CITY OF FAIRFIELD
RESOLUTION NO. 2024-297
APPROVING AN INCREASE AND ESTABLISHING NEW FEES FOR THE ROCKVILLE HILLS
REGIONAL PARK ENTRANCE FEE SCHEDULE
WHEREAS, the City of Fairfield follows best municipal practices that require the City to establish and maintain all user charges and fees based on the cost of providing services; and
WHEREAS, on April 20, 2004, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2004-102 adopting a Daily User Fee for Rockville Hills Regional Park (Rockville Park); and
WHEREAS, on March 3, 2009, the council adopted Resolution No. 2009-42 to increase the Daily Use Fee for Rockville Park; and
WHEREAS, as part of the budget process beginning in 2023, the council directed staff to research and review user fees; and
WHEREAS, the current fees charged by the City are not sufficient to recover actual costs necessary to maintain Rockville Park; and
WHEREAS, at the August 29, 2024, Rockville Hills Regional Park Citizen Advisory Committee (Committee) meeting, the Committee motioned for City staff to bring a drafted resolution to the next Committee meeting with a fully revised fee schedule; and
WHEREAS, at the October 24, 2024, Committee meeting, the Committee approved the proposed updated entrance fees at Rockville Park , as shown in Attachment 3, and recommended the proposed fees be brought to the council for consideration; and
WHEREAS, the City charges for use of Rockville Park as allowed under California Government Code Section 50402 , and the charges imposed to use Rockville Park do not exceed the cost of services provided by the City; and
WHEREAS, Government Code Section 6062a require s notice to be given and data to be made available to the public prior to the open and public hearing; and
WHEREAS, a public hearing was held by the council to allow oral and written comments from the public on the matter of the fees.
RES. NO. 2024-297
NOW, THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAIRFIELD HEREBY RESOLVES:
Section 1. The Rockville Park fees, attached hereto as Attachment 3 and incorporated herein by reference, are hereby approved, and shall replace applicable fees in the City’s Master Fee Schedule effective January 1, 2025.
Section 2. The council has held a public hearing on this matter and determines that the approved fees do not exceed the estimated reasonable costs of providing services for which the fees are charged.
Section 3. The council has determined that the adoption of this resolution does not constitute a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15378(b)(4), as it does not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment.
Section 4. The city manager or designee is hereby authorized and directed to take all actions necessary to implement this resolution.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 17th day of December 2024, by the following vote:
AYES: MEMBERS: MOY/BERTANI/CARR/PANDURO/SANDHU/TONNESEN/WILLIAMS NOES: MEMBERS: _________________________________________________ ABSENT: MEMBERS: _________________________________________________ ABSTAIN: MEMBERS: _________________________________________________
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MAYOR
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK