R-115-16 Adopting the Local Goals and Policies concerning districts formed pursuant to the Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982

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Section 8. Authorized Facilities and Services Facilities eligible to be financed by a CFD are limited to facilities to be owned by the City and such facilities must have a useful life of five (5) years or more or as otherwise provided under the Act. The services eligible to be financed by a CFD are limited to those authorized by the Act. In general, all applications and their proposed facilities and services will be considered on a case-by-case basis. In accordance with the Act, improvements eligible to be financed must be owned by a public agency or public utility, and must have a useful life of at least five years. The City will retain final determination as to any Public Facility's eligibility for financing, as well as the prioritization of facilities to be included within a given proposed CFD's financing plan. Public facilities eligible to be financed by a CFD include any facility eligible to be financed under the Act as it now exists or may be amended in the future, included but not limited to: • Streets, highways and bridges; • Street lighting, traffic signals and safety lighting; • Parks, pathways and recreation facilities, including golf courses; • Governmental facilities; • Sanitary sewer facilities; • Storm drain and flood control facilities; • Potable and reclaimed water facilities; • Fire stations; and, • Libraries. The funding of public facilities to be owned and operated by public agencies other than the City shall be considered on a case-by-case basis. If the proposed financing is consistent with a public facilities financing plan approved by the City, or the proposed facilities are otherwise deemed to be appropriate for financing by a CFD and are consistent with approved land use plans for the property, the City shall consider entering into a Joint Community Facilities Agreement (JCFA) or Joint Powers Authority (JPA) in order to finance these facilities. A JCFA with the public agency that will own and operate any such facility must be entered into at the time required by the Act. Subject to limitations set forth in the Act, services eligible to be financed by a CFD include any service eligible to be financed under the Act as it exists now or may be amended in the future. These services include, but are not limited to: Police, fire protection and paramedic facilities and services; • Operation and maintenance of recreation facilities including golf courses; • Maintenance and lighting of parks, parkways, streets, roads, and open spaces; • Flood and storm protection services, including, but not limited to, the operation and maintenance of storm drainage systems; • Biological mitigation measures involving land acquisition, dedication and