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CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA RESOLUTION NO. 01-026 RESOLUTION AMENDING THE MASTER FEE RESOLUTION NO. 92-100 TO INCREASE THE IMPOUND VEHICLE RELEASE FEE WHEREAS, on May 19, 1992, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 92-100 which established a new Master Fee Schedule; and WHEREAS, WHEREAS, Sections 22651 and 14602.6 of the California Vehicle Code authorize law enforcement agencies to impound vehicles in enumerated circumstances; and Section 11.40.010 of the Pleasanton Municipal Code provides that the Police Department may impound vehicles in enumerated circumstances, including those in Section 22651 of the California Vehicle Code; and WHEREAS, Section 22850.5 of the California Vehicle Code provides that a local agency may seek by regulation, ordinance, or resolution recovery for the administrative costs of a law enforcement agency when the agency impounds vehicles; and WHEREAS, Section 11.40.100 of the Pleasanton Municipal Code provides that, in addition to satisfying requirements of the Califomia Vehicle Code, the owner of any vehicle towed pursuant to enumerated sections of the California Vehicle Code shall pay to the City of Pleasanton an administrative fee as established by City Council resolution and that the owner shall pay this fee prior to the release of the vehicle; and WHEREAS, the average administrative costs associated with the removal, storage, impound, and release of a vehicle towed pursuant to the Pleasanton Municipal Code equal approximately $100.00, although the fee provided for the release of impounded vehicles in the Master Fee Schedule is $10.00. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS: