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CITY OF COLTON AGENDA REPORT Council Meeting of May 16, 2000 TO: Honorable Mayor and Council Members APPROVAL: Henry T. Garcia, City Manager FROM: Daryl J. Parrish, Assistant City Manager�c� SUBJECT: Waive Full Reading and Pass First Reading Amending Section 3.32 of the Colton Municipal Code Relating to the Imposition of a Construction Tax, and an Ordinance Amending Section 16.58 of the Colton Municipal Code Relating to the Dedication of Land or Payment of In -Lieu Fees for Park and Recreational Purposes DATE: May 8, 2000 BACKGROUND: In 1995 the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 0-03-95 (replacing Ordinance No. 1522 (1977)) that established a "construction tax" to be used for capital outlays to provide Park and Recreation facilities and improvements in conformance with the Colton General Plan. Essentially, the Ordinance set the basis for park development fees for commercial and industrial projects as well as for residential remodels, single family residential permit projects, and single family residential projects with four or fewer units. Specific park development fees are established by Resolution and are updated from time to time as the costs for real estate and park improvements change. No changes are proposed to Ordinance No. 0-03-95 with regards to the formula established for park development fees for commercial and industrial projects. In 1988 the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 0-10-88 (and Ordinance No. 0-11-88 an urgency Ordinance providing for the immediate implementation of the provisions as added by Ordinance No. 0-10-88) that established the requirement for the dedication of land by residential developers, or the payment of a fee in lieu thereof, by residential developers for park or recreational purposes. The park acreage per resident standard, and the formulas that established the land dedication acreage, and the in lieu -fee relationships are also contained in Ordinance No. 0-10-88. In November 1997, the consulting firm Topping Jacquess, Inc. completed the City of Colton Capital Infrastructure Study (the "Study"). The city's Quimby Act Ordinance as it currently exists exempts single family permits, residential subdivisions containing four or fewer lots, and apartment complexes. The parkland in -lieu fee established for these residential development types is denoted in the general parks impact fee adopted in 1977. The study noted, and the ad-hoc committee (the committee established to review and discuss the study) concurred, that the inequities created by this double standard are inherently unfair and that the same standards should be applicable to all residential development. Finally, the current Quimby Act Ordinance only provides for offset costs for land acquisition or dedication, not improvements. It was noted in the study and discussed at the Planning Commission level that improvement costs should be included in the new Item #2