RESOLUTION NO. 25.XXX
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LAGUNA BEACH, CALIFORNIA, TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE
FISCAL YEAR 2024-25 DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE REPORT
AND MAKE CERTAIN FINDINGS, AS REQUIRED BY
CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 66000 et seq.
WHEREAS, in 1999, the City Council approved Ordinance No. 1351 establishing a library impact fee to provide for acquiring, building, improving, expanding, maintaining, and operating public libraries located within the City, and
WHEREAS, the demand and need for such facilities and services results directly from the increase in density in the City by the development of land that was previously vacant or by the construction of additional residential units on land that is already developed; and WHEREAS, Laguna Beach Municipal Code Section 25.52.006 (E) requires an in-lieu parking certificate for areas designated by the City Council to be hardship areas and for which special districts are formed for the purpose of providing central or common parking facilities and/or improving public transit; and
WHEREAS, in 1999, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 1352 to require that five acres of property for each one thousand persons residing within the City be devoted to local park and recreational purposes through either dedication of land, payment of a park and recreation inlieu fee, or both, at the option of the City, to be used for the purpose of providing park or recreation facilities reasonably related to the subdivision; and
WHEREAS, in 1986, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 1119 to require certain development projects either provide artwork or pay an in-lieu fee that will be used to provide sites for and works of art in public places; and
WHEREAS, in 1982, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 1027 to establish a drainage Attachment 1
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fee on development projects to provide for improving and expanding drainage facilities located within the City; and
WHEREAS, Laguna Beach Municipal Code Section 25.96.070 established a housing inlieu fee to develop housing that would be affordable to households of extremely low, very low, low, or moderate incomes, meet the City’s regional share of housing needs, and implement the goals and objectives of the General Plan and Housing Element; and WHEREAS, on June 25, 2024, the City Council approved Resolution No. 24.047 adopting the Fiscal Year 2024-25 Budget; and
WHEREAS, California Government Code Section 66006(b) requires that for each separate account or fund established for the collection and expenditure of Development Impact Fees, the City shall make available to the public within one hundred eighty (180) days after the last day of each fiscal year a report; and
WHEREAS, California Government Code Section 66006(b)(2) requires that the City review the information made available to the public at a regularly scheduled public meeting after the information is made available to the public; and
WHEREAS, this report was filed with the City Clerk’s office and available for public review on November 21, 2025; and
WHEREAS, the City has complied with all the foregoing provisions.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAGUNA BEACH DOES RESOLVE:
SECTION 1: That the City Council of the City of Laguna Beach at a public meeting has reviewed the following information, attached as “Exhibit A”, pursuant to California Government Code Section 66006(b)(1), as required by California Government Code Section 66006(b)(2), including:
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a) A brief description of the type of fee in the account or fund; b) The amount of the fee;
c) The beginning and ending balance of the account or fund; d) The amount of fees collected, and the interest earned; e) An identification of each public improvement on which fees were expended and the amount of the expenditure of each improvement, including the total percentage of the cost of the public improvement that was funded with fees; f) An identification of an approximate date by which the construction of the public improvement will commence if the local agency determines that sufficient funds have been collected to complete financing on an incomplete public improvement, as identified in Section 66001(a)(2), and the public improvement remains incomplete;
g) A description of each interfund transfer or loan made from the account or fund, including the public improvement on which the transferred or loaned fees will be expended, and, in the case of an interfund loan, the date on which the loan will be repaid, and the rate of interest that the account or fund will receive on the loan; and h) The amount refunds made pursuant to Section 66001(e) and any allocations pursuant to Section 66001(f).
SECTION 2: That the City Council of the City of Laguna Beach at a public meeting has reviewed the proposed findings for unexpended funds, including:
1) Identifying the purpose to which the fee is to be put; 2) Demonstrating a reasonable relationship between the fee and the purpose for which it is charged;
3) Identifying all sources and amounts of funding anticipate to complete financing in incomplete improvements; and
4) Designating the approximate dates on which the funding referred to in subparagraph (c) is expected to be deposited into the appropriate account or fund.
SECTION 3: That the City Council of the City of Laguna Beach hereby determines that all reportable fees, collections, and expenditures have been received, deposited, invested, and expended in compliance with the relevant sections of the California Government Code and all other applicable laws for Fiscal Year 2024-25.
SECTION 4: That the City Council of the City of Laguna Beach hereby determines that no refunds and allocations of reportable fees, as required by California Government Code Section 66001, are deemed payable at this time.
SECTION 5. That the City Council of the City of Laguna Beach hereby determines that 6 - 4 - Reso. #
the City is in compliance with California Government Code Section 66000, et seq., relative to receipt, deposit, investment, expenditure, or refund of reportable fees received and expended relative to city facilities for new development for Fiscal Year 2024-25.
SECTION 6: The City Clerk shall certify as to the adoption of this Resolution.
ADOPTED this 9th day of December, 2025.
, Mayor
ATTEST:
Ann Marie McKay, City Clerk
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I, Ann Marie McKay, City Clerk of the City of Laguna Beach, certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 25.XXX was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of said City held on December 9, 2025, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBER(S):
NOES: COUNCILMEMBER(S):
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBER(S):
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBER(S):
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City Clerk of the City of Laguna Beach, CA
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