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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Reso 2023-34 RESOLUTION NO.2023-34 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CATHEDRAL CITY, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE "AB 1600 FEE JUSTIFICATION NEXUS STUDY CITY OF CATHEDRAL CITY" AND ESTABLISHING AND INCREASING DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES APPLICABLE TO ALL DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY OF CATHEDRAL CITY WHEREAS, on January 25, 2006, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2006- 1 adopting an impact fee study and establishing new development impact fees applicable to all development in the City of Cathedral City; and WHEREAS, the City desired to review its development impact fees to ensure they accurately reflect the impacts of future development on certain capital facilities and improvements; and WHEREAS, the City contracted with Harris & Associates (Harris) to complete an impact fee study report to analyze the impacts of future development on certain public facilities and to calculate impact fees based on that analysis; and, WHEREAS, Harris prepared the "AB 1600 Fee Justification Nexus Study City of Cathedral City Final — September 2023" (the "DIF Study") attached hereto as Exhibit "A", which analyzes the impacts of new development on five (5) categories of public facilities and calculates the fees that should be imposed on new development to mitigate the impact the new development has on each category of public facilities (the "Impact Fees"); and WHEREAS, in compliance with the Mitigation Fee Act (Government Code section 66000 et seq.)(the "Act"), the City Council held a public hearing on the DIF Study at its meeting on September 27, 2023. Notice of the public hearing was published on August 27, 2023, in the Desert Sun Newspaper; and, WHEREAS, in further compliance with the Act, the City Council held a public hearing on the Impact Fees at its meeting on October 11, 2023. Notice of the public hearing was published on September 29, 2023, and on October 6, 2023, in the Desert Sun Newspaper; NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Cathedral City does hereby resolve as follows: Section 1. Recitals. The recitals set forth above are true and correct and incorporated herein by this reference as a substantive part of this Resolution. 9857-5894-7453 v3 Section 2. CEQA Findings. The City Council hereby finds that the adoption of this Resolution is not subject to CEQA review pursuant to CEQA Guideline 15378(b)(4), which provides that the creation of government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities that do not involve any commitment to any specific project are not projects subject to CEQA review. Section 2. Mitigation Fee Act Findings. As required by Government Code Section 66001(a), the City Council makes the following findings with respect to the Impact Fees: A. The purpose of the Impact Fees is to prevent new development from reducing the quality and availability of public services provided to residents of the City by requiring new development to contribute to the cost of additional public facilities needed to meet the additional demands placed on public services by new development. B. The Impact Fees will be used to construct public facilities and pay for other capital assets needed to serve new development. The DIF Study identifies the specific public facilities and other capital assets that will be funded by each category of Impact Fees. C. Based on the information and analysis presented in the DIF Study, the City Council finds there is a reasonable relationship between the uses to which the Impact Fees will be put and the development projects on which the Impact Fees will be imposed. As specified in the DIF Study, the Impacts Fees will be used to fund traffic signalization, road and traffic facilities, interchanges and bridges, bikeway facilities, and trail facilities; structures, vehicles, and equipment related to government facilities, including expanding City Hall, new library facilities, and additional corporation yard facilities; new fire stations and training facilities, vehicles and fire equipment; and new police facilities, including new police sub- stations, vehicles and police equipment. These uses will serve all development within the City. In addition, the Impact Fees will fund new neighborhood, mini and community parks. These uses will specifically benefit residential development, and thus the Impact Fees for these facilities will only be imposed on new residential development. D. Based on the information and analysis presented in the DIF Study, the City Council finds there is a reasonable relationship between the need for the public facilities that will be funded by the Impact Fees and the type of development projects on which the Impact Fees will be imposed. Specifically, all new development places demands on streets and intersections, bridges, trails, City Hall, the Library, the City's corporation yard, fire facilities, and police facilities. Therefore all new all new development should contribute toward the cost of the public facilities and equipment needed to provide these services and infrastructure to the development. In addition, residential development places demands on open space, park, and community performance and event facilities, and therefore only 9857-5899-7453 v3 residential development should be required to contribute toward the facilities and equipment needed to provide these services. Section 3. Adoption of DIF Study. The DIF Study attached as Exhibit "A" is hereby approved and adopted. Section 4. Adoption of Impact Fees. The Impact Fee Schedule, attached hereto as Exhibit "B", is adopted. Section 5. Effective Date. This resolution shall become effective on January 1 , 2024, pursuant to Government Code Section 66017. Section 6. Annual Adjustment. The Impact Fee Schedule attached hereto as Exhibit "B" shall be increased on July 1 of each year, beginning on July 1 , 2024, by an amount equal to the average percentage change over the previous year in the California Construction Cost Index. APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 11th day of October, 2023. Rita amb, Mayor ATTEST: IL 74 Ltc. Tracey R.LWermosillo, CMC, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: Eric S. V ' , City Attorney 9857-5899-7453 v3 STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss. CITY OF CATHEDRAL CITY ) I, Tracey R. Hermosillo, CMC, City Clerk of the City of Cathedral City, California, do hereby certify that Resolution No. 2023-34 was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of the City of Cathedral City at a regular meeting thereof held on the 11th day of October, 2023, by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Gutierrez, Gregory and Ross and Mayor Pro Tem Carnevale NOES: None ABSENT: Mayor Lamb ABSTAIN: None \,) ,U6/2 a) .r\71111-? _,e.,LED CITY CLERK (SEAL) 4857-5894-7453 v3 EXHIBIT A DIF STUDY (under separate cover) 4857-5894-7453 v3 EXHIBIT B IMPACT FEE SCHEDULE 4857-5894-7453 v3 City of Cathedral City AB1600 Fee Justification Nexus Study September 2023 Summary of Approved Development Impact Fees General Land Use (1) Parks Transportation Government Fire Police Residential Single Family $3.30 $0.63 $1.23 $0.68 $0.47 Multi-Family $4.65 $0.60 $1.73 $0.95 $0.66 Non-Residential Commercial N/A $2,106.62 $579.18 $319.36 $220.05 Office N/A $1,770.12 $1,272.92 $701.88 $483.63 Industrial N/A $268.44 $127.29 $70.18 $48.36 NOTES: 1) An administrative fee of 3.0% is included in the fees shown for (1) legal, accounting, and other administrative support and (2) development impact fee program administration costs including revenue collection, revenue and cost accounting, mandated public reporting, and fee justification analysis. The administration fee is calculated on a fee-by-fee basis. Please refer to the individual fee calculation tables located within the AB1600 Fee Justification Nexus Study City of Cathedral City- Final -September 2023 prepared by Harris and Associates for a breakdown of the administration fee.