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CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
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May 26, 2009
STORMWATER POLLUTION PREVENTION FEE RATE AND
METHODOLOGY ADJUSTMENT
Administrative Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION
City Council conduct a public hearing regarding the proposed annual Stormwater Pollution
Prevention Fee (Fee) rate and methodology adjustment.
If a majority protest does not exist, it is recommended City Council:
a) Adopt a Resolution authorizing a mail ballot election for August 25, 2009, for submittal
of a proposed annual Stormwater Pollution Prevention Fee to owners of real property
subject to the Fee, confirming a report on the proposed Fee, and adopting procedures for
the conduct of the election.
b) Increase the contract for Harris and Associates, in the amount of $43,000, and authorize
the City Manager or designee to execute any documents, subject to City Attorney
approval.
c) Appropriate $131,000 from the Stormwater Utility fund balance to expenditure account
14600-5161.002 for the election and public information process of the proposed
Stormwater Pollution Prevention Fee Rate and Methodology adjustment.
BACKGROUND
Stormwater fees and charges are considered to be "property -related" fees under Proposition 218
and Article XIIID of the California Constitution. The City is required to follow certain
procedural and substantive requirements relating to the imposition or modification of such
property -related fees and charges, including the requirements of (i) holding a public hearing, and
(ii) to the extent no majority protests exists, receiving voter approval for such fees and charges.
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Eighty-six (86%) of all parcels in the City will have their fee amount reduced as a result of the
fee restructuring proposed herein.
On March 10, 2009, City Council adopted a resolution preliminarily accepting a Rate Analysis
Report for the proposed restructuring of the City's Stormwater Pollution Prevention Fee, setting
a Public Hearing for May 26, 2009, to hear protests in connection with the proposed Fee, and
approving procedures for mailed and published notices of Public Hearing.
City NPDES Permit
Since May 1992, the City of Santa Clarita has been a co—permittee under the National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit for the County of Los Angeles. Three NPDES
permits have been issued, the most recent in 2001, and a new permit is anticipated in 2009.
In order to provide continued safety of City residents, protect property, and meet federally
regulated water quality requirements of the NPDES permit, it is necessary to maintain, improve,
and replace storm drainage facilities. It is also necessary to inspect, monitor, and take
enforcement action related to illegal dumping, illicit discharges, various water quality concerns,
and to implement educational outreach programs. In order to properly fund such facilities and
activities, the City Council previously made findings that it was necessary to impose a storm
drainage user charge on all properties in the City.
New NPDES Permit
A new NPDES permit for the stormwater program in Los Angeles County is anticipated to be
issued in 2009 by the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board (LA-RWQCB). In
addition to existing costs, the City anticipates significant increased costs for compliance with the
new NPDES permit. It is anticipated the increased costs will come from more stringent
requirements, more monitoring, and additional programs.
Proposed Rate Adjustment and Methodology Update
The purpose of the restructured Fee is to better estimate actual stormwater run-off from
individual properties based on their land use, using the most current information from the Los
Angeles County Hydrology Manual (updated in 2006). The more impervious area on a property
(such as buildings, driveways, walkways, etc.), the more stormwater will run off the property.
The amount of stormwater runoff from a property is directly proportional to the amount of use of
the drainage system. The amount of the fee is based on this estimated use of the drainage system.
Each fiscal year, subsequent to FY 2009-10, the maximum rate of the Stormwater Pollution
Prevention Fee will be adjusted for inflation by the annual change in the Consumer Price Index
(CPI), during the preceding year, as approved by City Council.
The updated fee calculation methodology and fee rate adjustment would result in 86% of all
parcels in the City (46,674 parcels) seeing their annual stormwater fee reduced, and 14% of all
parcels in the the City (7,735 parcels) seeing their annual stormwater fee increase.
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Appeals Process
Because no method can be completely accurate when estimating the amount of impervious cover
on a property, an appeals process is in place for properties that think they have been calculated
incorrectly.
Public Hearing Notices
Notices of the Public Hearing for the proposed Stormwater Pollution Prevention Fee were mailed
on April 10, 2009, and provided property owners at least 45 days' notice of the public hearing
and directions on the appeals process. Additional information about the proposed Fee was
available through a toll-free phone number, via email, and through the City's website.
Additionally, informational meetings were held with public agencies, community associations,
and other interested stakeholders.
Council Recommendation
Tonight's recommended action is to conduct the public hearing to hear public testimony, receive
written and/or oral property owner protests, and consider all protests against the proposed Fee.
Pursuant to Article XIID of the California Constitution (Proposition 218), the City is required to
go through a two-step process. The first step is .a Public Hearing and the second a. property
owner election.
Public Hearing — All property owners subject to the proposed Fee will be given the opportunity
to protest the Fee at the Public Hearing. If at the conclusion of the Public Hearing written
protests against the proposed Fee have been filed by the owners of a majority of the parcels
subject to the Fee, the process will stop, the Fee will not be imposed, and the existing fee will
continue. A majority protest would occur if written or oral protests are received from the owners
of 27,205 of our 54,409 parcels. As of Tuesday, May 19, 2009, written protests have been
received from the owners of thirty-nine (39) parcels.
Property Owner Election — In the absence of a majority protest, the City Council may order a
mailed ballot election on the proposed Stormwater Pollution Prevention Fee. In such an election,
one ballot will be provided for each parcel subject to the proposed Fee. Ballots would be mailed
to record property owner(s) of each parcel subject to the Fee by July 10, 2009, with the tabulation
of the ballots scheduled for August 25, 2009. This date (the fourth Tuesday of August) is
prescribed by State Election Law. The special election shall be a secret ballot election.
ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS
1. Do not proceed with restructuring the City's existing Stormwater Pollution Prevention Fee.
2. Other action as determined by the City Council.
FISCAL IMPACT
The updated Stormwater Pollution Prevention Fee will continue to provide funding for the
ongoing water quality requirements for the drainage facilities serving the properties within the
City of Santa Clarita. Per the requirements of the California Constitution (Proposition 218), the
Fee is revenue neutral and does not exceed the funds required to provide the service.
Appropriate $131,000 from Stormwater Utility fund balance to expenditure account
14600-5161.002 for the election and public information process of the proposed Stormwater
Pollution Prevention Fee Adjustment.
ATTACHMENTS
Resolution
Exhibit A
RESOLUTION NO. 09-.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE USE
OF A MAIL BALLOT ELECTION, CALLING A SPECIAL
MAIL BALLOT ELECTION FOR AUGUST 25, 2009, FOR
SUBMITTAL OF A PROPOSED ANNUAL STORMWATER
POLLUTION PREVENTION FEE TO OWNERS OF REAL
PROPERTY SUBJECT TO THE FEE, CONFIRMING A
REPORT ON THE PROPOSED FEE, AND ADOPTING
PROCEDURES FOR THE CONDUCT OF THE ELECTION
WHEREAS, on March 10, 2009, the City Council (the "City Council") of the City of
Santa Clarita (the "City") adopted Resolution No. 09-16 ("Resolution No. 09-16") accepting the
report of the City's consultant (the "Report") respecting the proposed restructuring of its storm
drainage pollution abatement charge to be known as the "Stormwater Pollution Prevention Fee"
(the "Fee"), to provide funding for storm drainage and flood control services under its
Stormwater Drainage Utility (the "Program"), including but not limited to services with which to
manage stormwater runoff, so as to better protect life and property within the City, and
scheduling a public hearing for May 26, 2009, respecting the Fee, the Program, and any other
aspect of the Report; and
WHEREAS, Section 6 of Article XIIID of the California Constitution ("Section 6" and
"Article XIIID") requires the City to follow certain procedural and substantive requirements
relating to the imposition of property -related fees and charges (as defined in Article XIIID), such
as the Fee; and
WHEREAS, the City has determined that the Fee is a "property -related" fee and is
therefore subject to the requirements and limitations of Section 6, including but not limited to the
public hearing and voter approval requirements; and
WHEREAS, before imposing the Fee, the City Council must (a) hold a noticed public
hearing on the Report, which includes a description of the Program, the identification of the
parcels of land within the City upon which the Fee should be imposed (the "Identified Parcels"),
the method for determining the amount of the Fee (the "Fee Schedule") to be imposed each year
upon the Identified Parcels, and the proposed amount of the Fee for 2009-10, along with the
maximum annual amount thereafter to be imposed on the Identified Parcels (the "Fee Amount"),
and to consider protests to the Fee, and (b) assuming that a majority protest is not received at the
public hearing, submit the question of the imposition of the Fee to a vote of the owners of the
property subject to the proposed Fee; and
WHEREAS, the City Clerk of the City (the "City Clerk") has advised that a notice of the
Public Hearing has been published and mailed in conformity with the provisions of Resolution
No. 09-16, as evidenced by an affidavit of publication and a certificate of mailing on file in the
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office of the City Clerk; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 6 and the procedures established by Resolution
No. 09-16, the City Council has on this date held the public hearing on the matters of the
Program, the proposed Fee, and any other aspect of the Report and has taken testimony, both
written and oral;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita does hereby resolve as
follows:
SECTION 1. Further Recitals.
(a) The foregoing recitals are true and correct, and the City Council hereby so finds
and determines.
(b) The City Council has reviewed and considered the Report, containing, among
other things, a description of the Program, containing 1) the identification of the parcels of land
within the City upon which the Fee should be imposed (the "Identified Parcels"), 2) the method
for determining the amount of the Fee (the "Fee Schedule") to be imposed each year upon the
Identified Parcels as a source of funding for such storm drainage and flood control services,
including but not limited to services with which to manage stormwater runoff so as to better
protect life and property within the City, and 3) the proposed amount of the Fee for 2009-10 and
the maximum annual amount thereafter to be imposed on the Identified Parcels (the "Fee
Amount").
(c) In accordance with the published and mailed notice of hearing, this City Council
has on this date opened, conducted, and closed the public hearing respecting the Report;. the
Program, and the Fee and has heard and considered a report of City staff and consultants,
together with testimony from all persons who wished to be heard at the hearing.
(d) The City Council has heard and considered all objections, protests, or other
written communications from any persons owning real property subject to the proposed Fee, the
Report, and the Program;
SECTION 2. No Majority Protest. The City Council determines that written protests
have not been received from property owners representing a majority of the parcels subject to the
Fee, and on the basis of the Report and all other documents received and presentations made
during the course of the public hearing, this City Council hereby overrules all protests, both
written and oral.
SECTION 3. Confirmation of Report and Fees. The City Council hereby confirms the
Report and each of the Fees proposed therein.
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SECTION 4. Authorization and .Call for Special Election. The City Council hereby
authorizes and calls a special election, to be held on Tuesday, August 25, 2009, solely by mailed
ballot, pursuant to and in accordance with Section 6 and the procedures set forth in Exhibit A,
attached hereto and by this reference incorporated herein, for the purpose of submitting the Fee to
a vote of the owners of parcels that are subject thereto. The special election shall be a secret
ballot election and shall so state in the election material.
SECTION 5. Statement of the Ballot Measure. At the special election called by this
resolution, the following measure shall be submitted to the property owners voting:
"To provide funding for compliance with the federal and state clean water requirements
set forth in the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit,
including services to manage stormwater runoff so as to better protect life and property
within the City of Santa Clarita, shall the City of Santa Clarita restructure the existing
stormwater fee rate and methodology by the imposition of its annual Stormwater
Pollution Prevention Fee as set forth in the Rate Analysis Report, approved by the City
Council?"
SECTION 6. Establishment of Election Procedures. The special election called by this
resolution shall be conducted and supervised by the City Clerk in accordance with procedures as
set forth in Exhibit A (the "Election Procedures"), which Election Procedures are hereby adopted
by the City Council. The City Attorney shall prepare an impartial analysis. Arguments in favor
of or against may be submitted in accordance with Section 9281 of the Elections Code. Dates for
arguments to be submitted shall be set the City Clerk. The Mayor or a designated subcommittee
is hereby authorized to prepare, at their option, a written argument in favor of the measure on
behalf of the City Council. The City Clerk shall publish notice of the election as required by law.
The office of the City Clerk is hereby designated as a drop off center in the alternative to the
return of the ballots by mail. To be counted, ballots must be received by the City Clerk no later
than 8:00 p.m. on the 25th of August, 2009.
SECTION 7. Effectiveness. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its
adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 26th day of May 2009.
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
MAYOR
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )
I, Sharon L. Dawson, MMC, City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita at a
regular meeting thereof, held on the 26th day of May 2009, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: ' COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
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CITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )
CERTIFICATION OF
CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION
I, Sharon L. Dawson, City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, do hereby certify that this is a true
and correct copy of the original Resolution 09-_ adopted by the City Council of the City of
Santa Clarita, California on , 2009, which is now on file in my office.
Witness my hand and seal of the City of Santa Clarita, California, this _ day of
)2009.
Sharon L. Dawson, MMC
City Clerk
By
Susan Caputo, CMC
Deputy City Clerk
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EXHIBIT A
PROCEDURES FOR THE CONDUCT OF THE
MAIL BALLOT ELECTION RELATING TO THE
PROPOSED STORMWATER POLLUTION PREVENTION FEE
The following procedures have been adopted by the City Council
of the City of Santa Clarita for the purpose of conducting the mail
ballot election required by Section 6 of Article XIII D of the
California Constitution for consideration of the imposition of the
proposed Stormwater Pollution Prevention Fee (the "Fee').
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
A. General Procedures Page A-1
B. Mailing of Ballots Page A-1
C. Eligibility to Vote IPage A-2
D. Conduct of Election Page A-2
E. Post -Election Proceedings Page A-4
F. Special Provisions Page A-5
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A. General Procedures
This mail ballot election shall constitute an election for the purposes of
Section 6 of Article XIIID of the California Constitution ("Section 6").
The City Council recognizes that a mail ballot election for property
owners pursuant to Section 6, as opposed to registered voters, is a unique
circumstance not fully contemplated by the California Elections Code.
Thus, it is the intent of the City Council that the election be conducted in
substantial compliance with the requirements of the California Elections
Code to the extent feasible, and otherwise in accordance with these
procedures.
2. The City Clerk of the City Council (the "City Clerk") shall be responsible
for the conduct of the election governed by these procedures. The City
Clerk shall deputize Joan Cox of Harris & Associates, as an election
official to assist the City Clerk in the capacity of Deputy City Clerk in
conducting the election and canvassing the ballots. In addition, the City
Clerk may deputize one or more other persons as election officials to assist
the City Clerk in conducting the election and canvassing the ballots. All
references hereafter in these procedures to the "City Clerk" shall be
deemed to include reference to any Deputy City Clerk deputized by the
City Clerk in accordance with the foregoing and to whom the function in
question has been delegated by the City Clerk.
The election shall be by mail ballot only.
4. The date of the election shall be August 25, 2009, and the election shall
close at 8:00 p.m. on said date.
The City Clerk shall publish notice of the time and location that ballots
will be canvassed. The City Clerk shall publish such notice in The Signal
newspaper at least ten days before the date of the election.
B. Mailing of Ballots
"Record Owner" means the owner of an Identified Parcel whose name and
address appears on the last Los Angeles County equalized secured
property tax assessment roll (the "Assessment Roll"), or in the case of any
public entity, the State of California, or the United States, means the
representative of that public entity at the address of that entity known to
the City.
2. The City Clerk shall cause to be prepared a master list of Record Owners
(the "Master List"), which shall include (1) the names and addresses of the
Record Owners of the Identified Parcels as they appear on the Assessment
Roll, and (2) in the case of any public entity, the State of California, or the
United States, the address of that entity known to the City.
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3. The following shall be mailed to each Record Owner on the Master List:
(i) A notice of the election and a ballot;
(ii) A self addressed return envelope, which shall state on its face that
a ballot is enclosed, and
(iii) Arguments, if any, and the Impartial Analysis of the City Attorney.
4. Ballots shall be mailed to the Record Owners on the Master List by
depositing the envelopes containing the notice of election, the ballot and
the return envelope in the U.S. Mail, first class, postage prepaid, on or
before the forty-fifth day prior to the date set for the election.
5. The envelopes containing the ballots shall be nonforwardable. Any ballot
that is returned to the City Clerk shall not be forwarded by the City Clerk.
6. The City Clerk shall certify the proper mailing of ballots by an affidavit
under penalty of perjury, which shall constitute conclusive proof of
mailing in the absence of fraud.
7. Whenever the City Clerk is required to mail a ballot to any address outside
the territorial limits of the United States, the City Clerk shall mail the
ballot by airmail and, if under any law of the United States election ballots
may be mailed without the payment of postage, the City Clerk shall so
mail the ballot.
C. Eligibility to Vote
The Master List shall be presumptive evidence of ownership of an
Identified Parcel for voting purposes.
2. If the current owner of any Identified Parcel is not shown as a Record
Owner on the Master List, such owner may receive and vote a ballot for
such parcel by filing with the City Clerk a evidence of ownership
satisfactory to City Attorney. The ballot provided to such current owner
shall be marked to identify it as a duplicate ballot on the return envelope.
Any such evidence must be received by the City Clerk either in advance of
submission of a ballot or concurrently with submission of a ballot, and in
any event no later than the close of the election at 8:00 p.m. on August 25,
2009.
3. In order for the ballot to be counted, the return envelope must be signed by
the Record Owner or current owner of an Identified Parcel, as the case
may be, or the authorized representative of the Record Owner or current
owner as attested to pursuant to the declaration under penalty of perjury on
the return envelope. In the event an Identified Parcel is owned by multiple
owners or is owned by a corporation, partnership, as community property,
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in joint tenancy, or as a tenancy in common, only one ballot will be
counted for each Identified Parcel.
D. Conduct of the Election
All ballots must be voted on or before the day of the election and must be
received by the City Clerk by 8:00 p.m. on August 25, 2009 to be counted.
After marking, completing and signing the ballot and the return envelope,
the voter shall either: (a) return the ballot and return envelope by mail or
(b) return the ballot and return envelope in person to the City Clerk. Only
ballots and return envelopes, including duplicate ballots, that are received
by the City Clerk by 8:00 p.m. on August 25, 2009, will be counted.
Postmarks will not be accepted in lieu of timely receipt of ballots and
return envelopes by the City Clerk, and persons choosing to return ballots
and return envelopes by mail shall assume the risk that such ballots are not
received on time to be counted.
The ballots shall be secret ballots. Each business day upon receipt of
ballots in the mail, the City Clerk, or the City Clerk's deputy, shall date
stamp the return envelopes of the unopened ballots and deposit the
unopened, date-stamped envelopes into a secure container (the "Lock
Box") to be kept in the office of the City Clerk for such purpose. The City
Clerk, or the City Clerk's deputy, shall review the unopened return
envelopes to verify that that each envelope is signed and that only one
ballot is returned for any property.
The City Clerk shall keep the ballots and return envelopes in the Lock Box
until the commencement of canvassing the ballots, which may not occur
until the time specified in the published notice respecting the canvassing
the ballots, which in any event shall not be prior to 8:01 p.m. on August
25, 2009.
4. Only the City Clerk and the City Clerk's deputies shall have access to the
Lock Box and to the ballots in the Lock Box. The City Clerk shall
commence the tabulation of ballots at the time and location specified in
the published notice respecting the time and location for canvassing of
ballots, or as soon thereafter as the City Clerk determines to be feasible.
No ballot shall be removed from its return envelope prior to the time
specified for commencement of canvassing ballots.
The form of the ballot question shall be set forth in the resolution to which
these election procedures are attached as Exhibit A.
6. The City Clerk may cause the return envelope [and ballot] to be printed in
a manner so as to allow machine tabulation of the votes.
7. The City Clerk shall, upon request by an eligible voter that is part of a
language minority group as that term is defined by the Voting Rights Act
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of 1965, provide a ballot and ballot materials translated in that person's
primary language. In addition, the City Clerk shall, upon request by an
eligible voter, take such affirmative steps as are necessary to facilitate
voting by qualified individuals with disabilities.
8. Each ballot shall contain the following:
(i) The statement of the ballot measure as set forth in the resolution to
which these election procedures are attached as Exhibit A.
(ii) Space for the signer to mark the ballot "Yes" or "No."
9. Each return envelope shall contain the following:
(i) The Assessor's Parcel Number of the parcel to which the ballot
pertains.
(ii) The name of the owner of the parcel to which the ballot pertains.
(iii) The address of that owner.
(iv) Space for the signer to set forth the date on which the ballot is
being completed and to print and sign his or her name.
(v) A declaration under penalty of the laws of the State of California,
stating that the signer is authorized to submit a ballot on behalf of
the subject parcel.
(vii) Statement that the ballot is a secret ballot.
10. To the extent not covered by these procedures, the voting shall be
consistent with the provisions of the Elections Code, insofar as the City
Clerk determines such provisions are applicable to these proceedings and
are not inconsistent with Section 6.
E. Post -Election Proceedings:
1. The City Clerk will not accept a ballot:
(i) that is a photocopy;
(ii) wherein its related return envelope does not contain an original
signature;
(iii) that lacks an identifiable "yes" or "no" vote; or
(iv) that contains both a "yes" and "no" vote.
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The cause of the rejection shall be written on the face of the ballot or the
return envelope.
2. During and after the canvass of ballots, neither the City Clerk nor any
person deputized by the City Clerk as a Deputy City Clerk, shall disclose
the contents of any individual ballot that identifies how a voter voted to
any person or entity, including any member of the City Council, City staff
or any member of the public, unless ordered to do so by a court of
competent jurisdiction.
3. No report, in written, electronic or other form, shall be produced, nor shall
any record (other than the ballots themselves) be maintained in such a
manner that would disclose how any voter voted.
4. The City Clerk shall canvass the ballots and certify the results to the City
Council on or before September 8, 2009, in anticipation of City Council
action at its regular meeting on September 8, 2009, to declare the results
of the election.
5. Subject to receipt of the canvass and certificate of results from the City
Clerk, the City Council shall adopt a resolution declaring the results of the
election as soon as reasonably practicable following submission of the
certificate of results by the City Clerk.
6. If the election results demonstrate that a majority of the voters voting upon
the imposition of the Stormwater Pollution Prevention Fee voted in favor
of the imposition, the City Council may adopt and impose the Fee.
F. Special Provisions
Upon receipt by the City Clerk of written notification from the Record
Owner or current owner of a parcel, as the case may be, in either case
satisfactory to the City Clerk, that the ballot and/or return envelope
pertaining to that parcel has been lost, destroyed or never received and
requesting a duplicate ballot and/or return envelope, the City Clerk will
mail or otherwise provide a duplicate ballot and return envelope (which
shall be marked as a duplicate) to such owner; provided that the City Clerk
shall not be responsible in the event that the duplicate ballot and return
envelope is not received on time to enable the applicant to return the
completed ballot to the City Clerk prior to the close of the election.
The City Clerk will keep a record of each duplicate ballot and return
envelope mailed or otherwise provided, cross-referenced to the parcel to
which each such duplicate ballot and return envelope pertains, and during
tabulation of the returned ballots, the City Clerk will verify that, as to each
parcel for which a duplicate ballot was mailed or otherwise provided, only
one ballot has been returned for the parcel. In the event that the City Clerk
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determines that more than one ballot has been returned for any such
parcel, the following shall apply:
a. If a parcel has both a ballot from the Record Owner and a duplicate
ballot provided to a current owner pursuant to paragraph 2 of
Section C of these procedures, only the duplicate ballot shall be
counted.
b. If a parcel has both an original ballot and a duplicate ballot, only
the duplicate ballot will be counted.
C. If more than one duplicate ballot is returned for a parcel, the latest
returned duplicate ballot will be counted.
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NOTICE OF CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
CITY COUNCIL
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita, at its regular meeting
held May 26, 2009, continued a public hearing on
22. STORMWATER POLLUTION
METHODOLOGY ADJUSTMENT
PREVENTION FEE RATE AND
- Public hearing to hear public testimony, receive
written and/or oral property owner protests, and consider all protests against the
proposed Fee. Pursuant to Article XIIID of the California Constitution (Proposition
218) the City is required to go through a two-step process. The first step is a Public
Hearing, and the second step is a property owner election. In the absence of a majority
protest, the City Council may order a mailed ballot election on the proposed Stormwater
Pollution Prevention Fee.
to a date to be determined by the City Manager (June 9, 2009). The continued public hearing will be
held at or after 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber at 23920 Valencia Blvd., Santa Clarita, California.
Dated this 27`" day of May 2009.
SHARON L. DAWSON, CITY CLERK
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS. AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
SHARON L. DAWSON, being first duly sworn, deposes and says that she is the duly
appointed and qualified City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita and that on May 27, 2009, she caused
the above notice to be posted at the door of the Council Chamber located at 23920 Valencia Blvd.,
Santa Clarita, California.
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SHARON L. DAWSON, CITY CLERK
Santa Clarita, California
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