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6.3A Page 2 Redwood City Police Department personnel in FY 09/10, this could result in additional annual revenue of approximately $40,000. It should be noted that this increase in parking fines does not increase meter rates. The increase will only affect those persons who receive a pa�king citation for violations of the parking regulations set by the Municipal Code, California Vehicle Code, and Uniform Fire Code. Increasing parking fines requires both an ordinance and a resolution because Redwood City has its own authority to establish City-specific parking violations within the Municipal Code (such as those associated with metered parking and residential permits), while the more general parking violations are set forth in state law. The attached resolution setting forth all updated parking fines will be effective when the Municipal Code amendments are enacted, 30 days after the second reading of the ordinance. (See Attachment 2). Redwood City's parking fines were last increased by $10 in December 2009 to offset a similarly-mandated $5 surcharge for the State Court Facilities Construction Fund, and to align Redwood City's fines with other San Mateo County parking fines. On November 2, 2010, California voters approved Proposition 26 to convert some local fees to taxes requiring vote� approval. However, there are seven categories of fees which may still be imposed by local governments without voter approval. Parking fines fall into one of these categories because they are "fines, penalties, ar other monetary charges imposed as a result af a violation of law." Therefore the City Council still has the authority to increase parking fines authorized by the California Vehicle Code and the Municipal Code. ALTERNATIVES 1. City Council could choose to increase parking violation fine amounts by $3.00 per violation to recoup the surcharge imposed by the State of California. 2. City Council could choose to take no action, which would result in the City receiving less revenue from parking fines as the state diverts a$3.00 surcharge for each parking violation issued. Selection of this alternative would result in a projected annual revenue Ioss of approximately $60,000. FISCAL IMPACT Approximately 20,000 parking violation citations are issued annually by Redwood City Police Department personnel. A$5.00 increase to achieve parity with surrounding cities in the penalty for parking violations would result in a projected net increase to the City of $40,000 after deducting the State surcharge. 7�--� ��- l ..�, (.`�..` " �� Steve Blanc Ed Hernandez Sergeant Acting Chief of Police 2