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1 City Council Meeting: June 24, 2025 Santa Monica, California RESOLUTION NUMBER _________ (CCS)
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA MONICA REVISING CREDIT CARD AND DEBIT CARD CONVENIENCE
FEES FOR PARKING CITATIONS AND PARKING PERMITS
WHEREAS, the City has previously authorized the use of credit cards and debit cards to pay for City services, administrative citations, utilities, parking citations, recreation activities, and other transactions (collectively, “Credit Card Payments”); and WHEREAS, there are certain transactional costs associated with Credit Card Payments; and
WHEREAS, the transactional costs associated with Credit Card Payments vary depending on the vendor, payment amount, payment purpose, and other factors; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Government Code section 6159(h), the City may impose charges for the transactional costs associated with Credit Card Payments (“Convenience Fees”), provided that the Convenience Fees do not exceed the costs incurred by the City in providing for Credit Card Payments; and
WHEREAS, on October 27, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 11301 (CCS) (“Resolution 11301”), which established certain Convenience Fees for Credit Card Payments; and
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2 WHEREAS, Resolution 11301 provides for a per transaction fee for Credit Card Payments for administrative citations, utility payments, and parking citations; and WHEREAS, Resolution 11301 provides for a 2.95% convenience fee based on the amount of the transaction for Credit Card Payments for recreation activities, mobility/transportation demand, and all other non-parking-related payments; and WHEREAS, on October 26, 2021, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 11381 (CCS) (“Resolution 11381”), which established a Convenience Fee so that the City could recover the transactional costs associated with utility payments; and WHEREAS, the City desires to adopt Convenience Fees to recover the transactional costs associated with parking citations and certain preferential parking permits, including residential parking permits, visitor parking permits, temporary parking permits, recreational vehicle (RV) overnight permits and replacement permits (collectively, the “Preferential Parking Permits”); and WHEREAS, the transactional costs for parking citations and Preferential Parking Permits depend on whether the transaction is completed at the counter, online, or over the phone; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Government Code section 66018, the City Council called a public hearing for June 24, 2025, for the purpose of receiving public comments to the proposed Convenience Fees. Notice of the public hearing was given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation within the City once a week for two weeks commencing at least 10 days prior to the public hearing, with at least 5 days intervening between the first and last publication; and
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3 WHEREAS, on June 24, 2025, at the time and place set for the public hearing, the City Council heard and considered all oral and written presentations and comments made regarding the proposed Convenience Fees.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES RESOLVE AND PROCLAIM AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council called a public hearing on June 24, 2025 for the purpose of receiving public comments to the proposed Convenience Fees for parking citations and Preferential Parking Permits. Notice of the public hearing was given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation within the City once a week for two weeks commencing at least 10 days prior to the public hearing, with at least 5 days intervening between the first and last publication.
SECTION 2. Pursuant to Government Code section 6159(h)(1), the City Council approves Convenience Fees for Credit Card Payments as set forth below:
Description Fee Unit
Administrative Citations $3.50 per transaction
Parking Citations or Preferential Parking
Permits (paid online or payments by
phone)
$2.50 per transaction
Parking Citations or Preferential Parking
Permits (paid at the counter) 2.95% percentage of the transaction Utilities 2.95% percentage of the transaction
Recreation Activities 2.95% percentage of the transaction Mobility/Transportation Demand 2.95% percentage of the transaction All Other Payments 2.95% percentage of the transaction
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4 In the event the City changes vendors, or renegotiates its pricing structure with an existing vendor, for one or more categories of payments, the City may collect the identified Convenience Fee (or a lower Convenience Fee) provided that the applicable Convenience Fees do not exceed the actual transactional costs incurred by the City.
SECTION 3. The City Council finds and determines that the Convenience Fees outlined above do not exceed the actual transactional costs incurred by the City in providing for Credit Card Payments.
SECTION 4. The City Manager and Director of Finance are hereby authorized to take all actions necessary to implement and collect the Convenience Fees.
SECTION 5. Resolution 11381 is repealed in its entirety.
SECTION 6. If any section, subsection, clause or phrase in this resolution is for any reason held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this resolution shall not be affected thereby. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this resolution and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, clause, or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, or phrase thereof be held invalid.
SECTION 7.The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution, and thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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DOUGLAS SLOAN
City Attorney