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RESOLUTION NO. 6955
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
CERTIFYING SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS FOR COLLECTING DELINQUENT
CITY NUISANCE ABATEMENT COSTS FOR NUISANCE VIOLATIONS OF
THE MUNICIPAL CODE
WHEREAS, the City Council has adopted Cypress Municipal Code ("CMC") sections
13-20(a-d), authorizing the City to keep a record of expenses, including administrative and
legal costs, incurred by the City in its removal of the nuisance and provide notice to the
Property Owner of the costs owed to the City, with an opportunity to appeal the assessment
of a lien of City's abatement costs of the property-related nuisance violations of the CMC; and
WHEREAS, under CMC section 13-20(d), the City may enter a special assessment
against the parcel of property in order to collect the cost of abatement, and transmit it to the
County assessor and tax collector for inclusion on tax rolls; and
WHEREAS, to compel code compliance, the City may seek to abate the nuisance and
collect the costs incurred by means of a special assessment against the property where a
property-related violation occurred as part of the nuisance abatement procedures authorized
by Government code section 38773.5 and CMC section 13-20(d); and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to certify certain-property related nuisance
abatement costs as delinquent and have them collected as a special assessment against
the real property involved, for collection in the same manner as ordinary municipal ad valorem
taxes, as provided in Section 38773.5 of the Government Code.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS DOES FIND,
DETERMINE, AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct and are hereby incorporated
within this Resolution.
Section 2. The special assessments designated in "Exhibit A,"which is attached and
incorporated herein by this reference, are hereby certified as being delinquent fines, penalties,
and abatement costs owing to the City of Cypress and qualified for collection as special
assessments under CMC section 13-20(d).
Section 3. The City Council, as part of the City's nuisance abatement, program
orders that these delinquent fines, penalties, and costs of abatement be collected as special
assessments against the respective properties shown in "Exhibit A" pursuant to the provisions
of CMC section 13-20(d) and Government Code section 38773.5.
Section 4. The City Council of the City of Cypress orders a copy of this resolution to
be transmitted to the Orange County Treasurer-Tax Collector, who shall enter the amounts of
the respective assessments against the respective parcels of land as they appear in the current
assessment roll, and shall collect said assessments at the same time in the same manner as
ordinary municipal ad valorem taxes, as provided in Section 38773.5 of the Government Code.
Section 5. The costs against any parcel of land listed in Exhibit "A" attached hereto
shall be deemed discharged and released upon payment for said parcel of the property taxes
for the above-referenced fiscal year.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress, and acting as
ex-officio governing Board of Directors of the Cypress Recreation and Park District, at a
regular meeting held on the 11th day of March, 2024.
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A YOR OF TI-V SOF CYPRESS
ATTEST:
CIT 'CLERK OF TH CITY OF CYPRESS
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } SS
I, ALISHA FARNELL, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the
foregoing Resolution was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the said City Council held on
the 11th day of March, 2024, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Burke, Mallari, Marquez, Peat and Minikus
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
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CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
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EXHIBIT "A"
List of Costs of Abatement and Respective Parcel of Land
Parcel Amount of
Number Property Address Owner of Record Cost of
Abatement
241-171- 5321 Marion Avenue, Shirley S. Marquez Trust $2,944.50
03 Cypress, CA 90630
244-512- 5692 Karen Avenue, Dennis C Buhrmann & Cheryl
17 Cypress, CA 90630 A Buhrmann $1,910.15