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HomeMy WebLinkAbout98-3 - Vehicle RegistrationsRESOLUTION NO. 98 -3 • A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH SUPPORTS AND RECOMMENDS THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ADOPT $1 FEE ON VEHICLE REGISTRATIONS, RENEWALS AND SUPPLEMENTAL APPLICATIONS FOR APPORTIONED REGISTRATIONS PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 587 OF THE STATUTES OF 1997 WHEREAS, pursuant to legal authorization, Orange County operates a countywide Automated Fingerprint Identification System known as "Cal -ID "; and WHEREAS, Cal -ID greatly enhances the ability of all police agencies in the county to investigate crimes by enabling officers throughout the county efficiently and accurately to identify crime suspects, arrestees and victims; and WHEREAS, the current Cal -ID system is over 13 years old, uses 16 year old computer technology, lacks sufficient capacity promptly to process all the • data submitted by police agencies in the County, is frequently in disrepair, is near capacity in terms of memory, and will cease to be operative in the year 2000; WHEREAS, operation of the Cal -ID system currently is funded pursuant to a User's Agreement between the County and the cities in the County, which provides that revenue generated by an earmarked penalty assessment is supplemented by contributions by the County and the cities; WHEREAS, the earmarked penalty assessment generates insufficient revenue to cover the current costs of operating the Cal -ID system; WHEREAS, no funding source has been identified for replacement or • upgrading of the current Cal -ID system; • WHEREAS, Chapter 587 of the Statutes 1997, gives the Orange County Board of Supervisors the option of implementing in Orange County a $1 per vehicle fee on vehicle registrations, renewals and supplemental applications for apportioned registrations; WHEREAS, upon the recommendation of the Remote Access Network Board, in which this city participates, the proceeds of said fee must be used exclusively for the purchase and operation of new Cal -ID automated fingerprint identification equipment to identify individuals involved in vehicle - related crimes and other crimes committed while operating a motor vehicle; WHEREAS, the Remote Access Network Board has made such a recommended imposition of the fee authorized by Chapter 587 of the Statutes • 1997; WHEREAS, implementation of Chapter 587 of the Statutes 1997, would permit the installation of live scan devices in all booking and arrest facilities of City and county law enforcement agencies, enabling all these agencies, for the foreseeable future, quickly to enter fingerprints into the Cal -ID system so as to identify crime suspects, arrestees and victims; WHEREAS, based on the foregoing, this Council finds that there is a public safety need for imposition of the fee authorized by Chapter 587 of the Statutes 1997, in Orange County, and WHEREAS, Chapter 587 of the Statutes 1997, Section 1 requires that the • Orange County Board of Supervisors adopt a resolution prior to collection of said fee. • • • NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Newport Beach City Council strongly encourages the Orange County Board of Supervisors to impose a $1 fee on vehicle registrations, renewals and supplemental applications for apportioned registrations, as authorized by Statutes 1997, Chapter 587, Section 1. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Council also supports repeal of said fee on January 1, 2003 or at such later date as the statutory authorization for said fee may expire. ADOPTED, this ATTEST: 12th day Of January 4nno daU%YUn.r? M . �Gai , LaVonne Harkless, City Clerk F:\cat\da\Resolution\Fingerprint\122397.doc STATE OF CALIFORNIA } • COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss. CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH } I, LAVONNE M. HARKLESS, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing resolution, being Resolution No. 98 -3, was duly and regularly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the 12th day of January, 1998, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: Ayes: Thomson, Debay, O'Neil, Noyes, Mayor Edwards Noes: Hedges, Glover Absent: None Abstain: None IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the • official seal of said City this 13th day of January, 1998. City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California (Seal) • �PCRi�� /