HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001-08-28 - AGENDA REPORTS - STRMDRN FEE WES THOMPSON RANCH (2)CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
CONSENT CALENDAR /
City Manager Approval:
Item to be presented b . Jill Fosselman
DATE: August 28, 2001
SUBJECT: RESOLUTION INITIATING PROCEEDINGS FOR THE SANTA
CLARITA STORM DRAINAGE FEE FOR WES THOMPSON RANCH
ANNEXATION SETTING A TIME AND PLACE FOR A PUBLIC
HEARING.
DEPARTMENT: Planning and Building Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Adopt a resolution initiating proceedings for the Wes Thompson Ranch Annexation Storm
Drainage Fee and set the public hearing for August 28, 2001.
BACKGROUND
In November 1996, California voters passed Proposition 218 — The Right to Vote on Taxes
Act. As a result, the city must conduct a majority protest hearing and a ballot election for
each area requesting annexation into the City to impose the stormwater fee on the
associated parcel(s). Pursuant to Proposition 218, the property owner, American Beauty
Development Company has submitted a written waiver requesting that the time
requirements for initiating proceedings and conducting the protest and election public
hearings be compressed to shorten the process.
Typically, Proposition 218 requires that if a new fee is imposed on a property, as a result of
an annexation application, a majority protest hearing shall be held not less than 45 days
after the mailing of the public notice. If no majority protest occurs, the city shall mail a
public notice of the proposed fee with a ballot to all property owners and hold a public
hearing not less than 45 days after the mailing of the public notice and ballot. If after the
closing of the public hearing, property owners elect to impose a fee, the City Council may
adopt a resolution canvassing ballots and imposing storm drainage utility fees. At the
request of the property owner, and pursuant to Proposition 218, the time requirements
have been compressed into a single public hearing.
In addition, the Storm Drainage Fee will include an annual inflation adjustment in
accordance with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for Los Angeles, Long Beach, and
Anaheim, for September of each year.
ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS
1. Deny the applicant's request.
2. Modify the project to address any Council issues Agenda Item
3. Other action as determined by the Council.
FISCAL IMPACT
The anticipated revenue from the parcels listed in the Wes Thompson Ranch annexation
area is currently $1,081.81. If the Storm Drainage Utility Fee is not adopted, the City's
General Fund will have to pay the annual fee.
ATTACHMENTS
Resolution
Annexation Stormwater Fee Report
Location Map
ACG
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