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Page 4 of 6 City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.org 3.Art in Public Places The Art-in-Public Places In-Lieu Fee allows new commercial developments exceeding 50,000 square feet to make a payment instead of providing an on-site art installation. The purpose of the Fee is to support art in public places by maintaining, refurbishing, preserving, or providing public art. Description of Capacity Fee Programs The City has three capacity fees. Capacity fees are typically related to utilities such as water or wastewater and are used to cover costs associated with expanding the associated infrastructure systems to accommodate increased demand by new development. 1.Wastewater Treatment Capacity Fee The Wastewater Treatment Capacity Fee (also sometimes referred to as the “Sewer Treatment Capacity Fee”) fee is a one-time charge that the City collects on behalf of Silicon Valley Clean Water (“SVCW”). This passthrough fee is imposed on residential and non-residential customers that require new or expanded connections to the City’s wastewater system. The purpose of this fee is to provide funding to compensate SVCW for the additional capacity required for new or expanded wastewater connections within the City. Wastewater Treatment Capacity fees are deposited into Fund 688 and passed through to Silicon Valley Clean Water at the close of each fiscal year. As such, the Water Treatment Capacity account balance is $0 each year, and the City does not direct or control project-specific expenditures. 2.Wastewater Collection Capacity Charge The Wastewater Collection Capacity Charge (also sometimes referred to as the “Sewer Collection Capacity Charge) is a one-time charge that is imposed on new development to fund a proportionate share of the costs of existing and future wastewater system facilities and assets that are reasonably necessary to provide wastewater collection capacity to new development. Eligible expenditures are included in the City’s CIP and include the construction and improvement of existing and future sewer facilities such as treatment plants, pipelines, or other facilities. 3.Water Capacity Fee The Water Capacity Fee is a one-time charge that the City imposes on residential and non-residential customers that funds a proportionate share of the costs of existing and future water system facilities and assets that are reasonably necessary to provide potable and recycled water capacity for new development. The California Government Code requires that in the fifth fiscal year following the first impact fee deposit into the account or fund, and every five years thereafter, the local agency shall make all of the following findings regarding remaining funds, whether committed or uncommitted: 1. Identify the purpose to which the fee is to be put. 2. Demonstrate a reasonable relationship between the fee and the purpose for which it is charged. 3. Identify all sources and amounts of funding anticipated to complete financing in incomplete improvements. 4. Designate the approximate dates on which the funding is expected to be deposited into the appropriate account or fund. To ensure consistency and regularity, staff provide the findings in an annual Development Impact Fees Report (Attachment A) and the City Council then formalizes the findings through resolution (Attachment A). 8.A. - Page 4 of 55 15