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10/22/2007 ORIGINAL ORDINANCE NO. 2318 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA, ADDING ARTICLE XVI TO CHAPTER 18 (LOCAL IMPROVEMENTS AND PLANNING) OF THE CITY CODE REGARDING THE PARKS IMPACT FEE AND SETTING THE RATES FOR SUCH FEE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Findinas. The City Council finds and declares that: (a) In order to provide services to future development in the City, the City must expand and improve its system of parks, parkland, and recreation facilities. (b) The City has engaged Economic & Planning Systems to prepare a study, entitled "Final Technical Memorandum" and dated March 8, 2007 by Economic & Planning Systems (EPS) (the "Study"), describing new and improved facilities that are needed to mitigate the anticipated demands of new development (the "Program"). The Study, which is on file in the Office of the City Clerk, is incorporated herein by reference. (c) The Mitigation Fee Act (Section 66000 et seq. of the California Government Code) and Article XI, Section 7 of the California Constitution authorizes the City to levy a fee upon development projects to defray all or a portion of the costs of public facilities (including public improvements and public amenities) related to the development project. (d) The City desires to impose a fee, to be known as the "Parks Impact Fee," upon development projects, for the purpose of funding the costs of the Program (the "Fee"). The Fee, its methodology, and the calculations supporting its methodology, are set forth in this Ordinance and more completely analyzed in the Study. (e) The Study estimates the costs of each element of the Program and substantiates a methodology for the Fee that will charge each new development projects only for the portion of the costs of the Program necessary to mitigate the impacts expected to be caused by that development project. (f) There is a reasonable relationship between the need for the Program and the development projects on which the Fee will be imposed because such new development projects will create an additional demand on City services, requiring the expansion of the facilities to provide such services. (g) There is a reasonable relationship between the Fee's use and development projects on which the Fee will be imposed because the Fee will only fund the portion of Project costs necessitated by each new development. ATTY/ORD/ORD.288 07 2318 formerly muff # 305