RESOLUTION R2026-XXX
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MANTECA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE 2027 SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY MULTI-SPECIES HABITAT CONSERVATION PLAN FEE WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Manteca adopted Municipal Code Chapter 13.40, Development Fees for the San Joaquin County Multi-Species Habitat Conservation and Open Space Plan (SJMSCP), establishing the authority for collection of a Development Fee for the SJMSCP for all new developments pursuant to the SJMSCP within the City of Manteca; and WHEREAS, a “Fee Study” dated July 16, 2001 was prepared which analyzed and identified the costs, funding, and cost-benefit of the San Joaquin County Multi-Species Habitat Conservation and Open Space Plan; and WHEREAS, the purpose of the SJMSCP Development Fee is to finance the goals and objectives of the SJMSCP that include, but are not limited to preserve land acquisition, preserve enhancement, land management, and administration that compensate for such lands lost as a result of future development in the City of Manteca and in San Joaquin County; and WHEREAS, after considering the Fee Study and the testimony received at the public hearing, the Manteca City Council approved said report; and further found that the future development in the City of Manteca will need to compensate cumulative impacts to threatened, endangered, rare and unlisted SJMSCP Covered Species and other wildlife and compensation for some non-wildlife related impacts to recreation, agriculture, scenic values and other beneficial Open Space uses; and WHEREAS, an “Updated Fee Study” was prepared in 2006, 2011, 2016, 2020, and 2025 which analyzed and identified the costs and funding of the SJMSCP; and WHEREAS, the SJMSCP Development Fees are divided into three categories: Category A – Acquisition; Category B – Enhancement; and Category C – Land Management/Administration; and WHEREAS, the 2027 SJMSCP Development Fees will be as shown in the following table; and 2027 SJMSCP Development Fees
Habitat Type
Fee Per Acre
Open Space
$11,455
AG/Natural
$22,908
Vernal Pool (uplands)
$97,680
Vernal Pool (wetted)
$212,279
WHEREAS, to ensure that the SJMSCP development fees keep pace with inflation, annual adjustments are made to the fees based on the method previously adopted by the Manteca City Council; and WHEREAS, the method of annual adjustments was modified in 2011, 2016, 2020 and again in 2025; and WHEREAS, the City’s participation in the SJMSCP is directly and indirectly supported by General Plan Goal RC-6, RC-8, Policy RC-8.7, Policy RC-8.8, and Implementation Measure RC8-8.10, as described in the staff report dated November 4, 2025; and WHEREAS, the 2025 adjustment resulted in a minor change to category “A” with removal of outlier (three standard deviations) with an adjustment to the easement to fee title percentage used in the fee model and categories “B” and “C” with updated costs for each component.
WHEREAS, the City Council has considered all information related to this matter, as presented at the public meetings of the City Council identified herein, including any supporting reports by City Staff, and any information provided during public meetings.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Manteca, as follows:
The City Council hereby finds that the facts set forth in the recitals to this Resolution are true and correct and establish the factual basis for the City Council’s adoption of this Resolution.
The City Council finds and declares that the purposes and uses of the Development Fee, and the determination of the reasonable relationship between the fees’ uses and the type of development project on which the fees are imposed, are all established in Municipal Code Chapter 13.40, San Joaquin County Multi-Species Habitat Conservation and Open Space Plan (SJCMSCP) and remain valid, and the City Council therefore adopts such determinations.
The 2027 Development Fee shall be as set forth in the following table and will be effective January 1, 2027 – December 31, 2027.
Habitat Type
Category A
Category B
Category C
Total Fee
Rounded Fee
Open Space
$7,908.00
$3,222.00
$324.61
$11,454.61
$11,455
AG/Natural
$15,816.00
$6,444.00
$648.18
$22,908.18
$22,908
Vernal Pool (grasslands)
$79,911.00
$16,297.00
$1,472.10
$97,680.10
$97,680
Vernal Pool (wetted)
$78,534.00
$132,303.00
$1,442.12
$212,279.12
$212,279
The Fee provided in this resolution shall be effective on January 1, 2027, which is at least sixty (60) days after the adoption of this resolution.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Manteca at a public meeting of said City Council held on the 20th day of October 2026, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
MAYOR: __________________________
GARY SINGH
Mayor
ATTEST: __________________________
CASSANDRA CANDINI-TILTON
City Clerk
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