Item 11 - Development Impact Fee Report

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City of Santa Ana’s Public Works Agency Assembly Bill 1600 Development Fee Report Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Government Code Section 66006 requires local agencies that collect development impact fees to submit an annual notice detailing the status of those fees within 180 days after the last day of the fiscal year. The annual report must be made available to the public and then presented to the public agency (City Council) at least 15 days after it is made available to the public. The following is the annual report for the City’s development impact fees. Provide a brief description of the type of fee in the account or fund. Drainage Assessment Fee The drainage assessment fees are established in the Santa Ana Municipal Code. The City has six “local drainage areas,” each with its own fee schedule. Payment of the fee is required as a condition to the City’s approval of a subdivision or parcel map. The City is required to maintain a separate fund for the fee revenues of each such area. Expenditures from each such fund are limited solely to the construction of drainage facilities within the area from which the fund revenues were collected. Sewer Connection Fee The sewer connection fees are established in the Santa Ana Municipal Code. No person shall make any sewer connection unless a permit is issued by Public Works. No permit for such connection shall be issued unless the application is accompanied by the payment of a fee to the City in an amount which shall determine the applicant’s proportionate share of the cost of construction of such public sewer. Water Connection Fee The water connection fees are established in the Santa Ana Municipal Code. Water connection fees are used to establish water service. All applicants prior to connecting to a water main or prior to an increase in size of an existing water meter or service, shall apply and obtain a permit to do so and pay the water connection fees. Transportation System Improvement Area Fee The transportation system improvement areas fees are established in the Santa Ana Municipal Code. The purpose of a transportation system improvement program is to identify and designate those areas where the transportation system may experience a significant reduction in the level of service unless corrective measures are instituted concurrent with increased transportation demands. Fees collected for building projects and improvements on properties in a transportation systems improvement program area shall be used to improve the transportation system within such area when such improvements will substantially benefit the transportation system within the area. Residential Development Fee The residential development fees are established in the Santa Ana Municipal Code. The fees are served for the purpose of preserving an appropriate balance between the demand by residents for use of park and recreational facilities and the availability of such park and recreational facilities and to preclude residential development which would create an excess demand on such facilities. Fees paid shall be placed in a special fund known as the “Park Acquisition and Development Fund,” which will be used for the acquisition, construction and renovation of park and recreation facilities. EXHIBIT 1