HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTION 2025-163 N.C.S. 12/15/2025
Resolution No. 2025-163 N.C.S. Page 1
Resolution No. 2025-163 N.C.S.
of the City of Petaluma, California
ACCEPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 ANNUAL DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE REPORT
PURSUANT TO GOVERNEMNT CODE SECTION 66006(b)
WHEREAS, the City of Petaluma imposes fees to mitigate the impacts of development, pursuant to
Government Code §§66000 et seq. (the “Mitigation Fee Act”); and
WHEREAS, fees collected are deposited into a separate fund for each type of development impact fee; and
WHEREAS, the Mitigation Fee Act requires the City of Petaluma to make available to the public certain
information regarding the fees and regarding each fund on an annual basis within 180 days of the end of the fiscal
year (i.e. June 30, 2025); and
WHEREAS, the Development Impact Fee Report – Fiscal Year 2024-2025 and Development Impact Fee
Program Five-Year Findings Report attached to the concurrent Staff Report as Exhibit A and incorporated herein
by reference (“the Report”) provides the information required by the Mitigation Fee Act, specifically all
information required by Government Code Section 66006(b)(1) and 66001(d); and
WHEREAS, the Report was made available to the public on the City’s website on November 25, 2025 in
accordance of the noticing requirements of Government Code Section 66006(b)(2); and
WHEREAS, the City’s review and acceptance of the Report is not a project under the California
Environmental Quality Act pursuant to Public Resources Code sections 21065 and 21080 and CEQA Guidelines
Sections 15378 and 15061(b)(3) as reviewing and accepting the Report will not result in any direct or indirect
physical change in the environment; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed the Report at its regularly scheduled meeting on December 15,
2025.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Petaluma as follows:
1. The recitals stated herein are true and correct and adopted as findings of the City Council.
2. Finds that the City’s review and acceptance of the Report is not a project under the
California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to Public Resources Code sections 21065 and
21080 and CEQA Guidelines Sections 15378 and 15061(b)(3) as reviewing and accepting the
Report will not result in any direct or indirect physical change in the environment. Moreover,
the annual report is an administrative fiscal action of existing fees and falls within the CEQA
determination for when the fees were originally adopted.
3. The City Council has received and reviewed and hereby accepts the Development Impact Fee
Report – Fiscal Year 2024-2025 attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by
reference (“the Report”).
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4. Finds that the Report complies with Government Code Section 66006, as the Report was
made available to the public within 180 days of the last day of fiscal year, it contains the
following information for all City “fees” as defined by Government Code Section 66000(b):
(A) A brief description of the type of fee in the account or fund.
(B) The amount of the fee.
(C) The beginning and ending balance of the account or fund.
(D) The amount of the fees collected, and the interest earned.
(E) An identification of each public improvement on which fees were expended and the
amount of the expenditures on each improvement, including the total percentage of the
cost of the public improvement that was funded with fees.
(F) An identification of an approximate date by which the construction of the public
improvement will commence if the local agency determines that sufficient funds have
been collected to complete financing on an incomplete public improvement, as
identified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 66001, and the public
improvement remains incomplete.
(G) A description of each interfund transfer or loan made from the account or fund,
including the public improvement on which the transferred or loaned fees will be
expended, and, in the case of an interfund loan, the date on which the loan will be
repaid, and the rate of interest that the account or fund will receive on the loan.
(H) The amount of refunds made pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 66001 and any
allocations pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 66001.
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
Council of the City of Petaluma at a Regular meeting on the 15th day of December
2025, by the following vote:
Approved as to
form:
__________________________
City Attorney
AYES: McDonnell, Barnacle, Cader Thompson, DeCarli, Nau, Quint, Shribbs
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
ATTEST: ______________________________________________
City Clerk
______________________________________________
Mayor
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Exhibit A
CITY OF PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA
ANNUAL DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE REPORT
FISCAL YEAR 2024-25
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City of Petaluma
Annual Development Impact Fee Report
Fiscal Year 2024-25
Background
The Mitigation Fee Act, Government Code §§66000 et seq. (the “Act”), governs the establishment and
administration of development impact fees paid by development projects which defray all or a portion of
the cost of public facilities related to those projects. Fees must be separately accounted for and used for
the specific purpose for which they are imposed. The City's adopted development impact fees are listed in
the attached exhibits. Expenditures of collected fees are generally authorized through the annual Capital
and Operating Budgets and the City's Capital Improvement Program. The annual adopted City Budget is
on file with the City Clerk and located on the City’s website: https://cityofpetaluma.org/city-budgets/
Annual and Five-Year Development Fee Reporting
The Act requires that the City prepare an annual report on all of its development impact fees after the end
of each fiscal year. Government Code section 66006(b)(2) requires the annual report to be reviewed by
the City Council at its next regular meeting not less than 15 days after the report is made available to the
public. This Fiscal Year 2024-2025 annual report (“Report”) was made available to the public on the City
of Petaluma website on November 25, 2025, posted at City Hall, and a copy of the Report also was
mailed to all persons who had requested mailed notice relating to city fees on November 25, 2025.
Excluded from this Report are developer fees which are not subject to the reporting requirements of the
Act. For example, the City collects the following fees pursuant to the City's zoning powers rather than
pursuant to the Act: in-lieu housing fees, commercial linkage fees (which are the non-residential
equivalent of the in-lieu housing fees), public art in-lieu fees, and the fee related to the Central Petaluma
Specific Plan area. Water capacity fees and wastewater capacity fees also are not development impact
fees as defined in Sections 66006 and 66001 of the Act. Finally, the Quimby Act parkland acquisition fee
for residential subdivisions is imposed pursuant to the Subdivision Map Act (Gov't. Code §66477) and is
also not included in the Act’s reporting requirements.
The Storm Drainage Fee was last updated in 1986, prior to the January 1, 1989 effective date of AB1600,
but is nevertheless included in this Report for informational purposes.
The City Council is also required to adopt by resolution certain findings for any fund accounts which
contain unexpended funds as of the fifth fiscal year following the first deposit into those funds and every
five years thereafter. (Gov't. Code §66001(d).) In FY 24-25, no impact fee funds fell into this category
and therefore this Report does not contain information required to make the Five-Year Findings and the
City will not be adopting a Five Year Findings resolution.
The report is organized as follows:
Exhibit A: A brief description of each development impact fee, its purpose, and its authorizing legislation
(Gov't. Code §66006(b)(1)(A).)
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Exhibit B: Summary of the July 1, 2024 beginning balance, annual fee revenue collected, interest earned,
returned unused funds from projects and loan repayments, identification of public improvements on
which fees were expended, percentage of the improvements funded by fees, and the ending balance as of
June 30, 2025 for each fee (Gov't. Code §66006(b)(1)(C)-(E).) Excess funds from capital project funds
were returned to the originating revenue funds.
Exhibit C: Identifies the amount of each development impact fee. (Gov't. Code §66006(b)(1)(B).)
Exhibit D: Identifies interfund loans, transfers, refunds or reallocation of funds in lieu of refunds in
Fiscal Year 2024-2025 (Gov't. Code §66006(b)(1)(G)-(H)).
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Exhibit A
City of Petaluma
Development Impact Fee Summary
Fee # Impact Fee Name Fee Authority Brief Description of the Type of Fee
1 Parkland Acquisition
Fee
Reso. 2022-182
N.C.S; Reso. 2020-
009 N.C.S, January
6, 2020; Reso. 2014-
038 N.C.S., March 3,
2014; Reso. 2012-
124 N.C.S., August
27, 2012; Reso.
2008-092 N.C.S.,
May 19, 2008
The Parkland Acquisition Fee is imposed on development
projects that are not subject to the Quimby Act. It funds
acquisition of and payment for parkland necessary to
maintain the standard established in the city's General
Plan, based on a ratio of parkland acreage to population,
including employees of new commercial development, as
new residents and employees are added by new
development.
2 Parkland Development
Impact Fee
Reso. 2022-182
N.C.S; Reso. 2020-
009 N.C.S, January
6, 2020; Reso. 2016-
160 N.C.S; October
3, 2016; Reso. 2014-
037 N.C.S., March 3,
2014; Reso. 2012-
122 N.C.S., August
27, 2012; Reso.
2008-093 N.C.S.,
May 19, 2008
The Parkland Development Fee funds public facilities
which improve neighborhood and community parklands
as needed to serve new development.
3 Open Space Acquisition
Impact Fee
Reso. 2022-182
N.C.S; Reso. 2020-
009 N.C.S, January
6, 2020; Reso. 2014-
039 N.C.S., March 3,
2014; Reso. 2012-
123 N.C.S., August
27, 2012; Reso.
2008-091 N.C.S.,
May 19, 2008
The Open Space Acquisition Fee funds acquisition of and
payment for open space necessary to maintain the city's
standard established in its General Plan based on a ratio
of open space acreage to population, including employees
of new commercial development, as new residents and
employees are added by new development.
4 City Facilities
Development Impact
Fee
Reso. 2022-182
N.C.S; Reso. 2020-
009 N.C.S, January
6, 2020;Reso. 2014-
036 N.C.S., March 3,
2014; Reso. 2012-
121 N.C.S., August
27, 2012
The City Facilities Development Impact Fee funds
design, engineering, right-of-way and reasonable costs of
outside consultant studies related thereto, reimburse the
City for the Facilities constructed by the City with funds
from other sources including funds from other public
entities, reimburse developers who have designed and
constructed any of the facilities with prior City approval
and have entered into an agreement and pay for and/or
reimburse costs of program development and ongoing
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administration and maintenance for the Fee program,
including, but not limited to, the cost of studies, legal
costs, and other costs of updating the Fee.
5 Storm Drainage Impact
Fee
Ord. 1530 N.C.S.,
eff. Sept. 20, 1982;
Ord. 1653 N.C.S.,
eff. June 2, 1986
(Petaluma Municipal
Code Chapter 17.30);
Reso. 9751 N.C.S.,
June 2, 1986
The Storm Drainage Impact Fee funds the construction of
storm drainage improvements needed to control increases
in run-off created by new development projects. The
Storm Drainage Impact Fee was adopted and last updated
before the enactment and effective date of AB1600, but is
included in this report for informational purposes.
6 Traffic Development
Impact Fee
Reso. 2022-182
N.C.S; Reso. 2020-
009 N.C.S, January
6, 2020; Reso.2016-
76
N.C.S. May 16, 2016
Reso 2015-191
N.C.S., Dec 7, 2015;
Reso 2014-112
N.C.S., July 7, 2014
Reso. 2014-040
N.C.S., March 3,
2014; Reso. 2012-
125 N.C.S., August
27, 2012; Reso.
2008-095 N.C.S.,
May 19, 2008
The Traffic Development Impact Fee funds construction
and implementation of improvements to key elements of
the citywide transportation system sufficient to
accommodate future traffic demand generated by new
development.
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Exhibit B
Development Impact Fee Report
Fiscal Year 2024-2025
Fund Balance Fee Interest/Gain/Loss Return Unused Expenditures/ Est % funded Ending Balance
Fund Fund Title / Project Title 7/1/2024 Revenue Revenue Funds /loan repymt Transfers by Impact Fees 6/30/2025
2141 Parkland Acquisition Impact Fees -08 2,868,872.43 52,881.35 140,710.91 1,057.63 3,061,407.06
City administrative costs 1,057.63 100.0%
2142 Parkland Development Impact Fees -08 670,030.69 174,911.12 28,841.37 653,498.22 220,284.96
c14402215 Lucchesi Skatepark 650,000.00 20.90%
City administrative costs 3,498.22 100.00%
2143 Open Space Acquisition Impact Fees -08 700,324.20 12,423.25 28,334.28 250,248.47 490,833.26
City administrative costs 248.47 100.0%
Kelly Creek Protection/Helen Putnam Park 250,000.00 100.0%
2152 City Facilities Development Impact Fees 8,408,483.35 176,199.00 391,648.05 1,760,823.98 7,215,506.42
c11202430 Library Roof Replacement 2,300.00 17.4%
c11501911 Reserve Apparatus Storage 311,000.00 14.8%
c11202433 Fire Station 1 Seismic Retrofit & Improv 435,000.00 14.8%
c11202434 Fire Station 2 Kitchen Replcmnt & Renov 60,000.00 14.8%
c11502435 Temporary Fire Station 949,000.00 14.8%
City administrative costs 3,523.98 100.0%
2155 Storm Drainage Impact Fees 2,495,496.98 - 121,683.80 334,188.61 2,282,992.17
c16502254 Wilson Stormwater Pump Station Upgrades 334,000.00 68.8%
City administrative costs 188.61 100.0%
2156 Storm Drainage Impact Fees -08 665,700.39 9,430.29 27,573.76 - 702,704.44
2160 Traffic Impact Fees 1,072,098.10 - 45,274.40 630,000.00 487,372.50
c14502114 Lych Creek Trail 56,000.00 32.8%
c16102251 D Street Improvements 248,000.00 6.5%
c16102032 Pedestrian Improvements Citywide 245,000.00 32.7%
c16102433 Pet No Smart Station 76,000.00 17.5%
c16102537 St Francis Pavement Restoration 5,000.00 4.6%
City administrative costs -
2161 Traffic Impact Fees -08 33,122,333.12 315,138.69 1,614,895.38 - 6,302.77 35,046,064.42
City administrative costs 6,302.77 100.0%
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Exhibit C
FY 24/25 Development Impact Fee Schedule
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Exhibit C
FY 24/25 Development Impact Fee Schedule
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STORM DRAIN IMPACT FEE
Calculation of Fee
Runoff computation: The increase in runoff created by a given project is calculated for a 100-year storm, utilizing runoff
coefficients based upon the portion of vegetated area to impervious surfaces, and expressed in acre-feet. Runoff coefficients
are based upon the type of use, slope of the land, and percent of vegetation coverage.
Commercial/Industrial: Projects pay a fee of $30,000 per acre foot of additional runoff. The amount of incremental runoff
created is directly linked to the amount of landscaping provided. The maximum fee possible is $9,000 per acre of land. This
would apply to a project with 20% or less landscaping. A project with 25% landscaping can expect a fee of $6,750 per acre,
30% would pay $6,300 per acre, and so on.
Residential: Projects pay a fee of $15,000 per acre foot of additional runoff. Incremental runoff is dependent upon the density
of a project and the amount of landscaping and open space provided. A high-density project with 20% or less area in landscaping
could expect to pay $4,500 per acre. A type detached single-family subdivision would pay approximately $1,500 per acre.
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Exhibit D
Status of Interfund Loans, Transfers, Refunds or Reallocation of Funds
Fiscal Year 2024-25
Interfund Loans
The Storm Drainage Impact Fee fund loaned the Storm Water Utility Operations fund $690,230 to cover storm water
maintenance costs from January 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013. Payment of principal and interest for FY 24-25 was $46,664.
The balance as of June 30, 2025 is $201,097.20. This loan is scheduled to be repaid by June 30, 2030.
The City Facility Impact Fee fund loaned the Parks Capital Improvement fund $315,881 for construction of a Tennis and
Pickle Ball Court. Payment of principal and interest for FY 24-25 was $38,890. The balance as of June 30, 2025 is
$200,362.22. This loan is scheduled to be repaid by June 30, 2030
There were no Transfers, Refunds or Reallocation of Funds during FY 24-25.
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