REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
January 16, 2020
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 2019 Summary of Impact Fee Waivers
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RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council review and accept the FY2019 Summary of Impact Fee Waivers.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Council required an annual report be made by the City Manager, summarizing development impact fee waivers and public funding to potentially offset the waivers. This action was taken by the Council as part of the Economically Disadvantaged Neighborhoods Incentive Program. Fee waivers have been totaled for each participating development project and by impact fee type. Public infrastructure funds may help offset the loss of waived or reduced development impact fees.
BACKGROUND
The City charges development impact fees to new development for various types of public infrastructure, consistent with Section 66000 of the California Government Code, generally known as the Mitigation Fee Act or AB1600. Fees collected by the City include Regional Street Impact Fees, New Growth Area Street Impact Fees, Traffic Signal Mitigation Impact Fees, Citywide Fire Facilities Impact Fees, Citywide Police Facilities Impact Fees, Citywide Park Facilities Impact Fees, Quimby Parkland Dedication Fees, Water Capacity Fees and Wastewater Capacity Fees.
Each development fee was established in accordance with adopted nexus studies, which require that the fee bear a reasonable relationship to the impact of the proposed development. Developers can be charged no more than their "fair share" under AB1600. Therefore any waived or reduced fees are tracked against public infrastructure funds which may help offset the lost impact fee revenue. The Council has adopted six different impact fee waiver or reduction programs:
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