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1 Kings County Association of Governments Member Agencies: Cities of Avenal, Corcoran, Hanford and Lemoore, County of Kings Chair: Vacant 339 W. D Street, Suite B Lemoore, CA Tel. (559) Fax (559) Vice-Chair: Glenda Woolley In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, including auxiliary aids, translation requests, or other accommodations, please contact the KCAG Office at (559) by 4:00 on the Friday prior to this meeting. Agenda backup information and any public records provided to the Commission after the posting of the agenda for this meeting will be available for public review at 339 West D Street, Suite B, Lemoore, CA. In addition most documents will be posted on M E E T I N G Agenda: Place: KINGS COUNTY ABANDONED VEHICLE ABATEMENT SERVICE AUTHORITY Board of Supervisors Chambers Kings County Government Center 1400 W. Lacey Blvd., Hanford, CA Time: 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, January 23, 2019 ITEM PAGE ACTION I. CALL MEETING TO ORDER - Chairperson A. Roll Call B. Declare Vacancy and Conduct Election of Chair C. Unscheduled Appearances Any person may address the Authority on any subject matter within the jurisdiction or responsibility of the Authority at the beginning of the meeting; or may elect to address the Authority on any agenda item at the time the item is called by the Chair, but before the matter is acted upon by the Authority. Unscheduled comments will be limited to three minutes. D. Minutes 1. Minutes of September 26, Action II. ABANDONED VEHICLE ABATEMENT SERVICE AUTHORITY A. General Authority Items 1. FY First Quarter Report 4-8 Action III. MISCELLANEOUS: A. Correspondence B. Staff Comments C. Board of Directors Comments IV. ADJOURNMENT: Next meeting date to be determined

2 Kings County Association of Governments Member Agencies: Cities of Avenal, Corcoran, Hanford and Lemoore, County of Kings 339 W. D Street, Suite B Lemoore, CA Tel. (559) Fax (559) M I N U T E S CALL MEETING TO ORDER The meeting of the Kings County Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Service Authority was called to order by Commissioner Brown, Vice-Chair, at 5:20 p.m., on September 26, 2018, in the Board of Supervisors Chambers, Administration Building, Kings County Government Center, 1400 W. Lacey Blvd., Hanford, California. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: David Ayers, David Brown, Sid Palmerin, Doug Verboon, Glenda Woolley COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: STAFF PRESENT: KCAG COUNSEL PRESENT: VISITORS PRESENT: Joel Gandarilla, Terri King, Yunsheng Luo, Mary Madrid Boudah, Teresa Nickell, Christopher Xiong Kris Pedersen Mel Weaver A. Roll Call Joel Gandarilla conducted roll call. B. Unscheduled Appearances Mel Weaver, owner of Mel s Towing in Hanford, explained a situation wherein he is asked to tow vehicles for local law enforcement agencies. The current business location is overcrowded with abandoned vehicles, which resulted in the need to lease an adjacent property to store the additional vehicles he is asked to tow. Within 72 hours a lien is placed on the towed vehicles and the towed vehicles must be kept in a safe location for 30 days. Mr. Weaver bears the cost of the lien process and storage; which he estimates is about $2,000 per vehicle. Mr. Weaver stated that refusing to tow an abandoned vehicle would adversely affect his state issued towing license. Mr. Weaver is requesting information regarding available reimbursement for the cost of towing on behalf of local law enforcement agencies. Terri King replied that the role of the Abandoned Vehicle Abatement (AVA) Service Authority is to reimburse the local municipality for the expense of the tow and some administration costs based on a rate. Under the AVA program, towed vehicles must be dismantled. Additionally, each municipality has a contract with the towing company for tow services. Mr. Weaver stated he has a contract with the City of Hanford, the Highway Patrol, and Sheriff s Office. The question asked was, when is a vehicle considered abandoned. The reply was it depends on code enforcement s determination when a vehicle appears to be non-operative, no owner found, abandoned over 72 hours, accumulated cobwebs or debris, or other signs that the vehicle is inoperable. Commissioner Verboon offered to meet with Mr. Weaver at a later date to further discuss is concerns. 1

3 C. Minutes A motion was made and seconded (Ayers / Verboon) to approve the Minutes of July 25, Motion carried by the following vote: Ayers: Brown: Palmerin: Verboon: Woolley: Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Service Authority A. General Authority Items 1. FY Fourth Quarter Report Teresa Nickell reported that for the Fourth Quarter of FY , a total of $28, in AVA funds was allocated to Kings County. Member agencies will receive $26, this quarter in available AVA funds, but expended $14, conducting AVA activities. Administration expenses claimed this quarter were $3, for KCAG, which included salaries/benefits for staff time and legal expenses to administer the program. A total of 67 vehicles were abated this quarter versus 41 during the previous quarter. A motion was made and seconded (Verboon / Ayers) to approve the FY Fourth Quarter Report. Motion carried by the following vote: Ayers: Brown: Palmerin: Verboon: Woolley: 2. FY Annual Report Teresa Nickell reported that for the FY a total of $108, in AVA fund apportionments and $3, in interest was earned for a total of $112, in revenue received in FY Member jurisdictions spent $ conducting AVA activities, and administrative expenses were $12, for managing the AVA program. A total of 300 vehicle abatements were allowed during the year, for an average cost per abatement of $ A balance of $306, in unspent FY AVA apportionments remains in the AVA account to be distributed in FY A motion was made and seconded (Palmerin / Verboon) to approve the FY Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Annual Report. Motion carried by the following vote: Ayers: Brown: Palmerin: Verboon: Woolley: 2

4 MISCELLANEOUS A. Correspondence None. B. Staff Comments None. C. Board of Directors Comments None. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business before the Kings County Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Service Authority, the meeting was adjourned at 5:41 p.m. Respectfully submitted, KINGS COUNTY ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS Terri King, Executive Director 3

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