HomeMy WebLinkAbout6/5/2002 - STAFF REPORTS (22) DATE: June 05, 2002
To: City Council
FROM: Director of Planning and Building
ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION EXTENDING THEABANDONED VEHICLE ABATEMENT
PROGRAM
RECOMMENDATION:
That the City Council adopt the attached resolution extending the Abandoned Vehicle
Abatement Program until May 31, 2014.
SUMMARY:
From program inception in 1994 to date,the City of Palm Springs has received$143,154.00
in disbursements from the Riverside CountyAVA Service Authority to help fund the cost of
abating 1,170 abandoned,wrecked,dismantled,or inoperable vehicles.These vehicles were
abated by Community Preservation Officers.
BACKGROUND:
In 1990, the California State Legislature enacted legislation allowing for the creation of
county-based vehicle service authorities, pursuant to the provisions of Section 22710 VC.
In June 1994 the Riverside County Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Service Authority was
formed and imposed a one-dollar annual vehicle registration fee on vehicles registered to
an owner with an address in the County of Riverside.
Vehicle registration fees are collected bythe Department of Motor Vehicles and allocated to
Riverside County Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Service Authority bythe State Controller
pursuant to Section 9250.7 VC. Fees are then allocated to 24 participating entities on the
basis of the size and population of each entity in relation to the total size and population of
Riverside County, and on the basis of the percentage of vehicles abated by each entity in
relation to the total vehicles abated bythe Riverside County Abandoned Vehicle Abatement
Service Authority as a whole. The current 24 entities are the County of Riverside, and the
cities of Banning, Beaumont, Blythe, Calimesa, Canyon Lake, Cathedral City, Coachella,
Corona,Desert Hot Springs, Hemet, Indian Wells, Indio, LaQuinta,Lake Elsinore, Moreno
Valley, Murrieta, Norco, Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Perris, Riverside, San Jacinto and
Temecula. Since the inception of the program, the Riverside County Abandoned Vehicle
Abatement Service Authority has received approximately$8,291,295, which has allowed
staff to abate approximately 60,671 abandoned,wrecked,dismantled,or inoperable vehicles
on a county-wide level.
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The current program is set to expire in May 2004. New legislation allows the local service
authorities to extend the programs every 10 years with the approval of the county and a
majority of the cities comprising a majority of the population of the incorporated areas.
Adoption of the attached resolution is the first step toward the extension of this important
program.
Director ofcWlanning and Building
City Manager
ATTACHMENT:
1. Resolution
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RESOLUTION NO.
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 by the 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 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$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 allowfor
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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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 day of ,2002
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
ATTEST: CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA
City Clerk �� City Manager
Reviewed and Approved as to Form: �-)E
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