HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-072 Riverside County Abandoned Vehicle Abatement ServiceRESOLUTION NO. 2023-72
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 2034
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 §§
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; 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 approximately $57.9 million in service fee proceeds to member
agencies and caused the abetment of approximately 336,337 abandoned, wrecked, dismantled,
or inoperative vehicles located in various cities and the unincorporated area of Riverside
County; and
Whereas, over the last 10 years of the Abandoned Vehicle Abatement program, it has
disbursed approximately $35 million in service fee proceeds to member agencies and caused
the abetment of approximately 189,776 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 Service
Authority program is set to expire in May 2034; 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 2024.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED the City Council of the City of Lake Elsinore,
California approves the extension of the service fee collected on behalf of the Riverside County
Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Service Authority until May 14, 2034.
Passed and Adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Lake Elsinore,
California, this 22nd day of August 2023.
Natasha Johnson
Mayor
Attest:
Candice Alvarez, MMC
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss.
CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE )
I, Candice Alvarez, MMC, City Clerk of the City of Lake Elsinore, California, do hereby certify
that Resolution No. 2023-72 was adopted by the City Council of the City of Lake Elsinore,
California, at the Regular meeting of August 22, 2023 and that the same was adopted by the
following vote:
AYES: Council Members Tisdale, Sheridan, and Magee; Mayor Pro Tem Manos; and Mayor
Johnson
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Candice Alvarez, MMC
City Clerk
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