HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-043 CC ResolutionRESOLUTION NO. 02-43
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 2014
WHEREAS, The Riverside County Abandoned Vehicle Service Authority was formed on
or about June 1, 1994, pursuant to the provisions of California Vehicle Code §§ 92570.7 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 Authority are used to reimburse local governmental agencies for a portion of their
costs incurred as a result of 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 $126,158.47 in service fee proceeds to the City of Temecula and
caused the abatement of approximately 1422 abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative
vehicles within the City limits; 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 the California Vehicle Code § 9250.7 to
allow for and extension of the service fee collected s part of the Abandoned Vehicle Abatement
program in increments of up to 10 years each if the Board of Supervisors of the county, by two
thirds vote, and a majority of the cities comprising the 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 Temecula to have the Abandoned Vehicle
Abatement program continue beyond its current termination date of May 2004.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Temecula
approves the extension of the service fee collected on behalf of the Riverside County
Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Service Authority until May 31,2014.
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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED, by the City Council of the City of Temecula
this11 th day of June, 2002.
ATTEST:
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E.~on~, rv~yor Pro Tem
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss
CITY OF TEMECULA )
I, Susan W. Jones, CMC, City Clerk of the City of Temecula, California, do hereby certify
that Resolution No. 02-43 was. duly and regularly adoptedth by the City Council of the. C~ty' of
Temecula at a regular meehng thereof held on the 11 day of June, 2002, by the following vote:
AYES: 4 COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: 0 COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 1 COUNCILMEMBERS: Roberts
ABSTAIN: 0 COUNCILMEMBERS: None
Comerchero, Naggar, Pratt, Stone
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