Prior to initiating proceedings for the levy of charges, the Council shall direct the director of public works to prepare a report on proposed annual drainage charges. The report shall set forth the formula and range of proposed charges, such that the amount of the charge against any given parcel of property in the City may be readily calculated or determined. The report need not set forth the amount of the charges for each separate parcel, provided that such amount may be so readily determined. The report shall be filed with the City Clerk.
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Charges, the proceeds of which are to be used exclusively to pay the costs of maintenance, operation and management of the Enterprise shall be prescribed and levied by resolution adopted after notice is given in the manner provided in paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) (referring to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b)) of Section 54954.6 of the Government Code, relating to an assessment proposed exclusively for operation and maintenance expenses imposed throughout an entire local agency, and a public meeting and hearing as therein provided. The joint notice of the public meeting and the public hearing shall be published pursuant to Section 6062a of the Government Code; the public meeting shall take place no earlier than 10 days, and the public hearing no earlier than 17 days, after the first publication of the joint notice. The first-class mailing to interested parties who have filed a written request for mailed notice shall be accomplished no later than 10 days prior to the public meeting. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this section, the provisions of Article II, commencing with Section 4-08.030, of Chapter 4-08 of Title 4 of the code shall apply.
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The public meeting and public hearing shall be held, respectively, at the times and places set forth in the joint notice. At the hearing, the Council shall receive and consider all written and oral protests, comments and testimony regarding the apportionment of the charges and the formula or range thereof as set forth in the joint notice. At the conclusion of the hearing, the Council may adopt the resolution prescribing the charges. Prior to the adoption of the resolution, the Council shall determine whether the charges have been apportioned in proportion to benefits received or to be received and may order such changes as may be necessary to enable it to make a finding that the charges have been so apportioned. The resolution shall set forth such findings.
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Charges, the proceeds of which are to be used in whole or in part to pay the costs of acquiring, constructing or improving the Enterprise or to pay debt service on bonds issued for such purposes shall be prescribed and levied by resolution adopted after notice of public meeting and hearing given and held at the times and in the manner set forth in Sections 16-16.030 and 16-16.040; provided that Article I, commencing with Section 4-12.010 of Chapter 4-12 of Title 4 of the code shall also apply.
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The City may collect the charges in any manner authorized in the Revenue Bond Law of 1941, being Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 54300 (of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code of the State of California, including without limitation the power to declare in the resolution prescribing or revising charges that delinquency charges and all penalties thereon when recorded as in the law provided shall constitute a lien upon the real property served. No lien shall be created against any publicly owned property. A lien shall continue until the charge and all penalties thereon are fully paid or the property sold.
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Charges may be collected on the tax roll on which general taxes are collected in the manner provided in Article IV (commencing with Section 5470) of Chapter 6 of Part 3 of Division 5 of the Health and Safety Code of the State of California.
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The revenues, including the charges, shall be deposited in a special fund. Any charges levied pursuant to Section 16-16.030 shall be deposited in a special maintenance account with the special fund and applied solely to the costs of maintenance, operation and management of the Enterprise. Any charges levied pursuant to Section 16-16.050 shall be deposited in the special fund and applied solely to the costs of maintenance, operation, and management of the Enterprise, the payment of capital costs of acquiring, constructing, and improving the Enterprise and of principal of and interest on bonds issued to finance the Enterprise.
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