Hemet City Council
May 26, 2026

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Chapter 7 Water System Facilities
City of Hemet 2026-27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Table 7-3
Allocation of Development Cost per Land Use
Land Use
Average
Daily Water
Demand
(GPD)
Percentage
of Growth
Demand
Allocation of
Expansion
Costs
Development
Impact Fee
Per SF/Room
Single-Family Residential 1,702,845 46.63% $2,251,430 $0.227/SF Multiple-Family Residential 1,426,619 39.07% $1,886,215 $0.444/SF Mobile Home Dwelling Units 22,528 0.62% $29,786 $0.186/SF Commercial Lodging Rooms 6,682 0.18% $8,835 $21/Room
Retail, Commercial, & Service
Uses 330,443 9.05% $436,898 $0.043/SF
Industrial Uses 128,525 3.52% $169,930 $0.020/SF
Institutional Uses 33,927 0.93% $44,857 $0.089/SF
Total 3,651,569 100.00% $4,827,950 -
Existing Community Financial Commitment Comparison
The City’s existing Water System Facilities represent $19,250,000 in community equity at 2025 replacement cost. This total consists of three active production wells ($10,500,000) and storage facilities totaling approximately 5.0 million gallons ($8,750,000), based on the City’s con�irmed existing asset inventory and documented unit costs. Water system interconnections are existing system components, but are not assigned replacement-cost values at this time due to the absence of capitalized cost records. There is no identi�ied Water System Facilities fund balance to net against program costs at this time.

Using the study’s gallons-per-day (GPD) demand framework, this existing community equity is allocated across land use categories in proportion to each category’s share of existing average-day water demand that places demand on the City of Hemet water system, as summarized in Table 7-1:

Existing Average Daily Water Demand (GPD). This approach provides a like-for-like comparison to the proposed fee schedule and demonstrates proportionality between existing development’s demand on the City’s water system and the capacity already provided. [This space left blank to fit the following table on one page.] 145

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Chapter 7 Water System Facilities
City of Hemet 2026-27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Table 7-4
Allocation of Existing Community Financial Commitment
Land Use
Average
Daily Water
Demand
(GPD)
Percentage
of Existing
Demand
Allocation of
Existing Costs
Existing
Financial
Commitment
Per SF/Room
Single-Family Residential 4,436,877 51.97% $10,004,423 $0.374/SF Multiple-Family Residential 2,169,785 25.42% $4,892,506 $0.727/SF Mobile Home Dwelling Units 1,321,690 15.48% $2,980,192 $0.327/SF Commercial Lodging Rooms 7,603 0.09% $17,144 $36/Room
Retail, Commercial, & Service
Uses 408,957 4.79% $922,130 $0.149/SF
Industrial Uses 76,136 0.89% $171,674 $0.149/SF
Institutional Uses 116,164 1.36% $261,931 $0.150/SF
Total 8,537,212 100.00% $19,250,000 -
Fee Schedule and Summary
Table 7-5 presents the recommended Water System Facilities Development Impact Fee (DIF), expressed on a per-square-foot basis for residential and nonresidential development and on a perRoom basis for Commercial Lodging. The fee schedule is derived from the fee-eligible growth share of the capital program and is allocated to land use categories in proportion to their contributions to average-day water demand (GPD) generated by development that places demand on the City of Hemet water system, using the study’s GPD-based methodology.

The resulting fee schedule re�lects the maximum justi�ied Water System Facilities DIF consistent with the Mitigation Fee Act. The City Council may adopt the fees in whole or in part and may apply rounding, indexing by an appropriate cost index, or other policy adjustments, provided the adopted fee schedule maintains the required reasonable relationship between new water demand placed on the City’s water system and the capacity provided, as documented in this chapter. [This space left blank to fit the following table on one page.] 146

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City of Hemet 2026-27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Table 7-5
Summary of Proposed Development Impact Fees
Land Use Per SF/Room
Single-Family Residential $0.227/SF
Multiple-Family Residential $0.444/SF
Mobile Home Dwelling Units $0.186/SF
Commercial Lodging Rooms $21/Room
Retail, Commercial, & Service Uses $0.043/SF
Industrial Uses $0.020/SF
Institutional Uses $0.089/SF
Current Water Facilities Development Impact Fees
The City does not currently levy a Water System Facilities DIF. The FY 2023–24 Development Impact Fee Annual Report lists all active DIF funds (Public Meetings Facilities, General Facilities, Flood Control, Bridges/Streets/Traf�ic, Law Enforcement, Fire, Park Development, Valley-Wide Park Development, and Library), and none pertains to Water System Facilities. Accordingly, there is no existing water fee schedule or fund balance to report. Adoption of this chapter would establish a Water System Facilities fee and corresponding fund going forward.

Five Findings

1. Purpose of the Fee
The Water System Facilities Development Impact Fee (DIF) funds the growth-related share of facilities needed to accommodate additional average-day water demand generated by new development that places demand on the City of Hemet water system. The fee enables the City to maintain its established level of water service by adding storage, transmission, and distribution capacity where needed as development occurs. Fee revenues are limited to capitalized, capacity-adding costs attributable to growth; routine maintenance or like-for-like replacement without added capacity is not fee-eligible.

2. Use of the Fee
Fee revenues will fund the growth-related share of the Water System Facilities capital program identified in this chapter. For this update, the capital scope consists of defined 147

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City of Hemet 2026-27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report capacity-adding improvements required to serve development that places demand on the City’s water system. Expenditures are limited to capacity-increasing costs associated with those projects, such as planning, design, land or easements (if required), permitting, construction, and capacity elements. Operations, maintenance, and like-for-like replacement without added capacity are not eligible uses of the fee.

3. Relationship Between the Fee’s Use and the Type of Development The fee is charged to new development in proportion to the water demand it generates.

Adopted GPD factors are applied to each land use to quantify average-day demand and allocate growth-eligible costs accordingly. This ensures each development type pays only for the water-system impacts it creates and the capacity it requires.

4. Relationship Between the Need for the Facilities and the Type of Development New development increases average-day water demand (GPD), which requires additional capacity in storage, transmission, and distribution to maintain the existing level of service.

Without new improvements, increased �lows and pressure requirements from growth would strain system capacity and degrade service to the existing community. The fee establishes a reasonable relationship between the need for expanded Water System Facilities and the additional demand generated by new development.

5. Relationship Between the Amount of the Fee and the Cost Attributable to Development The fee amount is based on allocating the growth share of project costs across development units using average-day water demand (GPD) as the demand metric. The resulting fees reflect only the portion of costs attributable to new development. Existing community needs are excluded from the fee program, ensuring compliance with the proportionality requirements of the Mitigation Fee Act. Fees are presented per square foot for residential and nonresidential development and per Room for Commercial Lodging, consistent with AB-602.

Implementation and Compliance Notes
Adoption: Establish a new Water System Facilities Development Impact Fee (DIF) by Council ordinance or resolution, applicable to development that places demand on the City of Hemet water system.

Program Structure: Create a single Water System Facilities DIF fund to account for fee revenues collected from development served by the City’s water system.

Dedicated Accounting: Maintain separate accounting for Water System Facilities fee receipts, interest, and expenditures. Track project-level uses and retain appropriate audit trails. 148

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City of Hemet 2026-27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Eligible Uses: Limit expenditures to the growth-related, capacity-increasing share of the projects identi�ied in this chapter. Routine operations, maintenance, and like-for-like replacement without added capacity are not eligible uses of the fee.

Timing of Collection: State in the adopting action that the fee is due at certi�icate of occupancy or �inal inspection, consistent with City practice.

Indexing: Authorize annual indexing by an appropriate cost index to maintain the purchasing power of the fee schedule, such as construction cost indices or the Consumer Price Index (CPI), as applicable to item types.

Credits and Reimbursements: Provide for credits or reimbursement agreements when an applicant constructs an eligible capacity-adding project included in the adopted capital program, to avoid double payment. Maintain audit trails within the Water System Facilities DIF fund.

AB-1600 Reporting: Continue the City’s annual Development Impact Fee report and public presentation, and make the required �ive-year �indings for any unspent balances, consistent with the Mitigation Fee Act.

Consistency Statements: In the adopting action, state that Water System Facilities DIF revenues may be programmed for eligible capacity-adding improvements located anywhere within the City’s municipal water system where they serve development that places demand on the City of Hemet water system and maintain the adopted level of service.

References
Stetson Engineers Inc. (2021). City of Hemet 2020 Urban Water Management Plan and Water Shortage Contingency Plan. Hemet: City of Hemet.

Stetson Engineers Inc. (2021). Water and Sewer Master Plan Update (Final). Hemet: City of Hemet.

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Chapter 8
Wastewater (Sewer) System Facilities
Purpose and Scope
Purpose: Establish a new development impact fee (DIF) for Wastewater (Sewer) System Facilities so new development within the City’s sewer service area funds its fair, proportional share of added capacity required to maintain the City’s established level of wastewater service as growth increases wastewater generation and system loading. The City will create a dedicated Wastewater System Facilities DIF fund, with future collections and interest to be reported in the Annual Development Impact Fee Report. This chapter introduces the nexus basis, aligns the fee with Hemet’s current land uses that place demand on the City’s sewer system and adopted wastewater generation factors, and documents eligible growth-related capital uses across collection and conveyance facilities. Fee revenues are restricted to capitalized, growth-related costs and may not fund repair or like-for-like replacement of existing facilities, except where a project increases capacity attributable to growth.

Scope of Improvements: The Wastewater System Facilities program funds capacity-increasing collection and conveyance projects required to carry projected �lows from new development within the City’s sewer service area. Eligible improvements include new lift stations and force mains where gravity service is not feasible, new or extended gravity trunk mains to connect growth areas served by the City’s sewer system to the existing system, and targeted collector-main upsizing where hydraulic capacity must be increased to maintain the City’s established level of service. Consistent with the City’s planning framework and inter-agency arrangements, this program addresses conveyance capacity, not treatment.

This chapter frames the fee introduction around these conveyance projects so that new development that places demand on the City’s sewer system contributes its fair, proportional share toward the added capacity required to maintain the City’s established level of service as wastewater generation and system loading increase. Additional capacity projects may be incorporated through future updates consistent with this methodology and the City’s system-evaluation and capacity-assurance planning.

Eligible uses of the Wastewater System Facilities DIF are limited to growth-related capital costs directly tied to capacity-adding work—such as planning, design, easements or land acquisition where required, environmental and other permitting, construction and appurtenances, controls/startup, and related soft costs. Routine maintenance, repair, or like-for-like replacement is not eligible, except where a project element demonstrably increases capacity attributable to growth, in which case only the incremental growth share is included.

Project basis re�lects the City’s sewer planning record and the derived program projects that implement it, including new conveyance in growth areas within the sewer service area (e.g., a lift station and force main in the Southeast service area and a gravity trunk extension in the Southwest 150

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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report service area) and collector-main upsizing where needed to preserve the level of service. Final alignments, diameters, and quantities will be re�ined at design.

Scope of Bene�iciaries: Wastewater System Facilities capacity improvements bene�it existing residents and businesses, and new development within the City’s sewer service area, by preserving wastewater collection and conveyance service as wastewater generation and system loading increase with growth from sewer-served development. The program is structured around capacity-increasing collection and conveyance improvements, including new or extended gravity trunks, lift stations, and force mains where gravity is not feasible, and targeted collector-main upsizing where additional hydraulic capacity is required to carry projected �lows within the sewer service area. The growthrelated share of these improvements will be funded by new development; any remaining share is attributable to the existing community or other non-DIF sources.

The growth share is allocated across the land use classes in proportion to each class’s contribution to additional wastewater demand placed on the City’s sewer system, using the study’s adopted wastewater generation factors and LUDB-based development intensities. Residential demand is based on persons-per-household multiplied by the City’s wastewater generation rate, and nonresidential demand is derived from documented water demand factors multiplied by the return-tosewer ratio. This approach preserves a clear, proportional nexus between the fee and the development that bene�its from and places demand on the added conveyance capacity.

Scope of Nexus: This fee program funds capacity-increasing collection and conveyance improvements—new or extended gravity trunk mains, lift stations and force mains where gravity service is not feasible, and targeted collector-main upsizing where additional hydraulic capacity is required to carry projected �lows from development within the City’s sewer service area. The nexus is based on average daily wastewater �low measured in gallons per day (GPD): as new development that places demand on the City’s sewer system increases GPD, additional system capacity is required to maintain the City’s established level of service.

Wastewater demand for each fee land use category is measured using GPD-based generation factors adopted in this study. Residential factors are calculated as the City’s gallons-per-capita-per-day basis multiplied by persons-per-household for each residential category, producing GPD per dwelling unit.

Non-residential factors are derived from the Water demand factors by applying a documented returnto-sewer ratio, yielding GPD per acre (and GPD per square foot where needed). These factors are paired with LUDB-based development intensities for sewer-served development (units, rooms, or square footage per acre) to quantify each land use category’s contribution to future wastewater loads.

These wastewater generation factors are grounded in the City’s adopted planning and engineering record, including the Sewer System Management Plan (City of Hemet, Public Works Department, 2024), the Water and Sewer Master Plan (Stetson Engineers Inc., 2021), and the Urban Water Management Plan (Stetson Engineers Inc., 2021), together with related inter-agency materials. These sources establish the City’s conveyance framework and historical and projected �lows and serve as the technical basis for the adopted generation factors used in this study. 151

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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Growth-related costs are allocated in proportion to each land use category’s incremental GPD generated by sewer-served development, maintaining a clear, fair, and proportional nexus between those who generate demand and the capacity-adding facilities they help fund.

Existing System
Assets and Infrastructure: Hemet’s wastewater system within the City’s sewer service area is a predominantly gravity collection and conveyance network composed of local collector mains, larger gravity trunk segments, and appurtenances such as manholes and junction structures. The City does not operate lift stations in the existing system. Collected �lows from sewer-served areas are conveyed by gravity to interties with regional facilities operated by the Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD) for treatment and disposal. The City’s capital responsibility, therefore, extends to wastewater collection and conveyance infrastructure within the sewer service area only.

Based on City-provided data, the existing sewer conveyance network serving the sewer service area totals 4,709 linear feet of gravity mains, with pipe diameters ranging from 8 inches to 15 inches. This inventory includes approximately 2,388 feet of 8-inch, 1,321 feet of 10-inch, and 1,000 feet of 15-inch mains, forming the backbone of the local collection system and connecting to the regional system through established gravity junctions and appurtenances that manage tie-ins, grade transitions, and maintenance access points.

Together, these inventoried conveyance assets establish the existing system baseline for the sewerserved system evaluated in this chapter and provide the framework for identifying capacity-adding Wastewater System Facilities improvements in later sections. Final alignments, diameters, and quantities will be con�irmed at project design and re�ined through ongoing planning and capital programming.

Existing Financial Commitment: Based on City-provided data, the existing community’s equity in the wastewater collection and conveyance system serving the City’s sewer service area is $2,121,333.

Wastewater treatment and disposal are provided by the Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD) and are not City-owned; therefore, no treatment plant value is included in the City’s existing system investment.

The City does not currently maintain a Wastewater System Facilities development impact fee fund, so there is no existing fund balance to net against project costs. For transparency and proportionality, the $2,121,333 existing conveyance investment is allocated across the study’s fee land use classes that place demand on the City’s sewer system using the same gallons-per-day (GPD) demand framework employed in the fee calculation. This approach ensures a consistent and proportional comparison between the existing community’s investment in sewer-served facilities and the shares of capacity attributable to new development.

Level of Service: The City’s wastewater level of service is de�ined by the wastewater collection and conveyance system’s ability to carry �lows from sewer-served development without sanitary sewer over�lows, capacity bottlenecks, or service degradation. Wastewater treatment and disposal are 152

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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report provided by the Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD) and are not part of the City’s level of service de�inition for this program.

System demand is measured as average daily wastewater �low in gallons per day (GPD). For this study, wastewater demand is quanti�ied using adopted, Hemet-speci�ic generation factors by land use category applicable to development within the sewer service area, expressed as GPD per dwelling unit for residential uses and GPD per acre (and GPD per square foot where needed) for nonresidential uses, consistent with the methodology established in this chapter.

Adopted Wastewater Generation Factors:

Wastewater generation factors used in this chapter re�lect two distinct, but complementary, calculation approaches based on data availability by land use type. Residential wastewater demand is calculated directly using a documented gallons-per-capita-per-day basis multiplied by persons per household, yielding gallons per day per dwelling unit. For nonresidential land uses, the City’s planning documents do not establish standalone wastewater generation rates by square footage or acreage; accordingly, nonresidential wastewater demand is derived by converting documented water demand factors to wastewater �low using a return-to-sewer ratio. Together, these approaches provide a consistent, Hemet-speci�ic framework for quantifying wastewater demand attributable to new development, with full methodological detail provided later in this chapter.

Residential (GPD per dwelling unit)
• Single-Family Residential: 145.362 GPD/DU
• Multiple-Family Residential: 114.576 GPD/DU
• Mobile Home Dwelling Units: 64.722 GPD/DU
Nonresidential (derived from Chapter 7 Water factors × the UWMP return-to-sewer R = 1,430 acre-feet (AF) ÷ 3,891 acre-feet (AF) = 0.37)
• Retail, Commercial, & Service Uses: 188.17 GPD/acre
• Industrial Uses: 94.82 GPD/acre
• Institutional Uses: 15.07 GPD/acre
These factors quantify each land use’s relative contribution to system loading from development within the City’s sewer service area; higher factors correspond to greater wastewater generation and therefore a larger share of capacity needs. Together with the existing system values reported in this chapter, this GPD-based framework establishes Hemet’s baseline wastewater service level against which future growth impacts are evaluated and growth-related capacity costs are allocated.

Note: In this Wastewater chapter, Commercial Lodging is presented as a separate line item; demand is converted using acres (consistent with the GPD-per-acre factors), while fees are presented per Room.
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Growth and Demand
Growth Inputs: This chapter measures growth using sewer-service-area–adjusted Land Use Database (LUDB) quantities over the study horizon, dwelling units or rooms for residential categories, and building square feet (and related acres where applicable) for nonresidential categories. Each land use is paired with the adopted wastewater generation factors established in this chapter: for residential uses, gallons per day (GPD) per dwelling unit derived from 42 gallons per capita per day (GPCD) multiplied by persons per household (PPH); for nonresidential uses, GPD per acre (and GPD per square foot where used) derived from Chapter 7 Water demand factors multiplied by the return-to-sewer ratio documented in the Urban Water Management Plan. Higher-demand land uses, therefore, generate proportionally more wastewater per unit of growth.

Applying these factors to the sewer-served LUDB growth quantities produces gallons-per-day (GPD) totals by land use category. Those GPD totals establish each category’s share of growth-related demand on the wastewater system and provide the basis for (1) allocating fee-eligible capacity costs and (2) deriving the maximum justi�ied fees. The analysis uses the same land use de�initions carried throughout this chapter to maintain consistency.

Application of Sewer Service Area to Demand Calculations: For purposes of this analysis, wastewater demand is calculated only for development located within the City’s sewer service area.

Land Use Database (LUDB) quantities are screened to include only sewer-served dwelling units, rooms, building square footage, and acres. Land uses located outside the sewer service area are excluded because they do not place demand on the City’s wastewater collection and conveyance system. Service-area adjustments are applied to land-use inventory quantities only; adopted wastewater generation factors expressed in gallons per day (GPD) are applied uniformly to the adjusted inventory. This approach mirrors the Water chapter methodology and ensures that demand, cost allocation, and fee calculations re�lect only sewer-served development.

Method: This chapter converts growth to wastewater demand by applying average daily wastewater demand factors (gallons per day, GPD) to land uses located within the City’s sewer service area.

Consistent with the wastewater generation factor framework described earlier in this chapter, residential and nonresidential wastewater demand are calculated using distinct, data-appropriate methods.

For residential categories, wastewater demand is calculated directly using a documented wastewater basis. Average daily wastewater demand equals 42 gallons per capita per day (GPCD) multiplied by persons per household (PPH) for each residential category, yielding GPD per dwelling unit (DU). The 42 GPCD basis is documented in the City’s 2020 Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) and is used consistently throughout this chapter.

For nonresidential categories, the City’s adopted wastewater planning and engineering documents focus on systemwide wastewater �lows and capacity rather than establishing land-use-speci�ic wastewater generation rates expressed per square foot or per acre. Accordingly, nonresidential wastewater demand is derived by converting documented water demand factors from Chapter 7 – Water Facilities to wastewater �low using a return-to-sewer ratio drawn from the 2020 UWMP. Using 1,430 acre-feet (AF) of wastewater collected and 3,891 AF of total water use for 2020, the return-to154

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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report sewer factor is R = 0.37 (1,430 ÷ 3,891). Water demand expressed in GPD per acre (or GPD per square foot, SF) is multiplied by R to obtain wastewater GPD per acre or per SF, providing a Hemet-speci�ic and transparent conversion from documented water use to wastewater generation.

For purposes of this analysis, Land Use Database (LUDB) quantities are screened to include only development within the City’s sewer service area. Dwelling units, rooms, building square footage, and acreage located outside the sewer service area are excluded because they do not place demand on the City’s wastewater collection and conveyance system. Service-area adjustments are applied to land-use inventory quantities only; adopted wastewater generation factors expressed in GPD are applied uniformly to the adjusted inventory.

LUDB growth quantities, dwelling units or rooms for residential categories and building square footage or acreage for nonresidential categories, are paired with the applicable wastewater generation factors to compute wastewater GPD by land use. Existing demand is summarized in Table 8-1: Existing Average Daily Wastewater Demand (GPD), and projected demand from growth is summarized in Table 8-2: Projected Average Daily Wastewater Demand from Growth (GPD).

Projected demand is calculated by multiplying residential dwelling units by GPD per dwelling unit and nonresidential acreage by GPD per acre, with square footage reported for context where applicable. For Commercial Lodging, wastewater demand is calculated using acreage and GPD per acre, while fees are presented on a per Room basis in later sections.

The total sewer-served demand equals the sum of GPD across all sewer-served land uses. Each land use’s percentage of demand (its GPD divided by the sewer-served total) is carried forward into Table 8-3, which allocates growth-eligible program costs in proportion to each land use’s contribution to wastewater system loading. Allocated costs are then divided by the applicable fee units—per square foot for development and, where applicable, per Room for lodging—to derive the maximum justi�ied fees.

Scope of Included Demand Metric: The demand metric used to allocate Wastewater System Facilities costs is average daily wastewater demand, expressed in gallons per day (GPD). For this study, GPD represents the wastewater loading generated by development within the City’s sewer service area, translating the physical extent of growth into a common, comparable measure of system demand using the land use-speci�ic generation factors established in this chapter.

Each land use’s contribution depends on both its adopted GPD factor and its development intensity (for example, dwelling units per acre for residential uses, acreage or square footage for nonresidential uses, and rooms for lodging). Accordingly, no single land use category universally generates more wastewater demand than another without considering both intensity and the applicable generation factor. By standardizing wastewater generation across all sewer-served land uses, the GPD framework provides a consistent basis for comparing relative impacts and allocating costs proportionately, so each land use pays only its fair share of growth-related system costs.

This approach is consistent with industry practice and aligns with the Mitigation Fee Act’s requirement that development impact fees be reasonably related to the burden created by new development. The calculation of existing average daily wastewater demand is summarized in Table 8-1.
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Table 8-1
Existing Average Daily Wastewater Demand (GPD)
Land Use Units/Acres Gallons Per
Day
Existing
Average Daily
Wastewater
Demand
(GPD)
Single-Family Residential 17,785 145 2,585,220
Multiple-Family Residential 8,285 115 949,290
Mobile Home Dwelling Units 700 65 45,304
Commercial Lodging Rooms 14.03 188 2,639
Retail, Commercial, & Service Uses 798.75 188 150,300
Industrial Uses 340.50 95 32,286
Institutional Uses 3,187.44 15 48,035
Total - - 3,813,074
Note: Residential quantities are shown in dwelling units. All nonresidential categories, including Commercial Lodging, are shown in acres because their wastewater factors are expressed in GPD per acre (derived from Chapter 7 Water factors multiplied by the UWMP return-to-sewer ratio). Building square feet (and Rooms for Commercial Lodging) are presented later as the fee units to comply with AB-602 and program practice.

Resulting Service Demand: Based on the method described above, applying the adopted wastewater generation factors to the sewer-service-area–adjusted Land Use Database (LUDB) growth yields a total of 1,818,475 gallons per day (GPD) of projected average daily wastewater demand from new development within the City’s sewer service area. This total represents the resulting service demand attributable to growth and serves as the basis for allocating growth-related Wastewater System Facilities capacity costs.

Each land use’s share of demand is determined by its proportion of the 1,818,475 GPD sewer-served total and is carried forward to the allocation of costs and the fee calculation in the next section. The calculation of projected average daily wastewater demand from new development is summarized in Table 8-2: Projected Average Daily Wastewater Demand from Growth (GPD). [This space left blank to fit the following table on one page.] 156

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Projected Average Daily Wastewater Demand (GPD)
Land Use Units/Acres Gallons Per
Day
Projected
Average Daily
Wastewater
Demand
(GPD)
Single-Family Residential 6,826 145 992,191
Multiple-Family Residential 5,447 115 624,152
Mobile Home Dwelling Units 152 65 9,837
Commercial Lodging Rooms 12.33 188 2,319
Retail, Commercial, & Service
Uses 645.40 188 121,444
Industrial Uses 574.80 95 54,503
Institutional Uses 930.93 15 14,029
Total - - 1,818,475
Note: Residential growth quantities are shown in dwelling units. All nonresidential categories, including Commercial Lodging, are shown in acres because their wastewater factors are expressed in GPD per acre (derived from Chapter 7 Water factors multiplied by the UWMP return-to-sewer ratio). Building square feet (and Rooms for Commercial Lodging) are presented later as the fee units to comply with AB-602 and program practice.

Capacity Implications: As growth increases wastewater generation, the City must provide additional collection and conveyance capacity to maintain the existing level of service within the City’s sewer service area. Capacity is added where the system is constrained, by upsizing pipelines where projected �lows exceed available capacity, and by extending or constructing new conveyance to serve growth areas. Routine repair or like-for-like replacement is not fee-eligible unless a project element increases capacity attributable to growth.

This study converts sewer-service-area–adjusted Land Use Database (LUDB) growth to wastewater demand in gallons per day (GPD) and uses the resulting sewer-served total to apportion the feeeligible share of capacity costs across land uses. For Hemet, the capital scope in this chapter encompasses targeted collection system upgrades where upsizing is required and new or extended conveyance is needed to carry projected �lows from sewer-served development to the regional system operated by the Eastern Municipal Water District (EMWD). Fee-eligible costs are allocated to land uses in proportion to each category’s share of total sewer-served GPD from growth, as summarized in Table 8-2.
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report The LUDB growth inputs used in this study contain no negative entries that would offset demand through net redevelopment reductions; accordingly, there is no reduction to the sewer-served growth demand total. Project sizing and siting draw on the City’s planning record and engineering review to identify where added conveyance capacity is necessary to serve growth while maintaining the City’s established level of service.

Allocation by Land Use: For each fee land use category, growth within the City’s sewer service area is converted to wastewater demand using the adopted generation factors. Residential growth (dwelling units) is multiplied by the residential GPD-per-dwelling-unit factors. Nonresidential growth (including Commercial Lodging) is converted using acreage multiplied by the nonresidential GPD-per-acre factors. Summing the category results establishes the total sewer-served average daily wastewater demand from growth, and each category’s proportion of that total becomes its allocation share.

Those shares are applied to the fee-eligible portion of the capital program to produce category subtotals. Finally, subtotals are converted to fee schedule units consistent with AB-602: residential and nonresidential fees are expressed per square foot, and lodging is expressed per Room if presented separately (if lodging remains within Retail, it is expressed per square foot with that category). This sequence keeps the allocation directly tied to each land use’s contribution to sewerserved wastewater demand and to the capacity provided.

Capacity Sizing and Capital Program: Capacity is sized to maintain the City’s existing level of wastewater service within the City’s sewer service area as development occurs. Sizing and prioritization follow the gallons-per-day (GPD)–based framework used in this chapter. Projects that add capacity, such as upsizing pipelines and extending or constructing new conveyance to serve growth areas, are eligible only to the capacity-increase share attributable to growth; routine repair or like-for-like replacement without added capacity is not fee-eligible. Wastewater treatment and disposal are provided by the regional provider; this program addresses City-owned collection and conveyance facilities only.

For this update, the capital scope is limited to a de�ined set of capacity-adding conveyance improvements serving sewer-served development. Fee-eligible costs are allocated to land-use categories using the GPD-based method described above, which applies sewer-service-area-adjusted LUDB growth inputs and the adopted wastewater generation factors. The resulting allocations carry forward directly to the fee schedule presentation.

The following section presents the speci�ic capacity-adding improvements included in this update and documents their scope, purpose, and eligibility. Consistent with the sizing approach described above, each project is framed to maintain the existing level of wastewater service for sewer-served development as growth occurs. The fee-eligible share of each project is determined using the GPDbased allocation method, and the resulting amounts carry forward to the fee schedule. 158

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Project ID: SW-001
Project Title: Southeast Lift Station and Force Main
Description: Construct a new lift station and force main to provide conveyance from the Southeast growth area where gravity service is not feasible, increasing downstream capacity and maintaining level of service as development proceeds.

Size/Scope: New lift station with associated force main; �inal sizing and controls to be con�irmed at design.

Location: Southeast service area
New Development Share: 100% – $2,867,150 (to be funded through Wastewater System Facilities Impact Fees)
Existing Community Share: 0% – $0 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $2,867,150
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: SW-002
Project Title: Southwest Service Area – New Trunk Sewer Extension Description: Extend a new gravity trunk to serve projected development in the Southwest service area, providing added conveyance capacity and reducing the risk of surcharge in downstream segments.

Size/Scope: New gravity trunk main; alignment and diameter to be �inalized through hydraulic design.

Location: Southwest service area
New Development Share: 100% – $1,909,050 (to be funded through Wastewater System Facilities Impact Fees)
Existing Community Share: 0% – $0 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $1,909,050
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: SW-003
Project Title: Mid-City Collector Upsize
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Description: Upsize targeted collector segments in the mid-city network to address growth-related capacity constraints and maintain conveyance performance under projected average day and peak conditions.

Size/Scope: Targeted pipe upsizing and appurtenance adjustments per hydraulic evaluation.

Location: Mid-City area
New Development Share: 21% – $88,725 (to be funded through Wastewater System Facilities Impact Fees)
Existing Community Share: 79% – $333,775 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $422,500
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: SW-004
Project Title: South Hemet Collector Upsize
Description: Upsize targeted collector segments in the South Hemet area to accommodate added �lows from planned development and preserve the established level of service.

Size/Scope: Targeted upsizing of existing collector mains and related structures per hydraulic evaluation.

Location: South Hemet
New Development Share: 21% – $88,715 (to be funded through Wastewater System Facilities Impact Fees)
Existing Community Share: 79% – $333,735 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $422,450
Timing: 2026–2036
Allocation of Project Costs
The Wastewater System Facilities capital program for this update consists of capacity-adding conveyance improvements. Fee-eligible costs are limited to the capacity-increase share of those projects and are allocated across land uses in proportion to sewer-served growth demand using the adopted gallons-per-day (GPD) factors. Because there is no current Wastewater System Facilities development impact fee fund, there is no existing fund balance to net against the program total. The resulting fee-eligible subtotal is used in Table 8-3.

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Derivation of Maximum Justi�ied Fees
The maximum justi�ied Wastewater System Facilities fee is derived by linking growth-eligible capital costs to the wastewater demand created by new development within the City’s sewer service area and expressing the result in fee units. Growth by land use category, dwelling units for residential and acreage for nonresidential uses (with building square feet reported for fee units), is converted to wastewater demand using the adopted gallons-per-day (GPD) factors established in this chapter.

Each category’s proportion of total sewer-served GPD from growth, as summarized in Table 8-2, becomes its allocation factor, maintaining proportionality between fee use and those land uses that generate demand.

Those allocation factors are applied to the fee-eligible share of the capital program to produce category subtotals. Subtotals are then converted to fee schedule units consistent with AB-602:
residential and nonresidential fees are expressed per square foot, and Commercial Lodging is expressed per Room if presented separately (if lodging remains within Retail, it is expressed per square foot with that category). This process yields the maximum justi�ied fee by land use category, summarized in Table 8-3.

Table 8-3
Allocation of Development Cost per Land Use
Land Use
Average
Daily
Wastewater
Demand
(GPD)
Percentage
of Growth
Demand
Allocation of
Expansion
Costs
Development
Impact Fee
Per SF/Room
Single-Family Residential 992,191 54.56% $2,970,181.37 $0.189/SF Multiple-Family Residential 624,152 34.32% $1,868,435.25 $0.370/SF Mobile Home Dwelling Units 9,837 0.54% $29,447.63 $0.155/SF Commercial Lodging Rooms 2,319 0.13% $6,942.06 $17/Room Retail, Commercial, & Service
Uses 121,444 6.68% $363,549.67 $0.036/SF
Industrial Uses 54,503 3.00% $163,157.90 $0.017/SF
Institutional Uses 14,029 0.77% $41,996.63 $0.074/SF
Total 1,818,475 100.00% $5,443,710.50 -
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Based on city-provided data, the existing community’s equity in the City-owned wastewater collection and conveyance system is $2,121,333. Wastewater treatment and disposal are provided by EMWD and are not City-owned; therefore, the treatment plant value is not included in this program’s �inancial commitment.

There is no current Wastewater System Facilities development impact fee fund, and therefore no existing fund balance to net against program costs. Using the study’s GPD-based framework, Table 8- 4 allocates the $2,121,333 conveyance equity across the land use categories established earlier in this chapter for comparison to the proposed fee schedule.

This comparison shows the existing community has already �inanced the current wastewater service level for collection and conveyance; new development pays only its proportional, growth-related share of capacity-expanding planning and improvements. Fee schedule units remain per square foot for residential and nonresidential development, and per Room for Commercial Lodging Rooms, as established earlier.

Table 8-4
Allocation of Existing Community Financial Commitment
Land Use
Average
Daily
Wastewater
Demand
(GPD)
Percentage
of Existing
Demand
Allocation of
Existing Costs
Existing
Financial
Commitment
Per SF/Room
Single-Family Residential 2,585,220 67.80% $1,438,239.20 $0.034/SF Multiple-Family Residential 949,290 24.90% $528,119.89 $0.066/SF Mobile Home Dwelling Units 45,304 1.19% $25,204.04 $0.030/SF Commercial Lodging Rooms 2,639 0.07% $1,468.16 $3/Room
Retail, Commercial, & Service
Uses 150,300 3.94% $83,616.62 $0.014/SF
Industrial Uses 32,286 0.85% $17,961.72 $0.014/SF
Institutional Uses 48,035 1.26% $26,723.38 $0.014/SF
Total 3,813,074 100.00% $2,121,333.00 -
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Fee Schedule and Summary
Table 8-5 presents the recommended Wastewater System Facilities development impact fees by land use, expressed per square foot for residential and nonresidential development and per Room for Commercial Lodging Rooms. The schedule is derived from the fee-eligible growth share of the capital program, allocated to land use categories in proportion to their contributions to total sewer-served gallons per day (GPD) from growth using this chapter’s GPD-based method, and translated to fee units from the maximum justi�ied fee results. The schedule re�lects the maximum justi�ied amounts consistent with the Mitigation Fee Act.

The City Council may adopt the fees in whole or in part and may apply rounding, indexing to an appropriate cost index, or other policy adjustments, provided the adopted schedule maintains the required reasonable relationship between new wastewater demand from sewer-served development and the capacity provided, as documented in this chapter.

Table 8-5
Summary of Proposed Development Impact Fees
Land Use Per SF/Room
Single-Family Residential $0.189/SF
Multiple-Family Residential $0.370/SF
Mobile Home Dwelling Units $0.155/SF
Commercial Lodging Rooms $17/Room
Retail, Commercial, & Service Uses $0.036/SF
Industrial Uses $0.017/SF
Institutional Uses $0.074/SF
Current Wastewater Facilities Development Impact Fees
The City of Hemet does not currently maintain a Wastewater System Facilities development impact fee program, and there are no adopted wastewater fee rates at this time. This chapter presents the maximum justi�ied Wastewater System Facilities fees derived from the GPD-based methodology; these will be presented alongside the City’s currently adopted fees for other categories for City Council consideration. The Council may adopt wastewater fees at or below the maximum justi�ied amounts documented in this chapter.
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1. Purpose of the Fee
The Wastewater System Facilities development impact fee (DIF) funds the growth-related share of facilities needed to accommodate additional wastewater generation from new development. The fee allows the City to maintain its adopted level of wastewater service by adding capacity where needed as development occurs. Revenues are limited to capitalized, capacity-adding costs attributable to growth; routine maintenance or like-for-like replacement without added capacity is not fee-eligible.

2. Use of the Fee
Fee revenues will be used to fund the growth-related share of the Wastewater System Facilities capital program identified in this chapter. For this update, the capital scope consists of defined capacity-adding improvements. Expenditures are limited to capacity-increasing costs associated with those projects, such as planning, design, land or easements if required, permitting, construction, and capacity elements. Operations, maintenance, and like-for-like replacement without added capacity are not eligible.

Fee revenues are programmed for improvements that serve the City’s integrated wastewater system within the City’s sewer service area and help maintain the adopted level of service as development occurs.

3. Relationship Between the Fee’s Use and the Type of Development The fee is charged to new development in proportion to the wastewater it generates. Adopted GPD factors are applied to land uses to quantify average daily wastewater demand and allocate costs accordingly. This ensures that each development type pays only for the wastewater system impacts it creates and the capacity it requires.

4. Relationship Between the Need for the Facilities and the Type of Development New development increases average daily wastewater demand (GPD), which requires additional capacity in the collection and conveyance systems to maintain the existing level of service. Without new improvements, increased �lows from growth would strain system capacity and degrade service to the existing community. The fee establishes a reasonable relationship between the need for expanded Wastewater System Facilities and the additional wastewater generated by new development.
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5. Relationship Between the Amount of the Fee and the Cost Attributable to Development
The fee amount is based on allocating the growth share of project costs across development units, using average daily wastewater demand (GPD) as the demand metric. The resulting fees reflect only the portion of costs attributable to new development. Existing community needs are excluded from the fee program, ensuring compliance with the proportionality requirements of the Mitigation Fee Act.

Implementation, Compliance, and Notes
Adoption and Program Structure: Establish a new Wastewater System Facilities development impact fee by Council ordinance or resolution, and create a single citywide Wastewater System Facilities fund for accounting and reporting purposes.

Dedicated Accounting: Maintain separate accounting for Wastewater System Facilities fee receipts, interest, and expenditures; track project-level uses and retain audit trails.

Eligible Uses: Limit expenditures to the growth-related, capacity-increasing share of the projects identi�ied in this chapter. Routine operations, maintenance, and like-for-like replacement without added capacity are not eligible.

Timing of Collection: State in the adopting action that the fee is due at the certi�icate of occupancy or �inal inspection.

Indexing: Authorize annual indexing by an appropriate cost index to maintain purchasing power of the schedule (for example, construction cost or CPI as applicable to item types).

Credits/Reimbursements: Provide for credits or reimbursement agreements when an applicant constructs an eligible capacity project on the adopted list to avoid double payment; maintain audit trails in the fund.

AB-1600 Reporting: Continue the City’s annual development fee report and public presentation and make the required �ive-year �indings for any unspent balances, consistent with the Mitigation Fee Act.

Consistency Statements: In the adopting action, state that the Wastewater System Facilities fee may be programmed for eligible collection and conveyance improvements within the City’s sewer service area only, where such improvements serve the integrated wastewater system and are necessary to maintain the adopted level of service for sewer-served development. 165

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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report References
City of Hemet, Public Works Department. (2024). Sewer System Management Plan. Hemet: City of Hemet.

Stetson Engineers Inc. (2021). City of Hemet 2020 Urban Water Management Plan and Water Shortage Contingency Plan. Hemet: City of Hemet.

Stetson Engineers Inc. (2021). Water and Sewer Master Plan Update (Final). Hemet: City of Hemet.

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General Facilities
Purpose and Scope
Purpose: The purpose of the General Facilities Fee is to ensure that new development in the City of Hemet contributes its fair, proportional share toward the capital cost of General Facilities, the cityowned buildings and spaces that support delivery of municipal services, so the City can maintain its established level of service as the service population grows. These facilities include, for example, City Hall and administrative of�ice space, public customer-service counters (e.g., permitting, utility billing), Council Chambers and staff meeting rooms, records storage areas, information technology/server rooms, and other general support spaces used by City staff to perform City business. The fee is administered within the City’s Development Impact Fee program consistent with the Mitigation Fee Act, and it excludes facilities funded by separate fee programs (e.g., public safety facilities, parks/community centers) or enterprise utilities.

Scope of Improvements: The program funds capital facilities, equipment, and vehicles needed to maintain the City’s level of service as Hemet grows.

City Hall and Council Chambers expansion provides capital buildings and major structures that support citywide administrative and civic functions, including modernization and expansion of both facilities, so the City can sustain legislative and administrative capacity for a growing service population.

General Facilities vehicles comprise the capital �leet used for administrative and support functions (non-public-safety), supplying citywide mobility for inter-departmental operations, staff movement, and service delivery.

City Yard facilities include capital improvements to shops, storage, administrative areas, utilities, and technology at the operations yard to support citywide services as activity increases.

General Facilities equipment covers capital items with a multi-year service life—such as computers, servers, network infrastructure, of�ice electronics, enterprise software, and meeting/AV systems— used by staff to perform municipal services ef�iciently. The scope is limited to capital costs and excludes operations, routine maintenance, and like-for-like replacement.

Scope of Bene�iciaries: The bene�iciaries of the General Facilities Fee include all development within the City of Hemet, encompassing both residential and nonresidential uses. General facilities provide citywide administrative, legislative, and support services delivered through assets such as City Hall, the Council Chambers, and the City Yard, enabling functions like planning, permitting, code enforcement, �inancial administration, and governance. Residents rely on these facilities to access municipal services; employees and businesses depend on them for land use approvals, licensing, and regulatory coordination. Visitors bene�it indirectly as these facilities enable the City to administer services that support a safe and functional civic environment; however, responsibility for funding facility expansions is assigned to residents and businesses located within the City through the 167

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Scope of the Nexus: The nexus for the General Facilities Fee is established by the relationship between growth in the City’s service population and the resulting demand for administrative and civic capacity. Service population is de�ined as Residents + Jobs. Residents are computed from dwelling units using persons-per-household by housing type, and jobs are derived from nonresidential inventories using baseline employment densities calibrated to Hemet’s 2025 baseyear total employment; these calibrated �igures are used solely to size General Facilities demand.

Using City data, RCS applies a two-step calculation. First, the program is sized to growth by multiplying each facility’s cost basis by the service-population growth share (Growth Service Population ÷ Buildout Service Population). Second, the resulting growth-sized cost is allocated between new and existing development using the study’s documented method and the net land-use growth proportions from the City’s inventory and forecasts. These steps implement the servicepopulation framework in a reproducible, data-driven way.

This chapter applies that methodology with Hemet-speci�ic inputs; detailed calculations and intermediate tables are provided in the supporting service-population calibration and in the following sections of the study.

Existing System
Assets and Infrastructure: The City of Hemet maintains a system of General Facilities that provide the administrative, legislative, and operational backbone for public service delivery. City Hall serves as the primary administrative center—housing executive management, �inance, planning, permitting, and other public-facing services—and encompasses 26,457 square feet. The Council Chambers provide the venue for legislative activities, public hearings, and community meetings. The City Yard supplies essential operations and maintenance capacity for citywide services and consists of multiple structures, including a facilities maintenance shop, a mechanic shop, administrative of�ices, and two modular of�ice buildings, with a combined total of 53,134 square feet.

Supporting these facilities is a substantial General Facilities �leet of 69 vehicles ranging from administrative cars and trucks to service vehicles such as �latbeds and utility trucks. Together, these facilities, vehicles, and associated equipment form the City’s General Facilities system and constitute the physical base of service for residents and businesses citywide.

The City’s General Facilities—City Hall, the Council Chambers, the City Yard, and general facilities equipment and vehicles—represent a signi�icant investment borne by existing residents and businesses. Based on the City’s current asset inventory for this program, the 2025 replacement-cost basis re�lects City Hall ($9,893,200), General Facilities Vehicles ($4,371,324), City Yard Facilities ($8,681,590), and General Facilities Equipment ($1,938,924). The program ledger also shows a Fund Balance of $1,761,429, with Total Assets of $26,646,467. 168

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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Consistent with the Mitigation Fee Act, these existing investments are not charged to new development. Rather, new development is responsible only for its fair, growth-related share of future capital needs required to maintain the City’s established level of service.

Level of Service: The level of service for General Facilities is expressed as the administrative and civic facility capacity available to the community relative to the City’s service population (Residents + Jobs). For Hemet, the existing service population is 133,663, comprised of 89,663 residents and 44,000 jobs. The City’s General Facilities system—including City Hall (26,457 square feet), the Council Chambers, and the City Yard (53,134 square feet across multiple buildings)—provides the administrative, legislative, and operational capacity necessary to serve this population. The purpose of this program is to maintain the current ratio of facility capacity to service population, not to increase the service standard.

As Hemet grows, the service population will increase, creating additional demand on these facilities.

The fee program is structured so that new development funds only its fair, growth-related share of future capital needs, thereby preserving the existing level of service without dilution or shifting costs onto the existing community.

Growth and Demand
Growth Inputs: Growth in the demand for General Facilities is measured using service population, which combines residents and employment to re�lect the full set of users of Hemet’s administrative and civic functions. Residential growth is derived from the City’s land use database (LUDB) and converted to population using persons-per-household (PPH) factors from the American Community Survey, applying the study’s �ixed three-bucket method (Single-Family Residential 3.461; MultipleFamily Residential 2.728; Mobile Home Dwelling Units 1.541). Nonresidential growth is measured as increases in building square footage by land use and converted to employment using baseline SCAG employment-density factors, calibrated to Hemet’s adopted 2025 base-year total employment.

Based on these inputs, Hemet is projected to add 40,756 residents and 74,090.91 jobs, for a combined Increase in Service Population of 114,846.91. Compared with the Buildout Service Population of 248,509.91, this growth represents 46.214% of the community at buildout. This percentage is used to size the capital program (the growth-sized share).

After sizing, the allocation between new and existing development follows the Master Distribution Sheet (General Gov tab). The program uses 68.94% to new (potential) development and 31.06% to existing development. Moving forward, all such shares will be taken directly from the Master Distribution Sheet to ensure the narrative and calculations remain synchronized with the City’s current data.

Method: The General Facilities impact fee is calculated using the City’s service-population framework, which measures demand as the combined total of residents and jobs because administrative and civic functions—such as permitting, �inance, legislative services, and general facilities operations—serve households and businesses alike. Residential growth is derived from the City’s land use projections and converted to population using persons-per-household factors from 169

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3.461; Multiple-Family Residential 2.728; Mobile Home Dwelling Units 1.541). Nonresidential growth is measured by converting net new square footage to employment using baseline SCAG employmentdensity factors that are calibrated to Hemet’s adopted 2025 base-year jobs total.

Using these inputs, the study computes an increase in service population of 114,846.91 (40,756 residents and 74,090.91 jobs) and a growth share of 46.214% when compared to total buildout. This growth share is applied to each project’s cost basis, expressed in 2025 dollars, to determine the portion of the capital program necessitated by growth rather than replacement of existing assets.

The growth-related costs are then distributed between new and existing development according to the relative proportions of future and existing land uses in the City, which assigns 68.94% of costs to new development and 31.06% to existing development. This ensures that the fee program equitably allocates the cost of expansion in proportion to the demands created by new growth.

Finally, costs are translated into fee levels by normalizing on a one-acre basis across land uses. For residential development, this allocation is converted to a per-unit burden and then expressed as a per-square-foot fee using the City’s adopted average dwelling size in compliance with AB-602. For nonresidential uses, the same one-acre normalization produces a uniform per-square-foot fee across Retail, Commercial, & Service, and Industrial uses, while commercial lodging is expressed per Room to match entitlement tracking. This process results in a technically sound and proportionate fee structure that preserves the City’s established level of service as growth occurs.

Capital Programs
The City has identi�ied a set of General Facilities that provide the administrative and civic capacity to serve the community. These include City Hall, the Council Chambers, and the City Yard. Each represents a major capital investment that must be expanded or modernized to maintain the current level of service as Hemet grows. The purpose of the capital program is not to introduce new services or higher standards, but to ensure the City has suf�icient administrative and civic space, equipment, and vehicles to serve a larger community at today’s level of service.

For this study, project costs are stated in 2025 dollars. Each project is �irst sized to growth using the service-population framework so that only the portion necessitated by growth is included as the growth-sized cost. Those growth-related costs are then distributed between new and existing development in proportion to the City’s land-use growth, and the resulting amounts are translated to fee units in later sections.

The General Facilities capital program consists of four components presented in the order used throughout this chapter. City Hall and the Council Chambers are consolidated as a single improvement program to address administrative and legislative space, meeting technology, and related building needs. City Yard facilities provide the operational backbone for citywide services and will require targeted expansion and modernization of shops, storage, administrative areas, and supporting utilities and technology. General Facilities equipment covers capital items with a multi-year service life used by staff to perform municipal services, such as computers, network infrastructure, 170

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Together, these components de�ine the City’s General Facilities capital program. Costs are allocated proportionally to new development based on its share of the service population at buildout, and projects are planned within the 2026–2036 horizon to align with the City’s near-term growth and reinvestment needs.

General Facilities Projects
Project ID: GG-001
Project Title: City Hall and Council Chambers Expansion Project Description: Remodel and expand City Hall to increase administrative capacity and maintain service levels for a larger service population. Improvements may include recon�iguring of�ice and meeting space; upgrading technology systems for digital permitting, �inancial operations, and records; enhancing public counters; and modernizing core building systems (HVAC, communications, energy ef�iciency). This project also integrates Council Chambers audiovisual upgrades and a permanent control room within the City Hall complex to support legislative meetings, recording/broadcasting, and public participation.

Size: TBD
Location: City Hall
Total Cost: $4,572,044
New Development Share: 68.94% – $3,151,967 (to be funded through General Facilities Impact Fees)
Existing Community Share: 31.06% – $1,420,077 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: GG-002
Project Title: Expansion of General Facilities Vehicles Project Description: Acquire and out�it general facilities �leet vehicles to support administrative and inter-departmental operations and �ield services as activity increases.

Size: TBD
Location: Citywide/City Yard
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Total Cost: $2,020,164
New Development Share: 68.94% – $1,392,701 (to be funded through General Facilities Impact Fees)
Existing Community Share: 31.06% – $627,463 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: GG-003
Project Title: Expansion of City Yard Facilities
Project Description: Expand and modernize City Yard facilities—including shops, storage, administrative areas, utilities, and technology—to support citywide operations and maintenance for a growing community.

Size: TBD
Location: City Yard
Total Cost: $4,012,110
New Development Share: 68.94% – $2,765,949 (to be funded through General Facilities Impact Fees)
Existing Community Share: 31.06% – $1,246,161 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: GG-004
Project Title: Expansion of General Facilities Equipment Project Description: Provide capital equipment and technology with multi-year service life used by staff to perform municipal services ef�iciently (e.g., computers, servers, network infrastructure, enterprise software, and meeting/AV systems).

Size: TBD
Location: City Hall/Citywide
Total Cost: $896,054
New Development Share: 68.94% – $617,740 (to be funded through General Facilities Impact Fees)
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Existing Community Share: 31.06% – $278,314 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Timing: 2026–2036
Capital Program Summary: Together, the projects described above represent the City’s General Facilities capital program. They provide for the proportional expansion and modernization of City Hall, the Council Chambers, and the City Yard to accommodate the needs of a larger service population. These projects do not increase the level of service beyond what is available today but ensure that the existing standard is maintained as the community grows. By allocating a fair share of costs to new development, the program ensures that growth funds its proportionate demand for administrative and civic capacity, while existing residents and businesses continue to support the share of costs associated with their current use.

Allocation of Project Costs
Table 9-1 allocates the growth-eligible share of General Facilities program costs across land uses based on each category’s Percentage of Demand (see Retail, Commercial, & Service Uses; Industrial; Institutional; and the residential classes). Table 9-2 allocates the existing system investment across land uses for comparison. Table 9-3 presents the fee schedule (per square foot; Commercial Lodging per Room) consistent with AB-602.

By allocating a fair share of costs to new development and the remainder to the existing community, the program aligns capital funding with who generates demand. In practice, growth funds the portion of improvements attributable to future residents and jobs, while existing residents and businesses continue to support the share associated with current use. This structure maintains service levels as the City grows and keeps the program consistent with applicable nexus and proportionality requirements.

Derivation of Maximum Justi�ied Fees
The General Facilities fees are derived from the growth-related share of the capital program expressed in 2025 dollars. After sizing the program for growth and applying the available fund balance, the portion attributable to new development is $6,166,927. Only this new development amount is used to set fees, and the resulting schedule maintains (does not raise) the current level of service.

Costs are allocated across land uses using a uniform one-acre normalization. A single cost per acre is established by dividing the $6,166,927 new-development amount by the total potential acres across all land uses. Each land use’s allocation equals this cost-per-acre multiplied by that land use’s potential acres.

Fees are then translated to the applicable fee units for display in the schedule:
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report • Residential: Convert cost per acre to a per-unit amount using the adopted residential density (units per acre), then express it per square foot by applying the City’s adopted average dwelling size in compliance with AB-602.
• Nonresidential: Convert cost per acre to a uniform per-square-foot amount using the �loorarea per acre applied in this study. • Commercial Lodging: Convert cost per acre to a per Room amount using rooms per acre.

This acre-based method provides a consistent, proportional distribution of growth costs across all land uses, aligns fee units with entitlement tracking, and yields the maximum justi�ied fees presented in the schedule.

Table 9-1
Allocation of Development Cost per Land Use
Land Use Potential Acres Percentage of
Demand
Maximum Justified
Fee
Single-Family Residential 1,902 32.05% $0.119/SF
Multiple-Family Residential 1,429 24.08% $0.280/SF
Mobile Home Dwelling Units 28 0.47% $0.146/SF
Commercial Lodging Rooms 15 0.24% $32/Room
Retail, Commercial, & Service
Uses 759 12.80% $0.066/SF
Industrial Uses 766 12.92% $0.062/SF
Institutional Uses 1,034 17.43% $1.704/SF
Existing Community Financial Commitment Comparison
The City’s community has already funded a substantial portfolio of General Facilities. The existing system—comprising City Hall, the Council Chambers, and the City Yard—has an estimated replacement value of $26,646,467 in 2025 dollars, representing the community’s built-and-paid investment to date.

By contrast, the portion of the capital program attributable to new development totals $6,166,927.

These are future growth-related improvements and are not part of the existing system’s value. The fee program assigns this growth share to new development so that the established level of service is maintained without shifting existing de�iciencies onto new development.

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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report and matching fee units (per square foot for residential and nonresidential, and per Room for lodging).

Displaying both sides in the same units and framework makes clear that the program asks new development to fund only its proportional share of growth-related improvements, while the existing community’s prior investment remains recognized and preserved.

Table 9-2
Allocation of Existing Cost per Land Use
Land Use Existing Acres Percentage of
Demand
Existing Financial
Commitment
Single-Family Residential 4,837 40.32% $0.241/SF
Multiple-Family Residential 909 7.58% $0.240/SF
Mobile Home Dwelling Units 1,300 10.84% $0.254/SF
Commercial Lodging Rooms 17 0.14% $69/Room
Retail, Commercial, & Service
Uses 940 7.83% $0.288/SF
Industrial Uses 454 3.78% $0.571/SF
Institutional Uses 3,542 29.52% $3.595/SF
Fee Schedule and Summary
Based on the cost of the growth-sized General Facilities capital program and the allocation of those costs to new development, the City has determined the maximum justi�ied impact fee for each land use category. The calculation ensures that new development contributes only its fair, proportional share of the capital needed to maintain the City’s established level of administrative and civic service.

Consistent with Assembly Bill 602, residential fees are presented on a per-square-foot basis by residential category. For each category, the acre-based allocation is �irst translated to a per-unit amount, then converted to a per-square-foot fee using the category-speci�ic adopted unit size (e.g., Single-Family Residential, Multiple-Family Residential, and Mobile Home Dwelling Units each use their own unit size). Nonresidential uses are presented as a uniform per-square-foot fee, re�lecting the shared manner in which General Facilities serve Retail, Commercial, & Service Uses, and Industrial development. For Commercial Lodging, fees are expressed per Room to align with entitlement tracking.

The following table presents the maximum justi�ied General Facilities impact fees by land use. The City Council may adopt fees up to these maximums. Adoption below the maximum justi�ied levels is a policy choice and would result in less than full recovery of the growth-related cost attributable to new development.
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Table 9-3
Summary of Proposed Development Impact Fees
Land Use Per SF/Room
Single-Family Residential $0.119/SF
Multiple-Family Residential $0.280/SF
Mobile Home Dwelling Units $0.146/SF
Commercial Lodging Rooms $32/Room
Retail, Commercial, & Service Uses $0.066/SF
Industrial Uses $0.062/SF
Institutional Uses $1.704/SF
Current General Facilities Development Impact Fees
The City of Hemet currently levies a General Facilities development impact fee under Fund 316 of its adopted Development Impact Fee Program. The General Facilities Fee �inances general of�ice/work facilities and equipment utilized by City staff to perform municipal services.

According to the City’s FY 2023–24 AB 1600 Annual Report, Fund 316 – General Facilities reported a beginning balance of $1,419,081.45 and an ending balance of $1,761,428.58 as of June 30, 2024.

During the year, the fund recorded $318,403.08 in fees collected, $44,647.60 in interest, and $15,946.45 in fair-market-value adjustments; expenditures totaled $36,650.00 for projects. No transfers or loans were reported for the year.

The current adopted General Facilities fee amounts (FY 2023–24, as summarized in the Annual Report) are: $780 per Single Family Dwelling Unit, $591 per Townhome/Duplex Dwelling Unit, $669 per Multi-Family Dwelling Unit, $493 per Mobile Home/Senior Dwelling Unit, $0.116 per square foot for Commercial/Of�ice development, and $0.116 per square foot for Industrial development.

The updated General Facilities fee schedule developed in this chapter will replace these legacy rates with values that re�lect current costs, the �inalized growth allocations, and compliance with the Mitigation Fee Act and AB-602. Upon adoption, the revised fees will provide a modernized and defensible funding mechanism for General Facilities improvements identi�ied in the City’s capital program.
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Five Findings

1. Purpose of the Fee
The purpose of the fee is to fund the expansion of civic and administrative facilities, including City Hall, the Council Chambers, and the City Yard, necessary to maintain the City’s established level of service as new development increases the service population.

2. Use of the Fee
Fee revenues will be used to �inance the expansion and modernization of General Facilities identi�ied in this study. This includes remodeling and expanding administrative space, upgrading systems to accommodate additional staf�ing and service demands, and ensuring suf�icient capacity to serve the future population and employment base.

3. Relationship Between Fee’s Use and Type of Development New development generates an increase in service population, which in turn increases the demand placed on the City’s General Facilities. Fee revenues will be used to expand capacity so that administrative and civic services remain available at the established standard.

4. Relationship Between the Need for Facilities and the Type of Development The need for expanded General Facilities arises directly from the growth in residents, employees, and lodging units. By allocating costs in proportion to service population growth, the fee ensures that each land use contributes in accordance with the demand it creates.

5. Relationship Between Amount of the Fee and Cost Attributable to Development The amount of the fee is calculated by dividing each land use’s allocated share of the $6,166,927 General Facilities capital program by its measure of new development, resulting in a per square foot or per Room fee. This ensures that no land use is charged more than its proportional share of the cost of facilities needed to serve growth.

Implementation, Compliance, and Notes
Adoption and Program Structure: The City will adopt the General Facilities development impact fee (DIF) by Council action after adopting the supporting nexus study. The City will be responsible for imposing, collecting, and administering the fee. Revenues are restricted to eligible General Facilities and improvements identi�ied in this study, including the expansion, remodel, or modernization of City Hall, the Council Chambers, the City Yard, or other administrative and civic buildings required to maintain service levels for the growing community.

Fund Accounting and Reporting: A separate General Facilities DIF fund/account will be established.

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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report the �ive-year �indings for any unexpended balance (Gov. Code §66001(d)). If the City cannot make the required �ive-year �indings, any remaining balances must be refunded as provided by law.

Administration and Schedule Management: Fees are due at the time of building permit issuance.

The fee schedule shall be indexed annually to an appropriate construction-cost index such as the Engineering News-Record (ENR) Building Cost Index. The City will maintain a public, up-to-date fee schedule and post the nexus study and schedule on its website for transparency.

Use of Funds (Eligibility): Expenditures are limited to the growth-related share of projects that add General Facilities capacity. Eligible uses include planning, land acquisition (if needed), design, permitting, construction, remodel, and expansion of civic and administrative facilities, as well as technology systems, furniture, and other capital improvements directly tied to growth. Expenditures for like-for-like replacements that do not add capacity, staf�ing, operations, or general facilities service costs are not eligible.

Program Applicability: Fees apply to net new development (additions minus removals) as de�ined in this study. The City may program General Facilities DIF revenues anywhere in the City where a listed project maintains the established level of administrative and civic service for the community.

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Chapter 10
Public Meeting Facilities
Purpose and Scope
Purpose: This chapter updates the Public Meeting Facilities development impact fee to ensure that new residential development in Hemet contributes its fair, proportional share of the capital facilities required to accommodate additional residents. The program is designed to maintain the City’s existing level of service for public meetings and multi-purpose recreation space by funding the construction and expansion of public meeting facilities, building space, along with the on-site improvements necessary to bring that space into service. Fee revenues are deposited in a dedicated account and are exclusively used for eligible capital improvements related to public meeting facilities, in compliance with the Mitigation Fee Act and AB-602. In line with AB-602, residential fees are calculated on a per square foot basis, re�lecting proportional demand based on unit size.

Scope of Improvements: The Public Meeting Facilities development impact fee is designed to support the expansion of public meeting spaces in Hemet, ensuring that the City maintains its established level of service as the population grows. This fee will fund the construction and expansion of public meeting facilities, which include new or expanded community center buildings that are equipped to provide multi-purpose meeting and recreational space for public use.

The improvements covered by this fee will involve the construction of new buildings or the expansion of existing Public Meeting Facilities to increase their capacity. These facilities will include necessary infrastructure improvements such as electrical, HVAC, plumbing, and other core building systems.

Interior spaces will be designed to accommodate a variety of activities, with meeting rooms and multi-purpose spaces, ensuring they can serve the needs of the community.

In addition, the fee will cover the on-site improvements necessary to make these facilities functional, including site access and circulation, utility connections, landscaping, parking, and ensuring compliance with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements. The fee will also support land acquisition if new property is needed for expansion or new facility construction.

However, the Public Meeting Facilities Fee will not fund operations, routine maintenance, or like-forlike replacements that do not increase capacity. The focus remains on ensuring adequate infrastructure and space to accommodate the needs of Hemet’s growing population.

Scope of Bene�iciaries: This fee is assessed on residential development only, but it bene�its both new and existing residents by preserving the City’s established level of service for public meeting space as growth occurs. Demand for Public Meeting Facilities is driven by household population, measured using persons-per-household and translated into a square-feet-per-resident standard. There is no defensible proportional linkage to nonresidential �loor area for this facility type, so limiting the charge to residential development keeps the program narrowly tailored and proportional while funding capacity expansions that maintain service levels citywide. Existing development is not charged for existing needs or past shortfalls. Credits may be considered where an applicant 179

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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report constructs eligible Public Meeting Facilities improvements consistent with this program, subject to City review and approval. Any future reimbursement provisions would require speci�ic City authorization.

Scope of Nexus: New residential development adds population, which increases demand for multipurpose public meeting space. This program measures the demand using the City’s existing level-ofservice standard expressed in square feet per resident, and sizes the growth share as the additional building area required to maintain that standard as development occurs.

Fee revenues are limited to capital facilities that add or expand Public Meeting Facilities building space to serve residents; the fee is not used for rehabilitation, routine maintenance, or like-for-like replacement without added capacity. Because the empirical demand evidence is resident-based, the fee applies to residential development only.

The amount of the fee bears a reasonable relationship to the development’s share of cost. The study translates the service standard into a cost per resident by applying unit costs per square foot (construction and, where applicable, land). Consistent with AB-602, residential fees are expressed per square foot of unit �loor area and allocated by housing type to re�lect proportional demand. All calculations are performed at full precision in the model; published values may be rounded for readability.

Existing System
Assets and Infrastructure: Hemet’s Public Meeting Facilities system consists of indoor civic spaces that host public meetings, youth and senior programming, classes, cultural events, and drop-in recreation. Facilities are purpose-built, climate-controlled buildings and rooms—multi-purpose spaces, �itness areas, classrooms, lobbies and support spaces, restrooms, storage, and administrative areas—paired with the on-site improvements necessary to make them usable (for example, site access/circulation and utility connections). Because the service provided is fundamentally space capacity for people and programs, Public Meeting Facilities are measured in building square feet rather than acreage or collections.

The system is distributed across the City and varies in size and program mix. Larger centers accommodate citywide events and multi-room scheduling, while smaller sites provide neighborhoodscale rooms and activity spaces. This mix allows the City to schedule concurrent programs without displacing standing community uses.

The City’s current inventory totals 50,509 SF of Public Meeting Facilities building space. The complete facility list and square footage are provided in Table 10-1 (Public Meeting Facilities Inventory), which serves as the basis for the level-of-service standard used later in this chapter. In addition, the existing Public Meeting Facilities fund balance is converted to equivalent capacity by dividing the current balance ($232,104) by the program’s total unit cost ($453 per SF, comprised of $380 construction and $73 land). The fund balance is applied as a direct cost deduction from the gross program cost, reducing the net amount charged to new development.
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Table 10-1
Public Meeting Facilities Inventory
Land Use Square Feet
Simpson Center 20,422
Weston Park Shuffleboard 5,762
Weston Park Restrooms 848
Gibbel Park Bowling Green 1,093
Gibbel Park Restrooms 848
Gibbel Park South Pavilion 1,348
Gibbel Park North Pavilion 816
Simpson Park Gazebo 3,710
Simpson Park Restrooms 1,252
Brubaker Park Clubhouse 5,000
Brubaker Park North Pavilion 816
Brubaker Park South Pavilion 816
McSweeney Park Restrooms 504
McSweeney Park Pavilion 3,530
Mary Henley Park Pavilion 1 816
Mary Henley Park Pavilion 2 816
Mary Henley Park Pavilion 3 816
Mary Henley Park Pavilion 4 240
Mary Henley Park Pavilion 5 240
Stoney Mountain Park Pavilion 816
Total 50,509 SF
Existing Financial Commitment: To illustrate the scale of the City’s prior investment in Public Meeting Facilities, the planning-level replacement value of the current building inventory is estimated as:
• Inventory for replacement-value analysis: 50,509 SF
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report • Replacement cost per building SF (model): $453 per SF (comprised of $380 construction + $73 land)
• Estimated replacement value: $22,880,577 (calculation: 50,509 SF × $453/SF = $22,880,577) This �igure provides context for the magnitude of the existing system; it does not create an obligation to replace existing facilities with fee revenues. New development pays only its proportional share to maintain the current service standard as growth occurs.

Level of Service: The level of service (LOS) for Public Meeting Facilities is de�ined as square feet per resident and is derived from the existing system:
• Existing Public Meeting Facilities SF (physical built inventory): 50,509 SF • Resident population served: 89,663
• Service standard (SF per resident): 0.563
The LOS is calculated as building inventory ÷ resident population (50,509 ÷ 89,663 = 0.563). The existing Public Meeting Facilities fund balance of $232,104 is applied as a direct cost deduction from the gross program cost before allocating costs to new development, ensuring new development is not charged for capacity already funded through prior collections. Growth funds the additional building area required to keep this standard for both new and existing residents.

Growth and Demand
Method: The program maintains Hemet’s existing Public Meeting Facilities building-space-perresident standard. Based on the documented inventory and current resident population, the model uses a service standard of 0.563 square feet per resident. This LOS is held constant for growth: new development funds the additional building area needed to preserve today’s service level for both new and existing residents. Consistent with AB-602, residential fees are calculated on a per square foot basis; values are computed at full precision in the model and displayed using whole dollars and whole square feet, with the LOS shown to three decimals.

Cost Basis: Unit Cost Components (per building SF). The replacement value of Public Meeting Facilities space is priced per square foot and consists of construction and land:
• Construction cost: $380 per SF.

Basis: Valley-Wide Recreation & Park District Master Plan (GreenPlay, LLC & RRC Associates, 2021) benchmark for community/recreation centers (�ieldhouse), adopted for Hemet as the most defensible local planning value.
• Land cost: $73 per SF.

Basis: Derived from Hemet market evidence indicating a planning baseline of $800,000 per acre for community-center-suitable parcels. This value converts to $18 per land SF ($800,000 ÷ 43,560) and, using a 0.25 �loor area ratio (FAR), equals $73 per building SF. A detailed 182

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• Total unit cost: $453 per SF (construction + land).

Policy Notes.

These planning values will be re-evaluated in future updates as new construction indices or land appraisals become available. If a City-prepared appraisal supersedes the planning baseline, the appraised value will be used.

Calculation Framework

1. Convert growth to residents. Net-new dwelling units are converted to net-new residents using the study’s persons-per-household factors by housing type.

2. Size the required building area. Apply Hemet’s level of service (LOS) of 0.563 SF per resident to net-new residents to determine the required building SF for growth.

3. Apply the unit cost. Multiply the required building SF by $453 per SF to obtain the cost attributable to growth (construction + land).

4. Express AB-602 fees per residential SF. Convert the resulting cost per resident to $ per residential SF by housing type; schedules and revenue projections are presented later in the chapter.

All computations are performed at full precision in the model; published �igures are shown as whole dollars and whole numbers.

Required Building Area: To maintain the City’s established level of service for Public Meeting Facilities, the building area required for growth is calculated as:

Net-new residents × Service standard
• Growth population (net-new residents): 40,756
• Service standard (SF per resident): 0.563
• Required building area: 40,756 × 0.563 = 22,959 SF
This �igure represents the additional Public Meeting Facilities building space needed to serve future growth while preserving the existing level of service for both new and existing residents. Cost applications (construction and land) are addressed later in this chapter.

Fee Nexus and Allocation
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report space using the unit costs in the Cost Basis section. Consistent with AB-602, fees are expressed per square foot of residential �loor area, so larger homes pay proportionally more. The fee applies to residential development only; a defensible proportional linkage to nonresidential �loor area is not established for this facility type.

Allocation by Housing Type: Fees are calibrated by housing type using the study’s persons-perhousehold (PPH) and average unit size values. This approach aligns each development type’s payment with its relative demand for Public Meeting Facilities, ensuring the same service standard is maintained for both new and existing residents.

The City may adopt any amount at or below the maximum justi�ied levels and may implement annual indexing and administrative provisions consistent with the Mitigation Fee Act and AB602. Residential fee schedule (per square foot of unit �loor area): Fees are charged per square foot of residential �loor area at building permit issuance. Rates re�lect the established service standard of 0.563 square feet per resident and the cost basis described in the Cost Basis section. The fee applies to residential development only, as no proportional linkage has been established for nonresidential uses.

Table 10-2
Summary of Proposed Development Impact Fees
Land Use Fee Per SF
Single-Family Residential $0.375/SF
Multiple-Family Residential $0.736/SF
Mobile Home Dwelling Units $0.308/SF
Revenue Projection
Using the adopted per square foot schedule and the model’s growth residential �loor area, the maximum Public Meeting Facilities fee revenue at full buildout is:
• Single-Family Residential: 16,554,240 SF × $0.375/SF = $6,210,588 • Multiple-Family Residential: 5,309,684 SF × $0.736/SF = $3,906,669 • Mobile Home Dwelling Units: 200,000 SF × $0.308/SF = $61,578 Total: $10,178,836
Notes: Results re�lect growth only. Component subtotals are rounded to the dollar; minor rounding differences may occur—the total controls.
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report The capacity project total equals the cost basis (22,959.2761 SF × $453.46 = $10,178,836.45).

Projected revenue matches this amount when calculated at full precision.

Capital Program and Use of Funds
Impact fee revenues are restricted to capital improvements that add Public Meeting Facilities capacity. Eligible uses include planning, design, permitting, construction, interior build-out, and the on-site improvements necessary to place new or expanded space into service (for example, access/circulation and utility connections). Land acquisition is eligible when required to deliver the building program. Fees may not be used for operations, routine maintenance, or like-for-like replacements that do not increase capacity. Funds may be programmed citywide wherever projects maintain the established service standard for residents. Credits may be considered where an applicant constructs eligible Public Meeting Facilities improvements consistent with this program, subject to City review and approval; any reimbursement provisions would require speci�ic City authorization.

To translate the growth requirement into deliverable capital work, the program establishes a Public Meeting Facilities Capacity Expansion project that packages the growth-related square footage into a scoped, fundable action. This capacity may be delivered through additions at existing centers and/or a new multi-purpose facility, with �inal siting and phasing determined during capital planning.

Public Meeting Facilities Projects
Project ID: PF-001
Project Title: Public Meeting Facilities Capacity Expansion Description: This project expands Public Meeting Facilities building space to accommodate additional residents and maintain the City’s service standard of 0.563 square feet per resident. The scope includes planning, design, permitting, construction, interior build-out, and on-site improvements necessary to place the space into service. Capacity may be delivered through additions at existing centers and/or construction of a new multi-purpose facility. The project provides 22,959 SF of new Public Meeting Facilities building capacity identi�ied in the growth analysis, ensuring the City’s level of service is maintained as development occurs.

Size: 22,959 square feet (growth-related building expansion) Location: To be determined, City of Hemet
New Development Share: 100%–$10,178,836 (to be funded through Public Meeting Facilities Impact Fees)2
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Existing Community Share: 0%–$0 (not eligible for impact fee funding) Total Cost: $10,178,836
Timing: 2026-2036
Administrative Provisions
Applicability and Collection: The Public Meeting Facilities fee applies to net-new residential �loor area. Fees are calculated using the adopted per square foot schedule by housing type and are collected at building permit (or as otherwise speci�ied by City ordinance). Additions are charged on the incremental square footage; demolitions/removals receive credit, so applicants are charged only on the net increase. Change-of-use situations are addressed by applying the schedule to the net change in residential �loor area. The fee applies to residential development only.

Indexing and Price Date: Published rates re�lect the current year (2025). Following adoption, the fee shall be indexed annually to preserve purchasing power. The construction component is adjusted using the City’s adopted ENR Building Cost Index (or successor index). The land component is not indexed by ENR; updates to land cost should rely on current appraisals, documented comparable acquisitions, or other City-accepted evidence. Published rates re�lect the current index year; the model retains full-precision calculations.

Use of Funds: Revenues are restricted to capital improvements that add Public Meeting Facilities capacity, including planning, design, permitting, construction, interior build-out, and on-site improvements required to place the space into service (e.g., access/circulation and utility connections). Land acquisition is eligible when required to deliver the building program. Funds may not be used for operations, routine maintenance, or like-for-like replacements that do not increase capacity. Revenues may be programmed citywide where projects maintain the established service standard.

Credits and Reimbursements: Where an applicant constructs eligible Public Meeting Facilities improvements or dedicates eligible land accepted by the City, the applicant is entitled to a credit or reimbursement up to the lesser of: (a) the actual, documented cost of the eligible improvement/land, or (b) the value recognized by this program for the same scope. Credits require a written agreement, are applied only to the same project and program, and may not exceed the fee otherwise due. The City may require plans, invoices, appraisals, and other documentation to substantiate eligibility and value.

Adjustments and Appeals: An applicant may request an individualized fee adjustment by submitting substantial evidence (e.g., an independent fee study, current appraisal for land, or other technical documentation) demonstrating that the development’s demand or characteristics differ materially from the assumptions used in this chapter. The City will review the submission and may approve an adjustment to ensure the fee remains proportional.

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Effective Date and Transition: The fee applies to projects deemed complete (or receiving building permits) on or after the effective date of the adopting ordinance, subject to any City-adopted transition provisions. Previously paid fees, credits, or development agreements remain in effect pursuant to their terms.

Rounding and Precision: The model maintains full computational precision, but published �igures follow these conventions: per square foot rates are shown to three decimals; currency (totals, balances, and project costs) is shown to whole dollars; counts and square footage are shown as whole numbers. For LOS references, Hemet’s standard is 0.563 SF per resident. Minor differences are solely due to display rounding.

Five Findings

1. Purpose of the Fee
The purpose of the fee is to fund the expansion of Public Meeting Facilities building space necessary to maintain the City’s established level of service as new residential development adds population that uses public meeting space.

2. Use of the Fee
Fee revenues will be used to �inance the construction and expansion of Public Meeting Facilities, including interior build-out and the on-site improvements necessary to place space into service (e.g., access/circulation and utility connections). Land acquisition is eligible when required to deliver the building program.

3. Relationship Between Fee’s Use and Type of Development New residential development increases population, which increases demand for Public Meeting Facilities. Fee revenues are used to add building capacity that serves those residents.

Because the empirical demand is resident-based, the fee applies to residential development only and is charged per square foot of residential �loor area consistent with AB-602.

4. Relationship Between Need and Type of Development
The need for expanded facilities arises directly from new residents. The program maintains Hemet’s service standard of 0.563 square feet per resident; applying this standard to the growth population (40,756 net-new residents) yields 22,959 SF of required building area to serve development at the established level of service.

5. Relationship Between Amount of Fee and Cost Attributable to Development The fee amount is based on the required building area and the program’s unit cost of $453 per SF (construction + land), then expressed per square foot of residential �loor area by housing type. The resulting residential schedule is $0.375/SF (Single-Family Residential), 187

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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report $0.736/SF (Multiple-Family Residential), and $0.308/SF (Mobile Home Dwelling Units), ensuring no housing type is charged more than its proportional share of the cost needed to serve growth.

References
GreenPlay, LLC & RRC Associates. (2021). Valley-Wide Recreation & Park District. 2020 Master Plan Update (Revised January 2021). Hemet: City of Hemet.

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Chapter 11
Library Facilities and Collections
Purpose and Scope
Purpose: This chapter establishes the Library Facilities and Collections Impact Fee so that new residential development in the City of Hemet contributes its fair, proportional share of the library building space and collection resources needed to serve the added population, consistent with the Mitigation Fee Act (Government Code § 66000 et seq.) and AB-602. The objective is to maintain Hemet’s existing level of service for both facilities (building square footage accessible to residents) and collections (physical items, e-resources, public electronic equipment, and related collection software) as development occurs, avoiding any decline in service for either new or existing residents.

The fee converts net-new residents from residential projects into a building-space requirement and a collection requirement based on the City’s current service standards. Those requirements are then valued using the unit costs de�ined in this chapter and expressed per square foot of residential �loor area in accordance with AB-602, ensuring larger homes (and housing types with higher occupancy) pay proportionally more. Revenues are deposited in a dedicated fund and may be used only for eligible, capacity-adding library improvements and collection acquisitions; they may not be used for operations or maintenance. Credits or reimbursements may be granted where an applicant constructs eligible improvements, dedicates eligible land, or funds eligible collection acquisitions that the City accepts into the public system.

Scope of Improvements: Eligible improvements include: (a) library building projects that add public service space (planning, design, permitting, construction, interior buildout, and on-site/codetriggered work necessary to place space into service); (b) collection acquisitions (physical items and e-resources), public electronic equipment, and related collection software; and (c) land acquisition when required to deliver the building program. Costs for operations, routine maintenance, and likefor-like replacements that do not increase capacity are not eligible.

Scope of Bene�iciaries: The Library Facilities and Collections Impact Fee applies to residential development only. Empirical demand for library services in the City of Hemet is resident-based, as library buildings, materials, and digital resources primarily serve the City’s households and residents.

No proportional linkage to nonresidential �loor area is established for this facility type.

The program is calibrated so that new growth funds the incremental facilities and collections required to serve additional residents, ensuring that Hemet maintains its established level of service for both new and existing residents as the community expands.

Scope of Nexus: New residential development adds population that uses Hemet’s library buildings and collections. The program measures demand using the City’s existing service standards, building square feet per resident and collection units per resident, and sizes growth’s share as the additional building area and collection units required to keep those standards whole. 189

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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Those requirements are valued using the unit costs described in the Method section. Consistent with AB-602, charges are stated per square foot of residential �loor area by housing type, so each project’s fee aligns with the demand it creates.

Existing System
Assets and Infrastructure: The City’s library system provides reading rooms, public computing, study and program space, and circulation services across its public facilities. Building square footage is used in this chapter to establish the facility level-of-service (LOS) standard.

In addition to facilities, the system maintains a multi-format public collection and supporting technology. Based on the most recent inventory provided, the City’s total public collection is 100,008 items. Current public-facing technology and equipment include an integrated library automation platform with servers, eight self-checkout stations, one 24/7 outdoor materials kiosk, 24 PCs for staff and public use, public computer-management software with servers, an automated materials return and sorting system (13 bins), an open-access/early-entry system with 13 security cameras, four security gates, a people counter, a children’s play/activity center, and AV equipment (monitors, sound equipment, microphones).
(Facility square footage sets the building LOS; the collection and technology inventory inform the collection standard and per-resident collection inputs used later in this chapter.) Existing Financial Commitment: These �igures summarize the scale of the City’s prior capital investment in the library system (context only; not all components are fee-eligible). All values are expressed in 2025 dollars.
• Building construction value (existing library facilities): $29,784,197 • Furniture & Equipment (facility F&E): $893,525.91
• Equivalent land value (at $800,000 per acre and 0.25 FAR): $3,623,140 • Planning-level replacement context (construction + F&E + equivalent land): $34,300,863 • Collections & supporting technology (planning-level total value): $4,846,648 Notes:
• The equivalent land value is expressed per building square foot based on a land cost of $800,000 per acre and a 0.25 �loor area ratio (FAR).
• Values re�lect the City’s current capitalized cost basis for library facilities, furnishings, and collections.
• These �igures provide context only; fee revenues are restricted to capacity-adding improvements as de�ined in this chapter.
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Level of Service: The program maintains the City’s existing service standards so that growth funds the incremental facilities and collections needed to keep service whole for both new and existing residents.
• Population (current): 89,663
• Library building standard: 0.550 SF per resident
• Basis: 49,320 SF ÷ 89,663 residents ≈ 0.550 SF/resident • Library collection standard: 1.115 units per resident (physical items + e-resource equivalents)
• Basis: 100,008 items ÷ 89,663 residents ≈ 1.115 units/resident These standards are applied in Growth and Demand to size the required building area and collection additions attributable to net-new residents; unit costs are applied in Method. Fees are expressed per square foot of residential �loor area consistent with AB-602.

Growth and Demand
Method: The Library program maintains the City’s existing service standards for both building space and collections as residential growth occurs. Fees apply only to residential development and are assessed on net-new residential �loor area. In mixed-use projects, only the residential portion is subject to this fee. Additions are charged on the incremental square footage, while demolitions or removals receive a credit for prior area, so applicants pay only the net increase. Net-new dwelling units are converted to net-new residents using the City’s adopted persons-per-household factors by housing type.

The service standards are held constant at 0.550 SF per resident for buildings and 1.115 items/eresource units per resident for collections. Consistent with Assembly Bill 602 (AB-602), charges are expressed per square foot of residential �loor area by housing type, so larger homes—and housing types with higher occupancy—pay proportionally more. Credits or reimbursements may be provided where an applicant constructs eligible library improvements, dedicates eligible land, or funds eligible collection acquisitions that the City accepts into the public system.

Cost Basis: All unit costs, inventory values, and collection costs used in this chapter are stated in 2025 dollars. Building-related values are based on the City’s Statement of Values (SOV) for insured property (the City’s insurance property schedule). Collection costs, including physical items, eresources, and supporting technology, were provided directly by the City and re�lect the current planning-level value of library collection assets.

The building unit cost (per building square foot) is $695/SF, comprised of $604/SF (construction), $73/SF (land, based on $800,000 per acre at a 0.25 FAR), and $17/SF (furniture & equipment). The collection cost (per additional resident) is $56. Construction costs are indexed periodically using the City’s selected construction cost index; land is not indexed by ENR and is revisited during comprehensive updates; furniture, equipment, and collection costs are refreshed during 191

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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report comprehensive updates or via current vendor quotations. For the AB-602 per-square-foot expression, the City’s adopted persons-per-household (PPH) factors and average dwelling unit sizes by housing type (as established in Chapter 1) are applied consistently in this chapter.

Calculation Framework

1. Net-new residents are derived from net-new dwelling units using City PPH by housing type.

2. Required building area = net-new residents × 0.550 SF/resident.

3. Required collection additions = net-new residents × 1.115 units/resident.

4. Per resident costs (City-provided): Building $382.18 and Collections $54.05, for a Total $436.23 per additional resident.

5. Per SF schedule (AB-602): Convert each housing type’s $ per dwelling to $ per SF by dividing by its average unit size; publish per SF rates by housing type.

Required Building Area (growth only): Using the growth population from the model, calculate:
• Required library building area (growth only) = [net-new residents] × 0.550 SF per resident. • Required collections (growth only) = [net-new residents] × 1.115 units per resident.

These outputs represent the additional library building space and collection units required solely to serve net-new residents at the City’s adopted standards; they exclude backlog, maintenance, and likefor-like replacements. The capital program will deliver this capacity through additions to existing branches or a new facility and targeted collection acquisitions so that the level of service for both new and existing residents remains whole.

Fee Nexus and Allocation
Basis of Proportionality: New residential development adds residents who use library buildings and collections. To keep service whole, the program maintains the City’s adopted standards—0.550 SF of building per resident and 1.115 collection units per resident—and charges growth for the additional building area and collection units required to meet those standards. Consistent with AB602, fees are expressed per square foot of residential �loor area so larger homes (and housing types with higher occupancy) pay proportionally more. A defensible proportional linkage to nonresidential �loor area is not established for this facility type, so the fee applies to residential development only.

Allocation by Housing Type: Allocation uses each housing category’s PPH and average unit size.

Step 1 — Per-dwelling cost (by category):
• Building component = PPH × 0.550 (SF per resident) × Building $/SF • Collections component = PPH × 1.115 (units per resident) × Collection $/resident • Per-dwelling cost = Building component + Collections component (Currency shown in whole dollars; LOS shown to three decimals.) 192

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• Per-SF fee = Per-dwelling cost ÷ Average unit size (SF) This ties each category’s fee to the demand it generates, while holding the same building and collection standards citywide.

The City may adopt any amount at or below the maximum justi�ied levels and may implement annual indexing and administrative provisions consistent with the Mitigation Fee Act and AB602. Residential Fee Schedule: The Library Facilities and Collections fees below are stated per square foot of residential �loor area. Amounts re�lect the current price date (2025) and the Cityprovided cost inputs. Calculations are performed at full precision; currency is published to three decimals and project totals to the dollar. Apply the schedule to net-new residential �loor area at building permit. Additions are charged on the incremental square footage, and demolitions receive credit for prior area, consistent with this chapter. PPH and average unit sizes by housing type are the City’s adopted values from Chapter 1; the per-SF fees below are computed directly from those inputs and the total dollars per resident.

Table 11-1
Summary of Proposed Development Impact Fees
Land Use Per SF
Single-Family Residential $0.655/SF
Multiple-Family Residential $1.285/SF
Mobile Home Dwelling Units $0.538/SF
Revenue Projection
Using the Library per-dwelling schedule and the model’s potential residential units, the gross buildout projection is:
• Single-Family Residential: 7,185 units × $1,509.807 per DU = $10,847,965 • Multiple-Family Residential: 5,734 units × $1,190.047 per DU = $6,823,732 • Mobile Home Dwelling Units: 160 units × $672.237 per DU = $107,558 Total (to the dollar): $17,779,255
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To translate growth’s needs into deliverable work, the program packages required building area and collection additions into two coordinated projects. Fee revenues are limited to capacity-adding improvements, planning, design, permitting, construction/expansion, interior buildout, and on-site or code-triggered work necessary to place space into service, as well as collection acquisitions (physical items and e-resources) with supporting public electronic equipment. Land acquisition is eligible when required to deliver the building program. Funds may not be used for operations, routine maintenance, or like-for-like replacements that do not increase capacity. Projects may be implemented at existing branches or a new site, wherever they best maintain the adopted service levels.

Based on the program’s buildout total of $17,779,255, the City allocates funding in proportion to the per-resident cost components used in the fee calculation, resulting in two projects delivered in parallel: Library Facilities (building capacity) — $15,576,218, and Collections & Supporting Technology — $2,203,037.

Library Facilities and Collections Projects
Project ID: LB-001
Project Title: Library Collection Expansion
Description: Expands the City’s public collection to maintain the adopted 1.115 units per resident standard as residential development adds population. The scope includes acquisition of physical items and e-resources, related collection software, and public electronic equipment necessary to place resources into service.

Size: 45,460 collection units/e-resource equivalents
Location: To be determined, City of Hemet
New Development Share: 100% – $2,203,037 (to be funded through Library Facilities and Collections Impact Fees)
Existing Community Share: 0% – $0 (non-growth cost, funded from other sources) Total Cost: $2,203,037
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: LB-002
Project Title: Library Facilities Expansion
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Description: Constructs/expands library building space to maintain the adopted 0.550 SF per resident facility standard as population grows. Scope includes planning, design, permitting, construction, interior buildout, and on-site/code-triggered improvements; land acquisition is included if required to deliver the building program. Delivery may include additions or remodels at existing branches and/or a new facility.

Size: 22,421 SF
Location: To be determined, City of Hemet
New Development Share: 100% – $15,576,218 (to be funded with Library Facilities and Collections Impact Fees)
Existing Community Share: 0% – $0 (non-growth cost, funded from other sources) Total Cost: $15,576,218
Timing: 2026–2036
Administrative Provisions
Applicability and Collections: The Library Facilities and Collections Impact Fee applies to residential development only and is assessed per square foot of residential �loor area. Mixed-use projects are assessed by category; only the residential portion is subject to this fee. For additions, charge only the incremental new �loor area. For demolitions or removals, provide a credit for the prior area so applicants are charged only for the net increase. The fee is calculated from net-new dwelling units to net-new residents (by City PPH) and expressed per SF under AB-602.

Indexing and Price Date: Price date: 2025. The construction component of the building unit cost is indexed annually to the City’s ENR Building Cost Index (BCI) (or successor). Land is not indexed by ENR. Furniture & Equipment and collection costs are re-priced during comprehensive updates or by documented vendor quotations (not ENR-indexed). Indexing adjusts fee levels but does not change the adopted service standards or method.

Use of Funds: Revenues are restricted to capacity-adding improvements that maintain the adopted standards (0.550 SF/resident for buildings; 1.115 units/resident for collections). Eligible uses include planning, design, permitting, building construction/expansion, interior buildout, and onsite/code-triggered work necessary to place space into service, as well as collection acquisitions (physical items and e-resources) with supporting public electronic equipment and collection software. Land acquisition is eligible when required to deliver the building program. Funds may not be used for operations, routine maintenance, or like-for-like replacements that do not increase capacity.

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Adjustments and Appeals: Applicants may request an adjustment or submit an independent fee calculation where project characteristics materially differ from the assumptions in this chapter (e.g., atypical unit sizes or demonstrated PPH). Submittals must use methods consistent with this chapter and include supporting documentation for City review. Appeals are processed pursuant to City ordinance and applicable administrative procedures.

Fund Accounting and Reporting: All revenues are deposited in a separate impact-fee fund and expended solely for eligible library capital improvements consistent with this chapter. The City prepares annual reports consistent with Gov. Code §66006 and adopts �ive-year �indings for any unexpended balances consistent with Gov. Code §66001(d).

Effective Date and Transition: The fee schedule becomes effective on the date established by City Council. Applications deemed complete prior to the effective date are processed under the prior schedule unless otherwise provided by ordinance or agreement. Existing development agreements and duly executed reimbursement/credit agreements are honored according to their terms.

Rounding and Precision: All calculations are performed at full precision. For publication: per SF rates are shown to three decimals, the service standard is shown to three decimals (0.550 SF/resident; 1.115 units/resident), and project totals are shown to the dollar. Minor rounding differences may occur across subtotals.

Five Findings

1. Purpose of the Fee
The purpose of the fee is to fund the expansion of library building space and collection resources necessary to maintain the City’s established level of service as new residential development adds population that uses library facilities and materials.

2. Use of the Fee
Fee revenues will be used to �inance the construction and expansion of library buildings, interior buildout, and on-site/code-triggered improvements necessary to place space into service; land acquisition is eligible when required to deliver the building program. Revenues will also fund eligible collection acquisitions (physical items and e-resources), related collection software, and public electronic equipment.

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4. Relationship Between the Need for Facilities and the Type of Development The need for expanded library facilities and collections arises directly from new residents generated by residential development. The program maintains the City’s adopted service standards—0.550 SF per resident for buildings and 1.115 units per resident for collections— and applies them to growth to determine the additional capacity required to keep service whole for both new and existing residents. In effect, the required building area equals netnew residents multiplied by 0.550 SF per resident, and the required collections equal netnew residents multiplied by 1.115 units per resident. These needs are attributable solely to residential growth and exclude backlog, maintenance, and like-for-like replacements.

5. Relationship Between the Amount of the Fee and the Cost Attributable to Development The fee amount is derived by converting each housing type’s projected demand—measured through persons-per-household and the City’s adopted service standards for buildings and collections—into a per-dwelling cost, and then expressing that amount per square foot of residential �loor area using the housing type’s average unit size (AB-602). This method ties each category’s charge directly to the incremental building space and collection units needed to serve its new residents. The resulting per-SF schedule is $0.655/SF for Single-Family Residential, $1.285/SF for Multiple-Family Residential, and $0.538/SF for Mobile Home Dwelling Units, ensuring no housing type is charged more than the cost attributable to the demand it creates.

Implementation Notes
Timing of Payment (Residential): Payment timing conforms to Gov. Code §66007. Fees are collected at building permit unless otherwise provided by ordinance or agreement; the City may allow payment at �inal inspection/certi�icate of occupancy or earlier by agreement.

References
City of Hemet. (2025). Statement of Values — Insured Property Schedule (FY 2025–26). Hemet: City of Hemet.

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Purpose and Scope
Purpose: Update the City’s existing Parks development impact fee (DIF) under the Mitigation Fee Act (AB-1600; Gov. Code § 66000 et seq.) so new residential development continues to fund its fair, proportional share of (a) parkland acquisition and (b) capacity-adding park improvements needed to maintain the City’s existing level of service (LOS) as population grows; establish a new Open Space component (land-only acquisitions for access/corridors; any activation improvements are funded under Parks); and continue the Regional Park participation by allocating a �ixed 16.3% share of Parks DIF receipts to the Valley-Wide Recreation & Park District for capacity-enhancing improvements at Diamond Valley Lake Community Park. Consistent with AB-602, residential fees are expressed on a per square foot basis using the City’s adopted demographic and land use inputs. Quimby Act (Gov.

Code § 66477) subdivision dedication and in-lieu requirements—if and where adopted by City ordinance—are recognized and administered separately and credited �irst to avoid double-counting.

The Regional Park facility is tracked in a separate sub-ledger, excluded from the City’s park inventory and LOS, and treated as proportional participation rather than City-owned acreage.

Scope of Improvements:

Parks (Parkland & Park Improvements): Eligible capital uses include parkland acquisition; planning, design, and permitting; site preparation and capacity-adding improvements such as multipurpose turf and hardscape areas, courts and �ields, destination playgrounds, restrooms and support buildings, lighting and fencing, internal paths and trailheads, and on-site accessibility upgrades necessary to place new capacity into service.

Open Space (Acquisition / Protection): Eligible uses include acquisition or protection of recreation-supporting open spaces, such as linear greenways and off-street trail corridors, to maintain the City’s open space standard. Open space sites must be suitable for recreation or park use to qualify under this fee. Improvements that activate or enhance open space areas (e.g., paving, lighting, way�inding) are funded under the Parks component rather than the Open Space fee, consistent with land-only treatment for open space acquisitions.

Regional Park Participation: The Regional Park component continues the City’s participation in the Valley-Wide Recreation & Park District’s Diamond Valley Lake Community Park. A �ixed 16.3% of Parks DIF receipts is allocated annually to the District for capacity-enhancing improvements at this regional facility. The Regional Park Fund is tracked in a separate sub-ledger (Fund 362) under AB1600 reporting, ensuring transparency and preventing commingling with City-owned park revenues.

Quimby (Subdivision) Dedication / Fee: For subdivisions, the City may require land dedication and/or in-lieu fees under the Quimby Act (Gov. Code § 66477). Quimby funds may be used to develop new or rehabilitate existing neighborhood or community park and recreation facilities that serve the 198

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Scope of Bene�iciaries: This program is resident-based for Parks and applies to residential development citywide. Fees are assessed per square foot of residential �loor area consistent with AB602. For mixed-use projects, assessments are applied by category, and only the residential component is subject to the Parks fee. Residential categories include Single-Family Residential, Multiple-Family Residential, and Mobile Home Dwelling Units. Because Parks facilities function as a citywide system, improvements funded by this program bene�it both new and existing residents, maintaining a consistent level of service across all neighborhoods.

The Open Space component applies to both residential and nonresidential development.

Residential Open Space fees are expressed per square foot using the City’s open space standard and cost factors.

Nonresidential Open Space contributions are expressed per square foot by land use category (and, where appropriate, per Room for Commercial Lodging Rooms) and are administered alongside—but accounted separately from—the Parks fee to prevent double-counting. Open Space improvements provide recreation access, trail linkages, and connectivity serving the community as a whole.

Scope of Nexus:

Parks (Resident-Based): New dwelling units generate net-new residents, and those residents require added park capacity to maintain the City’s existing level of service (LOS). Net-new residents are calculated by multiplying new dwelling units by the applicable persons-per-household (SingleFamily Residential: 3.461; Multiple-Family Residential: 2.728; Mobile Home Dwelling Units: 1.541).

Required park acreage is then determined by applying the adopted acres-per-1,000-residents standard to the net-new residents. That acreage is priced using the City’s unit costs per acre for land and improvements to produce a cost per resident. The result is translated to cost per square foot by dividing by the average dwelling square footage for each housing type, using the dwelling size assumptions established in Chapter 2 and summarized in Use in Calculations. For mixed-use development, the calculation applies only to the residential component.

Open Space (Residential & Nonresidential): Residential Open Space follows the same residentbased method described above, using the City’s open space standard (acres per 1,000 residents) and the open space land-only unit cost per acre to derive cost per resident, cost per unit, and cost per square foot by housing type based on the applicable persons-per-household and average dwelling square footage.

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Regional Park Participation (Proportional Share): The regional component is not part of the City’s park acreage or LOS. Instead, the City participates through a �ixed 16.3% allocation of Parks DIF receipts for capacity-enhancing improvements at the regional facility operated by the Valley-Wide Recreation & Park District. This is a proportional-participation nexus rather than an acreage-based standard; funds are restricted to capital improvements that expand usable recreation capacity serving City residents.

Existing System
This section establishes the baseline park and open space system used to evaluate the City’s level of service (LOS) and to derive the fee. It documents current inventories, states how LOS is measured, and explains how existing capacity represented by fund balances is treated in the calculations.

Park Inventory: The City’s park system inventory is documented in Table 12-1, which lists each site and shows park type, developed and undeveloped acreage, core amenities, and notes relevant to eligibility and project scoping. This inventory re�lects the City’s current holdings and is used to benchmark the LOS that new development must maintain. The City’s LOS for parks is measured in acres per 1,000 residents, and the inventory in Table 12-1 establishes the baseline for that standard.

Table 12-1
Total Park Inventory
Park Name Acres
Weston Park 4.000
Gibbel Park 11.000
Mary Henley Park 16.000
Spencer Park 0.500
Brubaker Park 60.000
Stoney Mountain Park 7.000
Dave Oltman Park 6.000
Cawston Community Park 0.840
Griffith Way Park 0.210
Welch Memorial Green 0.320
Rodighier Green 0.200
Total 106.07 Acres
Open Space Inventory: Open space resources used for recreation access and connectivity (e.g., greenways and off-street trail corridors) are documented separately. Open space is treated as landonly under this program; activation improvements (paving, trailheads, lighting, way�inding) are funded under the Parks component when they add usable capacity. 200

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Open Space Inventory
Simpson Park 483.5
Total 483.5 Acres
Treatment of Existing Capacity and Fund Balances:
• City Parks balances: The existing Parks DIF fund balance of $33,100,852 is applied as a direct cost deduction from the gross program cost, reducing the net amount charged to new development. The fund balance acres are excluded from the physical inventory so the level of service standard re�lects only physical parkland. New development is not charged for capacity already funded through prior collections.
• Regional Park participation: The Valley-Wide regional facility (Diamond Valley Lake Community Park) is not included in the City’s park acreage or LOS. The City participates through a �ixed 16.3% share of Parks DIF receipts for capacity-enhancing improvements at that facility; amounts are disclosed for transparency and tracked in a separate accounting line, but they do not offset the City’s LOS calculations.

Current Level of Service: LOS is measured as acres per 1,000 residents. Using the inventories summarized in Table 12-1 (Parks) and Table 12-2 (Open Space), and the current resident population of 89,663, the City’s baseline LOS is established separately for Parks and for Open Space (land-only).

The regional facility (Diamond Valley Lake Community Park) is excluded from the City’s park acreage and LOS because it is operated by the Valley-Wide Recreation & Park District and treated as proportional participation rather than City-owned capacity. The fee program is designed to maintain these existing service levels as growth occurs, consistent with the standards adopted in this chapter; LOS will be recalibrated in future updates when the City adopts new population or inventory data.

For Open Space (land-only), the baseline standard is derived as 483.5 acres of Open Space (Table 12- 2) divided by the current resident population of 89,663, expressed per 1,000 residents: 483.5 ÷ (89,663 ÷ 1,000) = 5.392 acres per 1,000 residents.

Standards & Application:

This chapter uses two complementary tracks for Parks and a uni�ied approach for Open Space. For Parks, the non-subdivision impact fee follows the Mitigation Fee Act and is expressed per square foot under AB-602; for subdivisions, the City administers Quimby dedication or in-lieu fees separately.

Open Space applies to both residential and nonresidential development and is stated as dollars per square foot, with residential rates set by housing type and nonresidential rates set by land use category.

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2.728; Mobile Home Dwelling Units: 1.541). The applicable service standard, expressed in acres per 1,000 residents, is then applied to the resulting population to determine the amount of parkland required to serve new development. While these resident-based standards share a common approach for calculating service demand, they differ in how the resulting acreage requirement is implemented, as described in the subsections below.

Parks standard — Non-Subdivision (AB-1600): The study uses a service standard of 1.183 acres per 1,000 residents. The standard is applied to net-new residents to determine required acres, which are then costed and translated to cost per resident, cost per unit (using persons-per-household for Single-Family Residential, Multiple-Family Residential, and Mobile Home Dwelling Units), and �inally to cost per square foot using average dwelling square footage, consistent with AB-602. For mixed-use development, the calculation applies only to the residential component.

Parks standard — Subdivision (Quimby Dedication/Fee): For subdivisions, the City may require land dedication and/or in-lieu fees under the Quimby Act using 3.000 acres per 1,000 residents standard. Quimby is administered separately from the non-subdivision impact fee. Dedications and fees are credited in accordance with the credit and sequencing rules in the Fee Derivation section to avoid double-counting. Where statutory conditions are met, Quimby revenue may be used to develop new or rehabilitate existing neighborhood or community park and recreation facilities that will serve the subdivision.

Open Space Standards and Expressions: Residential Open Space follows the same resident-based method used for Parks. The City’s open space standard (5.392 acres per 1,000 residents), derived from the Current Level of Service using Table 12-2, is applied to net-new residents to determine required open space acreage, which is then priced using the land-only unit cost per acre to derive a cost per resident. That cost is translated to a cost per unit by housing type using the applicable persons-per-household and, consistent with AB-602, converted to a cost per square foot by dividing by the average dwelling square footage for each housing type.

For nonresidential development, Open Space impacts are expressed as dollars per square foot by dividing the open space cost per developed acre by the average existing square feet per developed acre for each land use category; where appropriate, Commercial Lodging Rooms may be expressed on a per Room basis. The nonresidential intensity basis uses 0.0815 acres of Open Space per privately held developed acre, calculated as 483.48 acres of Open Space divided by 5,933.68 privately held developed acres, ensuring proportional allocation across nonresidential land uses.

Application Rules: Fees are assessed on a per square foot basis for residential, consistent with AB602, using housing-type-speci�ic persons-per-household and the average dwelling unit sizes stated in the Use in Calculations section. Mixed-use projects are assessed by category; only the residential portion is subject to the Parks residential fee, and Open Space applies to residential and nonresidential components as speci�ied above. Change-of-use and additions are assessed on the net increase in impact. Quimby applies only to subdivisions and is administered separately from the nonsubdivision impact fee, with clearly de�ined crediting to prevent double-counting. 202

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Chapter 12 Parkland and Open Space Acquisition and Facilities Improvements City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Growth and Demand
This section quanti�ies the additional system capacity required to maintain the City’s adopted levels of service as development occurs. It applies the study standards to net-new demand and identi�ies the resulting capacity for Parks and Open Space. The regional facility (Diamond Valley Lake Community Park) is excluded from LOS and continues to be addressed through the �ixed 16.3% participation framework.

Parks: Applying the adopted service standard of 1.183 acres per 1,000 residents to the net-new residential population of 40,756 yields a gross growth requirement of 60 acres of additional park capacity (calculation: 40,756 × 1.183 ÷ 1,000 = 48.214 → 48, rounded to whole numbers per project conventions). This gross acreage represents the capacity needed to maintain the City’s existing level of service as development occurs. The existing Parks DIF fund balance of $33,100,852 is deducted from the gross program cost in the capital program accounting, yielding a net DIF-eligible cost of $27,167,374 attributable to new development.

Open Space: Residential Open Space needs are derived from the City’s existing Open Space inventory and current resident population (see Current Level of Service and Table 12-2). Applying that standard of 5.392 acres per 1,000 residents to the same net-new residential population of 40,756 produces 220 acres of additional residential open space capacity (calculation: 40,756 × 5.392 ÷ 1,000 = 219.756 → 220, rounded). Nonresidential Open Space impacts are not expressed as acreage; they are derived on an intensity basis as dollars per square foot by dividing the open space cost per developed acre by the average existing square feet per developed acre for each land use category (and, where appropriate, on a per Room basis for Commercial Lodging Rooms). This approach uses the study’s nonresidential intensity factor of 0.0815 acres of Open Space per privately held developed acre and ensures proportional allocation across nonresidential land uses.

Cost Basis
This nexus study adopts planning unit costs and standards anchored to the Valley-Wide Recreation & Park District Master Plan (GreenPlay, LLC & RRC Associates, 2021) and applies them in current studyyear dollars. The cost basis is organized into (1) parkland acquisition (land fair market value (FMV)), (2) park improvements (capacity-adding construction), and (3) Open Space acquisitions (land-only), with regional participation addressed separately. Supporting documentation for the unit-cost benchmarks and planning cost basis used in this chapter is provided in Appendix L (Quality of Life Infrastructure Cost Basis).

Parkland Acquisition (Land Fair Market Value): Parkland land value is established as a planning fair market value (FMV) per acre for fee-simple, park-suitable sites in Hemet. Using the Valley-Wide planning context as the public benchmark and selecting a Hemet-appropriate point within that defensible range, the study sets a planning baseline of $350,000 per acre. This value represents what 203

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Park Improvements (Capacity-Adding Construction): The improvements baseline is derived from the Master Plan’s typical neighborhood/community park program (multi-purpose turf and hardscape areas, courts and �ields, destination playgrounds, restroom/support building, lighting and fencing, internal paths and trailheads, irrigation, and accessibility). Unit costs for these elements are assembled into a prototype build-out and normalized to a per-acre �igure. Excluding operations and maintenance, like-for-like replacement that does not add capacity, programming, and rolling stock, the planning baseline for capacity-adding improvements is $900,000 per acre. This per-acre treatment scales directly with the acreage requirement generated by the level-of-service (LOS) standard.

Open Space (Land-Only) Unit Cost: Open Space is treated as land-only to acquire or protect recreation-supporting corridors (e.g., linear greenways and off-street trail linkages). California planning law generally de�ines “open-space land” as land or water that is essentially unimproved and devoted to open-space use, including natural resources, outdoor recreation, and public health and safety functions. Consistent with that framework, Open Space corridors are often constrained lands (for example, hillside areas, drainage corridors, buffers, or irregular parcels) that support access and resource protection but are not equivalent to park-ready sites intended for active park development.

To re�lect that these parcels typically transact below park-ready sites, the study applies a land valuation factor equal to two-thirds of the parkland land fair market value, resulting in an Open Space unit cost of $233,333 per acre. Any construction needed to activate Open Space corridors (paving, trailheads, lighting, way�inding) is funded under the Parks improvements cost basis when it adds usable capacity.

Use in Calculations: For Parks (non-subdivision, AB-1600), the study applies the adopted LOS of

1.183 acres per 1,000 residents to net-new residents to determine added park acres. Net-new residents are calculated by housing type using persons-per-household (Single-Family Residential:

3.461; Multiple-Family Residential: 2.728; Mobile Home Dwelling Units: 1.541). Required acres are calculated as (net-new residents × 1.183 ÷ 1,000). The study prices parkland at $350,000 (land) + $900,000 (improvements) = $1,250,000 per acre. The AB-1600 cost per 1,000 residents is calculated as ($1,250,000 × 1.183), and the cost per additional resident is that value ÷ 1,000. The cost per additional resident is then multiplied by the applicable persons-per-household to derive cost per unit by housing type. For purposes of converting cost per unit to cost per residential square foot, the study uses average dwelling unit sizes of 2,304 square feet for Single-Family Residential, 926 square feet for Multiple-Family Residential, and 1,250 square feet for Mobile Home Dwelling Units, consistent with the residential assumptions used throughout the report. The resulting costs are expressed on a per-square-foot basis, consistent with AB-602.

For Parks (subdivision, Quimby), the study applies the same resident-based approach to determine parkland demand using the Quimby standard of 3.000 acres per 1,000 residents. Required acres are calculated as (net-new residents × 3.000 ÷ 1,000). The same $1,250,000 per acre cost basis is used to translate the acreage requirement into land dedication and/or in-lieu value; however, Quimby is administered separately and does not translate the requirement into a development impact fee. 204

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Chapter 12 Parkland and Open Space Acquisition and Facilities Improvements City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report For Open Space – Residential, the study applies the resident-based Open Space standard of 5.392 acres per 1,000 residents to net-new residents, calculates required acres as (net-new residents ×

5.392 ÷ 1,000), prices the resulting acres at $233,333 per acre, and translates to cost per resident, cost per unit by housing type using the applicable persons-per-household, and cost per residential square foot using the same average dwelling unit sizes stated above, consistent with AB-602.

For Open Space – Nonresidential, impacts are expressed as $/SF using an intensity method: the Open Space cost per developed acre is divided by the average existing square feet per developed acre for each nonresidential land use category (and, where appropriate, expressed per Room for Commercial Lodging Rooms). The nonresidential intensity basis uses 0.0815 acres of Open Space per privately held developed acre. Regional park participation is addressed separately via the �ixed 16.3% allocation of Parks DIF receipts for capacity-enhancing improvements at the regional facility; it is excluded from the City’s park acreage and LOS.

Indexing: All unit costs are stated in current study-year dollars. The improvement baseline is indexed annually under the City’s construction cost index. Land fair market value (FMV) baselines (parkland and Open Space) are policy values subject to recalibration in future nexus updates when market evidence or adopted planning benchmarks are revised.

Existing Financial Commitment
This section explains how existing fee revenues and credits are treated so that growth pays only its proportional share. Existing balances that have already been collected for Parks are recognized as capacity that is already in hand, and development-provided land or improvements that meet this chapter’s eligibility may receive credits or reimbursement, as applicable, under clear, auditable rules.

Parks Fund Balance Treatment: Existing Parks impact fee balances are converted to a capacityequivalent dollar amount by multiplying the equivalent acres recognized in the park inventory by the combined park cost per acre established in this study (parkland fair market value (FMV) plus capacity-adding improvements). The current Parks DIF fund balance of $33,100,852. This amount is deducted from the gross growth-related program cost before allocating remaining costs to new development, ensuring that new development is not charged for capacity already funded through prior collections. The gross program cost of $60,268,226 less the $33,100,852 fund balance deduction yields a net DIF-eligible cost of $27,167,374. Balances are maintained in the City’s accounting system with legacy subledgers for audit trail and are disclosed in the annual AB-1600 report and the �iveyear �indings.

Open Space Balance Treatment: No dedicated Open Space balance is reported at this time; therefore, there is no capacity credit to apply. Going forward, Open Space contributions will be tracked within the citywide fund in a distinct accounting line so that residential and nonresidential receipts and uses remain traceable and auditable.
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Chapter 12 Parkland and Open Space Acquisition and Facilities Improvements City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Regional Park Participation Balances: Regional Park participation (the 16.3% allocation to the Valley-Wide facility) is tracked in a separate accounting line and disclosed for transparency. Because the regional facility is not part of the City’s park inventory or level of service (LOS), any regional balance is not converted to City park capacity and does not offset the City’s Parks LOS calculations. It is applied exclusively to eligible capacity-enhancing improvements at the regional facility.

Derivation of Maximum Justi�ied Fees
Fees are derived and expressed in accordance with Assembly Bill 602 (AB-602), so results are stated per square foot. For Parks, the calculation is resident-based and applies to residential development.

For Open Space, the calculation applies to both residential and nonresidential development, with residential expressed per square foot by housing type and nonresidential expressed per square foot by land use category. All steps use the study-year costs in the Cost Basis section and the service standards in Standards and Application.

Residential — Parks (Non-Subdivision): Required park acreage is determined by applying the Parks standard of 1.183 acres per 1,000 residents to net-new residents. The resulting acres are priced using the combined per-acre park cost (land plus improvements) to determine a cost per resident, translated to a cost per unit using persons-per-household for Single-Family Residential, MultipleFamily Residential, and Mobile Home Dwelling Units, and then to a cost per square foot by dividing by the average dwelling square footage for each housing type. For mixed-use development, only the residential component is subject to the Parks fee.

Residential — Open Space: The residential Open Space amount is derived using the Open Space standard of 5.392 acres per 1,000 residents applied to net-new residents. The resulting acres are priced using the Open Space land-only cost per acre to determine a cost per resident, then a cost per unit using persons-per-household by housing type, and �inally a cost per square foot by dividing by the average dwelling square footage for each housing type.

Nonresidential — Open Space: Nonresidential Open Space is expressed as dollars per square foot by land use category. The calculation divides the Open Space land-only cost per developed acre by the average existing square feet per developed acre for each nonresidential category, producing a rate per square foot. For lodging uses where appropriate, the contribution is expressed per lodging unit using the same land-only basis and the applicable intensity assumption.

Subdivision — Parks (Quimby): For subdivisions, the City administers Quimby requirements as parkland dedication, in-lieu fee, or a combination, using a standard of 3.000 acres per 1,000 residents as authorized by Gov. Code § 66477 (Quimby Act). This Quimby standard is distinct from the Mitigation Fee Act framework that governs the non-subdivision Parks impact fee. Dedicated land is valued at the current fair market value (FMV) and must meet this chapter’s eligibility, and in-lieu fees are programmed consistent with statutory geographic and timing requirements. To prevent doublecounting where both mechanisms apply, the City recognizes Quimby contributions �irst for their eligible purpose and then assesses the non-subdivision Parks impact fee only for remaining, nonduplicative, growth-related costs. 206

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Chapter 12 Parkland and Open Space Acquisition and Facilities Improvements City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Regional Park Participation — Fixed Allocation (Non-Rate Component): The City’s regional park participation continues under the arrangement with the Valley-Wide Recreation & Park District for the Diamond Valley Lake Community Park. This regional facility is not included in the City’s park inventory or level-of-service (LOS) and therefore is not used in the fee derivation. Instead, the City contributes a �ixed 16.3% allocation of Parks DIF receipts, applied after the Parks residential fee is calculated under AB-602. These funds are restricted to capacity-enhancing improvements that expand usable recreation capacity serving City residents. The regional participation is tracked in a separate accounting line (Fund 362) for AB-1600 reporting, ensuring transparency and preventing commingling with City park revenues. This proportional-participation structure satis�ies the nexus requirement without altering the per square foot fee calculation or the City’s LOS basis.

Mixed-Use, Change of Use, and Additions: Mixed-use projects are assessed by category, with only the residential portion subject to the Parks residential fee and both residential and nonresidential components subject to Open Space as applicable. Changes of use and additions are assessed on the net increase in impact relative to the prior legal use.

Rounding and Presentation: Fees are presented per square foot; see Administrative Provisions:

Rounding and Publication for rounding and publication rules.

Capital Program and Eligibility
The capital program identi�ies the growth-eligible projects and de�ines what costs qualify for Parks and for Open Space. Projects are selected to maintain the City’s adopted service standards as development occurs, and each appropriation will be documented elsewhere in this chapter to preserve a clear audit trail under the Mitigation Fee Act.

Eligibility Test — Parks: Parks funds may be used for parkland acquisition and for capital improvements that add usable recreation capacity to the City’s park system. Eligible work includes site acquisition; site preparation and utility extensions; multi-purpose turf and hardscape areas; �ields and courts; destination playgrounds; restrooms and support buildings; lighting and fencing; internal paths and trailheads; irrigation; and accessibility features necessary to place new capacity into service. Planning, environmental review, design, permitting, construction management, and prudent contingencies are eligible when they are capitalized to deliver new capacity. Operations and routine maintenance, programming, rolling stock, and like-for-like replacements that do not add capacity are not eligible.

Eligibility Test — Open Space: Open Space funds are used for the acquisition of land or property interests that support recreation access and connectivity, including linear greenways and off-street trail corridors that are suitable for recreation or park use. The Open Space component is a land-only program, where development of recreation facilities is required to make an acquired corridor usable; those construction costs are treated under the Parks improvements cost basis if they add capacity.

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Chapter 12 Parkland and Open Space Acquisition and Facilities Improvements City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Quimby Interface — Eligible Uses and Coordination: Quimby requirements may be satis�ied through parkland dedication, in-lieu fees, or a combination. Quimby contributions may be used to acquire or develop neighborhood or community park and recreation facilities that will serve the subdivision, and—where statutory conditions and �indings are met—to rehabilitate existing park facilities. This chapter coordinates Quimby with the non-subdivision Parks impact fee by recognizing Quimby contributions �irst for their eligible purpose and then applying the Parks impact fee only to remaining, non-duplicative, growth-related costs. The City will make any required geographic and service �indings at appropriation to ensure compliance with the Subdivision Map Act.

Project Listing and Tags: The capital program provides a citywide list of growth-eligible projects that implement this chapter. Each listed project is tagged as Citywide or Legacy-eligible for transition purposes. The list may be expanded or re�ined by Council action, provided added projects meet the eligibility tests in this section and are consistent with maintaining the adopted service standards.

Programming and Prioritization: Appropriations are considered only for projects that add usable recreation capacity. Among those eligible projects, priority is given to locations that score highest under the Parks Master Plan’s access and equity framework while maintaining the adopted service standards.

Land Dedication and Site Control: Where a development dedicates parkland that meets the eligibility criteria of this chapter, the land is credited at fair market value and can be incorporated into the capital program. For City acquisitions, fee revenues may be combined with grants or other sources to assemble sites of suf�icient size and con�iguration to function as neighborhood or community parks or as eligible open space corridors.

Soft Costs and Delivery: Capital soft costs that are integral to delivering new capacity are allowable within the Parks improvements cost basis, including planning, environmental clearance, design, permitting, construction management, and prudent contingencies. These costs are tracked by project to support clear crediting and reimbursement.

Replacement and Rehabilitation: Replacement or rehabilitation projects are eligible only when they create additional usable recreation capacity, such as converting underutilized space to multi-use courts or expanding a facility’s functional area. Work that merely restores existing capacity without expansion is not eligible under this fee.

Joint and Partnership Projects: Projects delivered with schools, other public agencies, or nonpro�its are eligible where they add recreation capacity that is available to City residents under enforceable joint-use or access agreements. The fee contribution is limited to the proportional share of capacity made available to the public consistent with this chapter.

Project List: This subsection presents the growth-eligible capital program for Parks and Open Space as program-level, citywide entries. For Parks, the program aggregates all AB-1600 receipts to acquire new parkland and construct capacity-adding park facilities needed to maintain the adopted level of service. For Open Space, the program aggregates receipts to acquire land or property interests that support recreation access and connectivity; if construction is later required to create usable recreation capacity, those improvements are delivered under the Parks component. Each 208

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Chapter 12 Parkland and Open Space Acquisition and Facilities Improvements City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report entry is formatted using the standard headings used throughout this study, so the scope, size, cost, and timing are clear and auditable.

The project entry that follows establishes the citywide Parks program and prices the growth-related capacity at the study-year unit costs. Subsequent entries can be added in the same format as additional program or site needs are identi�ied.

Parkland and Open Space Acquisition and Facilities Improvements Projects Project ID: PK-001
Project Title: Parkland Acquisition & Capacity-Adding Park Improvements Description: Acquires new parkland and constructs capacity-adding improvements to maintain the adopted level of service as residential development adds population. Eligible scope includes site acquisition; site preparation and utilities; multi-purpose turf and hardscape; courts and �ields; destination playgrounds; restrooms/support buildings; lighting and fencing; internal paths and trailheads; irrigation; and accessibility features.

Size: 48 acres (growth program)
Location: To be determined, City of Hemet (Citywide)
New Development Share: 100% – $27,167,374 (to be funded through Parks Impact Fees; AB-602 per-SF expression; net of $33,100,852 existing fund balance deduction) Existing Community Share: Fund Balance Credit – $33,100,852 (existing Parks DIF balance converted to capacity-equivalent at $1,250,000/acre; deducted from gross cost to avoid doublecharging new development) Total Cost: $60,268,226
Timing: 2026–2036
Project ID: OS-001
Project Title: Open Space Acquisition
Description: Acquires land or property interests for recreation-supporting corridors (linear greenways and off-street trail linkages) to maintain the adopted Open Space standard as development occurs. Open Space is a land-only program; any construction needed to activate a corridor is delivered under Parks when it adds usable capacity.

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New Development Share: 100% — $51,342,763 (to be funded through Open Space Impact Fees; residential and nonresidential components)
Existing Community Share: 0% — $0
Total Cost: $51,342,763
Timing: 2026–2036
Credits, Reimbursements, and In-Lieu
This section establishes how development-provided land and improvements are recognized, how reimbursements may be issued when a project delivers more than its fee obligation, and how Quimby subdivision obligations are coordinated so costs are not duplicated. Credits apply only to eligible, capacity-adding parkland or improvements under the Parks component, or to land acquisition (landonly) under the Open Space component, and are calculated using the valuation methods in this chapter. Credits are applied against the corresponding component and are not interchangeable between Parks and Open Space or across nonresidential land use categories for Open Space. Credits do not fund operations, maintenance, or like-for-like replacements that do not increase usable capacity.

Land Dedication Credits: Where a development dedicates parkland that meets this chapter’s eligibility, the City grants a credit valued at the current fair market value (FMV) for park-suitable sites (by appraisal or other City-accepted valuation). Eligibility includes appropriate size, con�iguration, and characteristics to function as neighborhood/community parkland consistent with the level of service. For Open Space, qualifying land or property interests that provide recreation access/connectivity are credited on a land-only basis. Credits may be adjusted for encumbrances, unusable areas, or conditions that limit recreation capacity.

Construction Credits (Parks only): When a development constructs capacity-adding park improvements, the City grants a credit for documented eligible construction cost (approved engineer’s estimate, awarded bid, or veri�ied costs). Improvements must add usable recreation capacity; cosmetic upgrades, routine maintenance, and like-for-like replacement are ineligible.

Construction to activate Open Space corridors is credited under Parks only if it adds capacity; Open Space remains a land-only program.

Application and Limits: Credits are applied to the corresponding component at permit issuance or another City-de�ined milestone and may not exceed the fee otherwise due for that component unless a reimbursement agreement is executed. Credits are recorded to preserve the audit trail required by the Mitigation Fee Act and are applied before calculating any residual fee for the same component and project phase. Credits are not interchangeable between components or (for Open Space) across nonresidential land use categories.
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Chapter 12 Parkland and Open Space Acquisition and Facilities Improvements City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Reimbursements: If a developer delivers growth-eligible facilities exceeding the project’s creditable obligation and the improvement or acquisition appears on, or is added to, this chapter’s capital program, the City may enter into a reimbursement agreement, subject to fund availability, priority, and Council approval. Agreements identify the eligible scope, the documented cost basis, and repayment terms, and must avoid double-counting.

Quimby Coordination (Sequencing and Double-Counting Guardrail): Quimby subdivision obligations under the Subdivision Map Act are administered separately from this impact fee. Where both mechanisms apply to a project, the City recognizes Quimby land dedication or in-lieu �irst for its eligible purpose; the non-subdivision Parks impact fee is then assessed only on any remaining, nonduplicative growth-related costs. This sequencing formalizes the process and prevents overlap between Quimby obligations and the Parks DIF.

Administration of Quimby Act credits (including eligibility and the amount of credit applied to a subdivision’s Quimby obligation) is determined through the City’s subdivision review and implementation procedures. Adoption of the Parks DIF does not modify Quimby requirements or Quimby crediting; for subdivision projects, Quimby obligations and any eligible credits are applied �irst, and the Parks DIF is assessed only to the extent it funds remaining, non-duplicative growthrelated costs.

For example, if a subdivision constructs a private park and the City determines that a portion of that private park quali�ies for Quimby credit under the City’s subdivision procedures (including any administrative limits historically applied to private-park crediting), that eligible credit is applied �irst toward the project’s Quimby obligation. The Parks DIF is then assessed only for any remaining, nonduplicative growth-related cost not satis�ied through Quimby, to prevent double-counting.

Regional Participation (Credits/In-Lieu/Reimbursement Inapplicable): The regional park participation is a �ixed 16.3% allocation of Parks DIF receipts and is not a rate-derived, project-level obligation. Credits, in lieu, or reimbursements do not apply to the regional allocation and may not offset it. Regional funds are accounted for in a separate line and are restricted to capacity-enhancing improvements at the regional facility; they do not enter City LOS math or Quimby calculations.

Documentation: Each credit or reimbursement is memorialized in a written instrument identifying the facility or land, the eligible scope, the valuation method, and the fee component to which the credit applies. Records must demonstrate that credited or reimbursed items add usable recreation capacity, meet this chapter’s eligibility, and align with the adopted level-of-service standards.

Summary of Development Impact Fees
Proposed Parks Fees (AB-1600 — Table 12-3): The table below summarizes the study-year Parks Development Impact Fees expressed per square foot under AB-602, derived from the 1.183 acresper-1,000 residents standard and this chapter’s cost basis. Use Table 12-3 as the of�icial schedule for residential projects outside the subdivision process. The City may adopt any amount at or below the 211

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Chapter 12 Parkland and Open Space Acquisition and Facilities Improvements City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report maximum justi�ied levels and may implement annual indexing and administrative provisions consistent with the Mitigation Fee Act and AB-602.

Table 12-3
Proposed AB-1600 Park Development Impact Fees
Land Use Impact Fee per SF
Single-Family Residential $1.001/SF
Multiple-Family Residential $1.964/SF
Mobile Home Dwelling Units $0.822/SF
Quimby Park Fees (Subdivision — Table 12-4): The following table summarizes Quimby subdivision obligations, parkland dedication, in-lieu fee, or a combination, based on the City’s adopted standard.

Quimby is administered separately from the AB-1600 fee; contributions in Table 12-4 are recognized �irst to avoid double-counting.

Table 12-4
Proposed Quimby Park Fees
Land Use Impact Fee per SF
Single-Family Residential $5.633/SF
Multiple-Family Residential $11.048/SF
Mobile Home Dwelling Units $4.623/SF
Open Space Impact Fees (Table 12-5): The table below provides a single summary of Open Space fees for residential and nonresidential development, shown per square foot by category for easy reference. Open Space is a land-only component; Table 12-5 re�lects the study-year cost basis and adopted methods.

Table 12-5
Open Space Development Impact Fees
Land Use Impact Fee per SF/Unit
Single-Family Residential $1.890/SF
Multiple-Family Residential $3.706/SF
Mobile Home Dwelling Units $1.551/SF
Commercial Lodging Rooms $41 per Room
Retail, Commercial, & Service Uses $0.002/SF
Industrial Uses $0.001/SF
Institutional Uses $0.030/SF
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Chapter 12 Parkland and Open Space Acquisition and Facilities Improvements City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report Regional Park Allocation: A portion of the City’s Parks Development Impact Fee (DIF) is allocated to the Valley-Wide Recreation and Park District for capacity-enhancing regional park improvements.

This allocation equals 16.3% of total Parks DIF receipts and is not an additional fee. For clarity, the

16.3% allocation is an internal allocation of Parks DIF receipts only; it is not combined with Open Space fees and does not apply to the Open Space program. It represents the City’s proportional participation in regional recreation facilities such as Diamond Valley Lake Community Park, which serve City residents. The 16.3% allocation is applied automatically to all Parks DIF collections and tracked in a separate accounting line for regional projects.

Administrative Provisions
Overview: This section sets the rules for how fees are calculated, collected, indexed, documented, and administered so the program remains consistent, auditable, and simple to apply in day-to-day permitting.

Adoption and Effective Date: Fees are established by ordinance and become effective as provided by law. Applications that are vested or deemed complete before the effective date are processed under the prior rules; all others use this chapter. Subdivision park requirements are administered separately under the Subdivision Map Act.

Point of Collection: For development subject to this chapter, fees are calculated using the schedules in effect on the date of permit issuance and are collected at building permit issuance unless City procedures specify an earlier milestone. For phased projects, fees are calculated and collected by phase based on the �loor area or units permitted in each phase. Payment timing conforms to Gov. Code §66007; fees are due at building permit unless otherwise provided by ordinance or agreement, and the City may allow collection at �inal inspection/certi�icate of occupancy or earlier by agreement.

Calculation Inputs: Applicants must provide �loor area by use category and housing type so the City can apply the per square foot schedules under AB-602. See Standards & Application and Use in Calculations for persons-per-household, average dwelling square footage, and the nonresidential Open Space intensity basis (rates expressed as $/SF by land use category, and per Room for lodging where applicable).

Mixed-Use, Change of Use, and Additions: Apply per Standards & Application: Application Rules (category-by-category assessment and net-increase methodology). Only the residential component is subject to the Parks residential fee; Open Space applies to residential and nonresidential components as speci�ied.

Indexing: The City updates fee schedules once each year using its adopted indexing approach. For the Parks program, only the improvements component is indexed annually using the City’s adopted Engineering News-Record (ENR) Construction Cost Index (CCI), or its successor if the City adopts a replacement. Land components—both parkland and Open Space—are not adjusted by ENR; instead, these planning values are revisited and recalibrated during a formal nexus study update to re�lect current market conditions and policy inputs. When a speci�ic credit or reimbursement requires a 213

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Chapter 12 Parkland and Open Space Acquisition and Facilities Improvements City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report current cost basis, the City may rely on veri�ied evidence such as an appraisal, approved engineer’s estimate, awarded bid, or documented costs for the eligible scope, provided the documentation aligns with this chapter’s eligibility and valuation rules.

Rounding and Publication: All computations use full precision. For publication, per square foot rates are shown to three decimals ($0.001), and project totals are shown to the dollar. Any per-unit amounts shown for reference are rounded to the nearest dollar. The City will publish the schedules and a plain-language guide showing how to read and apply them.

Credit Application Order (Quimby Coordination): Where both Quimby and non-subdivision Parks fees apply, Quimby land dedication or in-lieu is recognized �irst for its eligible purpose; the nonsubdivision Parks fee is then applied only to any remaining, non-duplicative growth-related costs.

Because the Quimby standard (3.000 acres/1,000 residents) exceeds the Parks standard used for the non-subdivision fee, the residual Parks fee after Quimby is typically minimal or zero for residential subdivisions. Credit mechanics, valuation evidence, and any reimbursements are administered under Credits, Reimbursements, and In-Lieu.

Regional Park Allocation (Administration Only): The regional facility is not part of the City’s park inventory or LOS and therefore does not have a separate rate or schedule. Instead, the City allocates

16.3% of total Parks DIF receipts to capacity-enhancing regional improvements. This allocation is applied after the Parks fee is calculated and collected, is not an additional fee, and is tracked in a separate accounting line for AB-1600 reporting. The allocation does not offset City Parks LOS calculations and does not apply to Open Space or Quimby.

Accounting, Reporting, and Five-Year Findings: The City maintains separate accounting lines for Parks, Open Space (residential and nonresidential components traceable), and the regional allocation. Existing balances and their application are disclosed in the AB-1600 Annual Report, and continued retention or use is addressed in the �ive-year �indings. Documentation supporting credits, in-lieu, and reimbursements (agreements, appraisals, engineer’s estimates, cost substantiation) is retained to preserve the audit trail.

Administrative Adjustments and Appeals: If an applicant believes a fee has been misapplied under this chapter (for example, an incorrect land use category or �loor-area measurement), the City may process an administrative adjustment based on substantial evidence submitted by the applicant.

Requests for adjustment must be made before fee payment. Appeals follow the procedures set out in the adopting ordinance and applicable law.

Severability and Interpretation: If any provision of this chapter is held invalid, the remaining provisions remain in effect. Terms are interpreted to further the purpose of maintaining adopted levels of service and funding growth-related capacity consistent with this study.

Five Findings

1. Purpose of the Fee
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Chapter 12 Parkland and Open Space Acquisition and Facilities Improvements City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report The purpose of the fee is to fund the expansion of park capacity and the acquisition of open space necessary to maintain the City’s established service standards as new development occurs. The Parks component maintains the parkland level of service for residential growth; the Open Space component maintains recreation access and connectivity through land acquisition serving residential and nonresidential development as speci�ied in this chapter.

The City also participates in regional recreation through a �ixed 16.3% allocation of Parks DIF receipts; this is an allocation of revenues, not a separate fee.

2. Use of the Fee
Fee revenues will be used to �inance parkland acquisition and capacity-adding park improvements necessary to place new park capacity into service (e.g., multi-purpose turf and hardscape areas, �ields and courts, destination playgrounds, restrooms and support buildings, lighting and fencing, internal paths and trailheads, irrigation, and accessibility features). Fee revenues will also be used to acquire open space land or property interests suitable for recreation access and connectivity (e.g., linear greenways and off-street trail corridors). The Open Space component is land-only; if construction is later required to create usable recreation capacity on an acquired corridor, those improvements are delivered under the Parks component. Operations and maintenance, programming, rolling stock, landscaping, or aesthetic work that does not add capacity, and like-for-like replacements are not funded.

Subdivision park obligations under the Quimby Act are administered separately and credited to avoid double-counting.

3. Relationship Between the Fee’s Use and the Type of Development New residential development increases population and, therefore, demand for parkland and open space. Accordingly, the Parks component applies to residential development (nonsubdivision) and funds capacity that serves those residents. New residential and nonresidential development also increases the need for access/connectivity; accordingly, the Open Space component applies to both residential (resident-based) and nonresidential (intensity-based) development as speci�ied. Fee uses therefore match the types of development that create the need.

4. Relationship Between the Need for Facilities and the Type of Development Using net-new residents of 40,756, applying the Parks standard of 1.183 acres per 1,000 residents yields 48.214 acres of additional park capacity required. The existing Parks DIF fund balance of $33,100,852 is deducted from the gross program cost of $60,268,226, yielding a net DIF-eligible cost of $27,167,374 attributable to new development. For Open Space (Residential), applying the standard of 5.392 acres per 1,000 residents to the same net-new residents yields 219.757 acres of additional acquisition need.

For Open Space (Nonresidential), need is addressed on an intensity basis, with charges expressed as dollars per square foot by land use category (and, where appropriate, dollars per lodging unit) using the average existing square feet per developed acre. Because the Quimby subdivision standard (3.000 acres/1,000 residents) exceeds the Parks fee standard 215

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5. Relationship Between the Amount of the Fee and the Cost Attributable to Development The amount of each fee is proportional to the cost of the growth-related capacity it buys. For Parks, the analysis first prices the required park acreage using the study-year combined park cost per acre (land plus improvements). That total is allocated per resident, then translated to per unit by housing type using persons-per-household for Single-Family Residential, Multiple-Family Residential, and Mobile Home Dwelling Units, and finally expressed per square foot using average dwelling square footage, consistent with AB-602. For Open Space (Residential), required open space acres are priced at the land-only cost per acre, then allocated to cost per resident, cost per unit by housing type, and ultimately per square foot by housing type using average dwelling square footage.

For Open Space (Nonresidential), the schedule is derived by dividing the land-only cost per acre by the average existing square feet per developed acre for each nonresidential land use category (and, where appropriate, expressed per lodging unit). Credit rules ensure no payer funds the same capacity twice, and change-of-use and additions are assessed only on the net increase in impact. The City’s regional park participation is implemented as a fixed 16.3% allocation of Parks DIF receipts after fee calculation; it does not alter the per square foot rates or the level-of-service derivation.

References
GreenPlay, LLC & RRC Associates. (2021). Valley-Wide Recreation & Park District. 2020 Master Plan Update (Revised January 2021). Hemet: City of Hemet.

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Jobs/Housing Linkage Fee
Purpose and Scope
Purpose: The Jobs/Housing Linkage Fee ensures that new market-rate residential and nonresidential development in the City of Hemet contributes its fair, proportional share toward the cost of affordable housing for the lower-income worker households that such development generates. New market-rate residential development generates lower-income worker household demand through the consumer spending it introduces into the local economy; new nonresidential development generates that demand through direct on-site employment. In both cases, the workers whose employment is attributable to new development earn wages that qualify them as lowerincome households under current California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) income limits, yet cannot afford market-rate housing in Hemet. This chapter establishes the maximum justified fee for each land use category and provides the required nexus findings under the Mitigation Fee Act.

Scope of Improvements: Fee revenues collected under this program will fund the planning, land acquisition, design, permitting, and construction of deed-restricted affordable housing units serving very low-income, low-income, and moderate-income households in the City of Hemet, consistent with income definitions established by the California Department of Housing and Community Development. Eligible uses include direct financial assistance to affordable housing developers, land acquisition for Housing Element sites, gap financing for deed-restricted projects serving households at or below 80 percent of Area Median Income, and program administration.

Scope of Beneficiaries: The direct beneficiaries of this fee program are the lower-income worker households generated by new market-rate development who require affordable housing at rents or prices below what their incomes support at standard affordability ratios. New market-rate residential development generates this demand through the employment it supports in the local service sector; new nonresidential development generates it through direct on-site hiring. Fee revenues are used to fund affordable housing capacity in proportion to the demand each type of development creates.

Scope of Nexus: The nexus for this fee is established through a Direct Employment Linkage methodology that traces a documented, step-by-step causal chain from new market-rate development to lower-income worker household demand for affordable housing. Each step uses publicly available government data and is independently verifiable. For residential development: (1) new market-rate households generate income at documented levels based on prevailing Hemet rents; (2) those households spend a documented share of income in the local economy; (3) that spending supports local service-sector employment at rates derived from Riverside County economic data published by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis; (4) the workers in those occupations earn wages qualifying them as lower-income households under HCD very low income limits for Riverside County; and (5) those households require affordable housing at a documented affordability gap per unit. For nonresidential development: (1) new buildings generate direct on-site employment at densities calibrated to Hemet’s adopted 2025 base-year employment from this study’s Chapter 2 218

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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report demographic framework; (2) a documented share of that employment falls in occupations earning below HCD very low income thresholds; and (3) those worker households require affordable housing proportional to the employment generated. In both chains, the fee is sized to fund only the proportional share of affordable housing demand directly attributable to the development paying the fee.

Statutory and Judicial Authority
Mitigation Fee Act (Government Code §§ 66000–66025). The Mitigation Fee Act establishes the framework under which cities may impose development impact fees on new development. For each fee program, the Act requires the City to make five findings at the time of adoption demonstrating the purpose of the fee, its use, and the reasonable relationship between the fee, the development paying it, and the public facility it funds. Those findings are documented in this chapter. The Act also requires that fee revenues be deposited in a separate fund, that annual reports be published, and that five-year findings be made for any unexpended balance.

Assembly Bill 1505 (2017) — Government Code §§ 65589.5 and 65913.4. Assembly Bill 1505 reaffirmed and clarified the authority of California cities to impose inclusionary housing requirements and jobs/housing linkage fees on both residential and nonresidential development.

Prior to AB 1505, the Court of Appeal’s decision in Palmer/Sixth Street Properties, L.P. v. City of Los Angeles (2009) 175 Cal.App.4th 1396 had created uncertainty regarding whether linkage fee obligations could be applied to market-rate residential rental development. AB 1505 resolved that uncertainty by expressly authorizing local agencies to impose affordable housing fees on residential development, including rental housing, as a condition of project approval. The residential linkage fee established in this chapter is imposed in reliance on that authority.

Assembly Bill 602 (2021) — Government Code § 66016.5. Assembly Bill 602 strengthens the Mitigation Fee Act by requiring standardized nexus methodologies, per-square-foot residential fee expression by structure type, and enhanced Capital Improvement Plan documentation. This chapter satisfies all AB 602 requirements applicable to the City of Hemet: residential fees are expressed on a per-square-foot basis by land use category, all demographic and employment assumptions are explicitly identified and consistently applied, and the nexus between new development and affordable housing demand is documented through independently verifiable data sources.

California Housing Element Law — Government Code § 65580 et seq. The City of Hemet’s HCDcertified 6th-Cycle Housing Element (2021–2029) commits the City to affirmatively further fair housing and, under Program H-2h, to conduct both a residential and a commercial/housing linkage fee nexus study as implementation measures. This chapter implements that commitment. The adoption of this fee program advances the statutory goals of Government Code § 65580, which declares that the availability of housing is of vital statewide importance and that every locality bears responsibility for providing its fair share of the regional housing need across all income levels.

San Remo Hotel v. City and County of San Francisco (2002) 27 Cal.4th 643. The California Supreme Court in San Remo Hotel affirmed the legal validity of jobs/housing linkage fees imposed on nonresidential development under the Mitigation Fee Act. The Court held that San Francisco’s 219

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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report commercial linkage fee satisfied the reasonable relationship requirements of Government Code § 66001 because the nexus study documented a step-by-step causal chain from new nonresidential development through employment generation to worker household demand for affordable housing.

San Remo Hotel is the controlling California authority for the nonresidential linkage fee chain established in this chapter.

Action Apartment Association v. City of Santa Monica (2007) 41 Cal.4th 1232. The California Supreme Court in Action Apartment Association affirmed the broad authority of local governments to impose fees on residential development to fund affordable housing, provided the nexus between the fee and the demand generated by new development is documented. The Court confirmed that the Mitigation Fee Act’s reasonable relationship standard is satisfied when a nexus study demonstrates that new market-rate residential development generates demand for affordable housing through the employment and economic activity it supports. This authority, read together with Assembly Bill 1505, establishes the complete legal foundation for the residential linkage fee chain in this chapter.

Existing Program
The City of Hemet does not currently levy a Jobs/Housing Linkage Fee. This chapter establishes the fee program for the first time, providing the legal and technical foundation required by the Mitigation Fee Act. The analysis identifies the affordable housing demand attributable to new development, quantifies that demand using a Direct Employment Linkage methodology, and derives a fee that ensures new development funds only its proportional share of the resulting affordability gap.

Fund Balance: No fund balance exists for this program. Upon adoption, the City will establish a dedicated Jobs/Housing Linkage Fee fund. All fee revenues and accrued interest will be deposited into this fund and expended only for the eligible purposes identified in this chapter.

Nexus Methodology Overview
This chapter applies a Direct Employment Linkage methodology to establish the nexus between new market-rate development and lower-income worker household demand for affordable housing. The methodology follows two parallel chains depending on development type.

Residential Linkage Chain (Steps 1–5)
• Step 1 — Household Income: Market-rate household income is derived from prevailing Hemet rents using the standard affordability ratio of 30 percent of gross income for rental housing (Health and Safety Code § 50052.5). Representative rents are based on U.S.

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Fair Market Rents for Riverside County (FY 2025): studio ($1,350/month), one-bedroom ($1,700/month), two-bedroom ($2,100/month), and three-bedroom ($2,650/month).
• Step 2 — Consumer Expenditures: Annual consumer expenditures are derived from gross household income by applying an expenditure ratio of 71 percent for rental households. This ratio is derived from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2023, Table 1101 (Quintiles of income before taxes). Based on that table, actual expenditure-toincome ratios for households in the $84,000–$117,000 income range—the range corresponding to the Hemet residential prototypes—are approximately 75 to 92 percent. The 220

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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report 71 percent ratio applied in this study is therefore a conservative estimate that produces a lower maximum justified fee than the survey data would otherwise support. • Step 3 — Employment Generated: Local employment supported by resident household spending is estimated using an employment coefficient derived from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) CAINC30 Economic Profile data for Riverside County (2024) and California Employment Development Department (EDD) Current Employment Statistics for the Riverside–San Bernardino–Ontario Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) (2024 annual average). Riverside County’s 2024 personal income totaled $142,697,421 thousand for a resident population of 2,529,933, while the MSA supported 1,700,417 total nonfarm jobs. The resulting employment coefficient is 11.92 jobs per $1 million of personal income. • Step 4 — Lower-Income Worker Households: The share of regional employment in occupations earning below the Riverside County one-person very low income threshold ($39,200 per year, equivalent to $18.85 per hour) is derived from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) for the Riverside–San Bernardino–Ontario MSA (May 2024). Of 1,678,100 workers in the MSA with identifiable wage data, 488,360 have median wages below the very low income threshold, producing a lower-income worker share of 29.1 percent. The one-person very low income limit is the appropriate reference threshold because the nexus chain traces individual workers — not multi-person households — to a wage cutoff, making it both technically precise and the most directly defensible basis under the Mitigation Fee Act’s proportionality requirements. Net jobs are converted to lower-income worker households using a workers-per-workerhousehold ratio of 1.670, derived from ACS Table B08202 for Hemet city (2024 one-year estimates).
• Step 5 — Affordability Gap: The affordability gap is $161,000 per unit, representing the average local subsidy required to produce one deed-restricted affordable unit in Riverside County under current financing conditions. This figure is derived analytically from three published government sources: (a) California Tax Credit Allocation Committee (CTCAC) 2024 Threshold Basis Limits for Riverside County establish a weighted average Total Development Cost (TDC) of $429,767 per unit for new construction garden-style projects; (b) available Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) equity totals approximately $139,244 per unit at standard 4% and supplemental state credit rates; and (c) supportable permanent debt of approximately $129,105 per unit, based on 2025 HCD maximum rents at 60% AMI for Riverside County at a 1.15x debt service coverage ratio. The resulting gap — TDC less equity less permanent debt — is $161,418, rounded to $161,000 for this study.

Nonresidential Linkage Chain (Steps A–C)
• Step A — Employment Density: New nonresidential buildings generate direct on-site employment at densities calibrated to Hemet’s adopted 2025 base-year employment using SCAG regional employment factors applied throughout this Nexus Study (Chapter 2, General Facilities chapter). The adopted densities are: Retail, Commercial & Service Uses, 0.79 workers per KSF; Industrial Uses, 0.75 workers per KSF; and Commercial Lodging, 0.50 workers per room.
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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report • Step B — Lower-Income Worker Households: The same lower-income share of 29.1 percent and workers-per-worker-household ratio of 1.670 applied in the residential chain are applied here to convert lower-income workers to lower-income worker households, ensuring consistency across both fee chains.
• Step C — Fee Derivation: The maximum justified fee per square foot is calculated by multiplying lower-income worker households per 1,000 square feet by the $161,000 affordability gap per unit and dividing by 1,000 to convert to a per-square-foot basis.

Key Data Inputs
The following table summarizes the data inputs confirmed for this analysis and their sources.

Key Data Inputs
Input Value Source
Employment coefficient

11.92 jobs per $1
million personal
income
BEA CAINC30 (2024); EDD CES, Riverside–
SB–Ontario MSA (2024)
Workers per workerhousehold 1.670 ACS Table B08202, Hemet city (2024 oneyear estimates) HCD Area Median
Income (4-person) $103,900 HCD 2025 Income Limits, Riverside County Very low income
threshold (1-person)
$39,200/year
($18.85/hour) HCD 2025 Income Limits, Riverside County
BLS OEWS lower-income
worker share 29.1% BLS OEWS, Riverside–San Bernardino–Ontario MSA (May 2024) Affordability gap $161,000 per unit CTCAC 2024 TDC limits, HCD 2025 rent limits, standard LIHTC equity assumptions
Residential Linkage Fee
Development Prototypes
Two residential categories are used for fee calculation, consistent with the land use structure established in Chapter 2 of this study: Single-Family Residential and Multiple-Family Residential.

Single-Family Residential is represented by the three-bedroom unit prototype, reflecting the predominant unit type in Hemet’s single-family pipeline per the City’s 6th-Cycle Housing Element.

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The fee for each residential category is derived by: (1) calculating gross household income from the representative market rent using a 30 percent rent-to-income ratio; (2) applying the 71 percent consumer expenditure ratio to yield annual expenditures; (3) multiplying by the employment coefficient to yield gross jobs per unit; (4) multiplying by the 29.1 percent lower-income worker share; (5) dividing by the 1.670 workers-per-worker-household ratio to yield lower-income worker households per unit; (6) multiplying by the $161,000 affordability gap; and (7) dividing by the adopted average unit size (Single-Family Residential 2,304 square feet; Multiple-Family Residential 926 square feet, consistent with Appendix D of this study) to yield the fee per square foot.

Table 13-1
Residential Linkage Fee Derivation
Step Single-Family Residential Multiple-Family Residential Representative rent $2,650/month (3BR) $2,100/month (2BR) Implied household income (rent ÷
30%) $106,000/year $84,000/year
Annual consumer expenditures (×
71%) $75,260 $59,640
Gross jobs generated (÷ $1M ×

11.92) 0.897 0.711
Lower-income jobs (× 29.1%) 0.261 0.207
Lower-income worker-households
(÷ 1.670) 0.156 0.124
Affordability gap cost (× $161,000) $25,169 $19,946
Average unit size 2,304 SF 926 SF
Maximum justified fee per SF $10.92/SF $21.54/SF
Note: The higher per-square-foot fee for Multiple-Family Residential reflects the greater resident density per square foot of floor area in smaller multifamily units, which generates more consumer spending and associated employment demand per square foot of building area. This relationship is consistent with the per-square-foot fee structure required by Assembly Bill 602.

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Fee Derivation
The fee for each nonresidential land use category is derived by: (1) applying the SCAG-calibrated employment density to yield workers per 1,000 square feet (or per room for lodging); (2) multiplying by the 29.1 percent lower-income worker share; (3) dividing by the 1.670 workers-per-workerhousehold ratio to yield lower-income worker households per 1,000 square feet; (4) multiplying by the $161,000 affordability gap; and (5) dividing by 1,000 to yield the fee per square foot. 223

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Nonresidential Linkage Fee Derivation
Step
Retail,
Commercial &
Service
Industrial Institutional Commercial
Lodging
Employment density 0.79/KSF 0.75/KSF 4.00/KSF 0.50/room Lower-income workers
(× 29.1%) 0.230/KSF 0.218/KSF 1.164/KSF 0.146/room
Lower-income workerHH (÷ 1.670) 0.138/KSF 0.138/KSF 0.697/KSF 0.087/room Affordability gap cost
(× $161,000) $22,165/KSF $21,042/KSF $112,226/KSF $14,028/room Maximum justified
fee $22.16/SF $21.04/SF $112.23/SF $14,028/room
Note: Employment densities for Retail, Commercial & Service Uses and Industrial Uses are derived from SCAG regional employment factors calibrated to Hemet’s 2025 base-year total employment, consistent with the methodology applied in Chapter 9 (General Facilities) of this study. The Institutional Uses density of 4.0 workers per 1,000 square feet reflects the private institutional land use category as defined in Chapter 2 — comprising private hospitals, skilled nursing and assisted living facilities, private schools, and private care facilities — and is consistent with ITE employment generation benchmarks and BLS OEWS data for healthcare support occupations in the Riverside–San Bernardino–Ontario MSA.

Commercial Lodging density reflects 0.50 workers per keyed room, consistent with regional nexus study practice and the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey.

Note on the Institutional Uses Maximum Justified Fee
The maximum justified fee for Institutional Uses ($112.23 per square foot) is substantially higher than the fees for Retail, Commercial & Service Uses ($22.16 per square foot) and Industrial Uses ($21.04 per square foot). This result is not an error in the methodology. It reflects two structural characteristics of private institutional development that are independently verifiable from the data sources cited in this chapter.

First, private institutional uses are unusually labor-intensive per square foot. The adopted employment density of 4.0 workers per 1,000 square feet — applicable to private hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, assisted living centers, and private schools — is approximately five times the density of retail and industrial uses in Hemet. BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics for the Riverside–San Bernardino–Ontario MSA confirm that healthcare support occupations account for the largest single concentration of lower-income workers in the regional labor market, with median wages for nursing aides ($18.42 per hour), home health aides ($17.53 per hour), and dietary and food preparation workers ($16.80 per hour) all near the $18.85 per hour very low income threshold for a one-person Riverside County household.

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43.3 percent. Under either measure, the regional 29.1 percent share understates the lower-income concentration in institutional workplaces, meaning the $112.23 per square foot maximum justified fee is itself conservative relative to what a sector-specific analysis would produce.

The high maximum justified fee is a ceiling, not a recommended adopted fee. The City retains full discretion to set the adopted fee at any amount at or below the maximum justified ceiling. In recognition of the community benefit that private hospitals, care facilities, and educational institutions provide to Hemet residents, the Council may determine that a reduced adopted fee is appropriate for this category. An adopted fee in the range of 10 to 20 percent of the maximum justified ceiling, or approximately $11 to $22 per square foot, would be consistent with the policy approach taken by other California cities that have adopted jobs/housing linkage fees for healthcare and institutional uses.
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Table 13-3
Summary of Proposed Jobs/Housing Linkage Fees
Land Use Fee Basis Maximum Justified
Fee
Single-Family Residential Per square foot of
building area $10.92/SF
Multiple-Family Residential Per square foot of
building area $21.54/SF
Mobile Home Dwelling Units Per square foot of
building area $10.64/SF*
Commercial Lodging Rooms Per room $14,028/room
Retail, Commercial & Service Uses Per square foot of
building area $22.16/SF
Industrial Uses Per square foot of
building area $21.04/SF
Institutional Uses Per square foot of
building area $112.23/SF
*Mobile Home Dwelling Units fee derived using representative rent of $1,400/month (HUD FY2025 Riverside County) and adopted Mobile Home unit size of 1,250 square feet (Appendix D). Maximum justified fee = $10.64/SF.

The fees presented in Table 13-3 represent the maximum justified amounts supported by this nexus analysis. The City retains full discretion to adopt fees at or below these levels as a matter of policy.

Inland Empire cities that have adopted jobs/housing linkage fees have typically set adopted fees at 10 to 30 percent of the maximum justified ceiling, reflecting local market conditions and development feasibility considerations.

Existing Community Financial Commitment
There is no prior Jobs/Housing Linkage Fee program in Hemet, and accordingly no fund balance or existing investment to document for comparison purposes under this program. The nexus analysis is self-contained: the fee is sized exclusively to the affordable housing demand attributable to each category of new development, based on the published data sources identified in this chapter.

For context, Hemet’s 2025 HCD income limits establish a four-person Area Median Income of $103,900 — approximately 65 percent of Alameda County’s $159,800 AMI. The structurally lower wage and income levels in the Inland Empire produce a lower employment coefficient, a lower affordability gap, and lower maximum justified fees than comparable studies in Bay Area jurisdictions, consistent with the proportionality requirements of the Mitigation Fee Act. 226

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In accordance with Government Code § 66001(a), the following findings support imposition of the Jobs/Housing Linkage Fee for residential and nonresidential development in the City of Hemet.

1. Purpose of the Fee
The purpose of the Jobs/Housing Linkage Fee is to fund the planning, land acquisition, design, permitting, and construction of deed-restricted affordable housing units for lower-income households in the City of Hemet. The fee is imposed because new market-rate residential and nonresidential development generates lower-income worker household demand for affordable housing, as documented by the Direct Employment Linkage methodology in this chapter. Fee revenues are used exclusively to fund affordable housing capacity proportional to the demand attributable to the development paying the fee.

2. Use of the Fee
Fee revenues will be deposited into the City’s Jobs/Housing Linkage Fee fund, maintained as a separate account pursuant to Government Code § 66006. Revenues will be used for eligible affordable housing production activities, including financial assistance to affordable housing developers, land acquisition for sites identified in the City’s 6th-Cycle Housing Element, gap financing for deed-restricted projects serving households at or below 80 percent of Area Median Income, and program administration. Revenues may not be used for market-rate housing, operational costs, or any purpose not directly related to affordable housing production or preservation. The City will publish annual AB 1600 reports and make the required five-year findings for any unexpended balance.

3. Relationship Between the Fee’s Use and the Type of Development Fee revenues will be used to fund affordable housing for the lower-income worker households attributable to new market-rate development. The Direct Employment Linkage methodology documented in this chapter establishes each link in the causal chain: new development generates household spending or on-site employment; that activity supports employment in occupations whose workers qualify as very low-income households under HCD income limits for Riverside County; and fee revenues fund affordable housing for those worker households. The use of the fee corresponds to the category of demand the development creates.

4. Relationship Between the Need for the Facility and the Type of Development New market-rate residential development generates worker household demand for affordable housing through the employment linkage chain documented in this chapter. New nonresidential development generates worker household demand through direct on-site employment. The number of lower-income worker households attributable to each development type is quantified in Tables 13-1 and 13-2. The need for affordable housing at the income levels generated by new development is documented by the HCD 2025 income limits for Riverside County, which establish that workers in the service, retail, and industrial 227

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City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report occupations generated by new development earn wages at or below the very low income threshold for a one-person Riverside County household.

5. Relationship Between the Amount of the Fee and the Cost Attributable to Development The amount of the fee is calculated by multiplying the number of lower-income worker households generated per unit of development by the $161,000 affordability gap per unit, and dividing by the applicable unit size (for residential) or development quantum (for nonresidential). The $161,000 affordability gap is derived analytically from CTCAC 2024 Threshold Basis Limits, HCD 2025 rent limits, and standard LIHTC financing assumptions, as documented in this chapter. No development type is charged more than the proportional share of the affordability gap attributable to the lower-income worker households it generates.

Implementation, Compliance, and Notes
Adoption and Program Structure: The City will adopt the Jobs/Housing Linkage Fee by City Council action at a noticed public hearing, consistent with Government Code §§ 66016 and 66018. This chapter establishes the maximum justified fee for each development type; the adopted fee is a policy determination made at the public hearing. The City retains full discretion to adopt fees at or below the maximum justified levels and to phase in changes over time.

Fund Accounting and Reporting: A separate Jobs/Housing Linkage Fee fund will be established. All fee revenues and interest will be deposited into this account and expended only for the eligible purposes identified in this chapter. The City will publish the annual AB 1600 report (Government Code § 66006) and make the five-year findings required by Government Code § 66001(d). If the City cannot make the required five-year findings, any remaining balances must be refunded as provided by law.

Timing of Collection: Pursuant to Government Code § 66007, as amended by Senate Bill 937 (effective January 1, 2025), fees on designated residential development projects may not be collected until the date of final inspection or the date the certificate of occupancy is issued, whichever occurs first. For nonresidential development and residential projects that do not qualify as designated residential development projects, fees are collected at building permit issuance.

Net New Fee Application: Fees are assessed on net new development consistent with the methodology established in Appendix E of this study. When a project demolishes or replaces existing development, the fee is assessed only on the net incremental increase in floor area or units above the prior legal use.

Annual Indexing: The fee schedule will be indexed annually using the Engineering News-Record Construction Cost Index or a comparable index adopted by the City Council, consistent with standard Hemet DIF program practice.

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Chapter 13 Jobs/Housing Linkage Fee
City of Hemet 2026–27 Development Impact Fee Calculation and Nexus Report References
California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD). (2025). “2025 State Income Limits.” Sacramento: HCD Division of Housing Policy Development. Effective April 23, 2025.

California Tax Credit Allocation Committee (CTCAC). (2024). “2024 Threshold Basis Limits.” Sacramento: California Tax Credit Allocation Committee.

City of Hemet. (2024). “City of Hemet 6th Cycle Housing Element 2021–2029 (HCD Certified Final Draft).” Hemet: City of Hemet Community Development Department.

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). (2024). “CAINC30: Economic Profile — Riverside County, California.” Washington, D.C.: BEA Regional Economic Accounts.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). (2024). “Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) — Riverside–San Bernardino–Ontario, CA Metropolitan Statistical Area (May 2024).” Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Labor.

U.S. Census Bureau. (2024). “ACS 1-Year Estimates Detailed Tables: Table B08202 — Household Size by Number of Workers in Household, Hemet City, California.” Washington, D.C.:

American Community Survey.

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). (2025). “FY 2025 Fair Market Rents — Riverside County, California.” Washington, D.C.: HUD Office of Policy Development and Research.

California Employment Development Department (EDD). (2024). “Industry Employment and Labor Force — Riverside–San Bernardino–Ontario MSA, March 2024 Benchmark.” Sacramento:

Labor Market Information Division.

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APPENDIX A

DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE MASTER FEE SCHEDULE
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City of Hemet — Development Impact Fee Master Fee Schedule — 2026–27 Development Impact Fees Per Infrastructure — Part 1 of 2 (Law Enforcement, Fire, Transportation, Flood Control, Water, Sewer) Land Use Cost Basis Law Enforcement Facilities Fire Facilities Bridges, Streets, & Traffic Flood Control Water System Facilities Wastewater System Facilities Single-Family Residential Per Square Foot $0.312 $1.157 $0.396 $0.886 $0.227 $0.189 Multiple-Family Residential Per Square Foot $0.892 $0.878 $0.394 $2.388 $0.444 $0.370 Mobile Home Dwelling Unit Per Square Foot $0.395 $1.433 $0.322 $1.311 $0.186 $0.155 Commercial Lodging Rooms Per Room $3,453 $4,255 $227 $363 $21 $17 Retail, Commercial, & Service Uses Per Square Foot $1.648 $1.356 $3.284 $0.707 $0.043 $0.036 Industrial Uses Per Square Foot $0.532 $0.039 $1.224 $0.645 $0.020 $0.017 Institutional Uses Per Square Foot $1.383 $0.074 $0.642 $18.339 $0.089 $0.074 Development Impact Fees Per Infrastructure — Part 2 of 2 (General Government, Public Meeting, Library, Parks, Open Space) Land Use Cost Basis General Facilities Public Meeting Facilities Library Facilities & Collections Parkland AB-1600 Valley-Wide Parks Fee Open Space Acquisition Single-Family Residential Per Square Foot $0.119 $0.375 $0.655 $1.001 $0.163 $1.890 Multiple-Family Residential Per Square Foot $0.280 $0.736 $1.285 $1.964 $0.320 $3.706 Mobile Home Dwelling Unit Per Square Foot $0.146 $0.308 $0.538 $0.822 $0.134 $1.551 Commercial Lodging Rooms Per Room $32 — — — — $41
Retail, Commercial, & Service Uses Per Square Foot $0.066 — — — — $0.002 Industrial Uses Per Square Foot $0.062 — — — — $0.001
Institutional Uses Per Square Foot $1.704 — — — — $0.030 Total Development Impact Fee Per Land Use
Land Use Cost Basis Total Infrastructure DIF
Single-Family Residential Per Square Foot $7.370
Multiple-Family Residential Per Square Foot $13.657
Mobile Home Dwelling Unit Per Square Foot $7.301
Commercial Lodging Rooms Per Room $8,415
Retail, Commercial, & Service Uses Per Square Foot $7.141 Industrial Uses Per Square Foot $2.541
Institutional Uses Per Square Foot $22.335
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Land Use Cost Basis
Single-Family Residential Per Square Foot
Multiple-Family Residential Per Square Foot
Mobile Home Dwelling Unit Per Square Foot
Commercial Lodging Rooms Per Room
Retail, Commercial, & Service Uses Per Square Foot
Industrial Uses Per Square Foot
Institutional Uses Per Square Foot
Land Use Cost Basis
Single-Family Residential Per Square Foot
Multiple-Family Residential Per Square Foot
Mobile Home Dwelling Unit Per Square Foot
Quimby Fee
Subdivision Park Requirement — Quimby Act (For Reference Only; Not a Development Impact Fee) $21.54
For reference only. Applies to residential subdivisions subject to the City's Quimby ordinance. Administered under the Subdivision Map Act (Government Code § 66477); land dedication and/or inlieu fees are credited first to avoid double-counting with the Parkland AB-1600 DIF. Not included in Total DIF. $10.64
$5.633
Maximum Justified Fee
$4.623
Notes
$10.92
Note: The Jobs/Housing Linkage Fee is maintained in a separate fund from the Development Impact Fee program and is supported by an independent employment linkage nexus analysis (Chapter 13) rather than a capital improvement program. The maximum justified fees shown above represent the highest defensible fee levels supported by this study. The City Council retains full discretion to adopt fees at or below these levels as a matter of policy. Adopted rates are set by separate Council resolution.

Jobs/Housing Linkage Fee — Maximum Justified Fee (Chapter 13) $112.23
$11.048
$22.16
$14,028 Council adopts fee at or below maximum
justified ceiling
$21.04
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APPENDIX B

LAND USE CROSSWALK
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Appendix B: Land Use Crosswalk
Purpose: Align the City’s General Plan land use designations and zoning families to the Nexus Study (Chapter 2) fee categories so every parcel/designation translates cleanly into the fee schedule.

Acronym & Abbreviation Key (Nexus Study Categories) Table Acronym Term Description
SFR Single-Family Residential Detached single dwelling
units on individual lots.

MFR Multiple-Family Residential Attached residential units such as apartments, condos,
or townhomes.

MH Mobile Home Mobile/manufactured home
units or spaces in parks.

COM Retail, Commercial, &
Service Uses
Retail centers, restaurants,
and service businesses.

IND Industrial Uses Manufacturing, assembly,
logistics, and business parktype uses.

INST Institutional Uses Government, schools,
medical, or other
civic/public facilities.

LODGE Commercial Lodging Rooms Hotels, motels, and similar lodging accommodations
(fee per room).
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Land Use Crosswalk Table
General Plan
Designation
Zoning
District(s)*
Nexus/DIF
Category
(Chapter 2)
Notes
RR / HR (Rural &
Hillside
Residential)
RR, HR
families
Single-Family
Residential (SFR)
Very-low density detached
products map to SFR.

LDR / LMDR (Low
/ Low-Medium
Density Res.)
R-1 (various
minimum lot
sizes), SLR
SFR Detached neighborhoods. ADUs
don’t change category.

MDR (Medium
Density Res.) R-2 / R-3 MFR if attached; SFR if detached Use product-type rule (Chapter
2).

HDR / VHDR (High
/ Very High Density
Res.)
R-3 / R-4
Multiple-Family
Residential
(MFR)
Apartments/condos.

Mapped Mobile
Home Areas
(parks/overlays)
Per
map/overlay
Mobile Home
Dwelling Units
(MH)
Use MH category from Chapter

2. NC / CC / RC
(Neighborhood /
Community /
Regional
Commercial)
C-1 / C-2 / CM
Retail,
Commercial, &
Service Uses
(COM)
Corridor, neighborhood, and
regional centers.

Hotels/Hospitality
(in
Commercial/MU
zones)
Hotelpermitted
commercial/M
U zones
Commercial
Lodging Rooms
(LODGE)
Fee unit = per room; split mixed
sites by entitlements.

OP (Office
Professional /
Medical)
OP Institutional Uses
(INST)
Business/professional/medical
/education uses.

MU (Mixed Use;
MU-1..MU-5
, MU-D)
MU with
SP/Design
Guidelines
Split: COM for
nonres; SFR/MFR
by product type;
LODGE if hotel
Allocate by approved program
(vertical or horizontal mix).
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General Plan
Designation
Zoning
District(s)*
Nexus/DIF
Category
(Chapter 2)
Notes
ARPT
(Airport/Support)
Airport plan
districts
Industrial Uses
(IND) or COM
Airport operations + associated
industrial/commercial.

BP (Business Park) BP
IND (primary)
with incidental
COM pads
Light industrial, flex office, R&D;
limited support
commercial/hospitality.

I (Industrial) M-1 / M-2 Industrial Uses
(IND)
Manufacturing, logistics,
assembly, etc.

PF / QP / SCH
(Public Facility,
Quasi-Public,
School)
P-1, S-1, QP Institutional Uses
(INST) Civic, schools, cultural, utilities.

P / OS / A (Parks,
Open
Space/Natural
Resource,
Agriculture)

OS-G / OS-R /
A-1 / A-2
Non-fee (track
only)
Not fee-bearing; revenue uses
(if any) map to COM.

Overlays: SP / EM
(Specific Plan /
Environmental
Mgmt.)
SP, EM
Defer to
underlying base
GP designation
Overlay provides guidance;
doesn’t change base use for DIF.
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APPENDIX C

PERSONS-PER-HOUSEHOLD (PPH) METHODOLOGY
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Appendix C — Persons-Per-Household (PPH) Methodology
Purpose
This appendix documents the derivation and application of persons-per-household (PPH) factors used to translate population impacts into dwelling-unit equivalents for fee allocation.

It supplements Chapter 2 with full methods, category definitions, quality assurance (QA), and a worked application pattern. The approach is designed to meet transparency and proportionality standards under the Mitigation Fee Act (Gov. Code §§ 66000 et seq.) and AB602.

Data Sources & “Fixed Household Structure” Approach
Primary data are the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 2019–2023 fiveyear estimates for Hemet. Households by structure type come from ACS Table B25032, and population in occupied housing units by structure type comes from ACS Table B25033.

Because ACS B25033 groups '1, detached or attached' together, the population is apportioned between detached and attached in proportion to the household shares in B25032. After alignment, the three adopted categories ('buckets') are: Single-Family Residential (1-unit detached), Multiple-Family Residential (1-unit attached + multi-unit structures), and MobileHome Dwelling Units.

Inputs used for Hemet: ACS five-year B25032 and B25033; owner-occupied + renteroccupied; three-bucket method; Alternative Scaled Method is available when a Housing Element growth target is provided (not applied here).

Category Definitions (“Buckets”)
• Single-Family Residential (SFR): One-unit, detached structures. • Multiple-Family Residential (MFR): One-unit attached + all multi-unit structures (2– 4, 5–9, 10–19, 20–49, 50+).
• Mobile-Home Dwelling Units (MH): Manufactured/mobile homes as defined by ACS.

Calculation Method
For each category (c): PPHc = Populationc (aligned B25033) ÷ Householdsc (B25032).

Population in the combined '1, detached or attached' bucket (B25033) is split between detached and attached using the household shares from B25032 to preserve the ACS total while aligning categories.

Hemet — Step-by-Step (from ACS B25032/B25033)

1. Form household buckets (B25032, owner+renter):
- SFR (detached): 17,487 households
- MFR (attached + 2–4 + 5+): 7,070 households
- MH: 7,385 households
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2. Align population by structure (B25033):
- Allocate '1, detached or attached' persons between detached vs. attached using household shares.
- SFR persons: 60,513.93; MFR persons: 19,287.07; MH persons: 11,377.00.

3. Compute PPH (persons ÷ households):
- SFR: 3.4605
- MFR: 2.7280
- MH: 1.5406

Results — Adopted PPH Factors (ACS 2019–2023, Hemet)
Residential Category Persons per Household (PPH)
Single-Family Residential (SFR, 1-detached) 3.4605
Multiple-Family Residential (MFR, attached + multiunit) 2.7280 Mobile-Home Dwelling Units (MH) 1.5406
Application in the Fee Program
• Establishing the Standard: PPH converts new housing units into the number of new residents added to the city. That projected population growth defines the level of service standard for facilities like public meeting spaces, libraries, and parks and open space.
• Sizing Future Needs: Those additional residents are used to calculate how much new facility space, collection area, or park acreage is needed to maintain the city’s existing quality of life standard as growth occurs.
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Sensitivity, Reasonableness & Quality Assurance (QA)
• Five-year ACS is used for city-level stability and reproducibility. • Apportionment rule (B25033 → detached/attached using B25032 shares) is deterministic and preserves ACS totals.
• DP02 may be used as a citywide reasonableness check, but is not used for bucket calculations.
• Quality Assurance (QA) refers to internal verification steps confirming that:
- Household and population totals reconcile between ACS B25032 and B25033. - PPH factors are computed with consistent decimal precision. - Any subsequent scaling (Alternative Scaled Method) preserves the relative ratios among categories.
• If a Housing Element growth target is adopted, the Alternative Scaled Method can be applied to proportionally scale the three PPH values while preserving ratios, so the blended result matches the target.
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AVERAGE RESIDENTIAL UNIT SIZE
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Appendix D — Average Residential Unit Size (AUS)
Purpose
This appendix documents the adopted Average Residential Unit Sizes (AUS) used in the Hemet Development Impact Fee study to convert between dollars per dwelling unit ($/DU) and dollars per square foot ($/SF). These values support transparent, replicable fee calculations under the Mitigation Fee Act (Gov. Code §§ 66000 et seq.) and AB‑602.

Scope
Applies to residential land use categories: Single‑Family Residential, Multiple‑Family Residential, and Mobile Home Dwelling Units. Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) are covered in a separate appendix.

Method & Justification
Average unit sizes are derived solely from public Hemet records and adopted planning documents. Each adopted value represents interior living area (square feet per dwelling unit), computed as a unit‑weighted average of observed products. Atypical outliers were excluded. The public sources below provide the basis for each residential category.

Public Data Sources
• Hemet Municipal Code, Chapter 90 — Zoning, Article XX — Mobile Home Parks, Sec. 90‑656(1) “Interior Site Development (Mobile home spaces).” Establishes minimum mobile home space area of 4,400 sq ft, minimum space width of 40 ft along a public/private street, and minimum space dimensions of 55 ft × 80 ft. These standards support the typical double‑wide configuration used as the public basis for the mobile home AUS. • Seasons at McSweeny Farms (SDR 20‑001, City of Hemet, 2020): plan areas for Agate, Lapis, and Tourmaline models. These plan sizes are averaged (arithmetic mean) to derive the single‑family AUS.
• Aster River Oaks (SDR 23‑001; IS‑MND, City of Hemet, 2024): unit areas and counts for 228 apartments (Table 2). A unit‑weighted average of the mix is used to derive the multiple‑family AUS.
• Hemet Housing Element (HCD‑certified draft, 2021–2029): residential definitions and permitted housing types consistent with the study’s land use framework. 242

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Adopted Average Unit Sizes
Residential Category Adopted AUS (SF/DU) Use in Fee Program Single‑Family Residential
(SFR, 1‑detached)
2,304 Convert $/DU ↔ $/SF;
residential fee calculations
Multiple‑Family Residential
(MFR, attached +
multi‑unit)
926 Convert $/DU ↔ $/SF;
residential fee calculations
Mobile Home Dwelling
Units (MH)
1,250 Convert $/DU ↔ $/SF;
residential fee calculations
Calculation Notes
Each AUS is a unit‑weighted average: AUS = Σ(units × area) ÷ Σ(units). Values are maintained at full precision internally and rounded to whole square feet for publication.

Examples
• A multi‑family fee of $10,000 per dwelling unit equals $10,000 ÷ 926 = $10.80 per square foot.
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NET NEW FEE APPLICATION
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Appendix E — Net New Fee Application
Purpose
This appendix documents the City of Hemet’s Net New Development Impact Fee (DIF) calculation method. The calculation ensures that only the net new development impact is subject to DIFs, with credits for existing legal uses and fees applied solely to incremental increases, in accordance with the Mitigation Fee Act (Gov. Code §§ 66000 et seq.) and AB‑602.

Applicability (Programs & Units)
This method applies to the City of Hemet’s adopted Development Impact Fee programs assessed on a per‑square‑foot ($/SF) or per‑room ($/Room) basis. The examples below use the Water Facilities fee rates as a uniform demonstration for all land uses.

Applicable land uses and reference rates:
• Single‑Family Residential – $0.227/SF
• Multiple‑Family Residential – $0.444/SF
• Mobile‑Home Dwelling Units – $0.186/SF
• Commercial Lodging – $21.00/Room
• Retail / Commercial / Service – $0.043/SF
• Industrial – $0.020/SF
• Institutional – $0.089/SF
Calculation Rules (Net New)

1. Establish Existing Legal Use — Determine the fee credit from the existing legal use based on its current floor area or room count and the adopted rate (Appendix A).

2. Establish Proposed Use — Calculate the proposed fee using the current adopted rate and the new floor area or room count (Appendix A).

3. Compute Net New — Net New DIF = Proposed DIF − Existing DIF (minimum zero).

4. Change of Use — Existing credits are based on prior legal uses verified by permits or other records.

5. Mixed‑Use Sites — Apply the method by component (Residential, Retail, Industrial, etc.) and sum totals.

6. Partial Demolition/Additions — Fee credits are proportional to the remaining existing area or rooms.
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Worked Examples (Water Facilities Adopted Rates)
Example A — Commercial Rebuild (Retail → Retail):

Demolish 5,000 SF retail; construct 7,000 SF retail. Retail rate = $0.043/SF.

Existing Credit = 5,000 × $0.043 = $215.00
Proposed Fee = 7,000 × $0.043 = $301.00
Net New DIF = (7,000 − 5,000) × $0.043 = $86.00
Example B — Change of Use (Industrial → Retail):

Convert 10,000 SF industrial to 10,000 SF retail. Industrial rate = $0.020/SF; Retail rate = $0.043/SF.

Existing Credit = 10,000 × $0.020 = $200.00
Proposed Fee = 10,000 × $0.043 = $430.00
Net New DIF = 10,000 × ($0.043 − $0.020) = $230.00
Example C — Residential Addition (SFR → SFR):

Add 700 SF to an existing 1,800 SF single‑family dwelling. SFR rate = $0.227/SF.

Existing Credit = 1,800 × $0.227 = $408.60
Proposed Fee = 2,500 × $0.227 = $567.50
Net New DIF = (2,500 − 1,800) × $0.227 = $158.90
Example D — Mixed‑Use Redevelopment (Retail + MFR):

Demolish 2,000 SF retail and construct 3,000 SF retail plus 5,000 SF multifamily residential.

Retail rate = $0.043/SF; MFR rate = $0.444/SF.

Retail Credit = 2,000 × $0.043 = $86.00
Retail Fee = 3,000 × $0.043 = $129.00
Net Retail = $43.00
MFR Fee = 5,000 × $0.444 = $2,220.00
Total Net New DIF = $2,263.00
Example E — Commercial Lodging (Rooms):
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Expand a hotel from 20 to 25 rooms. Lodging rate = $21.00/Room.

Existing Credit = 20 × $21.00 = $420.00
Proposed Fee = 25 × $21.00 = $525.00
Net New DIF = (25 − 20) × $21.00 = $105.00
Submittal Requirements
• Site plan and floor area summary (existing and proposed). • Documentation of prior legal use (permits, assessor data, utility records, certificates of occupancy).
• Room counts for lodging, where applicable.
• Completed calculation worksheet demonstrating the net new fee computation.

Administrative Notes
• Negative results (Proposed − Existing < 0) yield a $0 fee. • Totals are rounded to the nearest dollar; intermediate calculations maintain precision.
• Updated rates apply if the Master Impact Fee Schedule (Appendix A) changes before permit issuance.
• Separate utility or district connection fees follow their own schedules but use the same net new principle.
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APPENDIX F

ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT (ADU) IMPACT FEE

APPLICATION
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Appendix F — Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) Impact Fee Application Purpose & Legal Framework
This appendix sets out how the City of Hemet applies development impact fees (DIFs) to Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) consistent with California Government Code and the City’s adopted per‑square‑foot methodology. Under Government Code § 65852.2(f)(3)(A), a local agency may not impose any impact fee on an ADU less than 750 square feet; for ADUs of 750 square feet or more, any impact fees must be charged proportionately in relation to the size of the primary dwelling. DIFs must also comply with the Mitigation Fee Act (Gov. Code §§ 66000 et seq., as amended by AB‑602), which requires a reasonable relationship (nexus) and proportionality between the fee and the development’s impacts.

Methodology & Calculation Rules
• Threshold: ADUs under 750 square feet are exempt from DIFs (§ 65852.2(f)(3)(A)).

ADUs that are 750 square feet or larger may be assessed. • Composite per‑SF basis: Hemet assesses residential DIFs per square foot across programs. For ADUs ≥ 750 square feet, apply the adopted Single‑Family Residential (SFR) $/SF rate by program; the example below uses the Water Facilities rate as a uniform demonstration.
• Formula (per‑SF method): ADU Fee = SFR Rate ($/SF) × ADU Area (SF). • Proportionality (primary comparison): Because SFR is charged per SF, ADU Fee = (ADU SF ÷ Primary SF) × Primary Fee = SFR Rate × ADU SF. The per‑SF method satisfies § 65852.2’s proportionality requirement.
• Net‑new/credit: If the ADU replaces prior fee‑paid floor area and City policy provides a credit, apply Hemet’s net‑new rule (Proposed − Existing), floored at $0. • Rounding: Compute to the cent; round totals to the nearest dollar in the final fee.

At‑a‑Glance
If an ADU is under 750 square feet, no development impact fees may be charged. If an ADU is 750 square feet or larger, development impact fees may be charged, but must be proportional to size. State law also imposes size allowances/caps that affect how large an ADU may be:
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jurisdictions must allow at least 850 square feet for a studio/one‑bedroom ADU or at least 1,000 square feet for a two‑bedroom ADU or larger, even if percentage limits would otherwise be smaller.

Unit Size (from Appendix D): 2,304 square feet.

Example 1 — ADU 700 SF (Exempt):

Result: No DIF may be charged (ADU < 750 SF).

Example 2 — ADU 850 SF (Chargeable & Proportional):

Example 3 — ADU 1,100 SF (Within state allowances):

Note: Detached ADUs up to 1,200 SF must be allowed under state law; attached ADUs are subject to the 50% primary limit but not below 850/1,000 SF minimums.

Sources
• Gov. Code § 65852.2(f)(3)(A): ADUs < 750 SF exempt; ADUs ≥ 750 SF proportionate to the primary unit.
• Mitigation Fee Act (Gov. Code §§ 66000 et seq., as amended by AB‑602). • City of Hemet Nexus Chapters (Water Facilities rate used here as the demonstration SFR $/SF).
• Appendix D — Average Residential Unit Size (Hemet): 2,304 SF SFR average.

Inputs & Examples (Hemet - Water Facilities Adopted Rate) Reference SFR Rate (Water Facilities, adopted): $0.227 per square foot. Hemet Average SFR Primary (reference): 2,304 SF × $0.227/SF = $523.01
ADU fee (per·SF): 850 SF × $0.227/SF = $192.95 · $193 (rounded) Proportional check: (850 ÷ 2,304) × $523.01 = $192.95 · $193 (rounded) ADU fee (per·SF): 1,100 SF × $0.227/SF = $249.70 · $250 (rounded) 250

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APPENDIX G

FIRE STATION COST BASIS
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Appendix G
Fire Station Cost Basis
Purpose
This appendix documents the planning-level cost basis for fire station projects in the City of Hemet Development Impact Fee Nexus Study. It presents the per-square-foot construction cost estimate provided by the Hemet Fire Department, the application of that estimate to each station project, the Station 3 growth-delta calculation, and a benchmark comparison to a contemporaneous California public safety construction project to confirm reasonableness. This appendix supersedes the earlier Public Safety Building Model (Kern County FIRE prototype) previously used as the basis for station planning estimates.

Fire Department Cost Estimate
The Hemet Fire Department provided a planning-level construction cost estimate of $1,600 per square foot (all-in) for standard fire station facilities in Hemet. This figure was developed by Fire Department staff based on current market conditions and is the authoritative basis for all station project costs in Chapter 4.

What the Rate Covers: The $1,600/SF rate is all-in and inclusive of: structure and framing; interior build-out; mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) systems; life-safety and fire suppression systems; site work and site improvements; soft costs (design, engineering, permitting, construction management, testing, and inspection); and standard contingencies appropriate to this level of planning. Because all of these elements are embedded in the per-square-foot figure, no separate line items are added for individual cost components.

Application: The rate is applied directly to the station's building square footage: Total Station Cost (no land) = Building SF × $1,600/SF. A planning-level land line is added separately where applicable, based on an estimated site area and prevailing land value. Estimates are stated in study-year (2025) dollars consistent with the Fire Department's estimate.

Station 7 Note: Station 7 (West) is a three-bay facility programmed at 9,757 square feet, matching the footprint of existing Station 4. All other new stations are two-bay facilities at 7,367 square feet. 252

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Table G-1: Station Project Cost Summary
Project Station SF Bldg. Cost
(@$1,600/SF) Land
Full
Replacement
Total Cost
DIF-Eligible Cost
and Notes
FD-001
Station 3
(Relocation &
Expansion)
7,367 $11,787,200 $27,069 $11,814,269
Growth delta
only: 2,093 SF ×
$1,600 + land =
$3,375,869
FD-002 Station 6
(Southeast) 7,367 $11,787,200 $27,069 $11,814,269 100% new development FD-004 Station 7 (West) 9,757 $15,611,200 $35,850 $15,647,050 3-bay facility;
100% new
development
FD-008 Station 8
(Southwest) 7,367 $11,787,200 $27,069 $11,814,269 100% new development Note: The DIF-eligible cost for FD-001 (Station 3) reflects only the growth-attributable increment; see Table G-2 below for the delta calculation. For all other stations (FD-002, FD-004, FD-008), the full replacement cost equals the DIF-eligible cost because these are entirely new facilities. Land values are planning-level estimates and will be refined at time of project delivery.

Station 3 Growth-Delta Methodology (FD-001)
Station 3 is being relocated and expanded from 5,274 SF to 7,367 SF. Under the Mitigation Fee Act, only the capacity-increasing share attributable to growth is eligible for fee funding. The DIF-eligible cost is therefore based on the incremental square footage (the growth delta), not the full replacement cost. The growth-delta approach applies the same $1,600/SF all-in rate to the delta square footage and adds the land cost separately, producing the DIF-eligible cost for FD-001.

Table G-2: Station 3 Delta Calculation
Item Value Basis
Replacement station SF 7,367 SF Fire Department program Existing Station 3 SF 5,274 SF City records
Growth-eligible delta SF 2,093 SF 7,367 − 5,274
Per-SF cost (all-in) $1,600/SF Fire Department estimate Building cost (delta SF) $3,348,800 2,093 SF × $1,600
Land (planning-level) $27,069 0.54 acres × est. land value (prorated) DIF-eligible cost (FD001) $3,375,869 Delta SF × $1,600 + land 253

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Reasonableness Benchmark: Higgins Corner Fire Station
As a benchmark for reasonableness, the City reviewed a contemporaneous CAL FIRE station replacement project in California. The Higgins Corner Fire Station (Colusa County) was the subject of a Capital Outlay Budget Change Proposal submitted to the California Department of Finance in January 2025, based on July 2024 engineer estimates (FY 2025–26 Capital Outlay BCP; available at bcp.dof.ca.gov).

The Higgins Corner project is a multi-building CAL FIRE facility including a main station, dormitory, apparatus bays, administrative space, and support structures — a more complex program than Hemet’s standard two-bay municipal station. Colusa County also has lower prevailing construction labor costs than Southern California. Accordingly, the Higgins Corner benchmark provides a conservative reference point: a Hemet station of similar or greater complexity in the same cost environment would be expected to cost more, not less.

Table G-3: Higgins Corner Benchmark Comparison
Item Amount Notes
CAL FIRE Higgins Corner FS
project cost $12,029,000 Total BCP estimate incl. land ($900K) Less: land acquisition ($900,000) Excluded for construction-cost comparison All-in construction cost (no
land) $11,129,000 Multi-building CAL FIRE facility, Colusa County Hemet 2-bay station cost (no
land) $11,787,200 7,367 SF × $1,600/SF; simpler single-building municipal station Reasonableness
conclusion —
Hemet's $1,600/SF is conservative relative to
the Higgins Corner benchmark, given Southern
California's higher labor costs
The Higgins Corner benchmark confirms that $1,600 per square foot is a conservative and wellsupported planning-level estimate for a standard fire station facility in the City of Hemet.

Source and Attribution
The $1,600/SF planning-level estimate was provided by the Hemet Fire Department. The Higgins Corner benchmark is drawn from publicly available California Department of Finance budget documents (bcp.dof.ca.gov). No proprietary cost model or third-party estimating database is used as the primary cost basis for this program; the Fire Department’s estimate is the authoritative source. 254

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APPENDIX H

TRIP GENERATION & TRIP-MILES METHODOLOGY
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Appendix H — Trip Generation & Trip-Miles Methodology
This appendix documents the methodology used to measure new development’s demand on the City of Hemet’s transportation network for purposes of the Bridges, Streets & Traffic (BST) Development Impact Fee.

What Is Being Measured
The BST fee is based on trip-miles — the number of daily vehicle trips generated by a development multiplied by the average length of those trips. Trip-miles capture both how often vehicles enter the street system and how far they travel, providing a proportional measure of each development type’s demand on the road network.

Trip-miles are calculated for each land-use category and used to allocate the BST program cost in proportion to each category’s share of total projected demand.

Data Sources
Two published sources provide the inputs for every land-use category:

Source What It Provides
ITE Trip Generation
Manual (11th Edition,
2021)
Daily vehicle trip-end rates by land-use type — the number of trips entering or leaving a site per dwelling unit, per 1,000 square feet, or per room. Compiled from counts at thousands of real buildings nationwide.

SANDAG Regional Travel
Behavior Data (Appendix
T9)
Average one-way trip lengths (miles) and trip-type shares — the fractions of trips that are primary (new to the network), diverted (partial detour), or pass-by (already on the road) — for each land-use family. Based on Southern California travel surveys.

Neither source alone is sufficient: ITE counts how many trips a building generates; SANDAG identifies how many of those trips are genuinely new to the network and how far they travel.

The methodology combines them to calculate net new trip-miles.

How Trip-Miles Are Calculated
The calculation follows three steps for each land-use category:

Step 1
Count trip-ends
Multiply the development quantity (dwelling units, square feet, or rooms) by the ITE daily trip-end rate for that land use. This gives the total vehicle trips generated per day.
↓
Step 2
Adjust for trip type
Not all generated trips are new to the road network. Primary trips are fully counted. Diverted trips — vehicles making a detour on their way somewhere else — are partially counted. Pass-by trips — vehicles already on the road that pull in — receive the lowest weighting. These adjustments, based on SANDAG T9 data, prevent over-attributing demand to land uses that attract passing traffic. ↓
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Step 3
Multiply by trip length
Multiply the adjusted trip-ends by the average one-way trip length (miles) from SANDAG T9. The result is the daily trip-miles attributable to that land-use category.

Steps 1–3 are summarized in a single multiplier — the Trip-End and Length Factor — shown in the Chapter 5 fee schedule tables. The practical calculation is: Development Quantity × Trip-End and Length Factor = Trip-Miles.

From Trip-Miles to Fees
Once trip-miles are calculated for all land-use categories, each category’s share of total projected trip-miles determines its proportionate share of the BST program cost. That cost share is divided by the projected development quantity to produce the per-square-foot (or per-room) fee, consistent with AB-602.

Sources & Audit Trail
The Trip-End and Length Factor for each land-use category, and the resulting fee amounts, are reported in the Chapter 5 fee schedule tables. The underlying inputs can be independently verified using:
• ITE Trip Generation Manual, 11th Edition (2021) — source of all daily trip-end rates • SANDAG Regional Travel Behavior Data, Appendix T9 (April 2002) — source of trip lengths and primary/diverted/pass-by shares for Southern California land uses • Chapter 5 — Bridges, Streets & Traffic — reports the adopted Trip-End and Length Factors and the resulting per-square-foot fees
No intermediate rounding is applied; all values are carried at full precision through the fee calculation.
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APPENDIX I

BRIDGES, STREETS, & TRAFFIC CAPITAL PROJECT

SUMMARY
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Appendix I: Bridges, Streets, & Traffic Capital Project Summary Allocation of Costs Between Existing and New Development | Program Period: 2026–2036 Existing Development New Development
Project
ID Project Title Total Cost Allocation % Allocated Cost Allocation % Allocated Cost Project Timing ST-001 Acacia Ave, Florida Ave To Kirby St — Full-Width Widening $2,143,500 20% $428,700 80% $1,714,800 2026–2036 ST-002 Berkeley Ave, Hemet St To Lake St — Sidewalks
& Streetlights $189,940 75% $142,455 25% $47,485 2026–2036 ST-003 Buena Vista, North City Boundary To Oakland —
Sidewalks & Streetlights $1,286,300 20% $257,260 80% $1,029,040 2026–2036 ST-004 California Ave, Florida Ave To Devonshire Ave —
Sidewalks & Streetlights $27,540 60% $16,524 40% $11,016 2026–2036 ST-005 California Ave, Devonshire Ave To Menlo Ave —
Half-St Widening $441,145 35% $154,401 65% $286,744 2026–2036 ST-006 Cawston Ave, Esplanade To Florida Ave —
Sidewalks & Streetlights $544,180 75% $408,135 25% $136,045 2026–2036 ST-007 Chambers St, Lyon Ave To State St — Sidewalks
& Streetlights $273,809 75% $205,357 25% $68,452 2026–2036 ST-008 Charlton Ave, Park Ave To Ramona Expressway
— Sidewalks & Streetlights $513,272 75% $384,954 25% $128,318 2026–2036 ST-009 Columbia St, Park Ave To Florida Ave — Half-St
Widening $395,300 35% $138,355 65% $256,945 2026–2036
ST-010 Devonshire Ave, State St To Cornell — Half-St
Widening $503,908 35% $176,368 65% $327,540 2026–2036
ST-011 Eaton Ave, Cawston Ave To Palm Ave —
Sidewalks & Streetlights $1,053,034 75% $789,776 25% $263,258 2026–2036 ST-012 Fisher Ave, Poplar To Simpson — Full
Improvement $795,040 20% $159,008 80% $636,032 2026–2036 ST-013 Fruitvale Ave, Cawston Ave To State St —
Sidewalks & Streetlights $654,006 75% $490,505 25% $163,501 2026–2036 ST-014 Girard St, Park Ave To Devonshire Ave —
Sidewalks & Streetlights $348,864 75% $261,648 25% $87,216 2026–2036 ST-015 Girard St, Florida Ave To Devonshire Ave —
Sidewalks & Streetlights $106,284 75% $79,713 25% $26,571 2026–2036 ST-016 Hemet St, Ramona Expressway To Florida Ave
— Sidewalks & Streetlights $1,417,061 65% $921,090 35% $495,971 2026–2036 ST-017 Kirby St, Esplanade To Florida Ave — Half-St
Widening $503,505 35% $176,227 65% $327,278 2026–2036
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Existing Development New Development
Project
ID Project Title Total Cost Allocation % Allocated Cost Allocation % Allocated Cost Project Timing ST-018 Lake St, Ramona Expressway To Florida Ave —
Half-St Widening $207,030 35% $72,460 65% $134,570 2026–2036 ST-019 Lincoln Ave, Park Ave To City Limits —
Sidewalks & Streetlights $823,384 75% $617,538 25% $205,846 2026–2036 ST-020 Lyon Ave, Esplanade To Florida Ave — Half-St
Widening $1,542,510 35% $539,878 65% $1,002,632 2026–2036 ST-021 Menlo Ave, Rose Ave To Cawston Ave — Full
Improvement $1,166,020 20% $233,204 80% $932,816 2026–2036 ST-022 Menlo Ave, Cawston Ave To State St —
Sidewalks & Streetlights $1,260,702 75% $945,526 25% $315,176 2026–2036 ST-023 Meridian St, Washington To Park Ave —
Sidewalks & Streetlights $478,625 75% $358,969 25% $119,656 2026–2036 ST-024 Mountain Ave (Ramona Expressway) — Hemet
St To City Limits $711,567 75% $533,675 25% $177,892 2026–2036 ST-025 Meyers, Florida Ave To Devonshire Ave — HalfSt Widening $685,410 35% $239,894 65% $445,516 2026–2036 ST-026 Walden Weaver, Stetson Ave To Devonshire Ave
— Half-St Widening $5,095,975 35% $1,783,591 65% $3,312,384 2026–2036 ST-027 Newport Rd, State St To East City Limits —
Sidewalks & Streetlights $176,800 75% $132,600 25% $44,200 2026–2036 ST-028 Stetson Ave, California Ave To Walden Weaver
— Full-Width Widening $3,178,750 20% $635,750 80% $2,543,000 2026–2036 ST-029 Palm Ave, Esplanade To Florida Ave —
Sidewalks & Streetlights $1,666,810 75% $1,250,108 25% $416,702 2026–2036 ST-030 Park Ave, Hewitt To Black Walnut — Sidewalks &
Streetlights $3,189,790 75% $2,392,342 25% $797,448 2026–2036 ST-031 Celeste, Old Warren To Meyers (Old Rose Ave)
— Full Improvement $1,833,800 20% $366,760 80% $1,467,040 2026–2036 ST-032 San Jacinto St To South City Limits — Half-St
Widening $989,925 35% $346,474 65% $643,451 2026–2036
ST-033 Santa Fe St, North City Limits To Date St —
Sidewalks & Streetlights $687,728 75% $515,796 25% $171,932 2026–2036 ST-034 Soboba St, North City Limits To Florida Ave —
Half-St Widening $966,475 35% $338,266 65% $628,209 2026–2036 ST-035 State St, Domenigoni To Newport Rd — Half-St
Widening $1,574,500 35% $551,075 65% $1,023,425 2026–2036 ST-036 Stetson Ave, Walden Weaver To Cawston Ave —
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Project
ID Project Title Total Cost Allocation % Allocated Cost Allocation % Allocated Cost Project Timing ST-037 Thorton, Fischer To Sanderson Ave — Half-St
Widening $433,825 35% $151,839 65% $281,986 2026–2036
ST-038 Whittier Ave, Cawston Ave To Sanderson Ave —
Full Improvement $1,799,200 20% $359,840 80% $1,439,360 2026–2036 ST-039 Yale St, Park Ave To Florida Ave — Sidewalks &
Streetlights $458,960 75% $344,220 25% $114,740 2026–2036 ST-040 Right-of-Way Acquisition — Full Improvement $6,907,509 20% $1,381,502 80% $5,526,007 2026–2036 ST-041 Traffic Signal Update $1,000,000 60% $600,000 40% $400,000 2026–2036 ST-042 Traffic Signal, State St At Devonshire Ave $400,000 60% $240,000 40% $160,000 2026–2036 ST-043 Traffic Signal, State St At Whittier Ave $800,000 20% $160,000 80% $640,000 2026–2036 ST-044 Traffic Signal, Lyon Ave At Devonshire Ave $800,000 20% $160,000 80% $640,000 2026–2036 ST-045 Traffic Signal, Lyon Ave At Menlo Ave $800,000 20% $160,000 80% $640,000 2026–2036 ST-046 Traffic Signal, Acacia Ave At Palm Ave $800,000 20% $160,000 80% $640,000 2026–2036 ST-047 Traffic Signal, Kirby St At Menlo Ave $800,000 20% $160,000 80% $640,000 2026–2036 ST-048 Traffic Signal, State St At Johnston $800,000 60% $480,000 40% $320,000 2026–2036 ST-049 Traffic Signal, Sanderson Ave At Johnston $400,000 60% $240,000 40% $160,000 2026–2036 ST-050 Traffic Signal, Kirby St At Johnston $800,000 20% $160,000 80% $640,000 2026–2036 ST-051 Traffic Signal, California Ave At Florida Ave $400,000 60% $240,000 40% $160,000 2026–2036 ST-052 Traffic Signal, Palm Ave At Menlo Ave $800,000 20% $160,000 80% $640,000 2026–2036 ST-053 Traffic Signal, Santa Fe St At Stetson Ave $800,000 20% $160,000 80% $640,000 2026–2036 ST-054 Traffic Signal, Warren At Devonshire Ave $800,000 20% $160,000 80% $640,000 2026–2036 ST-055 Traffic Signal, Warren At Stetson Ave $800,000 20% $160,000 80% $640,000 2026–2036 ST-056 Traffic Signal, Fisher Ave At Stetson Ave $800,000 20% $160,000 80% $640,000 2026–2036 ST-057 Traffic Signal, Fisher Ave At Harrison Ave $800,000 20% $160,000 80% $640,000 2026–2036 ST-058 Traffic Signal, Dartmouth At Florida Ave $400,000 60% $240,000 40% $160,000 2026–2036 ST-059 Traffic Signal, Hemet St At Florida Ave $400,000 60% $240,000 40% $160,000 2026–2036 ST-060 Traffic Signal, Devonshire Ave At Myers Ave $800,000 20% $160,000 80% $640,000 2026–2036 ST-061 Traffic Signal, Cawston Ave At Florida Ave $400,000 60% $240,000 40% $160,000 2026–2036 ST-062 Traffic Signal, Cawston Ave At Devonshire Ave $400,000 60% $240,000 40% $160,000 2026–2036 ST-063 Traffic Signal, Sanderson Ave At Fruitvale Ave $400,000 60% $240,000 40% $160,000 2026–2036 ST-064 Traffic Signal, State St At Fruitvale Ave $400,000 60% $240,000 40% $160,000 2026–2036 ST-065 Traffic Signal, State St At Mayberry $800,000 20% $160,000 80% $640,000 2026–2036 261

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Existing Development New Development
Project
ID Project Title Total Cost Allocation % Allocated Cost Allocation % Allocated Cost Project Timing ST-066 Traffic Signal, Santa Fe St At Acacia Ave $800,000 20% $160,000 80% $640,000 2026–2036 ST-067 Traffic Signal, Santa Fe St At Devonshire Ave $800,000 20% $160,000 80% $640,000 2026–2036 ST-068 Traffic Signal, San Jacinto St At Acacia Ave $800,000 20% $160,000 80% $640,000 2026–2036 ST-069 Traffic Signal, Soboba St At Mountain Ave $400,000 60% $240,000 40% $160,000 2026–2036 ST-070 Traffic Signal, Florida Ave At Lake St $800,000 20% $160,000 80% $640,000 2026–2036 ST-071 Traffic Signal, Sanderson Ave At Wentworth $400,000 60% $240,000 40% $160,000 2026–2036 ST-072 Traffic Signal, Palm Ave At Devonshire Ave $800,000 20% $160,000 80% $640,000 2026–2036 ST-073 Traffic Signal, State St At Thornton Ave $400,000 60% $240,000 40% $160,000 2026–2036 ST-074 Future Traffic Signalization $1,000,000 20% $200,000 80% $800,000 2026–2036 ST-075 Hemet St Bridge Over Charlton Ave — Full
Improvement $5,000,000 40% $2,000,000 60% $3,000,000 2026–2036 ST-076 Highway 79 Bridge Over Devonshire Ave — Full
Improvement $5,000,000 0% $0 100% $5,000,000 2026–2036
ST-077 Highway 79 Bridge Over Stetson Ave — Full
Improvement $5,000,000 0% $0 100% $5,000,000 2026–2036
ST-078 Buena Vista St, Johnston Ave To Chambers St –
Sidewalks & Streetlights $309,775 75% $232,331 25% $77,444 2026–2036 ST-079 Cawston Ave, Florida Ave To Cloudywing Road –
Corridor Widening $2,257,936 50% $1,128,968 50% $1,128,968 2026–2036 ST-080 Devonshire Ave, California Ave To Sanderson
Ave – Half-St Widening $3,077,348 35% $1,077,072 65% $2,000,276 2026–2036 ST-081 Lyon Ave, Florida Ave To Stetson Ave – Half-St
Widening $1,532,960 35% $536,536 65% $996,424 2026–2036 ST-082 Lyon Ave, Stetson Ave To Salt Creek – FullWidth Widening $2,719,560 20% $543,912 80% $2,175,648 2026–2036 ST-083 Menlo Ave, State St To Park Ave – Sidewalks &
Streetlights $1,010,742 75% $758,056 25% $252,686 2026–2036 ST-084 Meridian St, Park Ave To Florida Ave – Half-St
Widening $192,890 35% $67,512 65% $125,378 2026–2036
ST-085 Palm Ave, Florida Ave To South of Chambers St
– Corridor Widening $3,512,850 20% $702,570 80% $2,810,280 2026–2036 ST-086 Santa Fe St, Devonshire Ave To Florida Ave –
Half-St Widening $2,760,400 35% $966,140 65% $1,794,260 2026–2036 ST-087 Thornton Ave, Lyon Ave To Santa Fe St –
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Existing Development New Development
Project
ID Project Title Total Cost Allocation % Allocated Cost Allocation % Allocated Cost Project Timing ST-088 Warren Road – Half-Street Widening, Local
Share (Non-TUMF Scope) $2,499,600 35% $874,860 65% $1,624,740 2026–2036 ST-089 Warren Road Bridge Widening – Bridge/Structure
(Local DIF Share) $5,000,000 40% $2,000,000 60% $3,000,000 2026–2036 Subtotal of Project Costs $111,019,859 $38,119,260 $72,900,599 2026–2036 Less: Fund Balance (8,620,952) (8,620,952)
Net DIF-Eligible Program Cost $64,279,647
Notes: All costs are in 2025 dollars. Allocation percentages reflect project-specific trip generation and benefit analysis per the Circulation Impact Fee Nexus Study. Fund balance as of June 30, 2024 per City of Hemet FY 2023–24 AB-1600 Annual Report.
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APPENDIX J

FLOOD CONTROL COST BASIS AND PROJECT DETAIL
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APPENDIX J – FLOOD CONTROL COST BASIS AND PROJECT DETAIL Purpose
The purpose of this appendix is to document the cost basis, escalation methodology, and project components supporting the Flood Control (FC) regional drainage improvements included in the City’s Flood Control Development Impact Fee. This appendix provides the complete supporting detail for all five drainage basins—Little Lake Basin (FC-001), Southwest Hemet Basin (FC-002), San Jacinto Basin (Hemet Segments) (FC-003), West Hemet Basin (FC-004), and Hemet Main Basin (FC-005)—including the original Master Drainage Plan (MDP) cost years, ENR Construction Cost Index (CCI) escalation factors, and the fully escalated 2025-dollar project costs. The appendix also identifies each basin’s master-planned storm drain facilities and demonstrates how the project-level costs reconcile to the basin-level totals used in the fee calculation.

Methodology
The Flood Control cost basis is derived from the original facility costs reported in the applicable Master Drainage Plans for each basin and escalated to 2025 dollars using the Engineering News-Record (ENR) Construction Cost Index (CCI). Each MDP outlines the master-planned trunk lines, laterals, channels, and detention facilities required to provide regional storm drainage service. Because these plans were prepared over several decades, each basin has a distinct MDP cost year. The adopted approach applies ENR-CCI escalation from each MDP’s original cost year to January 2025 (or August 2025 for the San Jacinto Basin) to produce consistent 2025-dollar project costs. For documentation, escalation factors are presented to three decimal places, while the escalated project costs are reported at the whole-dollar values previously computed. Where basin totals are allocated 50 percent to existing development and 50 percent to new development, the resulting allocation amounts are shown at full precision and may include cents to preserve exact proportionality.

The City’s adopted methodology aggregates individual master-planned line segments into five basin-level capital projects corresponding to the hydrologic basins serving the City’s urban area. All escalated project components within each basin are summed to establish the basin-level cost used in the Flood Control Development Impact Fee. This appendix documents each basin’s components, their escalation to 2025 dollars, and the reconciliation between project-level detail and basin-level totals. The 50/50 allocation reflects the dual-benefit nature of regional storm drainage improvements, which both remedy long-standing conveyance deficiencies affecting existing neighborhoods and provide the additional trunk capacity required to serve future development. This allocation approach is consistent with accepted practice under the Mitigation Fee Act in cases where precise proportional data is unavailable.

GIS Review and Fee-Eligible Cost Adjustments: Following Public Works direction, a GIS-based review of each master-planned facility alignment using the Riverside County Flood Control (RCFC) Master Drainage Plan / Area Drainage Plan GIS to identify two categories of adjustments: (1) facilities whose alignments extend outside the City limits, requiring jurisdictional boundary proration, and (2) facilities that have been partially or fully constructed, requiring exclusion of the constructed portion from the fee-eligible program.

For jurisdictional boundary proration, the City-eligible length of each affected alignment was divided by its total alignment length to derive a City-eligible percentage, which was then applied to the facility’s allocated cost. For partial construction exclusions, the unconstructed percentage of each affected facility was applied to its allocated cost. All GIS measurements and construction verifications were performed using RCFC 265

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MDP/ADP GIS data. The resulting fee-eligible costs are documented in each basin section below and are reflected in the GIS Adjustment column of each Component Cost Detail table and the Revised Fee-Eligible Basin Cost row of each Escalation Summary table.

Data Sources
The following documents provide the source information for the cost basis, facility components, and escalation calculations used in this appendix:
• Little Lake Master Drainage Plan (Report, Plates, and Map) • Southwest Hemet Master Drainage Plan (Report, Plates, and Map) • San Jacinto Valley Master Drainage Plan (Report and Maps) • West Hemet Master Drainage Plan (Report, Plates, and Map) • Hemet Area Master Drainage Plan (Report, Plates, and Map) • ENR Construction Cost Index (CCI), historical and January/August 2025 values • City of Hemet Development Impact Fee Nexus Study (this report), used for consistency with adopted land use categories and fee program structure
Basin Detail
FC-001 — Little Lake Basin Regional Drainage Improvements Purpose: This section documents the cost basis and component facilities for the Little Lake Basin (FC-001) regional storm drainage improvements. The purpose of this section is to summarize the master-planned storm drain systems included in the Little Lake Basin, identify the original Master Drainage Plan (MDP) cost year, document the ENR Construction Cost Index (CCI) escalation to 2025 dollars, and present the fully reconciled basin-level project cost that supports the Flood Control Development Impact Fee.

Scope: The Little Lake Basin includes the northern drainage area of the City served by the trunk and lateral storm drain facilities identified in the Little Lake Master Drainage Plan. The basin improvements include the Line A Storm Drain System (including Lines A-2 and A-4), the Line B Storm Drain System (including Line B4), the Line C Storm Drain System (including Line C-1), the Line D Storm Drain System (including Line D-1), and the Line E trunk improvement. These facilities together form the regional conveyance network for the Little Lake Basin and are required to collect runoff from existing and future development and convey flows toward the Little Lake outfall.

Method & Justification: The Little Lake Basin cost basis is derived from the original facility costs reported in the Little Lake Master Drainage Plan, which was prepared using 1978 dollars. These costs were escalated to 2025 dollars using the ENR Construction Cost Index (CCI) methodology described in Section I.2. The 1978 base-year CCI is 2,776, and the January 2025 CCI is 13,731.6, yielding an escalation factor of 4.947 when rounded to three decimals for documentation. All escalated project costs shown in this section reflect the previously computed whole-dollar values prepared by Revenue & Cost Specialists (RCS) for this study using the exact escalation factor.
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Following Public Works direction, four adjustments were applied to this basin. Line A-4 was identified as crossing the City boundary at Charlton Avenue (the portion north of Charlton is in the County of Riverside) and was confirmed partially constructed on and north of Lincoln Avenue via RCFC GIS. The combined Cityjurisdictional and unconstructed eligible portion (56.58% of alignment length) is included in the fee program, resulting in a reduction of −$1,356,323. Line B-4 was confirmed partially constructed via RCFC GIS (11.14% complete); the constructed portion is excluded from the fee-eligible program, resulting in a reduction of −$173,317. Line E was confirmed to extend partially outside the City limits; the City-eligible portion (70.23% of alignment length, measured via RCFC GIS) is included, resulting in a reduction of −$546,975. Line B (trunk) was confirmed partially constructed via RCFC GIS; Stage 1 (4,906 LF accepted) has been constructed against a total planned alignment of 10,411 LF, leaving 4,470 LF (42.93%) unbuilt. The unbuilt portion is eligible for inclusion in the fee program; the constructed portion is excluded, resulting in a reduction of −$7,012,415. Lines A, A-2, C, C-1, D, and D-1 are fully eligible with no further adjustments. The revised fee-eligible basin cost is $18,030,385.

The basin improvements include multiple MDP line segments that function collectively as a single regional drainage project. The escalated costs for each line segment are summed to produce the basin-level cost used in the fee calculation. Consistent with the methodology in Section I.2, the total basin cost is allocated 50 percent to existing development and 50 percent to new development to reflect the shared benefit of these regional drainage improvements and the absence of updated hydrologic modeling that would support a more granular allocation.

Escalation Summary
Item Value
MDP Base Year 1978
Base-Year CCI 2,776
Target CCI (Jan 2025) 13,731.6
Escalation Factor (3 decimals) 4.947
Total Escalated Basin Cost (2025$) $27,119,415
Less: Line A-4 combined boundary proration and
construction exclusion (56.58% eligible)
−$1,356,323
Less: Line B-4 partial construction exclusion (88.86%
unconstructed)
−$173,317
Less: Line E county boundary proration (70.23% in City) −$546,975 Less: Line B trunk partial construction exclusion
(42.93% eligible; 4,470 LF unbuilt of 10,411 LF total)
−$7,012,415
Revised Fee-Eligible Basin Cost (2025$) $18,030,385
Existing Community Share (50%) $9,015,192.50
New Development Share (50%) $9,015,192.50
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Component Cost Detail
Component Original
MDP Cost
Escalation
Factor
2025
Escalated
Cost
Source GIS
Adjustment
Fee-Eligible
Cost
Line A (incl. A-2,
A-4)
$1,173,500 4.947 $5,804,767 Little Lake

MDP / RCS
Escalation
A-4:
−$1,356,323
(56.58%
eligible —
boundary &
construction)
$4,448,444
Line B (incl. B-4) $2,798,500 4.947 $13,842,897 Little Lake

MDP / RCS
Escalation
B-4:
−$173,317
(88.86%
unconstructed)
$6,657,165
Line C (incl. C-1) $550,500 4.947 $2,723,071 Little Lake

MDP / RCS
Escalation
— $2,723,071
Line D (incl. D-1) $588,500 4.947 $2,911,040 Little Lake

MDP / RCS
Escalation
— $2,911,040
Line E $371,500 4.947 $1,837,640 Little Lake

MDP / RCS
Escalation
−$546,975
(70.23% in
City)
$1,290,665
Total Basin Cost — — $27,119,415 — −$2,076,615 $18,030,385 Basin Summary: The Little Lake Basin improvements complete the regional storm drainage network serving the northern portion of the City. The master-planned Line A, Line B, Line C, Line D, and Line E systems address conveyance gaps, inadequate capacity in key trunk segments, and long-standing flooding concerns along several roadway corridors. The improvements also provide the additional regional capacity required to serve long-term development in the basin. The cost basis shown in this section reflects the full MDP improvement need for the Little Lake Basin and forms the basis for FC-001 in the Flood Control Development Impact Fee.
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