PREPARED BY: CELESTE TAYLOR DATE OF MEETING: 04/19/21
SUBJECT:
TITLE
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO ADOPTING AN UPDATED POLICE DEPARTMENT FEE SCHEDULE FOR CERTAIN TRAINING CENTER SERVICES AND FACILITY RENTALS
Label
CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Adopt Resolution
Body
Compliance statements
FY 2021-23 Council Priority Workplan
Diversify Revenue Stream and Create a Sustainable Economic Ecosystem are adopted policy items under the adopted FY 2019-21 Council Priority Workplan, as amended March 15, 2021.
CEQA Compliance Statement
This creation of a funding mechanism is not a project as defined by CEQA.
BACKGROUND
Since the mid-2000’s, SPPD has relied on outside entities or antiquated facilities to deliver training. This included utilizing 2600 Moraga Road as the primary training site. The Moraga Road site was not ideal to deliver consistent training as classroom and defensive tactics space was limited and required reductions in class size to accommodate.
SPPD continues to rely upon paying fees between $75-$125 per hour for firearm range training both in and out of county locations. The scheduling of mandatory training is bound by the availability of these locations, and is often limited. Currently there are no law enforcement ranges in the West Contra Costa region available for use by the San Pablo Police Department.
In 2019, the San Pablo Police Training Facility opened offering over 4,000 hours of courses in Defensive Tactics, Active Shooter, Workplace Violence Prevention, and Harassment Prevention. This facility is much larger and can accommodate larger classroom trainings, and multi-disciplinary trainings like de-escalation tactics and mental health crisis intervention.
San Pablo Facility Rental
By offering the rental of the matt area and classrooms at the San Pablo Training Facility, the San Pablo Police Department will continue to promote quality and progressive training in the region and foster trust and legitimacy with our law enforcement partners and community. Availability of this training facility to our local agencies also enables stronger partnerships as we are able to attend training together.
As part of best business practices, Police Department staff conducted a Fee Survey in which staff members compared our proposed rental fees to neighboring agencies. In total, five law enforcement training facilities were surveyed for services offered for rental, as well as calculations or reasons for charging their fees.
Budget Fiscal & Legislative Committee Recommendation
On April 14, 2021, this item was taken before the Budget Fiscal & Legislative Standing Committee and was recommended to move forward to City Council to approve and update the Police Department Master Fee Schedule to include the Regional Training Facility Fee Schedule as listed in Attachment A.
FISCAL IMPACT
The Police Department anticipates revenues from these rentals. However, the net financial results are not yet known and will be dependent upon the number of facility rentals and any City Council approved fee waivers.
Fees for services are limited to the costs to provide such service pursuant to Proposition 26 which defined Constitutional distinctions between a fee and a tax that requires voter approval. However, those restrictions do not apply to charges for rental or use of City property, which can be based on what the City determines by policy to be the charges imposed.
ATTACHMENTS:
Exhibit A - Police Department Master Fee Schedule Update