HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 2001 - 185RESOLUTION NO. 2001 -185
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY
APPROVING A TEN YEAR EXTENSION OF
THE SERVICE AUTHORITY FOR THE
ABATEMENT OF ABANDONED VEHICLES
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; and
WHEREAS, these sections impose an additional $2 fee on commercial
vehicles registered in the County of San Diego, effective December 31, 2001; and
WHEREAS, these registration fees are used exclusively for the abatement,
removal, and disposal of any abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicles or
parts as public nuisances, on private or public property, to combat neighborhood blight
and decay; and
WHEREAS, the City of National City, along with the County of San Diego
and the majority of cities in the County, is a member of AVASA; and
WHEREAS, in FY 2001, the City of National City received $143,000 in
registration fees from AVASA, which paid 100% of the City's costs of abating nuisance
vehicles; and
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 106, chaptered on August 13, 2001, amended
California Vehicle Code Sections 9250.7 and 22710 to allow for the extension of the
registration fees in increments of up to ten years; and
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; and
WHEREAS, without an extension of the registration fees, authority for the
registration fees will expire in April 2002, and the City will be unable to recover a
significant portion of the costs of abating nuisance vehicles.
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Resolution No. 2001-185
December 4, 2001
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the City Council of the City of
National City that the registration fees imposed on vehicles registered in the County of
San Diego are extended for ten years from the date of the approval of this Resolution, in
accordance with California Vehicles Code Sections 9250.70 and 22710.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 4th- day of December, 2001.
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George H. Waters, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Michael R. D. ., City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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George H. Eiser, III
City Attorney