REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
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
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Annual Review and Acceptance of the FY 2021 Summary of Impact Fee Waivers.
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RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council review and accept the FY2021 Summary of Impact Fee Waivers.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Economically Disadvantaged Neighborhoods Incentive Program requires an annual report to City Council that lists all the Development Impact fee waivers processed in the last fiscal year. The attached files provide a listing of the FY2021 fee waivers that were approved for each participating development project and include a breakdown for each impact fee program. The attached files also list the public infrastructure funds that the City has received to offset the revenue 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 et seq. 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 an adopted nexus study. The law requires that impact fees 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 th...
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