2022-046 - Uniform Schedule of Miscellaneous Fees for Fiscal Year 2022-2023

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ROH — 6.7.22 RESOLUTION NO. 2022-046 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA ESTABLISHING A UNIFORM SCHEDULE OF MISCELLANEOUS FEES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022-2023 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS FOLLOWS: Section 1: The City Council hereby finds, determines and declares as follows: A. Each year, for the convenience of the public, the City Council gathers in a single document a comprehensive listing of fees and service charges imposed by the City upon those persons seeking services of value from the City. B. This document is known as the "Miscellaneous Fee Schedule" for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 and is on file at the Clerk of the Council office, and incorporated by this reference. C. As part of approving the Miscellaneous Fee Schedule for Fiscal Year 2022- 2023, the various agencies of the City have analyzed the cost to administer the various programs, activities and applications for which the City imposes fees or service charges. D. On an annual basis, fees and related services associated with the Miscellaneous Fee Resolution are reviewed and adjusted to reflect the City's costs in delivering the services. On May 12, 2022, the City Council directed staff to modify the Consumer Price Index -All Urban Consumers Component for the Los Angeles -Riverside -Orange County area (CPI) increase from 4.3% to 3.5% for the Miscellaneous Fees for Fiscal Year 2022-2023. Furthermore, each city department has confirmed that the actual cost of providing the service does not exceed the proposed fees for Fiscal Year 2022-2023. E. In a few limited circumstances, agencies have determined that the fee should be deleted; new charges should be added or modified; or, existing charges raised. Such charges are listed in the 'Proposed New Miscellaneous Fees' and 'Proposal to Modify Existing Fees', attached to the staff report submitted for this matter and made a part hereof by this reference. F. In order to have a single comprehensive document for Fiscal Year 2022- 2023, the majority of fees which are unchanged have simply been reprinted in the Miscellaneous Fee Schedule. The Council expressly states that it is not its intention to repeal previously adopted fees and adopt new fees of exactly the same amount, but is simply repeating these fees so that the Miscellaneous Resolution No. 2022-046 Page 1 of 3