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J~nUary 23, 1990 <br /> <br /> 90- 9 Letter from the City Manager recommending adoption of a <br /> res~ut~i~n~~ expressing '.th.e opPositio~~ to the e~n~ctment Df a water <br />i~e.,ve~ra~'¢~~ t~a~x by the ~virgl'nfa 'G~eneral ~AssSmbty.~ c i <br />~ [' "~ ~St:ate 'Water :Comm~issiD~: has ~ropo~'ed a~tbill this General <br />Ass~mb~SeSsion which w~uld empov~er the ~Vir~in~a R~soU <br />Authority to charge S0.10 per 1,000 gallOnS en-~l~ w.ate <br />in ~he~S~ate. This would be paid qu~rtsr~y tQ~S~a!t <br />Conumis~ner who would credit it to the Drinkin~ W~ter <br /> <br /> le~ fund would '.allocate'45% t'o small ~at~ir syste <br /> i 3;300 and ~to't~hose~ l~ouatities~%ha~t~r, ~fn fin <br /> 55% to local governments with sYs~ s~ which <br /> the Health~ DepaE%men~ ~a~s ~caus~in~ c~d~r~ ~pub~t~i <br /> <br /> ~ of Portsmouth's ~stomers would~b~ ~equi] <br /> fund more thsh $S6~0,~8~0 annual~ly~ ~with ~ittle <br /> from the~disburs~m~nt of ~thSs~~ gr~n~t~ ~t <br />mended ~a~t~ lOcal as~ista~ce ~ra~of this ~ture ~h <br />fr°~ G~ral State T~ax r~v~u~s rather~tha~ a~ '~ndir~ct <br />water ~hsumption. Additionally, such a tax wo~ld imps <br />)rl~ity to raise ra~es to m~et :ou~own~q~eme <br /> ~er Drinking Act. ~ ~ <br /> <br /> las been our long-standing poSition tha~'water~ <br /> self supporting from the fees of consumers.,, <br /> funds are needed to support small systems <br /> Dense of urban systems d alte~ <br /> ~ already. I, therefore,~ <br /> ~hed resoluti0n~pre~a~ed~by the~Ci~y ~or~e~ <br /> <br />~ces <br /> produced <br />Health <br />rotection <br />ns serving <br />ancial <br />have been <br /> health <br /> <br /> d to pay <br />likelihood <br /> is <br /> funded <br />tax on <br />ct the <br />~ts of the <br /> <br />systems <br />Therefore, <br />it should <br />nate <br />)rovallof <br /> <br /> Mr. Simpso~ ~and secon~d~d <br />reso. )n was adopted on first and ~in~t <br /> <br />! "¼I~ESOLUTION OF THE~COU~CI~D:OF~HE 'C~TY~O: <br />ExPREsSinG OPPOSITION OF THE CITY OF poRTsMOUTH <br /> ~ ' '~'~ TAX .BY ;THE~GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF~ <br /> <br /> the State Water Commission is con <br /> <br /> ~a~d the <br /> <br />.~ :~( RTS~ <br /> TO ENACITMENT OF A <br /> de~inc the <br /> <br />capita <br />cangot <br />revenu <br /> <br />z~ion of a bill in~t~he !1990 ~General Asse~b~ly~to~Testablish <br />Water Protection Fund to be finamced ti~rough s ten <br />thousand gallon severance tax on water production; and <br /> <br /> ~AS, the primary purpose of thi~s~f~nd<~s ~o p~Ovide <br /> ~ upgrade the facilitie~ of small or po~rly financed <br /> ~ ~systems a~ross~ ~ ~rgi'n~i~ !i !!i ~! ~ i!i i~ ~!i ~. i <br />~EAS, the City of Portsmouth will be required tlc pay into <br />~ more than $.567f000;~00.~dolla~s an. nua~l~wi~t~h~llittle <br />od of benefiting from the disbursement )f theseI grantl <br />Rnd <br /> <br />REA,S, the commonwealth-of Virginia will be SUbsidizing th~ <br />investment o~f~ small ~arrd~rural waterw~rk's-syst~ms which <br /> <br />~ke the necessary~i~p~ovements through <br /> and <br /> <br /> a local assistance~program of:thi~ <br /> from general State tax revenues rathe <br /> consumption. <br /> <br /> by,thecOu <br /> iTHEREFORE,. BE iT RES,OLvED :: ~: <br /> h: <br /> <br />.~ustome ~ generated <br /> <br /> nature ought to <br /> thah 'en indirect <br /> <br />.~i'llof'~the City of <br /> <br /> <br />