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ITEM 8.A.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
MEMORANDUM
DATE: August 19 , 2014
TO: The Honorable City Council
FROM: Donald E. Penman , Interim City Manager -"~~
By : Michael D. Forbes , Community Development Director ~
SUBJECT: APPROVAL OF ANNUAL FEE AND FINE SCHEDULE FOR FISCAL YEAR
2014-15 INCORPORATING ALL CURRENT FEES AND FINES AND
ESTABLISHING NEW CITY FEES FOR PLANNING, PUBLIC WORKS,
PUBLIC SAFETY AND SERVICES, AND COMMUNITY PRESERVATION
SERVICES
RECOMMENDATION:
The City Council is requested to:
a) Open the Public Hearing continued from July 15 , 2014 ;
b) Accept any public testimony; and
c) Continue the Public Hearing to a date uncertain to allow staff additional time to
complete the analysis of the costs of providing plan check , permit , and inspection
services .
ATTACHMENTS:
A. City Council staff report dated July 15 , 2014
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ATTACHMENT A
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
MEMORANDUM
DATE: July 15, 2014
TO: The Honorable City Council
FROM: Donald E. Penman , Interim City Manager
By: Michael D. Forbes , Community Development Director
SUBJECT: APPROVAL OF ANNUAL FEE AND FINE SCHEDULE FOR FISCAL YEAR
2014-15 INCORPORATING ALL CURRENT FEES AND FINES AND
ESTABLISHING NEW CITY FEES FOR PLANNING, PUBLIC WORKS,
PUBLIC SAFETY AND SERVICES, AND COMMUNITY PRESERVATION
SERVICES
RECOMMENDATION:
The City Council is requested to :
a) Open a Public Hearing ;
b) Accept any public testimony; and
c) Continue the Public Hearing to the regular City Council meeting of August 19 , 2014.
BACKGROUND:
1. On June 28, 2011 , the City Council conducted a Public Hearing and adopted
Reso lution No . 11-4757 wh ich established a Master Fee Schedule for parking fines
and City fees to defray costs incurred by the City in providing for general financial
services ; general community development services including planning , business
regulation , building and safety, community preservation , and animal control ; general
engineering services; and parks and recreation services .
2 . On October 16 , 2012 , the City Council conducted a Public Hearing and adopted
Resolution No . 12-4863 authorizing new fees to be added to the Master Fee Schedule
to defray costs incurred by the City in providing various services including public works
and eng ineering review, parking concess ion agreements , grocery and laundry cart
retrieval plan review , and special event review .
3 . On April 2 , 2013, the City Council conducted a Public Hearing and adopted
Resolution No . 13-4897, authorizing a new Administrative F ine Schedule for
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violat ions of the Temple City Municipal Code and other State laws as authorized by
statute .
4 . On June 5 and 19 , 2014 , a Notice of Public Hearing was published in the Temple
City Tribune newspaper to notify interested parties of this public hearing to consider
approval of the Annual Fee and Fine Schedule for Fiscal Year 2014-15 .
ANALYSIS:
Fees for service should be periodically reviewed and updated to ensure that they
accurately reflect the cost of providing services . For this reason , and due to the recent
implementation of contractual plan check and inspection services, staff believes this is an
appropriate time to review and revise the City's fees for service .
The proposed Annual Fee and Fine Schedule for Fiscal Year 2014-15 includes new and
revised fees and combines all fees and fines from separate schedules into a single Fee and
Fine Schedule . No changes are proposed to the current fees for the City Clerk's office or
the Parks and Recreation Department. Similarly , no changes are proposed to the fine
schedule . The Community Development Department is proposing several new fees and
revisions to many application , permit, and inspection fees .
Staff has been working with Transtech Engineers , Inc., the City's engineering and building
services contractor, to analyze the costs of providing plan check and inspection services.
Staff is recommending that the City Council continue the public hearing until August 19 ,
2014 to provide additional time for staff and Transtech to complete this analysis and
ensure that the proposed fee revis ions accurately reflect the reasonable costs of providing
these services .
Keeping the existing fee schedule or updating the schedule using incomplete or
inaccurate information could result in fees that do not accurately reflect the cost of
providing services and result in revenue loss to the City.
CONCLUSION:
Staff recommends that the City Council continue the public hearing on this matter to
August 19 , 2014 to provide staff with additional time to complete the analysis of service
costs. Since the public hearing is being opened and continued to a date certain , additional
public notice would not be required .
FISCAL IMPACT:
The fiscal impacts associated with the proposed fees and fines will be provided in the August
19, 2014 City Council staff report .
City Council
July 15 , 2014
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ATTACHMENTS:
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