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EXHIBIT 'W' REDEMPTION FEE FOR ABATEMENT OF ABANDONED SHOPPING CARTS Pursuant to the California Constitution Article XI, Section 7, the City of Colton is empowered to charge fees to cover certain municipal services, which includes costs incurred for the retrieval and storage of abandoned shopping carts and laundry carts. Currently, the City of Colton is subsidizing the removal and return of shopping carts to local vendors. These costs will now be forwarded to the vendors in the form of a redemption fee, in exchange for the return of their abandoned carts. This fee is authorized by California Business and Professions Code section 22435.7, subdivision (d) and Colton Municipal Code section 6.18.090, subdivision "E." This fee takes into account the administrative staff time needed to inform the vendor of the retrieval of its property by the City, by phone as well as by mail. The anticipated costs for administrative staff time, equipment and supplies are $13.50 per cart. The costs incurred by the City of Colton's Street Division for sending out their personnel for abatement of abandoned carts is estimated at $8.00 per cart. Additionally, the equipment costs to the City of Colton for the use of a pickup truck needed for the retrieval of abandoned carts is $3.50 per cart. Thus, the City of Colton will charge the owner of the abandoned carts a redemption fee of $25.00 per cart for the total retrieval costs incurred by the City.