HAND OUTS
CITY COUNCIL
MEETING
JULY 18, 2023
City of La Quinta
CITY COUNCIL MEETING: July 18, 2023
STAFF REPORT
AGENDA TITLE: ADOPT RESOLUTION TO UPDATE THE CITY’S USER AND
REGULATORY MASTER FEE SCHEDULE
RECOMMENDATION
Adopt a Resolution to update the City’s current user and regulatory Master Fee Schedule.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Staff annually reviews user and regulatory fees as part of the City’s normal course of operations.
Fees were most recently updated in August 2022. As part of that update, Council authorized annual fee adjustments, whereby fees would be increased based on the annual change in the regional Consumer Price Index for the Riverside, San Bernardino, Ontario region (CPI).
The annual change in CPI was 4.57%. Accordingly, most fees are proposed to be adjusted by 4.57%. Similar, to other organizations, the City faces inflationary pressures. The fee adjustment is intended to recognize this while continuing to prioritize collaboration between the City, the development community, and other fee payers.
Several minor refinements are proposed to specific fee categories to enhance fee schedule clarity, and more closely align fees to the City’s current costs of service. If adopted, the proposed Master Fee Schedule (MFS) would take effect October 1, 2023.
FISCAL IMPACT
Based on historical revenues and permit volume, the new fee schedule may generate an additional $183,000 in annual revenue.
BACKGROUND/ANALYSIS
Each year, staff reviews user and regulatory fees as a basis for recovering allowable costs of certain City services. Periodically (generally every five-to-seven years), the City conducts a comprehensive fee study; the last one was completed in July 2019. In the PUBLIC HEARING ITEM NO. 1
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interim years, fees are primarily adjusted by the annual change in CPI for the region.
Regional CPI is based on the most recent annual change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers in the Riverside, San Bernardino, Ontario Region. The annual timeframe used is March to March.
Fee adjustments are made to improve the correlation between the City’s cost of providing services and the fees imposed to recover those costs. If fees remain unchanged while the City’s costs increase, the City’s cost recovery levels will decrease.
The following table summarizes the proposed updates to the fee schedule.
Fee Category Summary of Primary Proposed Changes
1 Building Fees 4.57% increase to reflect CPI change
Clarify applicable fee for plan revisions
2 Planning Fees 4.57% increase to reflect CPI change
Adjust initial deposit to recover City
Attorney time associated with development
agreement review
Remove unused fee categories
Clarify fees for multiple concurrent
submittals from same applicant for different
projects that require similar application
review
3 Public Works Fees 4.57% increase to reflect CPI change 4 Fire Fees 4.57% increase to reflect CPI change
Add additional fee descriptions/categories
to improve fee schedule clarity. No new
permit requirements have been added.
5 NPDES Inspection Fees 4.57% increase to reflect CPI change 6 STVR Permit Fees 4.57% increase to reflect CPI change 7 Medical Cannabis Delivery
Permit Fees
4.57% increase to reflect CPI change
8 False Alarm Response 4.57% increase to reflect CPI change 9 Vehicle Impound Fees 4.57% increase to reflect CPI change 10 Code Enforcement 4.57% increase to reflect CPI change 464 CITY COUNCIL MEETING - JULY 18, 2023 - HAND-OUT BY STAFF PUBLIC HEARING ITEM NO. 1 - MASTER FEE SCHEDULE UPDATE
11 Home Occupation Permit 4.57% increase to reflect CPI change 12 Pool Drain Permit 4.57% increase to reflect CPI change 13 Bingo Permit No change (limited by State)
14 Film/Photography Permit 4.57% increase to reflect CPI change 15 Administrative Fees No change (limited by State)
16 Appeal Fees No change
17 Facility Rental Rates No change
18 SilverRock Rental Rates No change
4.57% increase to reflect CPI change
19 Parking Lot Rental Rates No change
4.57% increase to reflect CPI change
(rounded to nearest $0.25 per space)
20 Technology Enhancement Fee No change
21 Credit Card Transaction Fee No change
Attachment 1 identifies current fees, proposed fees, and proposed fee change percentage
Attachment 2 includes cost of service analysis supporting any non-CPI fee adjustments.
Attachment 3 provides the source data for the annual CPI adjustment.
If Council adopts the resolution, the updated Master Fee Schedule will go into effect on October 1, 2023.
AGENCY AND PUBLIC REVIEW
Notice regarding the proposed fee changes was provided in accordance with Government Code Sections 66016 and 6062(a). Interested stakeholders, the Building Industry Association of Southern California – Riverside County Chapter (BIA), Desert Valleys Builders Association (DVBA), and the Southern California Gas Company (SC Gas) received notice of these recommendations on July 3, 2023. Public Hearing notices were also published in The Desert Sun on July 7 and 14, 2023. As of this writing, the City received a letter support from the DVBA, dated July 7, 2023, included as Attachment 4. 465 CITY COUNCIL MEETING - JULY 18, 2023 - HAND-OUT BY STAFF PUBLIC HEARING ITEM NO. 1 - MASTER FEE SCHEDULE UPDATE
ALTERNATIVES
Council may elect to adjust fees by a different amount than recommended by staff. Council may elect not to adjust the proposed fees.
Prepared by: Monika Radeva, City Clerk
Approved by: Jon McMillen, City Manager
Attachments:
1. Fee Schedule Showing Current Fees, Proposed Fees, and Proposed Fee Change Percentage
2. Cost of Service Analysis
3. Regional CPI Table – Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario 2022-2023
4. DVBA Letter of Support dated July 7, 2023
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Fee Description Fee Change Notes
SILVERROCK EVENT SITE
(4-Hour Minimum Rental)
1 Permit Processing Fee (per application) 0.00%
2 Facility Rental Fee (per hour) 0.00%
3 Security Deposit
a) One Day Event 0.00%
b) Event Lasting Two or More Days 0.00%
Fee Description Class II Class III Class IV
Security
Deposit Class II Class III Class IV
Security
Deposit Fee Change Notes
1 SilverRock - 50 people or less $75/hour $125/hour $175/hour $100 $75/hour $125/hour $175/hour $100 0.00% 2 SilverRock - Non-profit events with 100
people or more; TUP required
$150/hour N/A N/A $200 $150/hour N/A N/A $200 0.00%
3 SilverRock Meeting Room $50/hour $50/hour $50/hour $100 $50/hour $50/hour $50/hour $100 0.00%
CLASSIFICATION
Non-Profit: 501(c)3 tax organization.
Class II: LQ non-profit organizations, community-based organizations Class III: LQ residents (DSUSD - for all other facilities other than the Sports Complex) Class IV: LQ business and profit organizations; non-city residents, organizations, and businesses $128 $128
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Schedule of SilverRock Event Site Facility Rental Fees
Entire Park Area Rental
Non-Profit All Others
Current Fee Proposed Fees
$128 $128
Partial Park Area Rental
Non-Profit All Others
$272 $272
$500 $500
$272 $272
Current Fee Proposed Fees
$500 $500
$1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000
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Fee Description Current Fee Proposed Fee Change Notes
Parking Lot / Open Space Use Fees [a];[b]
1 Daily Use Rate Per Space
a) Per Hour Rate $1.75 $1.75 [c]
b) Maximum Per Day $14 $14
2 Daily Use Rate Per Area
a) Per Quarter Acre
i) Hourly Rate $55 $55 [c]
ii) Maximum Per Day $440 $440
b) Per Acre
i) Hourly Rate $219 $219 [c]
ii) Maximum Per Day $1,752 $1,752
[a] Public property use rental is facilitated by obtaining the relevant use permit approval from the Planning Division. [c] Four-hour minimum.
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Master Fee Schedule
Use of Public Property - Parking Lots and Open Space
[b] As part of permit review and review of potential impacts on the community and facilities, staff will determine if there is a need for a security deposit. Security deposit amount will be determined based on use requirements and will be refundable assuming conditions of rental/use are met. if CPI increase
rounded to
nearest $0.25
per space
↓
43 0.00%
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