PREPARED BY: LIBBY TYLER DATE OF MEETING: 06/10/2024
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CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTIONS (1) IMPLEMENTING THE FY 2024-2025 BUILDING, PLANNING, AND PUBLIC WORKS USER FEE INCREASES THE CITY COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY DETERMINED SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON JULY 1, 2024 BASED ON THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX, AND (2) APPLYING THE WEST CONTRA COSTA TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE (WCCTAC) APPROVED INFLATIONARY FACTOR INCREASES TO WCCTAC SUBREGIONAL TRANSPORTATION MITIGATION PROGRAM (STMP) FEES EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2024 PURSUANT TO SECTION 15.62.040 OF THE SAN PABLO MUNICIPAL CODE
CEQA: This action is not a project as defined by CEQA. CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4) states that "project" does not include the creation of government funding mechanisms or other governmental fiscal activities, which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment.
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CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Adopt Resolution
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WORKPLAN COMPLIANCE STATEMENT
Focus on Economic Development and Diversification is a major adopted policy goal under the FY 2023-25 City Council Priority Workplan, as adopted on May 1, 2023.
BACKGROUND
City User Fees for Building, Planning and Public Works
In 2020, the City of San Pablo performed a cost of service study for Building, Planning, and Public Works user fees. The fees were adopted on August 3, 2020, with an effective date of January 1, 2021. On May 3, 2021 by Resolution 2021-055, the City Council revised the user fees per the methodology described below and determined that the fees would be increased annually based on that methodology effective July 2, 2022 and each July 1st thereafter.
City Council Adopted Fee Methodology
Prior to adoption of the updated fee schedule in July 2020, MGT Consulting Group (MGT) prepared information regarding an annual escalation factor to account for inflation and minimize the decrease in cos...
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