Resolution No. 4893344
RESOLUTION NO. 4893
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
IN SUPPORT OF THE IMPOSITION IN ORANGE COUNTY OF A $1 FEE
ON VEHICLE REGISTRATIONS, RENEWALS AND SUPPLEMENTAL
APPLICATION FOR APPORTIONED REGISTRATIONS, AS AUTHORIZED BY
STATUTES 1997, CHAPTER 587, SECTION 1.
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 thirteen years old, uses sixteen -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; and
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;
and
WHEREAS, the earmarked penalty assessment generates insufficient revenue to cover the
current costs of operating the CAL -ID system; and
WHEREAS, no funding source has been identified for replacement or upgrading of the
current CAL -ID system; and
WHEREAS, Statutes 1997, Chapter 587, Section 1 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; and
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; and
WHEREAS, the Remote Access Network Board has made such a recommendation; and
WHEREAS, implementation of Statutes 1997, Chapter 587, Section 1 would permit the
installation of live scan devices at all booking and arrest facilities in 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; and
WHEREAS, based on the foregoing, the City Council of the City of Cypress finds that there
is a public safety need for imposition of the fee authorized by Statutes 1997, Chapter 587, Section
1 in Orange County; and
WHEREAS, Statutes 1997, Chapter 587, 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 City Council of the City of Cypress
hereby indicates its support for the imposition in Orange County of a $1 fee on vehicle registrations,
renewals and supplemental applications for apportioned registrations, as authorized by Statutes 1997,
Chapter 587, Section 1.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Cypress hereby
indicates its support of repeal of said fee on January 1, 2003, or at such later date as the statutory
authorization for said fee may expire.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Cypress at a regular meeting
on the 12th day of January 1998.
ATTEST:
T CL RK OF THE
ANGE.
OF CYPRESS
MAYOR S THE /t ITY OF CYPRESS
I, LILLIAN M. HAINA, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that
the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the said City Council held on the
12th day of January 1998, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Bowman, Carroll, Keenan, Piercy and Jones
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
cC LERK OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS