HomeMy WebLinkAbout20360 - RESOLUTIONS - 6/5/2002 RESOLUTION NO'. 20360 '
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 2014
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
§§9250.7 and 22710 enacted bythe Legislature in 1990 which authorize the establishment
of service authority and imposition of a service fee on all registered motorvehicles 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 government agencies for a portion
of their costs incurred as a result of the abatement, removal and disposal as public
nuisances of anyabandoned,wrecked,dismantled,orinoperative vehicles orpartsthereof; '
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$8,291,295 in service fee proceeds to memberagencies and caused
the abatement of approximately 60,671 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 program
is set to expire in May 2004; 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 2004. '
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Resolution 20360
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of Palm Springs approves
' the extension of the service fee collected on behalf of the Riverside County Abandoned
Vehicle Abatement Service Authority until May 31, 2014.
ADOPTED this 5th day of June 2002
AYES: Members Hodges, Hills, 0deu, Reller-Spurgin, and Mayor Kleindienst
NOES: None
ABSTAIN. None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST: CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA
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