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File #: ID18-1462    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Action Item Status: Passed
File created: 11/19/2018 In control: City Council
On agenda: 12/6/2018 Final action: 12/6/2018
Title: Annual Review and Acceptance of the FY 2018 Impact Fee Annual Report As Required By California Government Code
Sponsors: Public Works Department
Attachments: 1. 18-1462 FY18 UGM Annual Report.pdf

REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL

 

 

December 6, 2018

 

 

FROM:                     SCOTT L. MOZIER, P.E., Director

                                          Public Works Department

 

BY:                                          ANDREW J. BENELLI, P.E., City Engineer/Assistant Director

                                          Public Works Department, Traffic Operations & Planning Division                     

                                          

SUBJECT

Title

Annual Review and Acceptance of the FY 2018 Impact Fee Annual Report As Required By California Government Code

 

Body

RECOMMENDATIONS

 

Staff recommends that the City Council review and accept the FY2018 Impact Fee Annual Report (the “Annual Audited Financial Report”) as required by California Government Code.

 

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

 

In 1974, the City began financing certain public facilities and infrastructure by establishing impact fees commonly referred to as Urban Growth Management (UGM) fees.  The stated objective of the process is to facilitate urban development in such a way that the expansion of urban service delivery systems can be accomplished in a fiscally sound manner, while still providing required City services on an equitable basis to all community residents.  The accompanying Annual Audited Financial Report is a complete accounting of the UGM and citywide impact fees for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2017, in accordance with Section 66006(b) of the California Government Code.  The Annual Audited Financial Report was independently audited by the accountancy firm of Dritsas Groom McCormick LLP. 

 

BACKGROUND

 

The Annual Audited Financial Report was prepared pursuant to the reporting requirements of Section 66006(b) of the California Government Code, which requires that local agencies account for impact fees and report the beginning balances, fees collected, interest income, transfers, reimbursements, expenditures and the ending balances for each fiscal year.  The legislation also requires that the report include information on the status of the project(s) to be constructed with the impact fees.  The Annual Audited Financial Report materially includes this information from July 1, 2017, through June 30, 2018.  It should be noted that the Annual Audited Financial Report does not purport to examine the relationship (“nexus”) between the amount of an impact fee and the cost of public facilities or portion thereof.

 

The City collected $15,187,214 of impact fees during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018.  These fees, in addition to the balances on hand and inclusive of other transactions specified in the Annual Audited Financial Report, totaled $45,662,793 for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018.

 

An audit of the Annual Audited Financial Report was performed by the accountancy firm of Dritsas Groom McCormick LLP in accordance with the generally accepted government auditing standards.  The audit examined, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts in the Annual Audited Financial Report so that they could obtain a reasonable assurance that the financial statements were free of material misstatement.  The audit also included assessing the accounting principles used.  The conclusion of the audit was an issuance of an opinion stating that the Annual Audited Financial Report presents fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of impact fees as of June 30, 2018, in conformity with the cash basis of accounting.

 

ENVIRONMENTAL FINDINGS

 

The Annual Audited Financial Report is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act and does not require an environmental finding.

 

LOCAL PREFERENCE

 

Local preference does not apply as this item is only for acceptance of the Annual Audited Financial Report.

 

FISCAL IMPACT

 

There is no fiscal impact of implementing the staff recommendation.

 

Attachment:                     

FY 2018 Impact Fee Annual Report