DATE: September 12, 2017
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Steven E. White, Director
Department of Public Works and Planning
SUBJECT: Draft Capital Improvement Plan for the Public Facilities Impact Fees Study Update
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Provide direction to staff on an updated Capital Improvement Plan prepared by the Department of Public Works and Planning.
REPORT
Staff seeks the Board's direction on a draft update to the County's Capital Improvement Plan (CIP). An updated CIP is required for the County to impose Public Facilities Impact Fees (PFIF or impact fees) that may be collected prior to the issuance of a building permit for new residential development. Impact fees would only fund those portions of the public facilities in the CIP whose costs are attributable to increased demand for services caused by future development. Impact fees would not fund the entirety of the projects in the CIP. Staff will return at a later date to present a draft updated impact fee study that is supported by the updated CIP, as well as an ordinance amendment to establish an updated impact fee schedule.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
No alternative actions as the Board is being asked to provide direction to staff on the CIP. Upon receiving direction, staff will revise the draft CIP.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact regarding today's recommended action.
DISCUSSION:
State law provides a process by which the Board may establish public facilities impact fees. Such fees are charged to development projects, and may only be imposed for the purpose of defraying that portion of the cost of public facilities that is attributable to that development. For impact fees to be lawful, the public facilities to be partially financed by the fees must be identified. The proposed CIP is intended to serve that identification purpose. In addition to the proposed CIP, impact fees, if the Board chooses to impose them, would be supported by a fee study prepared by an expert cons...
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