REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
May 12, 2016
FROM: SCOTT L. MOZIER, PE, Director
Public Works Department
BY: ANDREW J. BENELLI, PE, City Engineer/Assistant Director
Public Works Department, Traffic and Engineering Services Division
SUBJECT
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Actions related to Supplemental Reimbursements for the Urban Growth Management (UGM) and Development Impact Fee Programs.
1. ***RESOLUTION - 43rd amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution (AAR) No. 2015-104 to appropriate $605,000 for supplemental refunds and reimbursements to approved developers in the Urban Growth Management (UGM) and Development Impact Fee Programs (Requires five affirmative votes)
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RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council take the following actions:
1. Adopt the 43rd Amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution (AAR) No. 2015-104 to appropriate $605,000 for supplemental refunds and reimbursements to approved developers in the Urban Growth Management (UGM) and Development Impact Fee programs.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Staff is recommending the Council appropriate $605,000 in UGM and Development Impact Fees toward supplemental reimbursements and refunds to eligible developers. Reimbursements will be made in accordance with the Fresno Municipal Code on a first-in, first-out basis to developers who have completed their required construction of necessary infrastructure in excess of their fee obligation. Infrastructure types included in this June supplemental developer reimbursement are Copper River Interior Collectors and Roundabouts, Transmission Grid Water Mains in Service Areas B and D; and Water Supply Area 501-S. Funds are available in the UGM and Citywide Development Impact Fee programs for these appropriations.
BACKGROUND
Under the Governmental Accounting Standards Board’s (GASB) Rule 34, any funds that are used to construct public infrastructure must be appropriated. UGM and Citywide Development Impact Fee programs revenue, which are used to reimburse developers who construct capital improvements on the City’s behalf, are governed by this rule. Development impact fees are charged to new development in the UGM and Citywide Development Impact Fee service areas to fund the construction of the public infrastructure necessary to support growth in those areas. These fees have been deposited in trust accounts and used to either construct improvements or to reimburse developers that have constructed infrastructure under agreements with the City.
Infrastructure types included in the June supplemental developer reimbursement are Copper River Interior Collectors and Roundabouts, Transmission Grid Water Mains in Service Areas B and D; and Water Supply Area 501-S. Staff regularly brings forward a request for supplemental developer reimbursements to account for revenue in particular UGM or impact fee funds that were not anticipated in the annual budget or to provide a reimbursement for a developer in a particular service area where no funds had been appropriated for developer reimbursement.
Funds are available in the UGM and citywide impact fee program for these appropriations. Staff recommended adoption of the 43rd amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution No. 2015-104 appropriating supplemental funds for eligible impact fee reimbursements in the UGM and impact fee programs.
ENVIRONMENTAL FINDINGS
By the definition provided in the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines Section 15378 developer reimbursements does not qualify as a project and is therefore exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act requirements.
LOCAL PREFERENCE
Local preference not impacted due to the fact that this item doesn’t involve public contracting.
FISCAL IMPACT
Approval of the attached amendment will have no impact to the General Fund. Reimbursements and appropriations are based on the amount of available monies in the UGM and citywide impact fee funds.
Attachment:
Resolution No. 2015-104 - AAR