HomeMy WebLinkAbout77-034RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE LEVY, COLLECTION
AND ENFORCEMENT OF ASSESSNFENTS OF THE LAKE
MADRONE WATER DISTR3CT BY THE AUDITOR,
ASSESSOR, Z'A}C COLLECTOR AND TREASURER OF
THE COUNTY OF BUTTE PURSUANT TO WATER CODE
SECTION 37200 et. seq.
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N0. 77-34
WHEREAS, this Board has received a resolution adopted April
I7, 1976 by the Lake Madrone Water District transferring the
fun~tions of the levy, collectio~ and enforcement of assessments
of that district to the Auditor, Assessor, Tax Collector and
Treasurer of the County of Butte pursuant to Water Code Section
37200 et. seq. and,
WHEREAS, this Board has considered the matter and finds that
it is in the public interest to perform such services for said
district,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Supervisors
of the County of Butte that the Auditor, Assessor, Tax Callector
and Treasurer shall perform the duties required for the levy,
collection and enforcement of the assessments of the Lake Madrone
Water District.
BE IT FUi2THER RESOLVED that such services be per£ormed
without compensation from said district.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board o~ 5upervisors
this 22nd day of February _, 1977 by ~he following votes:
AYES: 8upervi.sors Lemke, Madigan, Moseley, Winston and Chairman Richter
NOES: None
AB5ENT: None
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BERiQAk2D RICFiTER, Cha~.rman of the
ATTEST: Butte County Board of Supervisors
CLARK A. NELSON, County C1erk
and ex-of£icio Clerk of the
Board of Supervisors
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February l~, 1977
Board of Directorq
Raymond Vail; President
dpseph Frarscouer, lst Yice Pres. -
Atbert 3, Burghardt, 2nd Yice Pres..
Ceorge ~i_ Edmondson. Sec-1'reas.
Lawrence L. Lindsey, ~ r: , Directar
James SV. WiIIiansun, Director
F.dward S. 143alley. Director.
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Cha i r,~rar~ o~ the ~aard of Sup~rv~ sors ~
Cau~ty o~ B~a~~e - . ~ ~~~3 ~. $ ~9TT
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~anorable Cha~rman: ~ - ~
Si~tc~ early ~975, our ~onprofi~ or~gan~za~~on has been oppos~ng the
S~ate Lands Comm~ssion c7aim to lands betwe~r~ the lo~ and high water marFs
a~ ~.ake Ta~aE. ~ .
Tf~is, howevar, is a statew~de problem beca~s~ there are at ~east
36 1 ak~s ar~d ~nar~y s~re~ams artd r~ vers ~hraugho~t Cal ~~'orn~ a a-~fected by
this car~-F~scatory c~aim of ownership.
Your coun~y may be adversely affec~ed, and Assemb~yma~ ~uger~E Chap~~e,
3rd Asser~~~y Dis~rict,. considers the ~ssue ~a be of vital importance ta al~
elected represen~a~iv~s a~ s-~a~e and ~foca~ leve~s.
T~~refore, we ar~ adv~sing you n~ ~~~ cletai~s a-F ba~h the c~aim and
a~r ~egaIly suppor~~d poszt~on by providing you w~i~f~ a cony of our curre~~.
~ews~et~e~.
~1~ rt b resaiut~on endorsin our o osi--
tion. _~Si~b~ald you o~° your legal counse] desire capies of our ega mer~aran a
concerning po7nts and a~thari~ies af ~he la~~ prior to such a resa~~w~ar~,
pl~ase contact us and we wili 62 p~ease~ to send t~em to yo~a.
Thank you for your time ar~d assi~tance in cansidera~tian o~ our reques~.
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~'AHOE SHO°EZOi~E R~PR~SEIVTATI~i~
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~' ~ For some ttr~e no4t the Ca7~fornia 5tate Lands Co3r~nission, acting upon o al advice frcro some_
,,~,~~~ rt~embers of the staff of the Cal7fornia Attorney General's off~ce,;has been asserting that the State
,} t of Califorma o.wns the"property 7ocated 6etwepn the 7ow water mark ana tha hlgh water mark at l.aka
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'4 • in sp~te~of theh~absence of iegaT authority tio support'this.cla-~m, the Corrmission staff has ~.V
'~~` 'persisted tn:lts ef.forts to; in effect;_transfer by bureaucratic coercion th~ ownershzp of Ehis .
~~''~ 'private property~ir~to;public ownership.-Since this is basical7y the area in which the docks, piers,
;_~ ; boathouses;.and;'ntfier weter-related.improvements are located,.tha drastic impact o~ such actior, a~ .
_ ~ the part of the State is apparent `
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'~ti,'~. •".Cal~farnia s ver6al~claims of 1=ga3 support.for such an action have heen matched by~~a recen~
,~;;t '` "_Nevada Attorneyr~General's wr9*ten opinion that the State of Nevada owns the shore of Lake Tafioe : '
``F-~`~~ 6elow the man-made<.high water 77ne.~~This_opinion has heen used to defer~d the current moratorium_,~
~~ ~, on new piers ~n_Nevada until the state agencies can come up w~th a" State Lands leasing pol~cy,"
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,~~,.even•thnuoh thezpr~~aate land t3tle industry cautTOned that ~he opin~on contradicted.svell-esta~l3shed .
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"~" a~,~ THE tAKEBER RENTAE. ISSUE " `°' " "
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x,.,r ~ a° Since therTast Newsletter, anofiher.new factor~was introduced 9n~the form of a GaTiform a-
F;.s ~~~ :Attorney Genera7`s,;opinion-to the State~Lands Commission adv,ising the Comnission that tha.existing~
?w +"exemption 3n Sectiorr-6503 of the Public Resources Code, which'stated that "No rental fee shall be : ~>
>ti~~"" `charged for pri.vate.'recreational piers constructed for the use of a 1-ittorai lardowner" is uncon-
:rf~~~, stitutionaland;;.therefore,: the Commissfon must charge rental for-"private recreational piers." It
~`~ ~`~- ;`does not apvear` tha~:;~the.opinion, in effect: overruling the Eeg9slature~ on this suhject, is carr~c~
~~' and.titat Sect7on b503y is,.,in fact, const~tut~onal,.including-the exemption ~rovided
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,, The ~mportancs of this opinian to owners at Lake Tahoe~is that it demonstrates the directio~
' in which the ownersh~p:question is heading;•and makes it imperative tfiat we stop this encroachine~t
'-'y}~kr into the private property rights.of the shoreline owners at Lake Tahoe. ' -
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;~.~~ : Lak2 Tahoe ts'not the only.area involved in the claims of~the`State Lands Corran~ssio~. Donner~
:,~~.4 1 take,~~fnr instance,;has= fraditional7y~ beerr°iconsidered nonnavigable and;'therefore;"the State of ":'" "-
•~~~~ ;CaTifornia had no ciaim~of. ownership:.to any-part of the lakebed. fiowever, it is rtow being sub,~ecter!
~,~~~, to;no~ oniy. a,cla~m of'State ownership~to the:,rtakebed itsel~':but.a`:e.laim,that:~the;owners~ip extenrds
' `~' ;~~x;to'the higi~ svater mark;.=A.survey has:been completed of that°lake by ~he State Lands Corrmiss7on and
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~~y the Comm3ssian,aypp~arently intends to adop~~t the survey maps and record them in Nevada County
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~r„ ~`~y ~: . Likew~se,,~a c3a~m Ts befng made-to ownership at.Inde~endence Le!.e..Apparently survEys are -;
~ being made and;litigation.pursued to assert:the State's ownership at that lake. There are numerous
~~' ~ other takes in>Cat'ifiornia that are-affected~by the State Lends Comnission's concepts of what consti-
^` ''i.utes navigabitity for.~`the purposes of`ownership of tfre iakabeds. For instance, there is a publi--
"' ~' ..cation of the>State Lands Commission which lists the other California lakes which are either now or
,v~71 be affected by~this State claim and that 1ist of lakes is shown at the end o~ th~s Newsletter-.
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~ AFFECi ON PROPER7Y VAE.UES
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~"5~,~~ f~ CaTiforrt~:a State`~L"ands manager"admfts that tfie State €:ands:ownership claim cau]d have a
=.significant adverse~.impact.on the assessed''dalue of private lakeshore (soon ta be~lakevieN?)
`:properties. Consider:iny.that the State Lands:' claim will affect-at Teast 36 Iakes fn 18 counties,
`"we think the affect bn.the count.ies involved will be tremendous. ~
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.' 'r~ ' Legal counse7'was'retained_several-months ago by your Soard of Directors for the purpose o`
r':-dispuiing tha State's cTaim to the high water mark at Lake Tahoe, and that law r"irm has been con- '
,'ducting extensive legal:research on that guestion, preparing legal memoranda, and mesting w~th
~ memhers of the staff'of`the California Attorney Generat's offfce, and others, regarding the pro
~:<posed written ,legal opinion directed to the 5tate Lands Commiss~on,claim of ownership to the high
~ water mark
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{' ' Fn a cammorr,cause, the California'Gand Title Association is very'active in its.opposition to
`~the~.claim of the ~S~tate Lands Commission and c3ose 13aison is ma7ntained with 75R
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RESOLUT24N NO. 77-3b
RESOLUTION APPROVING BOUNDARY MAP
WHEREAS, ~h~re has been fi7.ed with ~.he County C1.e~k of the
County of But~te, 5tate at Ca~i~arnia, a map showing the bo~andari.es of
Meyers S~reet Assessment District No. 1., County of Butte, Sta-te o~
California;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE ~T RESOLVED by th~ Board o~' Superv~sors
of the County o£ Butt~, S~a~e of Caii£ornia, that that certain map
~ntit~ed, "Proposed Boundaries of M~yers Street Assessment District
No. 1, County of Butte, Stat~ o~ Cali~ornia," be, and the same i5
herebY, ~pProved,
BE ZT FURTHER RES4LVED that a cert~fied copy of said boundary
map he~ein approved shall be £iled nrith the County Recorder a~ the
County af Butte in accordance with the provisions o~ Part 2, Division
4.5 of the S~reets and Highways Cade of the State of Ca~i~orn~a.
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I HEREBY CERT~FY that the foregoing resolut~on was du~.y and
regu~.arly adopt~d by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte,
State o~ Ca~i.fornia, at a regu~.ar mer~ting ~he~ea~, held on the lst
day ot March, 1977, by the following vo~e, to wit:
AYES: Supervisors Lemke, Madigan, MoseXey, Wix~ston and (~airman Richter
NOES: Supervisors None
ABSENT: Supervi.sors
None
CLARK A. NELSON, Co~~y C~erk,
Butte County, Californa~a
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