PREPARED BY: JILL A. MERCURIO DATE OF MEETING: 12/17/18
SUBJECT:
TITLE
PUBLIC HEARING AND RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO ADOPTING AN AMENDED FEE SCHEDULE FOR PUBLIC WORKS RELATED FEES FOR SERVICE
Label
CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Conduct public hearing; adopt Resolution
BODY
COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS
FY 2018-21 Council Priority Workplan
Budget Spending Controls is an adopted policy item under the adopted FY 2018-21 Council Priority Workplan, effective November 1, 2017.
CEQA Compliance Statement
This creation of a funding mechanism is not a project as defined by CEQA.
BACKGROUND
On May 2, 2016, an updated Master Fee Schedule was approved by City Council and adopted per Resolution 2016-166.
At that time, a number of City plan review and inspection services were separated between Public Works/Engineering and Community & Economic Development. Since then, the two departments have restructured so the department responsible for providing these services is more logical and transparent.
When a project proposes to make site improvements, such as on- and off-site paving, lighting, drainage systems, landscaping, grading, etc. (work not related to a building,) the applicant prepares and presents plans to the City. The City reviews the project plans to ensure that all guidelines, project conditions, requirements, and regulations are being met. Once the City staff has reviewed and approved the plans, City staff is responsible for inspecting the improvements to ensure they are being constructed per the approved plans. A number of construction activities that occur on private property that had been assigned to Community & Economic Development are now being handled by Public Works/Engineering, but there are no Public Works fees defined to cover the staff costs for these activities.
While Public Works currently reviews site improvements within the public right-of-way (off-site improvements), it is industry standard to ha...
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