HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions 2011-171 N.C.S. 12/19/2011 Resolution No. 2011-171 N.C.S.
of the City of Petaluma, California
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
AGREEMENTS TO PREPARE UPDATED DEVELOPMENT AND CAPACITY FEE
STUDY REPORTS AS A BASIS FOR RESTRUCTURING AND REDUCING
SPECIFIED DEVELOPMENT RELATED FEES
WHEREAS, on May 19, 2008, pursuant to its General Plan 2025 and applicable State
and local law, the City of Petaluma ("City") updated certain fees and charges applicable to new
development in the City, including the Aquatic Center Facilities Impact Fee, Community Center
Facilities Impact Fee, Fire Suppression Facilities Impact Fee, Law Enforcement Facilities Impact
Fee, Library Facilities Impact Fee, Open Space Acquisition Impact Fee, Parkland Acquisition
Fee for Non-Quimby Act Development Projects, Parkland Acquisition Fee for Quimby Act
Development Projects, Parkland Development Impact Fee, Public Facilities Impact Fee, Traffic
Impact Fee, Water Capacity Fee, and Wastewater Capacity Fee; and,
WHEREAS, the Resolutions for the above fees provide that the City will continue to
conduct further study and analysis to determine whether the fees should be revised and when
additional information is available, the City Council may review the fees to determine that the
fee amounts are reasonably related to the impacts of development within the City of Petaluma;
and,
WHEREAS,'the City Council during its 2011 goal setting session expressed interest in
reviewing the current development fee program to determine whether and how current fees could
be reduced without jeopardizing implementation of the General Plan 2025, while ensuring that
future development will pay its fair share to mitigate its impacts on the community; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council on September 12, 2011 discussed and provided feedback
and direction to staff regarding fee reduction proposals; and,
WHEREAS, City staff has reviewed those proposals and based on that review
recommends that the City prepare updates to the Mitigation Fee Report, Traffic Mitigation Fee
Program, and Water and Wastewater Capacity Fee Study as a basis for possible later City
Council action to restructure and reduce certain development related fees.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that:
1) The City Manager is authorized and directed to execute professional services
agreements for the preparation of revised development and capacity fee studies
for the City's open space acquisition fee, traffic impact fee, public facilities
impact fee, park related fee and water and wastewater capacity fee programs.
2) The City Manager is authorized and directed to return to the City Council with
updated development fee studies and proposed implementing legislation so that
the City Council may consider and adopt the studies, and adopt updated
development fee legislation based on the studies to accomplish fee reductions
without jeopardizing implementation of the General Plan 2025 while ensuring that
future development will pay its fair share to mitigate the impacts of new
development on the community.
Under the power and authority conferred upon this Council by the Charter of said City.
REFERENCE: I hereby certify the foregoing Resolution was introduced and adopted by the A r as to
Council of the City of Petaluma at a Regular meeting on the 19`h day of December, f r
2011,by the following vote:
City Attorney
AYES: Albertson, Barrett, Mayor Glass, Vice Mayor I•ealy, Kearney, Renee •
NOES: None
ABSENT: Harris
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST: LOl-ilJ L ► / ►�_I
City Clerk Mayor
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