrea Hooper, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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C' Attorney
APPROVED AS TO CONTEST:
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Ral h W. Davis,
City Manager
AI rett .Earnest
Dir ctor of Finance & Administration
STATE OF CALfFORNIA }
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' COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES }
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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
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September 2001
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AYES COUNCILMEN BYRD, REA, REYES, SANCHEZ, RICHARDS
NOES NONE
ABSENT NONE ,
NONE
ABSTAIN
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Andrea L Hooper, City C erk
' STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
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r COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
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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 correction copy of Resolution No 2001.093 on file in my office and that
said. Resolution was adopted on the date and by the vote therein stated
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Dated this 4th day of September ~ 2001
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