CC Resolution 2002-072RESOLUTION NO. 2002-72
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA
QUINTA, 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 authorized the establishment of a service authority and imposition of a service
fee on all registered motor vehicles located within a county;
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 $8,291,295 in service fee proceeds to member
agencies 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
Resolution No. 2002-72
Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Program
Adopted: May 21, 2002
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WHEREAS, it is desirable to the City of La Quinta to have the Abandoned
Vehicle Abatement program continue beyond its current termination date of May
2004.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, DETERMINED AND ORDERED BY THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA QUINTA, CALIFORNIA, AS FOLLOWS:
That the Citv of La Quinta approve the extension of the service fee collected on
behalf of the Riverside County Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Service Authority until
May 31, 2014.
Effective Date. This Resolution shall take effect upon adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the La Quinta City
Council, held this 21" day of May 2002 by the following vote:
AYES: Council Members Adolph, Henderson, Perkins, Sniff, Mayor Pena
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
JOHN PENA, _)Jor
City of a Quinta, California
ATTEST:
JUNE . REEK, CMC, City Clerk
City of La Quinta, California
(Seal)
Resolution No. 2002-72
Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Program
Adopted: May 21, 2002
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
M. KATHERINE JENS , CityA orney
City of La Quinta, Cal ornia