(A) The Joyce Creek special assessment tax for property owners within the tax district boundaries shall be eliminated, and replaced with the stormwater utility fee for the South Mills Watershed, provided however in the event that the stormwater utility fee for South Mills Watershed is itself eliminated or discontinued, the Joyce Creek special assessment tax for property owners within the tax district boundaries would be automatically reinstated under the same terms and conditions as it exists at the time this section is approved.
(B) The Joyce Creek Management Board shall remain in place too and shall have complete autonomy and discretion in carrying out maintenance activities on Joyce Creek, and the Cypress and Mill Run tributary canals in accordance with standards established by the Army Corp of Engineers. The Joyce Creek Management Board will use its best efforts to coordinate activities with the South Mills Watershed Advisory Committee but shall not be controlled by nor answer to the Committee.
(C) The South Mills Watershed budget shall include a line item referred to as the Joyce Creek Project equal to a two cent per $100 value which will be an annual fee based on the value of all property, both real and personal, with all current and/or future improvements as same may change each year, located within the boundaries of the Joyce Creek service area and any balances remaining at the end of each fiscal year shall be carried forward in that line item from year to year in addition to the annual fee to be utilized for the Joyce Creek Project in the sole discretion of the Joyce Creek Management Board.
(D) The Camden County Tax Department shall maintain and manage the Joyce Creek service area fee information. The Joyce Creek service area fee shall be calculated annually by the Camden County Tax Department for the property located in the Joyce Creek service area. The calculated fee information will then be forwarded by the Tax Department to the South Mills Watershed District for their budget line item called the Joyce Creek Project.
(E) The Joyce Creek Management Board shall have sole autonomy and discretion in the utilization of the Joyce Creek Project line item. The Joyce Creek Management Board shall continue to be elected and operate in the same manner as it has operated in the past pursuant to the Camden County Ordinance establishing the Management Board.
(Ord. 2013-05-02, passed 6-17-13; Am. Ord. 2014-05-01, passed 5-5-14)