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DATE: October 16, 2012
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Joni Pattillo, City Manager(". rrr I ZZ
SUBJECT: Adoption of Resolution Extending the Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Program
Prepared by Amy Cunningham, Budget Manager/Assistant to the City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The City Council is being asked to consider the authorization of the extension of the Alameda
County Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Program which is due to expire in May 2013.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
None.
• RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the attached Resolution Authorizing the Extension
of the Alameda County Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Program
Submitted By Reviewed By
Budget Manager/ Assistant City Manager
Assistant to the City Manager
DESCRIPTION:
In 1990, the California State Legislature enacted legislation allowing for the creation of county-
based vehicle abatement authorities, pursuant to the provisions of Section 22710 of the Vehicle
Code. In 1993, the Alameda County Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Authority (AVA) was
formed and imposed a one dollar ($1.00) annual vehicle registration fee on vehicles registered
to an owner with an address in the County of Alameda.
Vehicle registration fees are collected by the Department of Motor Vehicles and allocated by the
State Controller to the AVA on a quarterly basis pursuant to Section 9250.7 of the Vehicle Code.
Fees are then allocated to the AVA participating members based on an adopted formula that
accounts for percentage of vehicles abated, population, and land area, in relation to the totals
• for these factors in the AVA as a whole. The current participating agencies are the County of
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Alameda, and all of the Alameda County Cities with the exception of Albany and Emeryville.
Since the inception of the program almost twenty years ago, the AVA has received
approximately $22.8 million, which has allowed the participating agencies to abate
approximately 363,000 abandoned vehicles. As an example, the City of Dublin has averaged,
over the past four years, approximately 440 vehicle abatements and has received approximately
$32,000 annually.
The current program is set to expire in May 2013. New legislation allows the local abatement
authorities to extend the program every ten (10) years with the approval of the County (by 4/5’s
vote) and a majority of the cities comprising a majority of the population of the unincorporated
areas. The adoption of the attached resolution is the first step toward the extension of this
important program.
NOTICING REQUIREMENTS/PUBLIC OUTREACH:
Not applicable.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Resolution Authorizing the Extension of the Abandoned Vehicle
Abatement Program
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RESOLUTION NO. XX - 11
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
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EXTENSION OF THE ABANDONED VEHICLE ABATEMENT PROGRAM
UNTIL MAY 31, 2023
WHEREAS,
the Alameda County Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Authority was formed in
1993; and
WHEREAS,
since 1993, the Alameda County Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Authority and
Program has provided approximately $22.8 million in county-wide which has supported the
participating agencies in the abatement of approximately 363,000 abandoned vehicles in Alameda
County; and
WHEREAS,
the Alameda County Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Program is set to expire
May 31, 2013; and
WHEREAS,
new legislation allows for an extension of the Program with the approval of the
County and a majority of the cities comprising a majority of the population of the incorporated areas;
and
WHEREAS
, it is desirable to the City of Dublin to have the program continue.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED
that the City Council of the City of Dublin
supports the extension of the Alameda County Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Program until
May 31, 2023.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED
this 16th day of October, 2012, by the following
vote:
AYES
:
NOES
:
ABSENT
:
ABSTAIN
:
______________________________
Mayor
ATTEST
:
_________________________________
City Clerk
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