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Public Works Agency <br />www.santa-ana.org/public-works <br />Item # 9 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />March 21, 2023 <br />TOPIC: Development Impact Fee Report <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Annual Development Impact Fee Report for Fiscal Year 2021-2022 <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Receive and file the Annual Development Impact Fee Report for Fiscal Year 2021-2022. <br />DISCUSSION <br />Following the passage of Proposition 13 in 1978, many cities began charging fees on <br />new development to fund public improvements and services such as streets, public <br />utilities, and parks. These fees are commonly known as Development Impact Fees. To <br />ensure these fees were spent in a timely manner and on projects for which they were <br />being collected, the State Legislature passed Assembly Bill 1600, known as the <br />Mitigation Fee Act. <br />In accordance with Government Code Sections 66001 and 66006, the City is required to <br />publish an annual report (Exhibit 1) for each fund established to account for <br />development impact fees. The report must include: a brief description of the type of fee; <br />fee amount; beginning and ending balance of the account or fund; amount of fees <br />collected and interest earned; identification of each public improvement on which fees <br />were expended and the amount expended; an estimated date construction will <br />commence; and descriptions of each interfund transfer or loan. <br />California Government Code Section 66006 requires an annual accounting of <br />development impact fees to be made available to the public within 180 days of the end <br />of the City's fiscal year. Additionally, this information must be presented to the City <br />Council at least 15 days after it is made available to the public. The report was posted <br />on the City’s website on December 29, 2022 and a hardcopy was made available at the <br />City’s library. <br />The City collects the following development impact fees: Transportation System <br />Improvement Area, Transit Zoning Code Traffic Impact Mitigation Fair Share, Harbor <br />Specific Plan Mitigation Fair Share, Drainage Assessment Fee, Sewer Connection Fee, <br />and Park Acquisition and Development Fees. These fees are collected prior to the <br />issuance of building permits for new residential and commercial construction. The