CITY OF FAIRFIELD
RESOLUTION NO. 2026-117
MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS RELATED TO DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES
WHEREAS, the City imposes Development Impact Fees pursuant to the Mitigation Fee Act (Government Code Section 66000 et seq. and commonly referred to as AB 1600) and Article XI of Chapter 25 of the Fairfield Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS, Section 25.1508 of the Fairfield Municipal Code requires the council to make certain findings once each year with respect to the status of fees which have been deposited with the City for five or more years and remain unexpended.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAIRFIELD HEREBY RESOLVES:
Section 1. In accordance with AB 1600 and Section 25.1508 of the Fairfield Municipal Code, the council makes the following findings:
A. All of the AB 1600 fees collected by the City of Fairfield from June 20, 1995 to June 30, 2025, have either been expended on, or are committed to, the capital projects identified in the Final Report on Capital Projects which was submitted to the council on March 24, 1995, and updated in the AB 1600 Plan Update Technical Report, which was approved b y council in Resolution 2006 -155 on November 21, 2006, and also partially updated in the Final Report on Citywide Transportation Impact Fee and Park Impact Fee Update and Report on Northeast Area Fees, which were approved by council in Resolution 2013-69 on May 7, 2013 and updated in the Revised Report on Citywide Transportation Impact Fee Update and Revised Report on Northeast Development Impact Fee Update, which were approved by council in Resolution 2022-146 on June 21, 2022.
B. The purpose of the AB 1600 fees is to construct "public facilities," including streets, traffic signals, urban design features, government buildings, parks and recreational facilities, sewer and drainage infrastructure, and greenbelt preservation.
C. The City caused the preparation of development impact fee nexus studies in 1995, 2002, 2006, 2013 , and 2022 (the “Nexus Studies”). The Nexus Studies demonstrate the reasonable relationship between the fees and the purposes for which they are being used.
Section 2. The FY 202 6-27 Budget and Five-Year Capital Improvement Program shows current sources and amounts of funding and dates for construction for incomplete projects.
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Section 3. As part of the City's normal budget process the council sets the schedule for AB 1600 projects and allocates the available funding. The City's FY 202 6-27 Budget and Five-Year Capital Improvement Program show the current project schedule.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 16th day of June 2026, by the following vote:
AYES: MEMBERS: BERTANI/CARR/PANDURO/SANDHU/TONNESEN/WILLIAMS NOES: MEMBERS: _________________________________________________ ABSENT: MEMBERS: _________________________________________________ ABSTAIN: MEMBERS: _________________________________________________
ACTING MAYOR
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK