REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Public Hearing: Action on the Adoption of the Proposed FY 2023/24 Municipal Fee Schedule
Report
COUNCIL PILLAR
Deliver and Enhance High Quality Efficient Services and Infrastructure
BACKGROUND
The City Council establishes fees, rates, rental fees, and charges (hereinafter collectively, "Fees") and the City of Santa Clara's Proposed FY 2023/24 Municipal Fee Schedule ("Fee Schedule") is a compilation of these Fees. The advantages of updating the fee schedule include assuring that the fees comply with applicable law, including the California Constitution as well as provide transparency in the fee structure for the City's development-related and other municipal fees. The revenue related to the Fee Schedule has been factored in the development of the FY 2023/24 Proposed Operating Budget.
Article XIIIC and other applicable lass enable local agencies to set fees without voter approval; provided, among other things, the fees do not exceed the reasonable cost of service to the extent that a fee has been set based upon a presumption of 100% cost recovery, the City cannot waive the fee unless covers the cost of such waiver out of another permissible funding source such as the General Fund.
California Government Code Section 66016(a) and 66018 states that prior to imposing a new fee or increasing an existing one, a local agency shall hold at least one open and public meeting at which oral or written presentations can be made as part of a regularly scheduled meeting and notice of such hearing must be published. Pursuant to Government Code section 66018, notices for this public hearing have been published in the Santa Clara Weekly on March 29 and April 5, 2023. Staff has also notified all interested parties that have requested to be notified regarding proposed fee updates. This item and staff's recommendations are intended to be considered upon completion of the public hearing. The public hearing provides all interested parties with an op...
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