File #: 23-1672    Version: 1
Type: Agenda Item Status: Approved
File created: 8/25/2023 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: 10/24/2023 Final action: 10/24/2023
Title: HEARING - Planning and Building Department recommending the Board: 1) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Ordinance 5185 entitled “Planning and Building Department Fee Schedule;” 2) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 164-2023 entitled “Planning and Building Department, Policies and Procedures,” superseding prior Resolution 183-2019 and 184-2019, adopted by the Board on October 22, 2019 (File No. 19-0663, Item No.31), Resolution 050-2020, adopted by the Board on January 14, 2020 (File No. 19-1826, Item No. 24), and Resolution 089-2021 adopted by the Board on July 21, 2021 (File No. 21-0872, Item No. 26); and 3) Direct staff to establish two new special revenue funds for administration of the updated General Plan Fee and new Technology Improvement/Enhancement Fee. FUNDING: Fees for Service.
Attachments: 1. A - Ordinance P&B, 2. B - Exhibit A Planning and Building Fee Schedule Red Line.pdf, 3. C - Exhibit A Planning and Building Fee Schedule Clean.pdf, 4. D - Exhibit B Airports Fee Schedule Red Line.pdf, 5. E - Exhibit B Airports Fee Schedule Clean.pdf, 6. F - Exhibit C Cemeteries Fee Schedule Red Line.pdf, 7. G - Exhibit C Cemeteries Fee Schedule Clean.pdf, 8. H - Resolution Planning and Building Department Policies and Procedures, 9. I - Exhibit A Planning and Building Department Policies and Procedures Red Line.pdf, 10. J - Exhibit A Planning and Building Department Policies and Procedures Clean.pdf, 11. K - Public Notice, 12. L - Counsel Approval, 13. Executed Ordinance 5185, 14. Executed Resolution 164-2023
Related files: 23-1487, 24-1891
Title
HEARING - Planning and Building Department recommending the Board:
1) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Ordinance 5185 entitled “Planning and Building Department Fee Schedule;”
2) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 164-2023 entitled “Planning and Building Department, Policies and Procedures,” superseding prior Resolution 183-2019 and 184-2019, adopted by the Board on October 22, 2019 (File No. 19-0663, Item No.31), Resolution 050-2020, adopted by the Board on January 14, 2020 (File No. 19-1826, Item No. 24), and Resolution 089-2021 adopted by the Board on July 21, 2021 (File No. 21-0872, Item No. 26); and
3) Direct staff to establish two new special revenue funds for administration of the updated General Plan Fee and new Technology Improvement/Enhancement Fee.

FUNDING: Fees for Service.
Body
DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
In prior years the Planning and Building Department fees have been adjusted and evaluated by the Chief Administrative Office, Community Development Finance and Administration (CDFA) with a focus on updating hourly rates used for the basis of permit and project fees for operating costs. On May 21, 2019 (File No. 19-0663 Item No. 31), Resolution 080-2019 was adopted by the Board to update the newly approved Fiscal Year 2018-19 hourly rate, multiplied by the number of hours it took to perform the service in the Fiscal Year 2015-16 hourly time study. On July 21, 2021 (File No. 21-0872, Item No. 26), the Board approved Resolution 089-2021 to make minor revisions to update costs of grading permits.

On May 20, 2021, the County awarded Request for Proposals 21-918-028 to NBS Government Finance Group, Inc. (“NBS”) to complete the fee and nexus study with the goal of determining the County’s current costs for providing Planning and Building services including personnel indirect and overhead costs, supervision, equipment, and other reasonable fees to close the gap on recovering the costs of those services, with a written report detaili...

Click here for full text