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CITY OF CARLSBAD - AGENDA BILL
TITLE.
C=N”ATION OF ABANDONED VEHICLE ABATEMENT
PROGRAM THROUGH EXTENSION OF VEHICLE
REGISTRATION FEE
CITY MGR
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
1. Adopt resolution approving an extension of registration fees, as authorized by the State of
California, imposed on vehicles registered in the County of San Diego, for 10 years from date
of the approval of this Resolution, in accord with California Vehicle Code sections 9250.7 and
22710. (Adopt Resolution No. 2001-361.)
ITEM EXPLANATION:
Sections 9250.7 and 22710 of the California Vehicle Code authorized the establishment of
the San Diego County Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Service Authority (“AVASA”) in 1991
and the imposition of a $1 fee on vehicles registered in the County of San Diego. Since
Fiscal Year 1994, revenue from registration fees collected to supportSan Diego County’s
Abandoned Vehicle Authority (AVA) has returned almost $17 million to local jurisdictions.
These registration fees are used exclusively for the abatement, removal, and disposal of any
abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicles or vehicle parts as public
nuisances, on private or public property, to combat neighborhood blight and decay.
On August 13, 2001, Governor Davis signed SB 106 into law, thereby providing the
mechanism needed to alleviate concerns related to an upcoming sunset clause regarding the
4VA program. The amended regulation will allow the authority to continue AVA efforts via
regional discretion through an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Board of Supervisors and
the acceptance of the majority of local participating jurisdictions that represent the majority of
the population, in increments of up to 10 years. Without an extension of the registration fees,
authority for the registration fees will expire in April 2002.
The City of Carlsbad, along with the County of San Diego and the majority of cities in the
County, is a member of the AVASA. In FY 2001, the City of Carlsbad received $123,351 in
registration fees from the AVASA, which paid for 100 percent of the City’s costs of abating
nuisance vehicles, with the balance going into a reserve fund for future Carlsbad AVA
sxpenditures.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The continuation of the AVA program means the continued collection of vehicle registration
fees dedicated to the program. Fees collected on behalf of the City of Carlsbad totaled
§123,351 in FY 2001. These monies are used solely to reimburse the costs associated with
nvestigating and removing abandoned vehicles in Carlsbad.
EXHIBITS:
1. Resolution No. d00/ -361
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RESOLUTION 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
WHEREAS, sections 9250.7 and 22710 of the California Vehicle Code authorized the
establishment of the San Diego County Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Service Authority
(“AVASA”) in 1991 and the imposition of a $1 fee on vehicles registered in the County of San
Diego;
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
public nuisances, on private or public property, to combat neighborhood blight and decay;
WHEREAS, the City of Carlsbad, along with the County of San Diego and the majority of
cities in the County, is a member of the AVASA;
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WHEREAS, in FY 2001, the City of Carlsbad received $123,351 in registration fees from
the AVASA, which paid for 100 percent of the City’s costs of abating nuisance vehicles with the
balance going into a reserve fund for future Carlsbad AVA expenditures;
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 106, chaptered on August 13, 2001, amended California Vehicle
Code sections 9250.7 and 22710 to allow for an extension of the registration fees in increments of
up to IO years;
WHEREAS, in order for the registration fees to be extended, Senate Bill 106 requires a
county’s board of supervisors, by a two-thirds vote, and the cities with the majority of the
incorporated population within the county to adopt resolutions approving an extension of the
registration fees;
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
wit:
11th day of DECEMBER , 2001 by the following vote, to
AYES: Council Members Lewis, Kulchin, Finnila, Nygaard, Hall
NOES: None
ABSENT: None :'
ATTEST:
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