99-003 - Impounded Vehicle Fees are to be Deposited

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RESOLUTIONNO. 1999-03 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA SPECIFYING THE FUNDS IN WHICH CERTAIN iMPOUNDED VEHICLE FEES AKE TO BE DEPOSITED THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA HEREBY RESOLVES, DETERMINES, AND DECLARES AS FOLLOWS: WHEREAS, the City Council in August of 1998 adopted Resolution No. 98-041 which raised the impound fee charged to drivers whose vehicles are nonconsensually towed due to driving with no license or on a suspended license; and : WHEREAS, the prior fee of $62 was retained for all other impounded vehicles but was raised to $125 for tows of such drivers; and WHEREAS, the City has received a state grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety which will pay for three sworn officers andnon-sworn personnel to administer a program to increase City effectiveness in preventing vehicles driven by drivers with no license from driving on City streets; and WHEREAS, this grant was explicitly made contingent upon the City raising the nonconsensual towing fee as set forth above; and WHEREAS, since the City Council's prior action $i00 of this .$.125 fee is set aside to be used to continue this program alter the grant ends, which is a service and benefit to all drivers on City streets including drivers with no or suspended licenses; and WHEREAS, the Califomia Office of Traffic Safety has requested formal confirmation from the City Council that the $I00 set aside portion of the unilateral towing fee for vehicles will be used for this special program and not for other, more general purposes; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, that the fee collected for all unilateral tows of .vehicles impounded because their driver is driving with no license or a suspended license, which has been set by prior action of the City Council at $125.00, shall continue to be divided into the following funds: