HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-32 CC ResolutionRESOLUTION NO.2023-32
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF TEMECULA, AUTHORIZING THE EXTENSION OF
THE SERVICE FEE COLLECTED ON BEHALF OF THE
RIVERSIDE COUNTY ABANDONED VEHICLE
ABATEMENT SERVICE AUTHORITY UNTIL MAY 2034
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council of the City of Temecula does hereby find, determine, and
declare that:
A. 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 authorize the establishment of a service
authority and imposition of a service fee on all registered motor vehicles located within a county.
B. 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.
C. 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.
D. 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.
E. Since the establishment of the Abandoned Vehicle Abatement program in June
1994, it has disbursed $22,952,216 in service fee proceeds to member agencies and caused the
abatement of approximately 146,561 abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicles
located in various cities and the unincorporated area of Riverside County.
F. The service fee collected as part of the Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Service
Authority program is set to expire in May 2024.
G. 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.
H. It is desirable to the City of Temecula to have the Abandoned Vehicle Abatement
program continue beyond its current termination date of May 2024.
Section 2. The City Council of the City of Temecula, California approves the
extension of the service fee collected on behalf of the Riverside County Abandoned Vehicle
Abatement Service Authority until May 14, 2034.
Section 3. The City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Temecula
this 25U' day of April, 2023.
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Randi Jo i , ity Clerk
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Zak Schwank, Mayor
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss
CITY OF TEMECULA )
I, Randi Johl, City Clerk of the City of Temecula, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2023-32 was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of the City of
Temecula at a meeting thereof held on the 25t' day of April, 2023, by the following vote:
AYES: 4 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Alexander, Brown, Kalfus, Schwank
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 1 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Stewart
Randi Johl, City Clerk
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