HomeMy WebLinkAbout21877 - RESOLUTIONS - 4/18/2007 RESOLUTION NO. 21877
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING THE
VEHICLE TOWING ADMINISTRATIVE COST RECOVERY
(VTACR) FEES.
WHEREAS, the City of Palm Springs Police Department impounds and towns
numerous and various vehicles removed from highways, public property, or private
property in the city of Palm Springs during the normal course of duty; and
WHEREAS, the City of Palm Springs Police Department tows and/or impounds vehicles
pursuant to authority under the California Vehicle Code; and
WHEREAS, the City of Palm Springs Municipal Code 11.82.100 establishes a Vehicle
Towing Administrative Cost Recovery (TTACR) fee charged to each tow company
entering into an agreement with the City of Palm Springs; and
WHEREAS, the VTACR Fee is based on the actual and reasonable costs to the city,
including administration and overhead, for administering the official police tow services
providers' agreement and operating the vehicle towing program.
' NOW, THEREFORE. BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HEREBY FINDS
AND DETERMINES THAT:
SECTION 1. Findings.
a. That City staff has completed an analysis of fees administering the official
police tow services providers' agreement and operating the vehicle towing
program.
b. There is a reasonable relationship between the amount of the fee and the
estimated reasonable cost of providing the type of service for which the
fee is imposed.
e. The fees do not exceed the estimated reasonable cost of providing the
service for which the fee is charged.
SECTION 2: Fees Imposed.
a. The City Council adopts the VTACR fee of$100,000 annually, to be based
on the actual and reasonable costs to the city.
' b. On July 1st of each year the chief of police shall review the VTACR fee
and adjust the VTACR fee upward or downward by the same percentage
increase of decrease, occurring during the previous twelve months, to
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reflect cost-of-living changes and to ensure that changing economic '
conditions do not impair the real value of the fees and charges under this
chapter.
SECTION 3. Severability- Each component of the fees and all portions of this
Resolution are severable. Should any individual component of the fee or
other provision of this Resolution be adjudged to be invalid, the remaining
provisions shall be fully effective, and the fee shall be fully effective except
as to that portion that has been judged to be invalid.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk is authorized to incorporate said fees and charges into the
Comprehensive Fee Schedule.
Adopted this 18th day of April, 2007.
ATTEST: David H. Ready, City an
?KFTZompson, City Clerk
CERTIFICATION ,
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss.
CITY OF PALM SPRINGS )
I, JAMES THOMPSON, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, hereby certify that
Resolution No. 21877 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 the 18th day of April, 2007, by
the following vote:
AYES: Councilmember Foat, Councilmember McCulloch, Councilmember Mills,
Mayor Pro Tem Pougnet, and Mayor Oden.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
es Thompson, City Clerk
ity of Palm Springs, California ,