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Page 1 of 7 <br />City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.org <br />STAFF REPORT <br />To the Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From the City Manager <br />DATE: January 13, 2025 <br />SUBJECT <br />Review and acceptance of Development Impact Fees report for fiscal year ended June 30, 2024 <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />Adopt a resolution accepting the development impact fees report for Fiscal Year 2023-24 and making <br />findings as required by the Mitigation Fee Act. <br />STRATEGIC PLAN GUIDING PRINCIPLE <br />Excellence in Government Operations <br />BACKGROUND <br />The California Constitution grants cities broad discretionary power to protect the public health, safety, <br />and welfare of its residents. This discretionary power allows cities to act in the interest of residents to <br />enact and enforce regulations that are not in conflict with state law. Initially, cities charged fees in <br />exchange for services and/or to pay enterprise fees for the capital and operating expenses of utilities such <br />as water, sewer or electricity. Over the past 50 years, new laws which significantly impacted many <br />California cities’ fiscal situations, such as Proposition 13, have gone into effect, and local infrastructure or <br />resources not covered by enterprise fees have been consistently underfunded. Examples of local <br />infrastructure and resources not covered by enterprise fees include transportation (roadways, sidewalks, <br />signals, etc.), parkland and related facilities, schools, and housing. <br />In response to the limited funds available for infrastructure and other resources, the California legislature <br />passed the Mitigation Fee Act in 1987. The Mitigation Fee Act allows newly created commercial or <br />residential developments to pay for expanded infrastructure or resources. A nexus study analyzes the <br />connection between new development and its impact on city infrastructure, providing a frame of <br />reference for the establishment of fee levels. In establishing an impact fee requirement, cities must adopt <br />6.A. - Page 1 of 55 <br />6