REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
October 13, 2016
FROM: SCOTT L. MOZIER, PE, Director
Public Works Department
SUBJECT
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RESOLUTION - Establishing Fire Station Service Areas 10R, 12, 19, 24, 25 and 26 within the Urban Growth Management Boundary (Council Districts 2, 3, 4 and 5).
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RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends the Council take the following actions:
1. Adopt a Resolution establishing Urban Growth Management (UGM) Fire Station Service Areas 10R, 12, 19, 24, 25 and 26.
2. Authorize the Public Works Director or designee to transfer fees collected from the UGM Fire Station Undesignated Service Area into separate funds for UGM Fire Station Service Areas 10R, 12, 19, 24, 25 and 26, in accordance with Fresno Municipal Code Section 12-4.508(F)(2).
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Fresno Fire Department has determined the approximate location of four future fire stations within the UGM boundary. Staff is recommending that the Council establish UGM Fire Station Service Areas surrounding these future stations, as well as service areas for Fire Stations 12 and 19 which serve portions of the UGM area. Although new development has been paying the Citywide Fire Facilities Impact Fee since it was adopted by the Council in 2005, approximately $1.8 million in UGM Fire fees had been collected for developments scattered throughout the "Undesignated" portion of the UGM area, where fire stations have not yet been sited or built. More than two decades ago, the Council established procedures in Section 12-4.508(F)(2) of the Fresno Municipal Code (FMC) for the formation of UGM Fire Station Service Areas. Staff recommends the Council form the new service areas consistent with the FMC procedures and authorize the Public Works Director or designee to transfer the fees collected within these service area boundaries into the respective accounts for each fire station. This is principally a housekeeping item consistent with the FMC and does not change the Citywide Fire Facilities Imp...
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