EXHIBIT 2-C
Draft
RESOLUTION
NO. 2012-XX – ALTERNATIVE A
A
Resolution of the Board of Directors
of the
Monterey Peninsula Water Management District
Directing
Collection and Remittance
Of
the Annual Water Use Fee To Fund Water Supply
Services,
Facilities, and Activities That Benefit The
Calfornia-American
Water Distribution System
in Accord with District Ordinance No. 152
FINDINGS
1.
On
June 12, 2012, the MPWMD Board approved the District’s 2012-13 budget and set the aggregate amount to be raised by annual
water use fees for properties connected to the California-American Water
Distribution System at $3,700,000.
Ordinance No. 152 was approved at second reading on June 12, 2012 and a Notice
of Exemption to the California Environmental Quality Act was subsequently filed
with the Monterey County Clerk. The
MPWMD annual water user fee authorized by Ordinance No. 152 takes effect on
July 1, 2012.
2.
Ordinance
No. 152 authorized this resolution to implement the method used to collect the annual
water use fee from affected properties.
3.
The
annual fee is due and payable July 1 of each year. By this resolution, the District exercises
its election to authorize fee payment in installments during the fiscal year,
provided full payment is tendered prior to the end of that fiscal year.
4.
The Findings stated in Ordinance No. 152 are
incorporated here as if set forth in full, and form the basis for this
resolutions.
5. The annual water use fee needed to fund District activities for water supply facilities and other related water supply expenditures pursuant to Ordinance No. 152 is $3,700,000
6.
Levy and collection of the annual water use fee
enabled by Ordinance No. 152 is required for sufficient funds to meet the
purposes of that ordinance pay for water supply facilities and other related
water supply expenditures.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AND ORDERED by the Monterey Peninsula Water
Management District Board of Directors:
Section
One. The Findings set forth above are
incorporated into this Resolution as if set forth in full.
Section
Two. The General Manager, through his or
her own staff or via a third party, shall directly collect and remit the annual
water use fee required by Ordinance No. 152 during the fiscal year.
Section
Three.
A. The General Manager, or his or
her agent, shall bill the annual water use fee in two or more (but no greater
than six) equal installments to the persons and/or properties required to pay
by Ordinance No. 152. Payment in full shall be required during that fiscal
year.
B. If the bill is not paid in full
on or before it is due, that payment shall be delinquent and the property shall
be subject to default. In such case the
General Manager may (a) discontinue any
or all District services or facilities for which the bill is rendered; (b) impose
a basic penalty of 10 percent for each delinquent payment; (c) impose a penalty
of one-half of 1 percent per month for nonpayment of the charges and the basic
penalty; and (d) collect the delinquent charge and penalties as a lien upon the
real property and collectible at the same time and in the same manner as taxes
and assessments are so collected upon such real property in accord with
District law. Remedies for collection
and enforcement are cumulative, and may be pursued alternatively or
consecutively by the General Manager.
Section Four. The General Manager is directed and authorized to execute all documents and to perform all necessary acts to implement the effect of this Resolution.
Section Five. This Resolution shall take immediate effect.
Section
Six. If any subdivision,
paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Resolution is, for any reason,
held to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, such
invalidity shall not affect the validity or enforcement of the remaining
portions of this Resolution. It is the
District’s express intent that each remaining portion would have been adopted
irrespective of the fact that one or more subdivisions, paragraphs, sentences,
clauses, or phrases be declared invalid or unenforceable.
On a motion by Director
________________ and second by Director __________________ the foregoing
resolution is duly adopted this 12th day of June 2012 by the
following votes.
Ayes:
Nays:
Absent:
I, David J. Stoldt, Secretary to the
Board of Directors of the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District, hereby
certify that the foregoing is a resolution duly adopted on the 12th day
of June 2012.
Witness my hand and seal of the
Board of Directors this ___day of June 2012.
___________________________________
David
J. Stoldt, Secretary to the Board
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