Item 14 - Fiscal Year 2022-23 Miscellaneous Fee Schedule

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Finance and Management Services www.santa-ana.org/finance Item # 14 City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 Staff Report June 7, 2022 TOPIC: Fiscal Year 2022-23 Miscellaneous Fee Schedule AGENDA TITLE: Approve Fiscal Year 2022-23 Miscellaneous Fee Resolution RECOMMENDED ACTION Adopt a resolution establishing a Uniform Schedule of Miscellaneous Fees for Fiscal Year 2022-23. DISCUSSION The Miscellaneous Fee Resolution (Exhibit 1) is composed of various charges associated with City services provided for individual benefit; such as building and planning permits, facility use and recreation participation, and water meter installation. Miscellaneous Fees (“fees”) are intended to recover the City’s costs associated with delivering the corresponding services. However, the collection of fees do not exceed the City’s actual costs in delivering the said service, in accordance with state law. 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 (CPI) increase from 4.3 percent to 3.5 percent for the FY 2022-23 Miscellaneous Fees. Furthermore, each City department has confirmed that the actual cost of providing the service does not exceed the proposed fees for FY 2022-23. The FY 2022-23 Miscellaneous Fee Schedule (Schedule) identifies all fees assessed, as well as proposed new fees and those recommended for adjustment (Exhibit 2). The Schedule includes the following items: Four new fees in Planning and Building Eight new fees in Public Works Modification of 33 existing fees o 14 modified fees in Parks, Recreation and Community Services o 14 modified fees in Public Works o 5 modified fees in other City departments Deletion of 30 fees that are no longer active o 25 deleted fees in Parks, Recreation and Community Services