RESOLUTION NO. ________
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PACIFICA TO APPROVE AND
INCREASE CERTAIN USER FEES AND CHARGES AS DESCRIBED IN ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY NO. 2
WHEREAS, Administrative Policy 2 sets forth procedures for the review and approval of City fees and charges and
WHEREAS, on June 10, 2013, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 29-2013 amending Administrative Policy 2 to authorize annual adjustments to City fees and charges based on inflation and changes in labor costs in order to maintain cost recovery for City services; and
WHEREAS, it is City policy to establish fees and charges for City services which fully reimburse the City or maximize the City cost recovery for the associated services; and WHEREAS, all fees and charges shall be reviewed and updated annually in conjunction with the review of the City’s budget to ensure that they are adequate and to relate them to their associated program cost;
WHEREAS, the Assistant City Manager has requested City departments to review their fees and charges to utilize the previously performed fee study to ensure compliance with the City policy for full recovery of City costs; and
WHEREAS, regular review and modifications to fees and charges are necessary to ensure that they are adequate; and
WHEREAS, the City of Pacifica uses the San Francisco – Oakland – Hayward (Bay Area) Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in December of each year as a guideline for future annual increases, which was 3.0% in December 2025; and WHEREAS, where applicable the City of Pacifica uses the Engineering News Record (ENR) Construction Cost Index (CCI) in December of each year as a guideline for future annual increases, which was 0.6% in December 2025; and
WHEREAS, staff has modified fees and charges as is described in the Administrative Policy 2 attached hereto as Attachment “A”; and
NOW THEREFORE, THE PACIFICA CITY COUNCIL RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
BE IT RESOLVED that based on evidence in the record, the amounts recommended for fees and charges, including increases, do not exceed the reasonable cost of providing the services.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT:
1. The modifications to fees and charges set forth as subject to regular CPI or CCI increase, and marked as such in Attachment A are hereby approved and become effective on July 1, 2026
2. All fees and charges listed in the Attachment A - City of Pacifica Fees & Charges Citywide Fee Schedule will become part of Administrative Policy 2. Any fees and charges that have been previously adopted by resolution and are not being modified in Attachment A are incorporated for ease of reference only and without modifying or amending such fees or the underlying approvals in any manner.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Pacifica, California, held on the 22nd day of June 2026, by the following vote:
AYES, Councilmembers:
NOES, Councilmembers
ABSENT, Councilmembers:
ABSTAIN, Councilmembers:
Christine Boles, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM: ATTEST:
Michelle Marchetta Kenyon, City Attorney Sarah Coffey, City Clerk