HomeMy WebLinkAbout25148RESOLUTION NO. 25148
' A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS,
CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE EXTENSION OF THE SERVICE FEE
COLLECTED ON BEHALF OF THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY ABANDONED
VEHICLE ABATEMENT SERVICE AUTHORITY UNTIL MAY 2034
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WHEREAS, the Riverside County Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Service
Authority was formed on or about June 1, 1994, pursuant to the provisions of California
Vehicle Code §§ 9950.7 and 22710 enacted by the Legislature in 1990 which authorized
the establishment of a service authority and imposition of a service fee on all registered
motor vehicles located within a county; and
WHEREAS, beginning in June 1994 and continuing to the present, the Riverside
County Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Service Authority has been the recipient of service
fees collected on its behalf by the California Department of Motor Vehicles; and
WHEREAS, the service fees received by the Riverside County Abandoned Vehicle
Abatement Service Authority are used to reimburse local governmental agencies for a
portion of their costs incurred as a result of the abatement, removal and disposal as public
nuisances of any abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicles .or parts
thereof; and
' WHEREAS, the Riverside County Abandoned Vehicle "Abatement Service
Authority apportions and distributes service fee proceeds to each member agency
according to the formula set forth in California Vehicle Code §§ 22710; and
WHEREAS, since the establishment of the Abandoned Vehicle Abatement
program in June 1994, it has disbursed $35,128,331.25 in service fee proceeds to
member agencies and caused the abatement of approximately 189,776 abandoned,
wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicles located in various cities and the
unincorporated area of Riverside County; and
WHEREAS, the service fee collected as part of the Abandoned Vehicle Abatement
Service Authority program is set to expire in May 2024; and
WHEREAS, the Legislature recently amended California Vehicle Code § 9250.7
to allow for an extension of the service fee collected as part of the Abandoned Vehicle
Abatement program in increments of up to 10 years each if the board of supervisors of
the county, by a two-thirds vote, and a majority of the cities comprising a majority of the
population of the incorporated areas within the county adopt resolutions providing for the
extension of the service fee; and
WHEREAS, it is desirable to the City of Palm Springs to have the Abandoned
Vehicle Abatement program continue beyond its current termination date of May 2024.
Resolution No. 25148
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THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS I
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Approves the extension of the service fee collected on behalf of the
Riverside County Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Service Authority until May 14, 2034.
ADOPTED THIS 12TH DAY OF OCTOBER 2023.
ATTEST:
Brenda Pree, City Clerk
CERTIFICATION
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cott C. S iles, City Manager
STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) '
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss.
CITY OF PALM SPRINGS)
I, BRENDA PREE, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, hereby certify that
Resolution No. 25148 is a full, true and correct copy, and was duly adopted at a regular
meeting of the City Council of the City of Palm Springs on October 12, 2023, by the
following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers deHarte, Holstege, Middleton; Mayor Pro Tern Bernstein; and
Mayor Garner
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
RECUSED: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the
City of Palm Springs, California, this 16th day of October 2023.
Avlz�
renda P're , MMC, CERA, City Clerk
City of Palm Springs, California