HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001-12-11; City Council; Resolution 2001-361RESOLUTION NO. 2001-361
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, TO EXTEND THE COLLECTION OF
VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEES FOR THE PURPOSES OF
ABANDONED VEHICLE ABATEMENT
5 WHEREAS, sections 9250.7 and 22710 of the California Vehicle Code authorized the
6 establishment of the San Diego County Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Service Authority
7 (“AVASA”) in 1991 and the imposition of a $1 fee on vehicles registered in the County of San
WHEREAS, these sections impose an additional $2 fee on commercial vehicles registered
in the County of San Diego, effective December 31, 2001;
WHEREAS, these registration fees are used exclusively for the abatement, removal, and
disposal of any abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicles or vehicle parts as
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,4 public nuisances, on private or public property, to combat neighborhood blight and decay;
15 WHEREAS, the City of Carlsbad, along with the County of San Diego and the majority of
,6 cities in the County, is a member of the AVASA;
17 WHEREAS, in FY 2001, the City of Carlsbad received $123,351 in registration fees from
18 the AVASA, which paid for 100 percent of the City’s costs of abating nuisance vehicles with the
19 balance going into a reserve fund for future Carlsbad AVA expenditures;
20 WHEREAS, Senate Bill 106, chaptered on August 13, 2001, amended California Vehicle
21 Code sections 9250.7 and 22710 to allow for an extension of the registration fees in increments of
22 /I up to 10 years;
23 WHEREAS, in order for the registration fees to be extended, Senate Bill 106 requires a
24 county’s board of supervisors, by a two-thirds vote, and the cities with the majority of the
25 incorporated population within the county to adopt resolutions approving an extension of the
26 registration fees;
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NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, that
the registration fees, as authorized by the State of California, imposed on vehicles registered in
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the County of San Diego, are extended for 10 years from date of the approval of this Resolution,
in accord with California Vehicle Code sections 9250.7 and 22710.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Carlsbad City Council
held on the 11th day of DECEMBER , 2001 by the following vote, to
wit:
AYES: Council Members Lewis, Kulchin, Finnila, Nygaard, Hall
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST:
LORRAINE M. hOOD, City Clerk
(SEAL)
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