NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Notice is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Sebastopol has scheduled a public hearing for the rescinding of Resolution 5813 and adoption of Resolution XXXX – Resolution of the City Council of the City of Sebastopol to Establish Parking Violation Fines.
Based on the comparison with other Sonoma County cities, staff recommends the City of Sebastopol’s parking fine structure be modified as follows and authorizes the City Manager to increase the following fines annually in accordance with the CPI and make any annual adjustment to fines, not to exceed a $50.00 difference for each category fine, as necessitated by county and private service processing fee increases:
Category I: Current $20.00 Proposed $40.00
Category II: Current $25.00 Proposed $50.00
Category III: Current $30.00 Proposed $60.00
Category IV: Current $40.00 Proposed $80.00
Category V: Current $275.00 Proposed $425.00
This fine increase would deter illegal parking and mitigate the City from incurring a net loss as a result of paying more for county and processing fees than what is actually being generated from the citations.
The City Council Regular meeting will be held via teleconference pursuant to AB 361.
The City Council will consider this on: Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at or after 6:00 pm
Anyone interested may attend virtually by phone or computer and be heard at this meeting. Zoom Information will be available 72 hours prior to the City Council meeting.
SUBMITTING COMMENTS: For staff report inclusion, all comments must be received one week prior to the meeting date. Comments shall be submitted by email to [email protected] or mailed/left at City of Sebastopol Police Department, 6850 Laguna Park Way, Sebastopol, CA 95472 or you may also leave a voice mail that will be made a part of the public record. Please call 707-829-4400 to leave a message (by recording or comments provided verbally to City staff). If recorded, your voice mail will be transcribed and provided to the City Clerk as a public record but will not be read into the minutes at the City Council meeting. Comments received after posting of the agenda will be provided to the Council and made part of the public record.
If you challenge this resolution in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City of Sebastopol, at, or prior to, the public hearing.
A copy of the ordinance will be available for public review at the City of Sebastopol website www.cityofsebastopol.org.
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Mary Gourley, City Clerk/Assistant City Manager