CERTIFICATION
I, BRENDA PREE, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, California, do hereby certify that Resolution No. ____ is a full, true, and correct copy, and was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the Palm Springs City Council held on __________, 2023, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Palm Springs, California, this 25
th day of May, 2023.
BRENDA PREE
CITY CLERK
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55575.18140\41302052.1
Resolution No. ______
EXHIBIT A
FY 2023-2024 Comprehensive
Fee Schedule
Available for public review (click here to be directed to the fee schedule)
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF PALM SPRINGS
FISCAL YEAR 2023-2024 COMPREHENSIVE FEE SCHEDULE &
AMENDMENT TO THE CPI TO BE USED FOR ANNUAL INCREASES
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Palm Springs, California, will hold a public hearing at its meeting of May 25, 2023. The City Council meeting begins at 5:30 p.m., in the Council Chamber at City Hall, 3200 East Tahquitz Canyon Way, Palm Springs.
Pursuant to Assembly Bill 361, this meeting may be conducted by teleconference. View the City Council meeting live at the City’s website at www.palmspringsca.gov/pstv, YouTube, or Channel 17 (Spectrum).
The purpose of this public meeting is to solicit public comments and consider the following:
a. The proposed amendment to the Consumer Price Index used for the annual escalation of its Comprehensive Fee Schedule in conformance with the percent change for January of the current year from January of the prior year, derived from the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index for All items less food and energy in the Riverside - San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, all urban consumers, region. b. The proposed modifications to user fees and charges prior to the adoption of a Resolution revising and updating the City’s Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Comprehensive Fee Schedule, and to include a CPI increase to certain fees as authorized by the City Council. Under state law, all fees charged by the City must be reasonabl y related to the actual cost of providing various public services.
The staff report and other supporting documents regarding the FY 23/24 Comprehensive Fee Schedule are available for public review online, at www.palmspringsca.gov/CFS. A copy of the FY 23/24 Comprehensive Fee Schedule will be available online for examination and comment in the Office of the City Clerk, City of Palm Springs, 3200 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way, Palm Springs, California, 92262.
PUBLIC COMMENTS:
• You may provide oral comments at the meeting by contacting the City Clerk’s Office at (760) 323-8204 to be added to the public comment queue. You may be added to the queue at any time prior to the end of the public comment period for the subject hearing. At the appropriate time, a staff member will call you so that you may provide your public testimony to the City Council.
• Written comments may be submitted to the City Council by email at [email protected] or letter to the address below. Transmittal prior to the start of the meeting is required. Any correspondence received during or after the meeting will be distributed to the City Council as soon as practicable and retained for the official record.
City Clerk
Brenda Pree, MMC, CERA
3200 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way
Palm Springs, CA 92262
Any challenge of the proposed project in court may be limited to raising only those issues raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk at, or prior, to the public hearing. (Government Code Section 65009[b][2]).
Si necesita ayuda con este aviso, favor de llamar a la Ciudad de Palm Springs y comuníquese con Evelyn Beltran al 760-323-8204.
/s/ Brenda Pree____________
Brenda Pree, MMC, CERA
City Clerk
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May 11, 2023
Gretchen Gutierrez
Chief Executive Officer
Desert Valley Builders Association
34360 Gateway Drive
Palm Desert, CA 92211
Re: Response to Comments on the City of Palm Springs FY 2023-24 Comprehensive Fee Schedule Update
Dear Ms. Gutierrez:
We received your letter, dated May 3, 2023, regarding the City of Palm Springs FY 202 3-24 Comprehensive Fee Schedule Update and would like to thank you for your time in reviewing and commenting on the fee schedule. Below are the City’s responses to address your written concerns.
PAGE 8: STREET NUMBER CHANGE:
DVBA Comment:
o The proposed fee is $185.51 when the math of a 6.3% increase of current fee of $184.48 is $196.10
City Response: Agreed. The cell did not contain the formula due to last fiscal year’s update.
This has since been resolved. Thanks for catching that error.
PAGE 10-16: CONTRACT PLAN REVIEW – NEW CONSTRUCTION:
DVBA Comment:
o Each item in this section has a cost (fee) for either a valuation or increase in project size.
o DVBA needs to see how there is a nexus between size of project or valuation of project to the fees charged.
City Response: The Building Department’s Contract Plan Review – New Construction fees have remained unchanged since the FY 19/20 fee schedule update.
In FY 19/20, Resolution No. 24622 was adopted, approving a new user fee study and cost allocation plan and adopting t he FY 19/20 fee schedule.
Please refer to the fee study and cost allocation plan within Resolution No. 24622.
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PAGE 20: ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION PERMITS:
DVBA Comment:
o $50,000-$200,000 shows new fee as $3,329.90 when the math would be $3,490.48
o Over $200,000 shows new fee as $9,779.90 when the math would be $10,346.83
City Response: The math on the draft fee schedule you’d attached does add up correctly. • With a CPI Increase of 6.3% to the bottom tier’s base fee
5.31% * $48,000 = $2,548.80 → It gets added on to the new base fee of $781.10 to create the base of the next tier → $2,548.80 + $781.10 = $3,329.90 (which is the correct new base fee for anything between 50k-200k)
• 4.30% * $150,000 = $6,450 → Atop of the base fee of $3,329.90 to create the base for the last tier → $3,329.90 + $6,450 = $9,779.90 (which would be the correct base fee for the last tier along with 3.16% of anything over $200k)
• In conclusion, what’s shown in our draft fee schedule is correct, and no correction is required on page 20.
PAGE 41: CANNABIS BUSINESS AND ACTIVITY:
DVBA Comment:
o Site Inspection and Extra Services are At Cost.
o What does this mean? What positions, and what expected time frame based of size and production?
City Response: Site Inspections include additional inspections, conducted by the Fire Department, which may be needed for cultivation and manufacturing facilities; however, these inspections are not required of all applicants.
Additionally, extra services include fees for expedited services, odor control and land use review, that are collected by Special Program Compliance, and some of which include Building & Safety expedited service fees.
The May 25, 2023 staff report and updated Fiscal Year 2023-24 Comprehensive Fee Schedule may be found at www.palmspringsca.gov/CFS.
Sincerely,
Kristopher J Mooney, Acting Director of Finance
City of Palm Springs
Cc: Scott C. Stiles, City Manager
Office of the City Clerk
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