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Planning and Building Department recommending the Board receive and file the Annual Mitigation Fee Act Reports for Fiscal Year 2022-23 for:
1) Ecological Preserve Fee and Oak Woodland Conservation Fee Programs in compliance with California Government Code Section 66006; and
2) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolutions 196-2023 and 197-2023 making certain findings as required by California Government Code Section 66001(d)(1).
FUNDING: Fee Programs.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
Ecological Preserve Fee and Oak Woodland Conservation Fee Programs
Pursuant to Section 66006 of the California Government Code, the County is required to make available to the public specific information related to the prior year's activity for the County's mitigation fee programs. Attachments A, B, and C provide the information required by Section 66006 for the County's Ecological Preserve Fee and Oak Woodland Mitigation Fee programs:
Attachment A - A brief description of the fee programs (Section 66006(b)(1)(A))
Attachment B - Fee schedules (Section 66006(b)(1)(B))
Attachment C - Cash statement
- The beginning and ending balance of the accounts, (Section 66006(b)(1)(C)),
- The total fees collected (Section 66006(b)(1)(D)),
- Total interest earned in the funds (Section 66006(b)(1)(D)),
- Identification of expenditures for the accounts (Section 66006(b)(1)(E)), and
- Total refunds and other adjustments (Section 66006(b)(1)(H)).
Attachments D and E - 66001(d)(1) findings.
The Mitigation Fee Act (Cal. Gov. Code ยง66000 et. seq.) (MFA) requires annual reports and certain findings for fees subject to the MFA. The attached Resolutions (Attachments D and E) make findings for the Ecological Preserve Fee and Oak Woodland Conservation Fee Programs funds which are required by the Act (66001(d)(1)). The findings are supported by 1) the annual reports on Fee activity that have been produced and presented to the Board each fiscal year for 2014-2015 through 2019-2020; 2) on...
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