City of Fort Bragg, California
Water Capacity Fees Report
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2023
Prepared by City of Fort Bragg
For the purpose of compliance with California Government Code Subsection 66013(d), the following information regarding Capacity Charges is presented in connection with the City’s Water Capacity Charge fund:
A description of the charges deposited in the fund.
Capacity Fees - Capacity charges collected are used for the planning, design, construction or support activities of facilities in existence at the time the charge is imposed or for new facilities to be constructed in the future that are of reasonable benefit to the person(s) being charged.
Per AB 602, which requires all new impact fees to have a nexus study before adoption, staff released a Request for Proposals (RFP) and hired a consultant in the fall of 2022 to perform this study. The Consultant L&T presented the Impact Fee Report to the City’s Finance and Administration Committee on June 14, 2023, and again on August 24, 2023. City Council met on October 23, 2023, to consider approval of water, sewer, and storm drain capacity fees and the draft recommendations in the report. The final report is scheduled to come to the City Council for adoption on February 12, 2024.
FY 2023 Fee:
The beginning and ending balance of the fund and the interest earned from investment of moneys in the fund. See the statement below. (3) The amount of charges collected in that fiscal year. See the statement below.
Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balance (4) An identification of all of the following:
Each public improvement on which charges were expended and the amount of the expenditure for each improvement, including the percentage of the total cost of the public improvement that was funded with those charges if more than one source of funding was used.
Each public improvement on which charges were expended that was completed during that fiscal year.
There were no expenditures of Water Capacity fees in the fiscal year 2023.
Each public improvement that is anticipated to be undertaken in the following fiscal year.
Water Treatment Plant Overhaul (in current CIP)
Overhaul the City’s Water Treatment Plant to replace filters and clarifiers initially installed in 1998 and 2006. The overhaul would also include increasing the filter to waste pipe size, replacing filter media, filter underdrain, filter wash system, clarifier media, manifold, water inlet headers, and sandblasting and painting the units.
The estimated cost is $11,002,000, design completed in FY 23 and construction in FY 24.
Accumulated revenue of $51,758 and available reserves would be contributed towards funding the project. Accumulated Water Enterprise funds collected from water use rates for capital funding and other sources will provide the funding to complete the project.
A description of each inter-fund transfer or loan made from the account or fund, including the public improvement on which the transferred or loaned fees will be expended and, in the case of an inter-fund loan, the date on which the loan will be repaid and the rate of interest that the account or fund will receive on the loan. (5) A description of each inter-fund transfer or loan made from the capital facilities fund. In the case of an inter-fund transfer, the information provided shall identify the public improvements on which the transferred money are, or will be, expended. In the case of an inter-fund loan, the information shall include the date on which the loan will be repaid and the rate of interest that the fund will receive on loan.
No inter-fund transfers or loans were made during the fiscal year utilizing these funds. pg. 4
City of Fort Bragg, California
Water Capacity Fees
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2023