(1)080508 Park Development Impact Fees

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CITY OF COLTON AGENDA REPORT ITEM #2 FOR THE COUNCIL MEETING OF August 5, 2008 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members FROM: Bill Smith - Community Services Director SUBJECT: Consider Ordinances & Resolutions Approving Studies of Park Development Impact Fees & Quimby Fees and Amending Park Dedication Requirements & In -lieu Fees and Park Development Impact Fees DATE: July 29, 2008 BACKGROUND: As part of the City Council -approved Community Services Department work plan for fiscal year 2007-08, SCI Consulting Group was contracted to examine current park dedication requirements and park development impact fees for property improvements and development in the City of Colton. These requirements seek to ensure that there is sufficient open space and adequate park improvements in the city to accommodate the parkland needs created by population growth as the result of new development in the city. The consultant has completed its analysis of existing requirements, which have not been updated since 2000, and has found that Colton s requirements are in need of update. DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS: The consultant has completed in-depth studies for both park dedication requirements and park development impact fees. These studies make recommendations for update to the current City Ordinance, and copies of these studies are attached. These studies have been reviewed by both the Planning Commission and the Recreation & Parks Commission. Comments from both of these bodies have been incorporated into the documents. The fee study complies with Government Code Section 66001 by establishing the legal basis for the imposition of park fees, particularly: 1. Identifying the purpose of the revised fees (page 14 of the study); 2. Identifying the use to which the revised fee is to be put, including identification of any facilities to be financed (page 14 of the study); 3. Determining how there is a reasonable relationship between the fee's use and the type of development project on which the fee is imposed (page 15 of the study); 4. Determining how there is a reasonable relationship between the need for the public facilities and the type of development project upon which the fees are imposed (page 15 of the study); 5. Determining how there is a reasonable relationship between the amount of the fee and the cost of the public facilities or portion of the public facility attributable to the development on which the fee is imposed (page 15 of the study). The proposed changes, suggested by the studies, are as follows. 1. The city's park dedication requirements should be updated to include the latest housing occupancy factors for accurate calculation of sufficient park dedication.