DATE: March 11, 2025
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Adopt Resolution amending the Schedule of Drainage Costs and Fees for local drainage areas and Storm Drainage and Flood Control Master Plan pursuant to Section 17.64.050 of the Fresno County Ordinance Code
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Make findings required under Sections 66001 and 66015.5 of the Government Code for the enactment of development fees requested by the Fresno County Metropolitan Flood Control District;
2. Adopt Resolution memorializing those findings and amending the Schedule of Drainage Costs and Fees for local drainage areas and Storm Drainage and Flood Control Master Plan pursuant to Section 17.64.050 of the Fresno County Ordinance Code; and
3. Determine that Recommended Actions 1 and 2 are exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act and direct staff to file a notice of exemption with the County Clerk and State Clearinghouse.
REPORT
Section 17.64.050 of the Fresno County Ordinance Code (Drainage Fee Ordinance) requires your Board's annual review and approval of an amended Schedule of Drainage Costs and Fees (Fee Schedule), intended for the funding of improvements to drainage facilities of the Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control District (District), necessitated by the proposed development projects upon which the fees will be levied. This update of the Fee Schedule is also an Implementation Policy of the 2000 Fresno County General Plan (2024 Review and Revision). This item is countywide as it pertains to all Supervisorial Districts within the Fresno/Clovis Metropolitan Area.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Your Board could vote not to adopt the recommended resolution and determine that the previously-enacted 2024 Fee Schedule rates are sufficient and direct Department of Public Works and Planning staff to continue to collect fees based upon the existing rates. A failure to amend the Fee Sch...
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