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Chief Administrative Office recommending the Board direct the Auditor Controller to reimburse Development Impact Fees to the El Dorado Hills County Water District (Fire Department) in the amount of $95,479.12. (Cont. 2/24/15, Item 11)
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Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost
There is no fiscal impact or change to net county cost associated with this item.
Reimbursement to the El Dorado Hills County Water District will reduce their development impact fee account by $95,479.12. This amount is comprised of fees expended for Station 84 in the amount of $66,993.06 and refunds during FY 2013-14 in the amount of $28,486.06. Information related to this request was included in the Districts's annual accouting review received by the Board on February 10, 2015 and included in this agenda item.
Background
On February 10, 2015 (Item 5) the Board received and filed the respective Fire Protection District reports and continued the portion of the agenda item related to reimbursement to the El Dorado Hills County Water District to February 24, 2014. Staff requested the Board continue this portion of the item to March 10, 2015 to allow for processing of the Districts annual review of their five year Capital Improvement Plan and the relationship between their development impact fees and new development. In conjunction with this item, on March 10, 2015, the Board will hold a public Hearing (agenda item 09-0098) to consider adoption of a Resolution approving the El Dorado Hills Fire Department Capital Improvement Plan and adopting Development Impact Fees as identified in the portion of their Plan justifying the nexus between the fees and new development in the District.
The Chief Administrative Office is in the process of reviewing and clarifying roles and responsibilities of the County and special districts for whom the County collects development impact mitigation fees. Pursuant to Section 66006 of the Government Code, the County is required to annually make available to the public specific information related to the prior year's activity for development impact fees within 180 days after the last day of each fiscal year. Required information includes:
A. A brief description of the type of fee in the account or fund.
B. The amount of the fee.
C. The beginning and ending balance of the account or fund.
D. The amount of the fees collected and the interest earned.
E. An identification of each public improvement on which fees were expended and the amount of the expenditures on each improvement, including the total percentage of the cost of the public improvement that was funded with fees.
F. An identification of an approximate date by which the construction of the public improvement will commence if the local agency determines that sufficient funds have been collected to complete financing on an incomplete public improvement, and the public improvement remains incomplete.
G. A description of each interfund transfer or loan made from the account or fund, including the public improvement on which the transferred or loand fees will be expended, and, in the case of an interfund loan, the date on which the loan will be repaid, and the rate of interest that the account or fund will receive on the loan.
H. The amount of refunds made.
The Government Code further requires the County to, "review the information made available to the publicÂ…at the next regularly scheduled public meeting not less than 14 days after this information is made available to the publicÂ…" The reports for agencies that responded to the request for information in order to meet government code compliance is published on the Chief Administrative Office website as of December 19, 2014.
Reason for Recommendation
The following Fire Districts and Community Services Districts responded and provided information as required by Government Code 66006:
Diamond Springs/El Dorado Fire Protection District,
El Dorado County Fire Protection District,
Lake Valley Fire Protection District,
Meeks Bay Fire Protection District,
Mosquito Fire Protection District,
Pioneer Fire Protection District,
Rescue Fire Protection District,
Cameron Park Community Services District
Georgetown Divide Recreation District
El Dorado Hills Community Services District
Georgetown Fire Protection District
Garden Valley Fire Protection District
Latrobe Fire Protection District
El Dorado Hills County Water District
As required, the information provided by each District was reviewed and compiled into summary reports identifying activity in each section required by Government Code.
Clerk of the Board Follow Up Actions
The Board Clerk will file the report.
Contact
Kelly Webb Ext. 6565