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RESOLUTION CALLING AN ADVISORY ELEC'T'ION REGARDING SEWER
CONNECTIONS [N THE CHICO URBAN AREA PURSUANT TO 1'HE CHICO URBAN
AREA NI'I'RATh, COMPLIANCE PROGRAM
WHEREAS, heretofore on the 20th day of December-, 1988, the Board of Supervisors of the
County of Butte adopted and passed a resolution (Resolution No. 88-194) to establish a county
service area to be entitled County Service Area No. 114 (County of Butte); and
WHEREAS, heretofo~~e on the 17th day of September, 1991, the Board of Supervisors of the
County of Butte adopted and passed a resolution (Resolution No. 91-108) to order the expansion of
potivers for County Service Area No. 1 l4 (County of Butte); and
WHEREAS, the types of extended county services provided within County Service Area No.
1 14, in addition to those authorized by Resolution No. 88-194 are: sewer service, drainage control
and road maintenance, limited to the preparation of detailed engineering studies dealing with the
design of wastewater and storm water collection, transportation, disposal and drainage facilities and
structures to protect the quality of groundwater in the area; and
WHEREAS, the State of California Regional Water Quality Control Board Central Valley
Region on April 27, 1990 issued Prohibition Order No. 90-126 to address groundwater nitrate
contamination in the Chico Urban Area, which requires the abandonment of thousands of area septic
systems; and
WHEREAS, in response to Prohibition Order No. 90-126, the Board of Supervisors has
prepared the Draft Chico Urban Area Nitrate Co~~npliance Plan, which draft was released for public
review and input on March 24, 1998; and
WHEREAS, the Draft Chico Urban Area Nitrate Compliance Plan describes the
implementation procedures necessary to address groundwater nitrate contamination, the
abandonment of area septic systems, and the connection of more than 7,000 dwelling units within
hoth the incorpo~ ated and the unincorporated Chico Urban Arca to a sewer collection system; and
WHEREAS, the City of Chico operates a water pollution control plant facility and sewer
collection system within the incorporated limits of the City of Chico; and
WHEREAS, the City of Chico's current policy for providing sewer service is to require that
those properties connecting to sewer must become annexed to the City of Chico; and
WHEREAS, at its July 21, 1998 meeting, the City Council of the City of Chico passed a
resolution calling a general municipal election on November 3, 1998 for the purpose of submitting
to qualified voters of the City of Chico an advisory measure regarding City policy limiting City
sewer services to property within the City's boundaries and requesting consolidation of that election
with the Statewide general election to be held on November 3, 1998; and
WHEREAS, an advisory election would allow such an expression of public opinion whether
those residents of the unincorporated portion of the Chico Urban Area that are impacted by
Prohibition Order No. 90-126 should be annexed to the City of Chico for receiving sewer services;
and
WI IEREAS, Elections Code Section 9603 provides a procedure whereby an advisory election
may be held for the purpose of allowing voters to voice their opinion on substantive issues or to
indicate to the Board of Supervisors approval or disapproval of a ballot proposal.
WHEREAS, a question, which is attached hereto as Exhibit A, has been prepared for the
advisory ballot.
NOW, 'hHEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Supervisors of the County of
Butte, State of California as follows:
L ~n advisory election is hereby called to be held on November 3, 1998, within the
incorporated tei7-itory of the City of Chico in the County of Butte.
2. The question to be submitted to the voters at said advisory election shall be the
question attached hereta as Exhibit A.
3. Said election shall be held and conducted by the County and the ballots canvassed
in accordance with the provisions of Article 1 (commencing with Section 3700) of Chapter 2,
Division 4 of the Elections Code. The County Clerk shall publish a notice of the election pursuant
to Elections Code Sections 254 and 2653.
4. Said election shall be consolidated with the general election to be held in the same
area on the same date. The hours of the election, the precincts, polling places, and voting booths
shall be the same, and there shall be only one set of election officers in each of the precincts.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of Supervisors this 6th day of
August, 1998, by the following vote:
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.AYES: Supervisors Beeler, Dolan, E~oux, Josiassen and Chair Davis
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
NOT VOTING: None
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Fred Davis, Chair of the Butte County
Board of Supervisors
ATTEST:
JohT~ S. Blacklock
Chief Administrative Officer
and Clerk of the Board
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Exhibit ~
Advisory Vote Only
Groundwater nitrate contamination in the Chico area is considered ~~ serious health issue. The
State of California has ordered over 7,000 residences to eliminate their septic systems.
Connecting these properties to the City of Chico's sewer system without mandatory annexation is
a solution. These residents would pay their costs and City residents would not incur any costs.
Should the residents affected by the order be required to annex to the City of Chico in order to
connect to the sewer system'?
(Yes or 1\0}