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Chief Administrative Office recommending the Board order the Auditor-Controller to disburse $432,650.49 to the El Dorado Hills County Water District (El Dorado Hills Fire Department) from its Development Impact Mitigation Fee Account.
FUNDING: Development Impact Fees.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The California Mitigation Fee Act (Cal. Gov. §66000 et seq.) provides for the establishment of fees to mitigate the impacts of new development on public facilities in order to maintain the established level of service. Individual Special Districts do not have the authority to establish these fees; as a result, the County establishes fees on behalf of the districts. In accordance with the Mitigation Fee Act, these revenues are segregated and deposited into a separate account for each district.
The development impact fees were last revised by the County on the District's behalf on December 6, 2022 (Legistar 22-2032).
This District made the original disbursement request of $3,015,879.41 in the Fiscal Year 2021-22. Three partial payments were made: June 27, 2022 - $1,346,701.98, June 29, 2022 - $312,662.50 and September 28, 2022 - $923,864.44, leaving a balance of $432,650.49. The remaining balance is for the project management of the new Training Center. Each request is needed in order to expand services based on the demand created by new development. In accordance with the District's impact fee nexus study, facilities may be funded 100% by impact fees and replacement facilities may be funded 26.5% by impact fees.
The County has entered into an agreement with the District, whereby the District agrees to "hold County harmless and defend County and its employees, officers, and agents from any claim, liability, or action" resulting from the County’s calculation, imposition, and collection of impact fees on the District’s behalf.
The Chief Administrative Office recommends the disbursement of funds for the above-described uses because they are consistent with t...
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