R-9522
RESOLUTION NUMBER 9522
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA SETTING FEES FOR THE RELEASE OF
VEHICLES IMPOUNDED UNDER THE CITY?S MOTORIST
AWARENESS/30-DAY VEHICLE IMPOUND PROGRAM
WHEREAS, it is the policy of the City of Santa Monica to charge for the
fully allowable costs of services provided by City Staff when such services benefit
individual users rather than members of the community as a whole; and
WHEREAS, the City Council directed City Staff to develop a motorist
awareness/30-day vehicle impound program, which targeted persons operating
vehicles without valid driver licenses and which involved actions designed to
dissuade them from driving unlicensed in Santa Monica.
WHEREAS, the Police Department has developed such a program and
one of the actions contained within the program is the impounding of vehicles
driven by unlicensed or improperly licensed drivers for thirty (30) days; and
WHEREAS, it is appropriate to recover City costs associated with the
impounding of such vehicles; and
WHEREAS, recovering a major portion of program?s cost is dependent
upon charging an appropriate 30-Day Impound-Vehicle Release Fee; and
WHEREAS, by preparation of a Motorist Awareness/30-Day Vehicle
Impound Program cost recovery plan, the Police Department has determined that
$210.00 is the appropriate fee to charge for release of a vehicle impounded, for
30 days, under that program; and
WHEREAS, the 30-day vehicle impound release fee should be increased
annually in proportion with increases in the Consumer Price Index, published by
the United States Department of Labor to reflect inflationary increases in program
costs,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL IF THE CITY OF SANTA
MONICA DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The fee for release of a vehicle impounded under the City?s
Motorist Awareness/30-Day Vehicle Impound Program shall be $210.00.
SECTION 2. The 30-Day Vehicle Impound Release Fee set by this
resolution shall be effective from July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001.
SECTION 3. Beginning July 1, 2001 and on July 1 of each fiscal year
thereafter, the 30-Day Vehicle Impound Release Fee shall be administratively
revised by a factor equal to the difference in the Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange
County Consumer Price Index for the twelve month period February through
February of the prior fiscal year. The 30-Day Vehicle Impound Release Fee will
be included in the City?s comprehensive study of user fees, conducted every five
(5) years, to determine if fess charged adequately cover the City costs for related
services.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution,
and thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full forth and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
S/________________________
MARSHA JONES MOUTRIE
City Attorney
Adopted and approved this 13th of June, 2000.
S/_________________________
Ken Genser, Mayor
I, Maria M. Stewart, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby
certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 9522 (CCS) was duly adopted at a
meeting of the Santa Monica City Council held on the 13th of June 2000, by the
following vote:
Ayes: Council members: Rosenstein, McKeown, Feinstein, Bloom,
Mayor Pro Tem O?Connor, Mayor Genser
Noes: Council members: None
Abstain: Council members: None
Absent: Council members: Holbrook
ATTEST:
S/_________________________
Maria Stewart, City Clerk