AgdaPkt 2022.03.07 Joint SA PFA_Amended

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Page 3 of 12 City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.org The recent residential building boom has further set Redwood City back on its adopted ratio of 3 acres per 1,000 residents. Redwood Shores has a high ratio of over 5 acres per 1,000 residents. The rest of Redwood City has just over 1.75 acres per 1,000. In the City’s first Park Needs Assessment that was completed in 2008, it showed there was 2.42 acres per thousand residents for City-owned park land, and a total of 2.99 acres per thousand when including school owned fields. In the 2019 Park Need Assessment, due to population increase, it went down to 2.25 acres per thousand residents for City-owned park land, and a total of 2.78 acres per thousand when including school owned fields. Today, the City needs a total of 62.26 acres of City-owned parkland to meet the Quimby Act standard of 3 acres per thousand residents. It’s also important to note that though the City and the Redwood City School District has an excellent partnership and a joint use of facilities in place, the school owned fields are only available after school and on weekends for use. In November 2019, staff and representatives from MIG and EPS presented the completed Park Needs Assessment; draft 2020 Nexus Study and the benchmark report to the Parks, Recreation and Community Services (PRCS) Commission. The PRCS Commission unanimously recommended that staff proceed with the process of updating the residential parks impact fee and Quimby Act fees, and implement a new nonresidential parks impact fee consistent with the nexus findings and benchmark analysis. The Parks, Recreation and Community Services Commission reviewed the maximum fee calculations in the draft updated Nexus study at their August 25, 2021 meeting and unanimously recommended adoption of the update residential and non-residential fees at 100% levels. The Commission notes that the Benchmark Study of neighboring cities demonstrates that Redwood City would remain in the middle in almost all cases and no higher than number 2 in one single category. On September 28, 2021, the State of California adopted Assembly Bill No. 602 (AB 602), Development Fees: Impact Fee Nexus Study. Beginning January 1, 2022, AB 602 imposes new requirements on cities preparing impact fee nexus studies. These requirements include: identifying the existing and proposed new level of service for each public facility, and explaining why any new level of service is appropriate; if the nexus study supports increasing fees, the city’s review of the original nexus study fee assumptions and evaluation of the amount of fees collected under the original fee; and adoption of a capital improvement plan as part of the nexus study. Additionally, beginning on July 1, 2022, AB 602 sets a new method for calculating fees. The City’s consultant prepared an initial nexus study in 2020. The consultant has since updated the study based on new 2020 census data, and the study is further being revised due to AB 602’s requirements applicable as of January 1, 2022. Staff will come back to the City Council with a final nexus study for its consideration and adoption. If Council does not adopt the final nexus study before July 1, 2022, the study would need further revisions to ensure compliance with the deferred provisions of AB 602 and adoption of the study and fee updates would be further delayed. To avoid further delays in consideration of the Nexus Study and fee updates, staff is requesting feedback from Council at this time. The discussion of the draft nexus study, and its current maximum fee calculations, are to assist Council in providing individual input on development of the fees. The maximum fee calculations may be subject to change in final nexus study. 7.A. - Page 3 of 66 115