REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action on a Resolution Accepting the AB 1600 Report on Development Impact Fees for Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2025 and Making Required Findings
Report
BACKGROUND
A development impact fee is a monetary exaction, other than a tax or special assessment , charged by a local governmental agency to an applicant in connection with approval of a development project for the purpose of defraying all or a portion of the development project's impact on public facilities, with certain exceptions. The legal requirements for enactment of a development impact fee program are set forth in Government Code ?? 66000-66025 (the "Mitigation Fee Act"), the bulk of which were adopted as 1987's AB 1600 and thus are commonly referred to as "AB 1600 requirements." Under AB 1600, there must be a reasonable relation between the amount of the fee and the cost of the public facility or portion of the public facility attributable to the development on which the fee is imposed. AB 1600 also requires that the City make certain findings with respect to unexpended funds held by the City in excess of five years.
DISCUSSION
Attached is the AB1600 Report on Development Impact Fees for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025. This report contains all the information required by Government Code Section 66006(b). AB 1600 also requires that the City make certain findings with respect to the continuing need for unexpended funds held by the City in excess of five years.
Staff has determined that the following City funds and amounts are being held in compliance with the required AB 1600 findings: 1) Traffic Mitigation funds of $350,630; 2) Sanitary Sewer Conveyance Fee funds of $28,176,067; and 3) Storm Drain Impact funds of $173,718. In conformance with AB 1600, the City does not have any refund exposure for these funds as they have been budgeted and are necessary to fund future projects. Therefore, Staff is submitting the attached Resolution to accept the AB 1600 Rep...
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