City Council
MEETING DATE: 10/26/2016
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AB 1600 Development Fee Report
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FROM:
Tami Scott, Administrative Services Director
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Staff recommends the City Council accept the Annual AB 1600 Development Fee Report for the City of Cathedral City, Fiscal Year 2015/16 and adopt a resolution accepting the report concerning certain development fees pursuant to Government Code 66006.
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BACKGROUND:
Following the passage of Proposition 13 in 1978, many cities began charging fees on new development to fund public improvements and services. These fees are commonly known as development impact fees. In order to ensure that these fees were spent in a timely manner and on projects for which they were being collected, the State Legislature passed AB 1600 (known as the Mitigation Fee Act). This bill applies to developer fees that are increased or imposed on or after January 1, 1989.
DISCUSSION:
State law (Government Codes 66000 through 66006) requires cities to annually review the status of development fees they collect (otherwise known as the AB 1600 report). Development fees are defined by the State as a "monetary exaction, other than a tax or special assessment, which is charged by a local agency to the applicant in connection with the approval of a development project for the purpose of defraying all or a portion of the cost of public facilities related to the development project, but does not include fees such as application fees, building permit fees, etc. The AB 1600 report must include the beginning and ending balances, fees collected, interest earned, other income (if any) and expenditures made for each established fee. The report also identifies the capital projects to be funded by the respective development fees.
To be in full compliance with State Law, the City must:
* Spend or commit development impact fees within five years of collecting them; or
* Adopt a resolution that makes a finding that the...
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