Title
The Board is asked to consider a request from the Georgetown Fire Protection District to adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 138-2017 increasing the District's development impact mitigation fees. (Est. Time: 15 Min.)
Body
DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The California Mitigation Fee Act (Cal. Gov. Code ยงยง 66000-66025.) provides for the establishment of fees on new development for the purpose of mitigating the effects of development on existing public facilities. Special districts do not have statutory authority to impose these fees. As a result, the Board of Supervisors passed an ordinance providing for the establishment of such fees on behalf of fire districts and parks and recreation districts. The ordinance for fire protection district fees was codified as Chapter 13.20. Development impact mitigation fees were first collected on Georgetown Fire Protection District's behalf in 1985. The District's fee was last updated in 2006.
The District has contracted with SCI Consulting Group to review the fee and provide a nexus study report using the "existing facility standard methodology." This method uses the District's ratio of existing fire protection facilities, apparatus, and equipment to existing development in order to determine new development's share of the cost to expand the District's system as growth occurs. Population data is derived from the 2010 census and County Assessor data as of 2015. Estimated total housing units and nonresidential building area are based on 2015 County Assessor data. The value of existing fire protection facilities, apparatus, and equipment is based on the replacement value for like items.
The current fees, established by Resolutions 286-2006 and 335-2006 (Legistar file #06-1677) are:
Minimum Residential: $1,469/unit
Residential: $0.82/Sq. Ft.
Associate Residential Use: $0.41/Sq. Ft.
Sprinklered Residential: $0.41/Sq. Ft.
Commercial, Industrial, Institutional
Sprinklered: $0.44/Sq. Ft.
...
Click here for full text