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CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO - REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION
From: Fred Wilson, City Manager
Subject: Adjustment to storm drain
development impact fees.
Dept: City Manager's Office
Date: January 8, 2007
MICC Meeting Date: 1-22-2007
Synopsis of Previous Council Action:
November 22, 2006- Ways and Means Committee forwarded this item to the Mayor and Common Council
to set a public hearing.
December 4, 2006 - Mayor and Common Council set public hearing for January 81h, 2007 at 4:30 p.ni.
January 8, 2007 - Mayor and Common Council held public hearing and laid over the ordinance for final
adoption.
Recommended Motion:
Adopt resolution.
Contact person: Catherine Allison
Phone:
5122
Supporting data attached:
staff report, and other info
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Ward:
FUNDING REQUIREMENTS:
Amount: None by this action.
Source: NIA
Finance:
Council Notes:
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Agenda Item No.
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STAFF REPORT
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Subject:
Adjustment to the storm drain development impact fees.
Back2round:
In the spring of 2006, the Mayor and Common Council adopted Resolution 2006-97
increasing the development impact fees for police and fire facilities/equipment, aquatics
facilities, public meeting facilities, and library facilities/materials. The funds were approved
to help finance capital expenditures related to the provision of services to the community that
is strained by new development. At that time, the Mayor and Common Council requested
that staff research similar fee adjustments for the Verdemont area infrastructure fee and the
storm drain impact fee. While work on the Verdemont infrastructure fee continues, the storm
drain fee study is now complete and ready for consideration.
The City's existing storm drainage network is composed of street gutter facilities, pipes and
inlets which convey runoff to larger pipelines, creeks and ditches located throughout the city,
ultimately leading to the Santa Ana River. The City has charged an impact fee for storm
drainage systems for some time, but that fee has not been updated for over 15 years.
A consultant was retained to generate a development impact fee calculation for the storm
drainage system for the city. Attachments were previously distributed in the agenda materials
for the December 4th meeting, including:
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Attachment A -Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report and Master
Facilities Plan for the Storm Drainage System for the City of San Bernardino (Nexus
Report).
Attachment B - Storm Drain Fee Comparison for Eight Typical Projects
Attachment C - Storm Drain Comparison City Survey
Attachment D - Impact Fee Comparison for Inland Empire Cities
The Nexus Report provides the basis for the fee imposed on new construction by analyzing
the Master Facility Plan for storm drainage facilities. In the Master Facilities Plan,
Development ServiceslEngineering staff has identified 136 storm drainage projects
recommended to fully complete the City's network, which are estimated to cost
approximately $349 million.
Upon the identification of the costs of storm drainage facilities that are necessitated by future
development, costs must be distributed for each of the land uses based on their estimated
storm runoff. Detached dweiJings provide the highest percentage of turf per parcel and result
in the least amount of runoff. Commercial and industrial developments, which generally
have little turf area, generate a higher amount of runoff. These varying amounts are referred
to as runoff coefficients.
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The report assigns costs on a fair-share basis to the various types of development. It also
assigns the resulting fee per dwelling unit and per square foot for commercial/industrial
construction, based on the anticipated burden of such new development area on City facilities
and infrastructure. The fees recommended by the consultant are found in Schedule 10.4, on
page 131 of the Nexus Report. The report recommends that Commercial Lodging and
Commercial/Office be considered as separate land uses. However, engineering staff believes
that it will be more equitable to charge Commercial Lodging at the Commercial/Office rate,
based on square footage of floor area rather than on a per unit basis. The proposed fee
resolution reflects staff recommendations.
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Proper notification was given to the public and the BrA for a public hearing that was held on
January 8th. At that time, the Mayor and Common Council laid over the ordinance to
establish a storm drain development impact fee. The newly adopted fees will become
effective 60 days after the second reading of the ordinance and the adoption of the fee
resolution.
Financial Impact
The adoption of revised storm drain fees would generate approximately $116 million in
revenue for storm drain construction through General Plan build out. The City currently
collects $600,000 to $800,000 per year in storm drainage impact fees. Engineering staff
estimates that the new fee schedule will generate an additional $1 - $1.7 million annually,
depending upon the level of development activity. As with other development impact fee
revenues, they may only be used to fund storm drainage projects identified in the Master
Facilities Plan.
Recommendation:
Adopt resolution.
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