Camarillo City Council
AGENDA REPORT
Date: October 22, 2025
To: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
From: Greg Ramirez, City Manager
Submitted by: Philip Lanzafame, Interim Director of Community Development Subject: Pleasant Valley Recreation and Park District Park Impact Fee Annual Report FY 2024-25
BACKGROUND
The Pleasant Valley Recreation and Park District (PVRPD) was established in January 1962 as an independent special district to provide facilities and programs for residents in unincorporated Ventura County. PVRPD serves an area of approximately 45 square miles, including 20 square miles in Camarillo, and caters to over 83,000 residents.
In 2021, PVRPD engaged SCI Consulting Group to conduct a Park Impact Fee Nexus Study, in accordance with Government Code §66000 et seq. (Mitigation Fee Act). This study assessed the need for Park Impact Fees for developments in Camarillo that are not subject to the City’s Quimby Ordinance but impact park services. Following the study, the PVRPD Board requested the City of Camarillo adopt an ordinance to implement these fees.
On June 23, 2021, the City adopted Ordinance No. 1180, which took effect on July 24, 2021. This ordinance added Chapter 16.52 to the Camarillo Municipal Code (CMC) and established Park Impact Fees, including automatic inflation adjustments. Both the ordinance and the Mitigation Fee Act mandate annual reporting by the PVRPD Board and the Camarillo City Council.
As stipulated in Ordinance 1180, on July 8, 2021, PVRPD and the City executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) outlining each agency's responsibilities for assessing, collecting, accounting for, and reporting fees. The Mitigation Fee Act requires PVRPD to prepare a publicly available report within 180 days of the fiscal year-end. The MOU mandates that PVRPD provide necessary supporting documentation to the City within 90 days of the fiscal year end, following approval from PVRPD’s Board of Directors.
The City must then hold a public meeting to review the information within the legal timeframe of 180 days.
Park Impact Fee Annual Report
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DISCUSSION
At its public meeting on September 3, 2025, the PVRPD Board approved the Park Impact Fee Annual Report covering July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2025 (Attachment 1). The report details the Park Impact Fees collected and spent.
PVRPD collected $36,123.55 from private development projects initiated in Fiscal Year 2024-25, with no expenditures made. The district refunded $7,945.00 in collected fees.
The net fees collected for the fiscal year are $28,178.55. According to the MOU, the City will receive a disbursement of 2% of the net collected funds, amounting to $563.57, to cover administrative costs related to the Park Impact Fee Ordinance.
Balance 7/1/2024 $2,126,123.77
Fees Collected $36,123.55
Fees Refunded -$7,945.00
Interest earned $102,210.56
2% Payment to City per MOU -$36,286.38
2% Payment from this account to PVRPD general fund per MOU -$36,286.37 Ending Balance 6/30/2025 $2,183,940.13
FISCAL IMPACT
The City will receive $563.57 from PVRPD for FY 2024-25, which will be deposited into the General Fund.
CEQA DETERMINATIONS
Staff has determined that filing the report from PVRPD will not result in any direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical changes to the environment and is not considered a project under Section 21065 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), and is thus exempt from CEQA review.
RECOMMENDATION
Receive and file the report.
ATTACHMENTS
1. PVRPD Mitigation Fee Report 2025
2. MOU (Park Impact Fees) – CC Agreement 2021-134
REFERENCE MATERIALS – AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW AT CITY HALL None