TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: Javier Carcamo, Finance Director
PREPARED BY: Ashley Lopez, Accounting Supervisor
SUBJECT:
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Public Hearing for Fiscal Year 2025/26 Public Facilities Development Impact Fee Update
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RECOMMENDATION
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Conduct a Public Hearing to update the City of Murrieta's Public Facilities Development Impact Fees; and
Adopt Resolution No. 25-4827 entitled: A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Murrieta, California, Approving an Update of Public Facilities Development Impact Fee Schedule and Amending the City's Fee Schedule For Fiscal Year 2025/26.
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PRIOR ACTION/VOTE
On July 19, 2016, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 16-3602, replacing Resolution No. 98-612, establishing a new Development Impact Fee Schedule, and imposing a phased-in approach for some residential and office development for projects with entitlements no later than December 31, 2016. (Vote: 5-0).
On May 17, 2023, the City Council approved an Agreement with Willdan Financial Services to conduct a Development Impact Fee Nexus Study in the amount of $86,520 (Vote: 5-0).
On April 16, 2024, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 24-4733, Approving the Fiscal Year 2024/25 Public Facilities Development Impact Fee Schedule and an Annual Update of Fees at the Lesser of the Change in the January-to-January California Construction Cost Index or 4% (Vote: 3-2).
CITY COUNCIL GOAL
Maintain a high performing organization that values fiscal sustainability, transparency, accountability and organizational efficiency.
BACKGROUND
History
A development impact fee (DIF) is a monetary exaction charged by a local government to a developer in connection with the implementation of an approved development project. DIFs can vary widely between jurisdictions because of differing facility needs. With the passage of Assembly Bill 1600, known as the 1987 Mitigation Fee Act (Government Code Section 66000 and following),...
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