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F. Similarly, in a few limited circumstances, new charges have been added or existing charges raised beyond this 3% cost of providing services. In each of these cases, the Council further finds, determines and declares that such new or increased charges, fees or service charges do not exceed the City's estimated reasonable cost to provide the pertinent service, process the specified application or administer the certain program for which the charge, fee or service charge is imposed. G. In order to have a single comprehensive document for Fiscal Year 2004- 2005, 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 Fee Schedule can continue to be a comprehensive source of City fees and service charges. H. As to the City's Park Acquisition and Development ("A&D") Fee, which is incorporated for the first time in this year's Miscellaneous Fee Schedule, the Council finds that as to this fee: 1. The fee is to be used to design and construct new park and recreation facilities to accommodate increased residential development in the City. 2. The public facilities to be constructed using this fee (plus additional funds, since the fee will not reimburse the city for all such costs) are identified in the report prepared by the City, a true and correct copy of which is on file with the Clerk of the Council. 3. There is a reasonable relationship between the use of the Park A&D Fee and the type of development on which the fee is imposed, in that the State Quimby Act acknowledges and the California Legislature has found that new residential development creates an impact on parks for which park fees of the sort charged by the City are an appropriate response. 4. There is a reasonable relationship between the new residential development the City anticipates in the next five years, and the type of residential development on which the fee is imposed because the fee is based upon the number of bedrooms developed (up to a maximum of five bedrooms) and the Council has found in adopting this fee that the more bedrooms in a residential development, the more impacts on park and recreation resources. 5. The City has been divided in four separate, designated areas, and the fees imposed and collected will be separated and designated for use in design and construction of pUblic facilities in the area in which the residential project is located. The City will comply with Government Code § 66006. 6. The new Park A&D fee will take effect sixty (60) days from the date of adoption of this resolution. 75A.2-3