MINUTE ORDER
No. 1911
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
FOSTER CITY, CALIFORNIA
Date: April 11, 2023
Attention: City Council/ EMID Board
Stefan Chatwin, City/ District Manager
Edmund Suen, Finance Director
City Council/ EMID Board of Directors Meeting Date: April 10, 2023 Subject: Policy Direction Regarding FY 2023- 2024 Changes to Master Fee and Service Charges Schedule
Motion by Councilmember/ Director Hindi, seconded by Vice Mayor/ Vice President Sullivan and carried unanimously, 5-0-0, IT WAS ORDERED to provide policy direction to:
1. Proceed with current methodology of seeking reimbursement at the consultant’s rate/ fees charged to the City plus 15% for administrative cost recovery;
2. Proceed with adjusting fees annually using the December San Francisco Area San Francisco- Oakland- Hayward) Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers ( CPI- U) cost inflator after fiscal year 2023- 2024;
3. Proceed with 5% increase to the CalOpps annual membership fee and 5% increase in the per- posting fee for FY 2023- 2024;
4. Proceed with Parks and Recreation Fee Schedule based on the recommendations and allocations contained in the staff report with guidance to hold off on finalizing sports fields user fees until Parks and Recreation Director Schweigart meets with DocuSign Envelope ID: 033E3FC7- 96C8- 4AB2- 9ACA- D4A21229394F youth sports groups;
5. Proceed with Public Works Fee Schedule based on the recommendations and allocations contained in the staff report except with direction to incorporate an administrative fee for sidewalk repair of $ 150 if property owner repairs sidewalk within the time frame allotted by City policy, and if property owner does not respond to City notifications regarding sidewalk repair and a lien is issued, proceed with administrative fee of $ 419;
6. Proceed with Community Development Fee Schedule with recommendations to a 45% increase for building fees over a three -year period based on Building Cost Index ( BCI), and implement a new flat fee of $ 161 for Express Plan Checks. The increase in building fees will only apply to those fees that need to catch up to the full cost recovery For Planning fees, proceed with recommended increase in certain flat fees and deposits except for Sign Review. For Code Enforcement, proceed with recommended increase to the second letter/ inspection fee, when staff is able to recover the associated costs; and
7. Proceed with Police Department Enforcement Vehicle Tow and Staff Billing Rate Fee Schedules based on the recommendations and allocations contained in the staff report with guidance to review Municipal Code enforcement fee and consider its deletion and revisit at the May 1, 2023 Regular Council Meeting.
Keep no fee for 1st false alarm; incorporate the suggested fees for the 2nd through 4thfalse alarms, false alarms 5ththrough 7thwill be full cost recovery, and for 8 or more false alarms the fee will be $ 324. 71 each time.
CITY CLERK/ DISTRICT SECRETARY
DocuSign Envelope ID: 033E3FC7- 96C8- 4AB2- 9ACA- D4A21229394F