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Attachment 1 RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON AMENDING THE MASTER FEE SCHEDULE RELATED TO PARKING CITATION PENALTIES WHEREAS, California Vehicle Code section 40203.5 authorizes the City Council to establish a schedule of penalties and late payment penalties for parking violations of the California Vehicle Code and Pleasanton Municipal Code; and WHEREAS, on May 19, 1992, the City Council adopted the Master Fee Schedule, Resolution No. 92 -100; and WHEREAS, on June 1, 1993, the City Council amended the Master Fee Schedule by adopting Resolution 93 -68 to establish penalties for parking violations; and WHEREAS, the penalty for each parking violation includes a base penalty, administrative costs, and state mandated penalties to finance the construction of state courthouses and criminal justice facilities; and WHEREAS, during 2008, the California State Legislature enacted Senate Bill 1407 to provide for enhanced revenues to finance immediate and critical needs construction and renovation projects of court facilities throughout the State; and WHEREAS, as a result of SB 1407, the amount per parking citation collected that the City of Pleasanton must pay to the County of Alameda to finance state courthouse construction and criminal justice facilities increased to $9.50 per parking citation; and WHEREAS, the City wishes to recover all of the state mandated penalties for parking citations, as well as administrative costs associated with parking offenses that are not currently captured in the penalties; and WHEREAS, since 1993, the penalties for parking violations have not been revised; and WHEREAS, the City wishes to increase the penalties for all enumerated parking violations; and WHEREAS, the City also wishes to add to the Master Fee Schedule additional parking violations that are not currently included; and WHEREAS, the City also wishes to add to the Master Fee Schedule an administrative fee to process the cancellation of a parking citation in a case where the individual who received the citation provides proof of a valid placard at the time the citation was issued; and /1/