2010 RES R-39-10 - Community Services Master Fee Schedule

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1 RESOLUTION NO R-39-10 2 3 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY 4 OF COLTON ADOPTING AN AMENDED MASTER FEE SCHEDULE FOR PROGRAMS & SERVICES PROVIDED 5 BY THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT OF 6 THE CITY OF COLTON 7 WHEREAS, under the police power granted by Article XI, Section 7 of the California 8 Constitution, cities may impose fees, charges and rates for certain municipal services; and 9 WHEREAS, in addition to the authority granted by the State Constitution, Government 10 Code section 66016 provides that a city may establish or increase fees for certain public services 11 by resolution, and; 12 WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Colton has determined that in order to 13 continue providing effective service for the public welfare, the City must establish and increase 14 fees for certain municipal services which accurately reflect the City's true costs in providing such 15 services, and; 16 WHEREAS, many of the City's existing fees for community and park facilities and 17 services no longer reflect the City's true costs in providing and maintaining the services and 18 facilities to which the fees pertain, as a result of increased costs borne by the City, and; 19 WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the fees proposed in this Resolution 20 are reasonable, fair and equitable in nature and are proportionately representative of the costs 21 incurred by the City for the described services, and; 22 WHEREAS, in addition, the City Council has determined that it is reasonable and fair 23 for the City to subsidize programs and facilities for residents and charge a non -subsidized fee to 24 non-residents because the subsidy is paid from municipal funds which residents contribute to through local property taxes and sales taxes and because the purposes of the community and park 25 facilities and services are to promote the health and welfare of residents, and; 26 27 WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the proposed non -subsidized fees for non-residents are justified because: (1) the fees do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, 28 religion or national origin; (2) the fees are not higher than the City's cost to provide and maintain the services and facilities; and (3) the fees are not disproportionately higher than the fees charged to residents, and;