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RESOLUTION NO.20-49
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA
CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, CONTINUING THE VISTA CANYON
WASTEWATER STANDBY CHARGE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020-21
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita (City Council), pursuant to the
provisions of the Uniform Standby Charges Procedures Act, Title 15, Division 2, Part 1, Chapter
12.4 of the State of California, and in compliance with the substantive and procedural
requirements of Article XIIID, Section 4 of the California State Constitution and the Proposition
218 Omnibus Implementation Act, being Government Code section 53750 et seq., at its meeting
on June 26, 2018, approved the Engineer's Report dated September 26, 2017, (Report),
establishing the levy and collection of Standby Charge for the Vista Canyon Wastewater Standby
District (District); and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to continue to levy and collect Standby Charge
against parcels of land within the District for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020-21, to pay the costs and
expenses of operating, maintaining, and servicing the improvements within the District; and
WHEREAS, the FY 2020-21 proposed Standby Charge per lot or parcel are not proposed
to increase by more than the Standby Charge rates approved by the property owners of record in
a protest ballot proceeding at the time of formation pursuant to Article XIIID, Section 4, of the
California State Constitution and adopted by the City Council after the public hearing held on
November 28, 2017; and
WHEREAS, the particular charge applicable to land within the District, the method of its
calculation, and the specific data used in its determination are as specified in the Report, which is
attached hereto and on file with the City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita (City Clerk).
NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita, California, does
hereby resolve as follows.
SECTION 1. The above recitals are true and correct.
SECTION 2. The City Council finds that lands within the District as identified in the
Report are benefited as described in such report and on that basis, hereby continues its Standby
Charge for FY 2020-21 on land to which connection to the wastewater system is available.
SECTION 3. The FY 2020-21 Standby Rate of $472.98 per equivalent benefit unit is
equal to the FY 2019-20 Standby Rate, as approved by the property owners of record by the
protest ballot proceeding at the time of formation and described in the Engineer's Report.
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SECTION 4. The City Council hereby directs staff to file said assessments with the
County Auditor for collection with the regular property taxes for FY 2020-21.
SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 23`d day of June 2020.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
DATE: —)r/ l V '�-t
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )
I, Mary Cusick, City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, do hereby certify, that the
foregoing Resolution No. 20-49 was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa
Clarita at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 23`d of June, 2020, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Weste, Kellar, McLean, Miranda, Smyth
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
CITY CLERK
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