HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes 2023-042 RESOLUTION NO. 2023-042
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM DESERT,
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 $35,128,331 in service fee proceeds to member
agencies and caused the abetment of approximately 118,776 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 20 24; 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 for the City of Palm Desert to have the Abandoned
Vehicle Abatement program continue beyond its current termination date of May 20 24.
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Resolution No. 2023-042 Page 2
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED the City Council of the City of Palm
Desert, California approves the extension of the service fee collected on behalf of the
Riverside County Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Service Authority until May 14, 20 34.
ADOPTED ON SEPTEMBER 14, 2023.
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KATHLEEN KELLY, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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ANTHONY J. MEJIA
CITY CLERK
I, Anthony J. Mejia, City Clerk of the City of Palm Desert, hereby certify that
Resolution No. 2023-042 is a full, true, and correct copy, and was duly adopted at a
regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Palm Desert on September 14, 2023,
by the following vote:
AYES: HARNIK, NESTANDE, QUINTANILLA, TRUBEE, AND KELLY
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
RECUSED: NONE
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of
the City of Palm Desert, California, on _______________.
ANTHONY J. MEJIA
CITY CLERK
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