HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RES 97-077i RESOLUTION NO. 97-77
2 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA, REQUESTING THAT THE
3 ORANGE COUNTY DIVISION OF THE LEAGUE OF
CALIFORNIA CITIES SPONSOR LEGISLATION TO
4 ADDRESS LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONS
RELATING TO ABANDONED SHOPPING CART
5 RETRIEVAL
6 The City Council of the City of Tustin does hereby resolve as follows:
7 I. The City Council finds and determines as follows:
8 WHEREAS, sho ping cart retrieval legislation enacted in 1996 (Assembly
Bill 317) impose~Po~nerous restrictions on cities including a three-day advance
notice re uirement to cart owners prior to impounding abandoned shopping
9 carts; an~
10 WHEREAS, neighborhood concerns regarding the number of abandoned or
stolen sho ing carts and their contribution to blight has elevated with the
11 passage o~s~sembly Bill 317; and
12 WHEREAS, Assemblyman Pringle introduced legislation (AB 1427) on
behalf of the Ci . of Anaheim to amend existing law dealing with the notice
t 3 provisions and %cal government charges relating to cart retrieval that was
14 supported by the Grocers Association and the League of California Cities;
and '
15 WHEREAS, the League of California Cities has indicated an anal sis of fiscal
16 impact to dries would vary significan~y under' the provisions of ~ 1427 due
to the subjectivity or voluntary nature of the legislation.
17 WHEREAS, since current state law has restricted cities and counties from
18 retrieving nuisance shopping carts at the local level, it would be appropriate
for the Lea e of Ca]if6rnia Cities to sponsor legislation in 1998 to repeal or
19 amend app'~cable sections of existing law dealing with cart retrieval.
20 II. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Tnstjn hereby
requests that the Oran e County Division League of Cities. su ort a request
2 1 that the League of ~'~ornia Cities sponsor legislation in 19~8Pto amend or
repeal the onerous rovisions in current law dealing with city and county
22 restrictions surrouniF'n~g cart retrieval. ·
2 3 PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Ci Counc~ of the City of Tustin, at a regular
meeting on the 4th day of August, 199~.
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2 8 STOKEI~ City Clerk'
City of Tustin
RESOLUTION CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ). ss
CITY OF TUSTIN )
RESOLUTION NO. 97-77
Pamela Stoker, City Clerk and'ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the
City of Tustin, California, does hereby certi.fy that the whole number of
the'members of the City Council is five; that the above and foregoing
resolution was passed and adgpted at a regular meeting of the City Council
held on the 4th day of August, 1997, by the following vote:
COUNCILMEMBER AYES: Thomas, Saltarelli, Doyle, Potts, Worley
COUNCILMEMBER NOES: None
COUNCILMEMBER ABSTAINED~ None
COUNCILMEMBER ABSENT: None
ya Stoker, City Clerk