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DHY: 7/24/98
RESOLUTION NO. 98-041
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SANTA ANA AMENDING THE MISCELLANEOUS FEE
SCHEDULE TO INCREASE THE VEHICLE RELEASE FEES
FOR VEHICLES IMPOUNDED AFTER DRIVERS FL%VE
BEEN ARRESTED OR CITED FOR DRIVING WITHOUT A
VALID LICENSE.
W~EREAS, the City of Santa Aha has been conditionally
approved for a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety
for the Traffic Offender Program; and
W~EREAS, the Traffic Offender Program is designed to reduce
the number of vehicular accidents in the streets of Santa Aha
through the arrest or cite of drivers who are operating motor
vehicles without a license or with a suspended or revoked license;
and
WHEREAS, the grant will provide the City of Santa Ana with
the additional funds to hire personnel and purchase equipment to
carry out the program, specifically the City of Santa ~_na will be
able to hire two police officers, one police sergeant, and an
analyst; and
WHEREAS, as a condition of receipt of the grant the City of
Santa ~_na must raise its fees for the release of vehicles
impounded after the arrest or cite of these drivers; and
W~EREAS, such increase is necessary so that funds may be
placed in a special traffic safety fund to ensure the continuation
of the program once grant funds are exhausted; and
WHEREAS, the vehicles being impounded under the Traffic
Offender Program are done so pursuant to non-consensual tows; and
WHEREAS, this Council after duly noticed public hearing, has
determined that;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SD~NTAANA AS FOLLOWS:
The City of Santa Aha shall raise the release fee for
vehicles impounded after the arrest of drivers who are
operating a vehicle without a license or under a
suspended or revoked license to one hundred and twenty
five dollars ($125.00).
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council.
Ail other
dollars
release
($62.00)
fees for vehicles shall remain at
until further resolution of the
ADOPTED this 3rd
day of August , 1998.
ATTEST:
~H C. Guy z
Clerk of the Council
COUNCILMEMBERS:
Pulido~ Absent
Richardson Aye
Espinoza Absent
Franklin Aye
Lutz Aye
McGuigan Aye
Moreno Aye
APPROVED AS TO FOX:
CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY
State of Califomia
County of Orange
I, JANICE C. GUY, Clerk of the Council, do hereby certify the attached Resolution No.
fg - c:>~z / to be the original resolution adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana
on
Date:
Clerkofthe Codncil f~
City of Santa Ana