AgdaPkt 2013-06-24 Closed and Joint Amended 06-21_2013

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8.E. - Page 2 II. History of Redwood City's Quimby Act Implementation Ordinance & Fund. A City may require the dedication of land or payment of fees in lieu thereof (or a combination of both) when residential land is subdivided. Dedicated land or fees charged under the State's Quimby Act are calculated based on a State standard not exceeding 3 acres per 1,000 population, unless the amount of existing parkland exceeds that limit up to a maximum of 5 acres/1,000 population. This ratio is based on the amount of developed park acreage (such as neighborhood and community parks) in relation to the City's population as shown in the most recently available federal census. The Quimby Act requires that the land and/or fees or combination thereof are to be used only for the purpose of developing new parks or rehabilitating existing neighborhood or community park or recreational facilities to serve the subdivided areas. These Quimby funds cannot be used for maintenance and operations. Moreover, the amount and location of land to be dedicated or the fees to be paid shall bear a reasonable relationship to the use of the park and recreational facilities by the future inhabitants of the subdivision. Any fees collected shall be committed within five years after payment or the issuance of building permits on one-half of the lots created, whichever occurs later. With these guiding principles in mind, on October 22, 2007 the City Council adopted Ordinance Number 2319, establishing the "Redwood City Quimby Act Implementation Ordinance" (Quimby Ordinance). The Quimby Ordinance required that a subdivider dedicate land for neighborhood and Community Park or recreational purposes, pay a fee for such purposes, or both, as a condition of approval of a tentative or final subdivision map or parcel map. The Quimby Ordinance set forth a formula for calculating the required fee payment, if the subdivider was not dedicating land as a condition of approval, and mandated that the fee bear a reasonable relationship to the use of the park and recreational facilities by the future inhabitants of the subdivision. See RCMC 30.145. ANALYSIS I. Status of the Quimby Act— Park in Lieu Fee Fund. Although the City's Quimby Ordinance was established in October 2007, the first Quimby funds were not received until May 2008. A chart describing the Quimby funds received starting in FY07-08 through FY12-13 is attached to this staff report. For FY07- 08 the City received $29,994 in Quimby funds; in FY08-09 it received $9,998; in FY09- 10 it received $47,634; in FY10-11 it received $20,466; in FY11-12 it received $22,137; and in FY12-13 it has received so far $22,657.