HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Reso No 2013-008 City Council ResoRESOLUTION NO. 2013 -008
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LAKE ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE
EXTENSION OF THE SERVICE FEE COLLECTED ON BEHALF
OF THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY ABANDONED VEHICLE
ABATEMENT SERVICE AUTHORITY UNTIL MAY 2024
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; 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 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 $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; and
WHEREAS, the service fee collected as part of the Abandoned Vehicle
Abatement program is set to expire in May 2014; 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
WHEREAS, it is desirable to the City of Lake Elsinore to have the Abandoned
Vehicle Abatement Program continue beyond its current termination date of May 2014.
CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION NO. 2013 -008
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NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE
DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Lake Elsinore approves the
extension of the service fee collected on behalf of the Riverside County Abandoned
Vehicle Abatement Service Authority until May 31, 2024.
SECTION 2. This Resolution shall take effect from and after the date of its
passage and adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 22nd day of January, 2013.
Robert E. Mag Mayor
City of Lake E Wnore City Council
ATTEST:
Virginia I om, Civ Olerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss.
CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE )
I, Virginia J. Bloom, City Clerk of the City of Lake Elsinore, California, hereby certify that
Resolution No. 2013 -008 was adopted by the City Council of the City of Lake Elsinore,
California, at a regular meeting held on the 22nd day of January 2013, and that the same
was adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Council Member Tisdale, Council Member Manos, Council Member
Hickman, Mayor Pro Tern Johnson and Mayor Magee
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Virginia . Bloo MC
City Clerk