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AGENDA
Pismo Beach City Council
AlSMo sEPc� Monday, February 3, 2025
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Pismo Beach City Council Agenda February 3, 2025
Special Meeting-2:00 p.m.
Council Chamber, City Hall, 760 Mattie Road, Pismo Beach, CA 93449 CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Waage
1. ROLL CALL:
Mayor: Waage
Mayor Pro Tem: Reiss
Council Members: Guthrie, Inman, Newton
2. PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
At this time, members of the public may comment on any item appearing on the agenda.
Please adhere to the following procedures when addressing the Council:
• Please limit your comments to 3 minutes or less.
• Unduly disruptive behavior will not be permitted.
Documents submitted to the Council become public record unless otherwise exempt from disclosure.
3. AGENDA ITEMS
Item 3.A: Development Impact Fee Study Session (Feeser) Recommendation:
1. Receive information on the overall basic methodology of the Development Impact Fee Update Study;
2. Provide direction on the amount of the proposed fees; and
3. Provide direction for staff to return to the City Council on February 18, 2025 with the fees as proposed, or any amount less than proposed.
4. CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS AND REQUESTS - No action to be taken
5. ADJOURNMENT
To the following meeting(s). Special and Closed Session times may be subject to change, as noticed. Meetings will be held in a hybrid in -person / virtual format unless otherwise noted:
Meeting Time Date Location
Regular Meeting 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 4, 2025 Council Chamber, City Hall Regular Council meetings will adjourn by 11:00 p.m. unless four -fifths of the Council votes to continue past that time. If the meeting is adjourned at 11:00 p.m., any remaining agenda items will be continued to the next regular meeting (R-97-04).
AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
I, Erica Inderlied, City Clerk for the City of Pismo Beach, declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing agenda for the February 3, 2025 meeting(s) of the Pismo Beach City Council was posted on January 29, 2025, at City Hall, located at 760 Mattie Road, Pismo Beach, CA, as well as on the City's website.
Clerk
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G\T Y OF
PISMO BEACH CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
A�syo Bt Agenda Item #3.A
Meeting Date: February 3, 2025
TITLE:
Development Impact Fee Study Session
RECOMMENDATION:
1. Receive information on the overall basic methodology of the Development Impact Fee Update Study;
2. Provide direction on the amount of the proposed fees; and
3. Provide direction for staff to return to the City Council on February 18, 2025 with the fees as proposed, or any amount less than proposed.
BACKGROUND:
The City of Pismo Beach has a development impact fee (DIF) schedule that is charged to developers to mitigate the impacts of development upon public facilities and infrastructure. These fees were most recently updated in 2019. Since 2019, the fees have been updated annually based on various economic indicators. It is best practice to update the DIF schedule in a comprehensive review every five to ten years to review existing development and future growth and reflect the latest 10-year Capital Improvement Plan (CIP).
DIFs are essential to mitigate the impacts of growth and development within the city.
These fees have supported numerous projects to date, including: State Water Supply; the Public Safety Facility project; the Central Coast Blue project; parkland and park facilities; a proposed new parking garage; Price Street, Dolliver Street, and Shell Beach Road multi -use trail; and critical water and wastewater capital projects. These fees allow the City to reduce the need to subsidize the costly development impacts on the city from General Fund taxpayer dollars, water and wastewater rate payers, and other funds, and free up the City's other funds to be able to complete other projects.
The City selected Willdan Financial Services (Willdan) to complete the DIF update based on past experience with the most recent study. Willdan worked with City staff to gather data about the city and determine various methods to update the DIF schedule. Based on Willdan's City of Pismo Beach Development Impact Fee Update Study (Study, Attachment 1), the DIFs are increasing to reflect an updated project list based on the current 10-Year CIP and changes in demand for facilities from the various types of development projects that may occur in the City. The majority of the increase is due to the updated cost of the Public Safety Facility and the recycled water project, Central Coast Blue. All other facility categories reflect a decrease in costs.
What are Development Impact Fees?
Development Impact Fees (DIFs) are fees charged by local governments and imposed on new or re -development projects for the purpose of providing new or expanded public facilities required to serve that development. The primary policy objective of a DIF program is to ensure that new development pays the capital costs associated with growth.
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Although growth also imposes operating costs, there is not a similar system to generate revenue from new development for services.
Authority to Collect Development Impact Fees
The City collects development impact fees under authority granted by the Mitigation Fee Act (Act), contained in California Government Code Sections 66000 et seq. The City programs development impact fee -funded capital projects through its 10-Year Capital Improvement Plan (CIP). Using a CIP allows the City to identify and direct its fee revenue to public facilities projects that will accommodate future growth. By programming fee revenues to specific capital projects, the City can help ensure a reasonable relationship between new development and the use of fee revenues as required by the Mitigation Fee Act.
On January 1, 2022, California implemented new requirements for jurisdictions using impact fees under Assembly Bill (AB) 602, adding Section 66016.5 to the Government Code. The law outlines guidelines for nexus studies, which analyze the connection between fees and development impacts. Nexus studies must identify existing and proposed levels of service for public facilities and justify changes in service levels. If an existing fee is increased, the original fee's assumptions and collections must be reviewed.
Fees for housing developments must be calculated proportionately to unit square footage to ensure a reasonable relationship to development burdens. Studies adopted after July 1, 2022, must follow these guidelines, with large jurisdictions also required to include a capital improvement plan. These measures aim to standardize and justify impact fee assessments. This attached study provides compliance for these new requirements.
City of Pismo Beach Development Impact Fee Update Study The primary purpose of the Study is to calculate and present fees that will enable the City to expand its inventory of public facilities, as new development creates increases in service demands. The Study provides the necessary nexus between the cost of providing a facility or service and the needs created by the new development, in accordance with the City's General Plan Facilities and Services Element. In addition, the General Plan Growth Management Element states that: "All new development within Pismo Beach shall be required to pay its proportionate share for existing or proposed public facilities." The City's General Plan is available online at pismobeach.org/generalpla 1.
How are Fees Developed?
The Study provides the methodology for how DIFs are calculated to fund the cost of facilities required to accommodate growth. The Study breaks the methodology into six steps:
1. Estimate existing development and future growth: Identify a base year for existing development and a growth forecast that reflects increased demand for public facilities;
2. Identify facility standards: Determine the facility standards used to plan for new and expanded facilities;
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3. Determine facilities required to serve new development: Estimate the total amount of planned facilities, and identify the share required to accommodate new development;
4. Determine the cost of facilities required to serve new development: Estimate the total amount and the share of the cost of planned facilities required to accommodate new development;
5. Calculate fee schedule: Allocate facilities costs per unit of new development to calculate the development impact fee schedule; and
6. Identify alternative funding requirements: Determine if any non -fee funding is required to complete projects.
Results: Maximum Justified Fees
Based on the Study, the maximum justified DIF schedule is shown in Table 1 below.
These fees would support all or a portion of the identified capital projects in the report from now until Fiscal Year (FY) 2050.
Table 1: Proposed Development Impact Fees
ill Units $1.28 2.93 1.35 $6.88 2.97 0.51 0.5 $2.35 $2.19 $4.36 $2.63 $27.95 ingle Family 1.29 2.96 1.37 6.95 3 0.59 0.65 3.13 2.92 5.81 3.36 32.03 /lultifamily 1.89 4.33 2 10.17 4.39 1.01 0.76 3.72 3.47 6.9 4.3 42.94 /lobile Home 1.34 3.07 1.41 7.2 3.11 0.69 0.35 1.67 1.56 3.1 3.74 27.24 donresidential (Per 1,000 square feet, hotel room or RV Park Space) retail/Service
$1,423
$6,942
$7,373
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$4,488
$8,935
$11,660
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2,188
10,674
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777
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4,488
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778
3,798
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778
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4,817
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1,605
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10,215
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4,256
4,521
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3,269
777
1,039
5,010
4,668
9,292
5,231
38,935
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4,256
4,521
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Compared to the current fees, the change in proposed DIFs are largely due to updated costs of the Public Safety Facility and the recycled water project, Central Coast Blue. The Public Safety Facility reflects the current cost of the project, including the debt service schedule. The Central Coast Blue project reflects an updated cost due to the changes in partner agencies of the project, where the City of Pismo Beach is now the only agency supporting and benefiting from this project. Although the most recent version of this project reflects a smaller scale project, with no other partner agencies, the cost of the project for the City has increased. All other facilities have decreased based on changes in projects and facilities and their respective costs to required to serve new development Council Agenda 2-3-2025 3.A-3
as well as updated growth demand factors. The explanations listed provide a high-level explanation of the change in fees from the current to the proposed fees. These explanations do not include all the changes detailed throughout the Study in the comprehensive fee update.
Comparison to Other Communities
A DIF survey was conducted for neighboring or similar communities to Pismo Beach.
Charts 1 through 3, respectively, compares the Pismo Beach Single -Family Residential fees assuming building size of 2,500 square feet, the Pismo Beach Multi -Family Unit fees assuming a 1,100 square foot unit, and the Pismo Beach Retail/Commercial fees assuming a 10,000 square foot building with those of neighboring communities. The survey includes DIF schedules in effect during January 2025. The Study's proposed DIFs are on the upper end of DIFs when comparing these fees with other communities' Single - Family Residential fees. Note that the timing of annual increases based on various indices occurs in July for the majority of communities on the chart, whereas Pismo Beach updates DIFs for inflators each January. As such, the City's proposed fees may end up in the upper -middle end of DIFs in the last half of the calendar year. The City of Pismo Beach has the highest property values in the County, has State Water supply costs, is moving forward with the Central Coast Blue recycled water project, and includes other improvements compared to other agencies in the comparison charts.
Chart 1: Comparison of Development Impact Fees per Single Family Unit (2,500 sq. feet)
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Council Action
The methodology and resulting fees from the Study follow industry best practices, conform to the City's General Plan, and meet the requirements of the Mitigation Fee Act.
Staff recommends that the Council receive information on the overall basic methodology of the Study, then provide direction on the amount of the proposed fees. The Council may provide direction for staff to come back to the Council on February 18, 2025 with the fees as proposed, or any amount less than proposed. The Council could implement a phased - in approach over a period of time, three years for example, if so desired.
Timeline and Next Steps
February 3, 2025 Special Council Meeting Study Session: Staff presents proposed DIF schedule for the Council's consideration. Council to provide direction on the proposed fees, including providing direction regarding the proposed capital projects and direction to come back to the Council with the proposed or a letter amount of fees.
February 4, 2025 Community Workshop: Staff will hold a public workshop to receive feedback on the proposed DIF schedule on February 4, 2025.
February 18, 2025 Public Hearing: Based on the input from the Council and the public workshop, staff will bring the DIF schedule back to the Council for approval of creating the new DIF schedule as part of a public hearing on February 18, 2025. The Council will determine whether or not to adopt a resolution implementing the new rates.
Effective Date of New Rates: The proposed date of the amended rates would be effective on or around April 19, 2025, which would be 60 days after the adoption of the resolution.
Staff will update the fees every January thereafter based on various inflation factors.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The fiscal impact of implementing the proposed DIF schedule is a proposed $87.75 million over 25 years from Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 to FY 2050. These revenues are essential to mitigate the impacts of growth and development within the city and would support the City's 10-year CIP. Some key capital projects included in the Study are: State Water Supply; the Public Safety Facility project; the Central Coast Blue project; parkland and park facilities; a proposed new parking garage; Price Street, Dolliver Street, and Shell Beach Road multi -use trail; and critical water and wastewater capital projects. These fees will only cover the portion of these projects that are attributable to growth and development. In addition, these fees are collected over a period of 25 years, where the projects will likely be paid for using other sources, then reimbursed over time from these fees as they are collected.
Since the most recent DIF Study in 2019, these fees have supported numerous projects to date, including: the State Water project costs; the Central Coast Blue project, Shell Beach Streetscape project; the energy efficient project, Downtown sidewalk pavers, several wastewater lift station projects, several water reservoir projects, several traffic improvements, and supporting the Housing in Lieu Fee Fund. These fees allow the City to reduce the need to subsidize the costly development impacts on the City from General Council Agenda 2-3-2025 3.A-6
Fund taxpayer dollars, water and wastewater rate payers, and other funds, and frees up the City's other funds to be able to complete other projects.
In order to keep up with inflation as these fees are set based on today's dollar value, staff proposes that the proposed development impact fees be automatically adjusted effective January 1 of each year (starting with January 1, 2026) by the following:
• For State Water Supply costs, the cost per acre-foot per year (AFY) shall include a
5.0% increase to reflect the State Water Supply costs associated with the Central Coast Water Authorities' Series 2016A refunding revenue bonds with an interest rate of 5.0%
• For all other categories, percent change over 12 months in California Department of General Services California Construction Cost Index (CCCI), for the twelve months ended in October prior to January 1.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. City of Pismo Beach Development Impact Fee Update Study Submitted by: Nadia Feeser, Administrative Services Director City Manager Approval:
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Attachment 1
CITY OF PISMO BEACH
DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE UPDATE
STUDY
PUBLIC REVIEW DRAFT
JANUARY 27, 2025
Oakland Office
1939 Harrison Street
Suite 430
Oakland, CA 94612
Tel: (510) 832-0899
Fax: (510) 832-0898
W 1 LLDAN
FINANCIAL SERVICES
Corporate Office
27368 Via Industria
Suite 200
Temecula, CA 92590
Tel: (800) 755-6864
Fax: (888) 326-6864
www.wilidan.com
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Attachment 1
TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.......................................................................... 4 Background and Study Objectives 4
Facility Standards and Costs 4
Use of Fee Revenues 5
Development Impact Fee Schedule Summary 5
Other Funding Needed 7
1 . INTRODUCTION........................................................................... 8 Public Facilities Financing in California
8 Study Objectives
8 Fee Program Maintenance
9 Study Methodology
9 Types of Facility Standards
9 New Development Facility Needs and Costs
10 Organization of the Report
11 2. GROWTH FORECASTS............................................................... 12 Land Use Types 12
Existing and Future Development 13
Occupant Densities 15
3. GENERAL GOVERNMENT FACILITIES ............................................ 16 Service Population
16 Existing Facility Inventory
17 Planned Facilities
17 Cost Allocation
18 Existing Level of Service
18 Future Level of Service
19 Use of Fee Revenue
19 Fee Schedule
19 4. POLICE FACILITIES.................................................................... 21 Service Population
21 Existing Facility Inventory
22 Planned Facilities
22 Cost Allocation
23 Existing Level of Service
23 Future Level of Service
24 Use of Fee Revenue
24 Non -Fee Funding Required
25 Fee Schedule
25 5. FIRE PROTECTION FACILITIES.................................................... 27 � I LLDAN
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Service Population
Existing Facility Inventory
Planned Facilities
Cost Allocation
Existing Level of Service
Future Level of Service
Use of Fee Revenue
Non -Fee Funding Required
Fee Schedule
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31 6. PARK AND RECREATION FACILITIES ............................................ 33 Service Population
33 Existing Park and Recreation Facilities Inventory
33 Parkland and Park Facilities Unit Costs
35 Park Facility Standards
35 Quimby Act Standard
35 City of Pismo Beach Park Facilities Standards
36 Facilities Needed to Accommodate New Development
36 Parks and Recreation Facilities Cost per Capita
37 Use of Fee Revenue
37 Fee Schedule
38 7. WASTEWATER FACILITIES.......................................................... 40 Wastewater Demand 40
EDU Generation by New Development 40
Facility Needs and Costs 41
Cost per EDU 42
Alternative Funding Sources 42
Fee Schedule 43
8. WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS ................................................ 44 Water Demand 44
EDU Generation by New Development 45
Facility Needs and Costs 45
Cost per EDU 46
Fee Schedule 46
State Water Supply Costs 47
State Water Supply Fee Schedule 48
Projected State Water Supply Fee Revenue 48
9. RECYCLED WATER FACILITIES ................................................... 50 Recycled Water Demand 50
EDU Generation by New Development 51
Recycled Water Facility Cost Allocation 51
Fee Schedule 52
10. TRAFFIC AND CIRCULATION FACILITIES ........................................ 55 �WILLDAN
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Trip Demand
Trip Demand Growth
Project Costs and Cost Allocation
Fee per Trip Demand Unit
Fee Schedule
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58 11. AB 602 REQUIREMENTS............................................................ 60 Compliance with AB 602
60 66016.5. (a) (2) - Level of Service
60 66016.5. (a) (4) — Review of Original Fee Assumptions 61 66016.5. (a) (5) — Residential Fees per Square Foot
61 66016.5. (a) (6) — Capital Improvement Plan
61 12. IMPLEMENTATION...................................................................... 62 Impact Fee Program Adoption Process
62 Inflation Adjustment
62 Reporting Requirements
62 Programming Revenues and Projects with the CIP
62 13. MITIGATION FEE ACT FINDINGS .................................................. 63 Purpose of Fee
63 Use of Fee Revenues
63 Benefit Relationship
63 Burden Relationship
64 Proportionality
64 APPENDIX......................................................................................... 65 � I LLDAN
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Executive Summary
This report summarizes an analysis of development impact fees needed to support future development in the City of Pismo Beach through 2050. It is the City's intent that the costs representing future development's share of public facilities and capital improvements be imposed on that development in the form of a development impact fee, also known as a public facilities fee. The public facilities and improvements included in this analysis are divided into the fee categories listed below:
■ General Government Facilities
■ Wastewater Facilities
■ Police Facilities
■ Water Facilities
■ Fire Protection Facilities
■ Recycled Water Facilities
■ Parks and Recreation Facilities
■ Traffic and Circulation Facilities
Background and Study Objectives
The primary policy objective of a development impact fee program is to ensure that new development pays the capital costs associated with growth. Although growth also imposes operating costs, there is not a similar system to generate revenue from new development for services. The primary purpose of this report is to calculate and present fees that will enable the City to expand its inventory of public facilities, as new development creates increases in service demands.
The City collects public facilities fees under authority granted by the Mitigation Fee Act (the Act), contained in California Government Code Sections 66000 et seq. This report provides the necessary findings required by the Act for adoption of the fees presented in the fee schedules contained herein.
The City programs development impact fee -funded capital projects through its Capital Improvement Plan (CIP). Using a CIP allows the City to identify and direct its fee revenue to public facilities projects that will accommodate future growth. By programming fee revenues to specific capital projects, the City can help ensure a reasonable relationship between new development and the use of fee revenues as required by the Mitigation Fee Act.
Facility Standards and Costs
There are three approaches typically used to calculate facilities standards and allocate the costs of planned facilities to accommodate growth in compliance with the Mitigation Fee Act requirements.
The existing inventory approach is based on a facility standard derived from the City's existing level of facilities and existing demand for services. This approach results in no facility deficiencies attributable to existing development. This approach is used to calculate the parks and recreation facilities fees in this report.
The planned facilities approach allocates costs based on the ratio of planned facilities that serve new development to the increase in demand associated with new development. This approach is appropriate when specific planned facilities that only benefit new development can be identified, or when the specific share of facilities benefiting new development can be identified. Examples include street improvements to avoid deficient levels of service or a wastewater trunk line extension to a previously undeveloped area. This approach is used for the general government facilities, wastewater facilities, water, recycled water and traffic and circulation facilities fees in this report.
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The system plan approach is based on a master facility plan in situations where the needed facilities serve both existing and new development. This approach allocates existing and planned facilities across existing and new development to determine new development's fair share of facility needs. This approach is used when it is not possible to differentiate the benefits of new facilities between new and existing development. The system plan is based on increasing facility standards, so the City must find non -impact fee revenue sources to fund existing development's fair share of planned facilities. This approach is used to calculate the police facilities and fire protection facilities fees in this report.
Use of Fee Revenues
Impact fee revenue must be spent on new facilities or expansion of current facilities to serve new development. Facilities can be generally defined as capital acquisition items with a useful life greater than five years. Impact fee revenue can be spent on capital facilities to serve new development, including but not limited to: land acquisition, construction of buildings, construction of infrastructure, the acquisition of vehicles or equipment, information technology, software licenses and equipment.
In that the City cannot predict with certainty how and when development within the City will occur within the planning horizon of this study, the City may need to update and revise the project lists funded by the fees documented in this study. Any substitute projects should be funded within the same facility category, and the substitute projects must still benefit and have a relationship to new development. The City could identify any changes to the projects funded by the impact fees when it updates its CIP. The impact fees could also be updated if significant changes to the projects funded by the fees are anticipated.
Development Impact Fee Schedule Summary
Table EA summarizes the development impact fees that meet the City's identified needs and comply with the requirements of the Mitigation Fee Act.
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City of Pismo Beach Development Impact Fee Study Update Other Funding Needed
Impact fees may only fund the share of public facilities related to new development in Pismo Beach. They may not be used to fund the share of facility needs generated by existing development or by development outside of the City. As shown in Table E.2, approximately $228 million in additional funding will be needed to complete the facility projects the City currently plans to develop. The "Additional Funding Required" column shows non -impact fee funding required to fund a share of the improvements partially funded by impact fees. Non -fee funding is needed because these facilities will serve both existing and development new development.
The City will need to develop alternative funding sources to fund existing development's share of the planned facilities. Potential sources of revenue include but are not limited to: existing or new general fund revenues, existing or new taxes, special assessments, and grants.
Table E.2: Non -Impact Fee Funding Required
Projected Additional
Net Project Impact Fee Funding
Fee Category Cost' Revenue Required
General Government Facilities
$ 2,220,069
$ 2,220,069
$ -
Police Facilities
45,557,968
7,033,344
38,524,624
Fire Protection Facilities
19,429,362
5,262,000
14,167,362
Parks - Land Acquisition (Quimby)
8,524,542
8,524,542
-
Park Improvements
6,635,107
6,635,107
-
Wastewater Facilities
9,722,021
1,522,589
8,199,432
Water System Improvements
11,106,211
1,808,600
9,297,611
State Water Supply
89,898,796
17,505,900
72,392,896
Recycled Water (Water)
11,443,245
8,179,600
3,263,645
Recycled Water (Wastewater)
23,233,255
16,284,400
6,948,855
Traffic Facilities
88,072,698
12,775,370
75,297,328
$ 228, 091, 753
Total $ 315, 843, 274 $ 87, 751, 520
Total project cost net of existing fund balances.
Sources: 3.3, 4.6, 5.6, 6.5, 7.3, 8.3, 8.6, 8.8, 9.3, 9.5 and 10.3.
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1. Introduction
This report presents an analysis of the need for public facilities to accommodate new development in the City of Pismo Beach. This chapter provides background for the study and explains the study approach under the following sections:
■ Public Facilities Financing in California;
■ Study Objectives;
■ Fee Program Maintenance;
■ Study Methodology; and
■ Organization of the Report.
Public Facilities Financing in California
The changing fiscal landscape in California during the past 40 years has steadily undercut the financial capacity of local governments to fund infrastructure. Three dominant trends stand out:
■ The passage of a string of tax limitation measures, starting with Proposition 13 in 1978 and continuing through the passage of Proposition 218 in 1996; ■ Declining popular support for bond measures to finance infrastructure for the next generation of residents and businesses; and
■ Steep reductions in federal and state assistance.
Faced with these trends, many cities and counties have had to adopt a policy of "growth pays its own way." This policy shifts the burden of funding infrastructure expansion from existing ratepayers and taxpayers onto new development. This funding shift has been accomplished primarily through the imposition of assessments, special taxes, and development impact fees also known as public facilities fees. Assessments and special taxes require the approval of property owners and are appropriate when the funded facilities are directly related to the developing property. Development impact fees, on the other hand, are an appropriate funding source for facilities that benefit all development jurisdiction -wide. Development impact fees need only a majority vote of the legislative body for adoption.
Study Objectives
The primary policy objective of a public facilities fee program is to ensure that new development pays the capital costs associated with growth. Policy F-2 of the Facilities and Services Element states, "The City shall establish impact fee programs to the extent that a nexus can be demonstrated between the cost of providing a facility or service and the needs created by new development." Policy GM-2 of the Growth Management Element of the General Plan states: "All new development within Pismo Beach shall be required to pay its proportionate share for existing or proposed public facilities." The primary purpose of this report is to update the City's impact fees based on the most current available facility plans and growth projections. The proposed fees will enable the City to expand its inventory of public facilities as new development leads to increases in service demands. This report supports the General Plan policies stated above.
The City collects public facilities fees under authority granted by the Mitigation Fee Act (the Act), contained in California Government Code Sections 66000 et seq. This report provides the necessary findings required by the Act for adoption of the fees presented in the fee schedules presented in this report.
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City of Pismo Beach Development Impact Fee Study Update Pismo Beach is forecast to see moderate growth through this study's planning horizon of 2050.
This growth will create an increase in demand for public services and the facilities required to deliver them. Given the revenue challenges described above, Pismo Beach has decided to continue to use a development impact fee program to ensure that new development funds its share of facility costs associated with growth. This report makes use of the most current available growth forecasts and facility plans to update the City's existing fee program to ensure that the fee program accurately represents the facility needs resulting from new development.
Fee Program Maintenance
Once a fee program has been adopted it must be properly maintained to ensure that the revenue collected adequately funds the facilities needed by new development. To avoid collecting inadequate revenue, the inventories of existing facilities and costs for planned facilities must be updated periodically for inflation, and the fees recalculated to reflect the higher costs. The use of established indices for each facility included in the inventories (land, buildings, and equipment), such as the Engineering News -Record, is necessary to accurately adjust the impact fees. For a list of recommended indices, see Chapter 12.
While fee updates using inflation indices are appropriate for annual or periodic updates to ensure that fee revenues keep up with increases in the costs of public facilities, it is recommended to conduct more extensive updates of the fee documentation and calculation (such as this study) when significant new data on growth forecasts and/or facility plans become available. For further detail on fee program implementation, see Chapter 12.
Study Methodology
Development impact fees are calculated to fund the cost of facilities required to accommodate growth. The six steps followed in this development impact fee study include:
1. Estimate existing development and future growth: Identify a base year for existing development and a growth forecast that reflects increased demand for public facilities;
2. Identify facility standards: Determine the facility standards used to plan for new and expanded facilities;
3. Determine facilities required to serve new development: Estimate the total amount of planned facilities, and identify the share required to accommodate new development;
4. Determine the cost of facilities required to serve new development: Estimate the total amount and the share of the cost of planned facilities required to accommodate new development;
5. Calculate fee schedule: Allocate facilities costs per unit of new development to calculate the development impact fee schedule; and
6. Identify alternative funding requirements: Determine if any non -fee funding is required to complete projects.
The key public policy issue in development impact fee studies is the identification of facility standards (step #2, above). Facility standards document a reasonable relationship between new development and the need for new facilities. Standards ensure that new development does not fund deficiencies associated with existing development.
Types of Facility Standards
There are three separate components of facility standards:
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City of Pismo Beach Development Impact Fee Study Update ■ Demand standards determine the amount of facilities required to accommodate growth, for example, park acres per thousand residents, square feet of library space per capita, or gallons of water per day. Demand standards may also reflect a level of service such as the vehicle volume -to -capacity (V/C) ratio used in traffic planning. ■ Design standards determine how a facility should be designed to meet expected demand, for example, park improvement requirements and technology infrastructure for City office space. Design standards are typically not explicitly evaluated as part of an impact fee analysis but can have a significant impact on the cost of facilities. Our approach incorporates the cost of planned facilities built to satisfy the City's facility design standards.
■ Cost standards are an alternate method for determining the amount of facilities required to accommodate growth based on facility costs per unit of demand. Cost standards are useful when demand standards were not explicitly developed for the facility planning process. Cost standards also enable different types of facilities to be analyzed based on a single measure (cost or value) and are useful when different facilities are funded by a single fee program. Examples include facility costs per capita, cost per vehicle trip, or cost per gallon of water per day.
New Development Facility Needs and Costs
A number of approaches are used to identify facility needs and costs to serve new development.
This is often a two-step process: (1) identify total facility needs, and (2) allocate to new development its fair share of those needs.
There are three common methods for determining new development's fair share of planned facilities costs: the system plan method, the planned facilities method, and the existing inventory method. Often the method selected depends on the degree to which the community has engaged in comprehensive facility master planning to identify facility needs.
The formula used by each approach and the advantages and disadvantages of each method is summarized below:
Existing Inventory Method
The existing inventory method allocates costs based on the ratio of existing facilities to demand from existing development as follows:
Current Value of Existing Facilities
Existing Development Demand
_ $/unit of demand
Under this method new development will fund the expansion of facilities at the same standard currently serving existing development. By definition the existing inventory method results in no facility deficiencies attributable to existing development. This method is often used when a long- range plan for new facilities is not available. Only the initial facilities to be funded with fees are identified in the fee study. Future facilities to serve growth are identified through an annual CIP and budget process, possibly after completion of a new facility master plan. This approach is to calculate the parks and recreation facilities fees in this report.
Planned Facilities Method
The planned facilities method allocates costs based on the ratio of planned facility costs to demand from new development as follows:
Cost of Planned Facilities
New Development Demand
_ $/unit of demand
This method is appropriate when planned facilities will entirely serve new development, or when a fair share allocation of planned facilities to new development can be estimated. An example of the VV'W I LLDAN 10
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Under this method new development will fund the expansion of facilities at the standards used in the applicable planning documents. This approach is used for the general government facilities, wastewater facilities, water, recycled water and traffic and circulation facilities fees in this report.
System Plan Method
This method calculates the fee based on: the value of existing facilities plus the cost of planned facilities, divided by demand from existing plus new development:
Value of Existing Facilities + Cost of Planned Facilities Existing + New Development Demand = $/unit of demand
This method is useful when planned facilities need to be analyzed as part of a system that benefits both existing and new development. It is difficult, for example, to allocate a new fire station solely to new development when that station will operate as part of an integrated system of fire stations that together achieve the desired level of service.
The system plan method ensures that new development does not pay for existing deficiencies.
Often facility standards based on policies such as those found in General Plans are higher than the existing facility standards. This method enables the calculation of the existing deficiency required to bring existing development up to the policy -based standard. The local agency must secure non -fee funding for that portion of planned facilities required to correct the deficiency to ensure that new development receives the level of service funded by the impact fee. This approach is used to calculate the police facilities and the fire protection facilities fees in this report.
Organization of the Report
The determination of a public facilities fee begins with the selection of a planning horizon and development of growth projections for population and employment. These projections are used throughout the analysis of different facility categories and are summarized in Chapter 2.
Chapters 3 through 10 identify facility standards and planned facilities, allocate the cost of planned facilities between new development and other development, and identify the appropriate development impact fee for each of the following facility categories:
■ General Government Facilities
■ Wastewater Facilities
■ Police Facilities
■ Water Facilities
■ Fire Protection Facilities
■ Recycled Water Facilities
■ Parks and Recreation Facilities
■ Traffic and Circulation Facilities
Chapter 11 describes how this study complies with the requirements of AB 602.
Chapter 12 details the procedures that the City must follow when implementing a development impact fee program. Impact fee program adoption procedures are found in California Government Code Sections 66016 through 66018.
The five statutory findings required for adoption of the proposed public facilities fees in accordance with the Mitigation Fee Act are documented in Chapter 13.
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2. Growth Forecasts
Growth projections are used as indicators of demand to determine facility needs and allocate those needs between existing and new development. This chapter explains the source for the growth projections used in this study based on a 2024 base year and a planning horizon of 2050.
Estimates of existing development and projections of future growth are critical assumptions used throughout this report. These estimates are used as follows:
■ The estimate of existing development in 2024 is used as an indicator of existing facility demand and to determine existing facility standards. ■ The estimate of total development at the 2050 planning horizon is used as an indicator of future demand to determine total facilities needed to accommodate growth and remedy existing facility deficiencies, if any. ■ Estimates of growth from 2024 through 2050 are used to (1) allocate facility costs between new development and existing development, and (2) estimate total fee revenues.
The demand for public facilities is based on the service population, dwelling units or nonresidential development creating the need for the facilities.
Land Use Types
To ensure a reasonable relationship between each fee and the type of development paying the fee, growth projections distinguish between different land use types. The land use types for which impact fees have been calculated for are defined below. ■ Single family: Detached and attached one -unit dwellings (Includes single family homes and townhomes). Fees are calculated per square foot of living space. ■ Multifamily: All attached multifamily dwellings including duplexes and condominiums. Fees are calculated per square foot of living space. ■ Mobile Home: All prefabricated mobile dwelling units. Fees are calculated per square foot of living space.
■ Retail/Service: All commercial, office, retail, educational, institutional and service development.
■ Office: All general, professional, and medical office development. ■ Light Industrial: All business park, light manufacturing and other light industrial development.
■ Self -Storage: Facilities providing self -storage space. • Hotels: Commercial lodging facilities providing temporary accommodation. ■ RV Park Spaces: Facilities providing temporary accommodation for recreational vehicles
Some developments may include more than one land use type, such as a mixed -use development with both multifamily and commercial uses. In those cases, the facilities fee would be calculated separately for each land use type.
The City has the discretion to determine which land use type best reflects a development project's characteristics for purposes of imposing an impact fee and may adjust fees for special or unique uses to reflect the impact characteristics of the use. If a project results in the W"W I LLDAN 12
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Existing and Future Development
Table 2.1 shows the estimated number of residents, dwelling units, employees, and building square feet in Pismo Beach, both in 2024 and in 2050. The base year estimates of household residents and dwelling units comes from the California Department of Finance. Projected residents in 2050 has been calculated based on the assumed increase in housing units identified in the 2020-28 Housing Element multiplied by the assumed density per unit type as calculated from data from the American Community Survey.
Base year employees were estimated based on the latest data from the US Census' OnTheMap application and exclude 234 local government employees. Estimates of workers in 2050 are based on the SLOCOG Regional Growth Forecast "Low" scenario, allocated to the land use categories based on the current proportion of workers. Retail/service employees are constrained to a 20% increase based on City expertise.
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City of Pismo Beach Development Impact Fee Study Update Table 2.1: Existing and New Development
2024 2050 Increase
Residents 1 7,830 8,576 746
Dwellina Units 1
Single Family
4,131
4,350 219
Multifamily
1,031
1,238 207
Mobile Home
725
725 -
Total
5,887
6,313 426
Emolovment 2
Retail/Service
2,860
3,591
731
Office
319
501
182
Light Industrial
206
323
117
Total
3,385
4,415
1,030
Eauivalent Buildina Square Feet (OOOs)3
Retail/Service
1,349
1,694
236
Office
98 154
56 Light Industrial
178
278
101
Total
1,625
2,126
393
Lodaina
Hotel Rooms 1,921 2,800 879
RV Spaces 701 701 -
Total 2,622 3,501 879
Excludes "group quarters" resident populations. Existing residents and dwelling unit estimate from DOF data. Estimates of total residents and housing units in 2050 calculated based on existing density per unit type multiplied by the increase in housing units. Increase in housing units by type estimated based on inventory of realistic unit yield from 2020-28 Housing Bement.
2 Estimate of 3,628 total workers from US Census' OnTheMap.ces.census.gov. 243 local government w orkers are excluded from that figure. Estimates of w orkers in 2050 based w ith SLOCOG Regional Growth Forecast "Low" scenario, allocated based on current proportions. Increase in retail/service employment reduced by 20% based on input from City staff.
3 Equivalent building square feet estimated by dividing w orkers by employment density assumptions in Table 2.2.
Sources: California Department of Finance (DOF) Table E-5, 2024; OnTheMap Application, http://onthemap.ces.census.gov; 2050 Regional Growth Forecast for San Luis Obispo County, SLOCOG, 2017; City of Rsmo Beach 2020-2028 Housing Element; Willdan Financial Services.
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City of Pismo Beach Development Impact Fee Study Update Occupant Densities
Fees in this report are calculated to be charged per residential square feet, nonresidential building square feet or by commercial lodging units. Occupant density assumptions ensure a reasonable relationship between the size of a development project, the increase in service population associated with the project, and the amount of the fee.
Occupant densities (residents per dwelling unit or workers per building square foot are the most appropriate characteristics to use for most impact fees. The fee imposed should be based on the land use type that most closely represents the probable occupant density of the development.
The average occupant density factors used in this report are shown in Table 2.2. The residential density factors are based on data for Pismo Beach from the 2022 U.S. Census' American Community Survey.
The nonresidential occupancy factors are derived from data from the Institute of Traffic Engineers Trip Generation Manual, 11th Edition.
Table 2.2: Occupant Density
Residential
Single Family 1.55 Residents per dwelling unit
Multifamily 0.96 Residents per dwelling unit
Mobile Home 0.89 Residents per dwelling unit
Nonresidential
Retail/Service 2.12 Employees per 1,000 square feet
Office 3.26 Employees per 1,000 square feet
Light Industrial 1.16 Employees per 1,000 square feet
Self Storage 1.16 Employees per 1,000 square feet
Hotel/Motel 1.30 Occupancy per room'
RV Park Space 1.30 Occupancy per space'
Assumes 65% occupancy, and two visitors per room or RV space Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; FFE Trip Generation Manual, 11th Ed.; Willdan Financial Services.
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3. General Government Facilities
The purpose of this fee is to ensure that new development funds its fair share of general government facilities. City facilities are generally defined as the administrative and public works facilities needed by the City to operate as a municipality. A fee schedule is presented based on the existing facilities standard of general government facilities in the City of Pismo Beach to ensure that new development provides adequate funding to meet its needs.
Service Population
City facilities serve both residents and businesses. Therefore, demand for services and associated facilities are based on the City's service population including residents and workers.
Table 3.1 shows the existing and future projected service population for general government facilities. While specific data is not available to estimate the actual ratio of demand per resident to demand by businesses (per worker) for this service, it is reasonable to assume that demand for these services is less for one employee compared to one resident, because nonresidential buildings are typically occupied less intensively than dwelling units. The 0.31-weighting factor for workers is based on a 40-hour workweek divided by the total number of non -work hours in a week (128) and reflects the degree to which nonresidential development yields a lesser demand for general government facilities.
Table 3.1: General Government Facilities Service Population A
B
AxB=C
Weighting
Service
Persons
Factor
Population
Residents
Existing (2024)
7,830
1.00 7,830
New Development (2024-2050)
746
1.00 746
8,576
Total (2050) 8,576
Workers
Existing (2024)
3,385
0.31 1,000
New Development (2024-2050)
1,030
0.31 300
1,300
Total (2050) 4,415
Combined Residents and Weighted Workers
Existing (2024) 8,830
New Development (2024-2050) 1,046
Total (2050) 9,876
Workers are weighted at 0.31 of residents based on a 40 hour workweek out of a possible 128 non-w ork hours in a week (40/128 = 0.31)
Sources: Table 2.1; Willdan Financial Services.
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City of Pismo Beach Development Impact Fee Study Update Existing Facility Inventory
The general government facilities inventory is comprised of various facilities including a City Hall, library, Veteran's Hall, former City Hall, Corporation Yard and various vehicles and equipment. In total the City owns approximately $45.6 million worth of general government facilities. Table 3.2 displays the City's existing inventory of general government facilities. The estimates of the cost per acre for the various properties included in this table were provided by the City for use in this analysis. The replacement costs for buildings and vehicles are based on the replacement costs indicated in the City's insured property schedule.
Table 3.2: Existing General Government Facilities Invento Inventory
Unit
Unit Cost
Replacement
Cost
Land (acres'
City Hall
0.98 acres
$ 3,485,477
$ 3,415,768
Former City Hall
1.78 acres
3,485,477
6,204,149
City Corporate Yard
14.51 acres
563,758
8,180,134
Veterans' Hall
2.57 acres
563,758
1,448,070
Pismo Pier Parking Annex
1.26 acres
563,758
710,336
330 Main Street
0.14 acres
10,189,740
1,450,000
320 Main Street
0.07 acres
18,258,427
1,300,000
Shell Beach Library
0.19 acres
563,758
107,114
Subtotal - Land
21.50 $ 22,815,571
Buildings (square feet)
City Corporate Yard - Maintenance Building
9,672
sq. ft.
$ 185
$ 2,138,000
City Corporate Yard - Paint Storage Building
256
sq. ft.
66 22,575
City Corporate Yard - Streets/Parks Building
2,720
sq. ft.
101
364,022
City Hall
15,747
sq. ft.
446
7,902,100
City Hall - Building A
4,718
sq. ft.
309
1,488,000
Former City Hall
13,335
sq. ft.
421
5,620,000
Veterans Hall - Bello Street
9,773
sq. ft.
285
2,879,000
Veterans' Hall - Leeward Ave2
4,047
sq. ft.
264
1,084,700
Shell Beach Library2
sq. ft.
-
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Subtotal - Buildings
60,268
sq. ft.
21,498,397
Vehicles
25 vehicles
$ 53,168
$ 1,329,200
Total Value - Existing Facilities
$ 45,643,168
Value per acre based on an analysis of recently sold land w ithin City limits. 2 Shell beach library square footage included in Veteran's Hall - Leeward Ave 3 Building Values include building and contents
Sources: City of Rsmo Beach, CBIZ Property Schedule, 2024; Willdan Financial Services.
Planned Facilities
Table 3.3 summarizes the planned general government facilities needed to serve the City through 2050, as identified in the City's CIP and IT Master Plan. The City plans to numerous upgrades to expand the capacity of existing general government facilities. New facilities costs are estimated to total approximately $2.2 million through 2050, net of existing impact fee fund balances.
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Table 3.3: Planned General Government Facilities and Eauiament Project Name
Description
Estimated Cost
Upgrade of the capacity of the City's digital video storage to meet new Digital Video Storage
state standards
$ 220,000
Construct additional driveway to the Addie Street Parking allowing for additional on street parking on Addie Street past where the bollards Addie Street Parking & Access Improvements
are currently located
100,000
Finance Records Retention Compliance for General Ledger and Finance Records GL Payroll
Payroll
30,000
Equipment to make the electronic plan check process more efficient Electronic Plan Check Equip
and provide increased customer service
60,000
Financial Management System
Impementation of electronic timecards
77,574
Permitting software upgrade
Replacement or enchancement of the City's permitting software 175,000
Upgrading the operating systems of the City's virtual servers to provide Server Upgrades
the latest cybersecurity patches and support
15,200
IT Room Improvements
City Hall IT Room improvements
40,000
Financial Mgmt System
Electronic travel forms and reimbursement process
25,000
Focuses on process review and plan to improve the budget creation Budget Process Improvements
process.
15,000
Downtown wireless network for public safety, smart city initiatives and Downtown Public and Staff Wireless
possible public use.
200,000
Conduct a needs assessment and work with vendor to
develop/implement an improvement plan that closes functionality Enterprise Asset Management System Improvements
gaps.
100,000
Improvements to internal/inter-departmental online communications Intranet
and resources
40,000
Close functional gaps, implement new modules, integrations and end Human Resources System
user training
75,000
Kiosks
Automated citizen service kiosks
25.000
City Data Storage Systems
Install state of the art data storage systems to improve reliability and resiliency of the City's IT systems. System improvements are also needed to meet and enforce new records management policies. 101,686
Kiosks
Automated citizen service kiosks
25,000
Land Management System Gap Analysis and
Improvements
Identified in Technology Master Plan
175,000
Fleet Management System
Identified in Technology Master Plan
50,000
Electronic Content Management System (ECMS)
Improvements
Identified in Technology Master Plan
150,000
Time and Attendance System
Identified in Technology Master Plan
50,000
ERP Gap Analysis and Utilization Improvements
Identified in Technology Master Plan
125,000
Smart Parking (Meter and Management)
Identified in Technology Master Plan
100,000
GIS Assessment and Plan
Identified in Technology Master Plan
50,000
Internet Bandwidth
Identified in Technology Master Plan
100,000
Energy Efficiency Project New CREBs
See Appendix Table A.1
329.128
Total
$
2,453,588
Less Existing Fund Balance
233,519
Net Cost of Planned Facilities
$
2,220,069
Source: City of Rsmo Beach Ten -Year Capital Improvement Ran And Major Expenditures for FY 2024 - 2033; rr Master Ran; Appendix Table A.1; Willdan Financial Services.
Cost Allocation
Existing Level of Service
Table 3.4 expresses the City's current general government facilities level of service in terms of an existing cost per capita. This cost per capita is not used in the fee calculation, rather it is shown here for informational purposes only.
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City of Pismo Beach Development Impact Fee Study Update Table 3.4: General Government Facilities Existina Standard Value of Existing Facilities
Existing Service Population
Cost per Capita
Facility Standard per Resident
Facility Standard per Worker
'Based on a weighing factor of 0.31.
Sources: Tables 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3.
Future Level of Service
$ 45, 643,168
8,830
$ 5,169
$ 5,169
1,602
Table 3.5 shows the cost per capita needed to fully fund the planned facilities by new development. The level of service indicated by the planned facilities is lower than the existing standard level of service. This level of service drives the fee calculation. This value is calculated by dividing the net cost of planned facilities by the increase in population.
Table 3.5: General Government Facilities Planned Facilities Standard
Net Cost of Planned Facilities $ 2,220,069
Growth in Service Population (2024 to 2050) 1,046
Cost per Capita $ 2,122
Cost Allocation per Resident $ 2,122
Cost Allocation per Worker 658
' Based on a weighting factor of 0.31
Sources: Tables 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3.
Use of Fee Revenue
The City can use general government facilities fee revenues for the construction or purchase of buildings, land, and equipment that are part of the system of general government facilities serving new development. A list of planned facilities is included in Table 3.3 Fee Schedule
Table 3.6 shows the maximum justified general government facilities fee schedule. The City can adopt any fee up to this amount. The cost per capita is converted to a fee per unit of new development based on dwelling unit and employment densities (persons per dwelling unit or employees per 1,000 square feet of nonresidential building space). The fee per average sized VV'W I LLDAN 19
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The total fee includes a two -percent (2.0%) administrative charge to fund costs that include: a standard overhead charge applied to City programs for legal, accounting, and other departmental and administrative support, and fee program administrative costs including revenue collection, revenue and cost accounting and mandated public reporting.
In Willdan's experience with impact fee programs, two -percent of the base fee adequately covers the cost of fee program administration. The administrative charge should be reviewed and adjusted during comprehensive impact fee updates to ensure that revenue generated from the charge sufficiently covers, but does not exceed, the administrative costs associated with the fee program.
Table 3.6: General Government Facilities
Fee Schedule
A
B
C=AxB
D=Cx0.02
E=C+D
F=E/Average
Cost Per
Admin
Fee per
Land Use
Capita
Density
Base Fee'
Charge' , 2
Total Fee'
Sq. Ft.3
Residential
Single Family
$ 2,122
1.55 $ 3,290
$ 66
$ 3,356
$ 1.29
Multifamily
2,122
0.96 2,038
41 2,079
1.89 Mobile Home
2,122
0.89 1,889
38 1,927
1.34 Nonresidential
Retail/Service
$ 658
2.12 $ 1,395
$ 28
$ 1,423
1.42 Office
658
3.26 2,145
43 2,188
2.19 Light Industrial
658
1.16 763
15 778
0.78 Self Storage
658
1.16 763
15 778
0.78 Hotel/Motel
658
1.30 855
17 872
0.87 RV Park Space
658
1.30 855
17 872
0.87 Fee per dw elling unit, per 1,000 square feet of nonresidential, or per room for hotel. 2 Administrative charge of 2.0 percent for (1) legal, accounting, and other administrative support and (2) impact fee program administrative costs including revenue collection, revenue and cost accounting, mandated public reporting, and fee justification analyses.
3 Assumes average single family unit is 2,589 square feet. Assumes average mulfitamily unit is 1,100 square feet. Assumes average mobile home is 1,440 square feet.
Sources: Tables 2.2 and 3.5.
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4. Police Facilities
The purpose of this fee is to ensure that new development funds its fair share of police facilities.
A fee schedule is presented based on the planned facilities standard of police facilities in the City of Pismo Beach to ensure that new development provides adequate funding to meet its needs.
Service Population
Police facilities serve both residents and businesses. Therefore, demand for services and associated facilities are based on the City's service population including residents and workers.
Table 4.1 shows the existing and future projected service population for police facilities. To calculate the service population for police facilities, residents are weighted at 1.00. The use of a worker demand factor of 0.66 for workers in Pismo Beach is based on an analysis of police department call data, categorized by land use, in the City from between August 2023 and 2024.
Annual calls for service at residential land uses were divided by the residential population to yield an annual calls -per -capita factor. Dividing annual calls for service at nonresidential areas by annual employment in the City yielded a comparable per -capita factor. The ratio of the worker per capita factor to the resident per capita factor is the worker demand factor used in the analysis.
Table 4.1: Police Facilities Service Population
A
B
AxB=C
Weighting
Service
Persons
Factor
Population
Residents
Existing (2024)
7,830
1.00 7,830
New Development (2024-2050)
746
1.00 746
8,576
Total (2050) 8,576
Workers
Existing (2024)
3,385
0.66 2,200
New Development (2024-2050)
1,030
0.66 700
2,900
Total (2050) 4,415
Combined Residents and Weighted Workers
Existing (2024)
10,030
New Development (2024-2050)
1,446
11,476
Total (2050)
'Workers are weighted at 0.66 of residents based on an analysis of calls for service within the City between August 2023 and August 2024.
Sources: Table 2.1; Willdan Financial Services.
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City of Pismo Beach Development Impact Fee Study Update Existing Facility Inventory
The City's police facilities inventory is comprised of the police station and various vehicles and equipment. In total the City owns approximately $10.3 million worth of police facilities. Table 4.2 displays the City's existing police facility inventory. The estimates of the cost per acre for the various properties included in this table were provided by the City for use in this analysis. The replacement costs for buildings and vehicles are based on the replacement costs indicated in the City's insured property schedule.
Table 4.2: Existing Police Facilities Inventory
Inventory Unit Unit Cost Value
Police Station
Land'
0.89 acres $
3,485,477
$ 3,102,000
Police Station
7,947 sq. ft.
707
5,616,700
Police Carport
2,900 sq. ft.
109
315,486
Vehicles
22 vehicles
55,800
1,227,600
Total Existing Facilities
$10,261,786
Land values provided by the City of Rsmo Beach.
Sources: City of Rsmo Beach; Willdan Financial Services.
Planned Facilities
Table 4.3 summarizes the planned police facilities needed to serve the City through 2050, as identified by the City. The City plans to build a new public safety center and make various upgrades to its existing law enforcement technology systems. The public safety facility will be jointly shared by the police and fire departments. The portion of the facility costs associated with the police department are shown below. The City estimates that 69.7% of the facility will be used for police purposes. The cost of the public safety center also includes financing costs and the discounted value of future interest payments, in order to reflect the true cost that the City will incur to build the facility. In total, planned police facilities costs are estimated to total approximately $45.6 million through 2050, net of existing impact fee fund balances.
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City of Pismo Beach Development Impact Fee Study Update Table 4.3: Planned Police Facilities and Equipment
Proiect Name Estimated Cost
Security Camera System
Police Scheduling and Time Tracking System
Evidence Management System
Electronic Ticketing/Citation System
Drone Programs
Radio System Upgrades
Subtotal
Public Safety Center
Financing Costs
Discounted Value of Future Interest Payments
Total Cost - Public Safety Center
Allocation to Police Facilities
Subtotal - Public Safety Center Police Allocation
Subtotal - Project Costs
Less Exsting Fund Balance
Net Cost of Planned Police Facilities
Source: City of Rsmo Beach.
Cost Allocation
Existing Level of Service
$ 340,000
80,000
30,000
50,000
20,000
245,000
$ 765,000
$ 39,475,000
1,830,407
23, 096, 358
$ 64,401,765
69.7%
$ 44,888,031
$ 45, 653, 031
95,062
$ 45, 557, 968
Table 4.4 expresses the City's current police facilities level of service in terms of an existing cost per capita. This cost per capita is not used in the fee calculation, rather it is shown here for informational purposes only. Once the planned facilities have been constructed and new development has increased the City's service population the resulting facility cost per capita will be higher than the cost per capita shown in Table 4.4. The increased facility standard is needed to ensure that the City has adequate facilities to provide police services to the City.
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City of Pismo Beach Development Impact Fee Study Update Table 4.4: Existina Level of Service
Value of Existing Facilities $ 10,261,786
Existing Service Population 10,030
Cost per Capita $ 1,023
Facility Standard per Resident $ 1,023
Facility Standard per Worker' 675
Based on a weighing factor of 0.66.
Sources: Tables 4.1 and 4.2; Willdan Financial Services.
Future Level of Service
Table 4.5 shows new development's projected per capita investment in police facilities at the planning horizon. This level of service drives the fee calculation. This value is calculated by dividing cost of existing and planned facilities by the service population at the planning horizon.
The value per capita is multiplied by the worker weighting factor of 0.66 to determine the value per worker.
Table 4.5: Police Facilities Svstem Standard
Value of Existing Facilities
$ 10,261,786
Net Cost of Planned Facilities
45,557,968
Total System Value (2050)
$ 55,819,754
Future Service Population (2050) 11,476
Cost per Capita $ 4,864
Cost Allocation per Resident $ 4,864
Facility Standard per Worker' 3,210
Based on a w eighing factor of 0.66.
Sources: Tables 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3; Willdan Financial Services.
Use of Fee Revenue
The City can use police facilities fee revenues for the construction or purchase of buildings, land, and equipment that are part of the system of police facilities serving new development. A list of planned facilities is included in Table 4.3
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City of Pismo Beach Development Impact Fee Study Update Non -Fee Funding Required
Completing the planned facilities will provide a higher value of facilities per capita than is currently provided in Pismo Beach. Impact fee revenue may not be used to increase the level of service provided to existing development. Therefore, impact fee revenue will not fully fund the planned police facilities and some non -fee funding will be required. Table 4.6 shows the projected fee revenue and the non -fee funding required through buildout. After accounting for the projected future impact fee revenue, approximately $38.5 million in non -fee funding will be needed to complete the planned police facilities.
The City will need to use alternative funding sources to fund existing development's share of the planned police facilities. Potential sources of revenue include but are not limited to existing or new general fund revenues, existing or new taxes, special assessments, and grants.
Table 4.6: Non -Impact Fee Fundina Reauired
Cost per Capita $ 4,864
Growth in Service Population (2024- 2050) 1,446
Fee Revenue $ 7,033,344
Net Cost of Planned Facilities $ 45,557,968
Additional Funding Required $ 38,524,624
Sources: Tables 4.1 and 4.5.
Fee Schedule
Table 4.7 shows the maximum justified police facilities fee schedule. The City can adopt any fee up to this amount. The cost per capita is converted to a fee per unit of new development based on dwelling unit and employment densities (persons per dwelling unit or employees per 1,000 square feet of nonresidential building space). The fee per average sized residential unit is converted into a fee per square foot by dividing the fee per dwelling unit by the assumed average square footage of a residential unit.
The total fee includes a two -percent (2.0%) administrative charge to fund costs that include: a standard overhead charge applied to City programs for legal, accounting, and other departmental and administrative support, and fee program administrative costs including revenue collection, revenue and cost accounting and mandated public reporting.
In Willdan's experience with impact fee programs, two -percent of the base fee adequately covers the cost of fee program administration. The administrative charge should be reviewed and adjusted during comprehensive impact fee updates to ensure that revenue generated from the charge sufficiently covers, but does not exceed, the administrative costs associated with the fee program.
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City of Pismo Beach Development Impact Fee Study Update Table 4.7: Police Facilities Fee Schedule
A
B
C=AxB
D=Cx0.02
E=C+D
F=E/Average
Cost Per
Admin
Fee per
Land Use
Capita
Density
Base Feel
Charge', 2
Total Fee
Sq. Ft.3
Residential
Single Family
$ 4,864
1.55 $ 7,539
$ 151
$ 7,690
2.96 Multifamily
4,864
0.96 4,669
93 4,762
4.33 Mobile Home
4,864
0.89 4,329
87 4,416
3.07 Nonresidential
Retail/Service
$ 3,210
2.12 $ 6,806 $
136
$ 6,942
6.94 Office
3,210
3.26 10,465
209
10,674
10.67 Light Industrial
3,210
1.16 3,724
74 3,798
3.80 Self Storage
3,210
1.16 3,724
74 3,798
3.80 Hotel/Motel
3,210
1.30 4,173
83 4,256
4.26 RV Park Space
3,210
1.30 4,173
83 4,256
4.26 Fee per dwelling unit, per 1,000 square feet of nonresidential, or per roomfor hotel. 2 Administrative charge of 2.0 percent for (1) legal, accounting, and other administrative support and (2) impact fee program administrative costs including revenue collection, revenue and cost accounting, mandated public reporting, and fee justification analyses.
3 Assumes average single family unit is 2,589 square feet. Assumes average mulfitamily unit is 1,100 square feet.
Assumes average mobile home is 1,440 square feet.
Sources: Tables 2.2 and 4.5.
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5. Fire Protection Facilities
The purpose of the fire impact fee is to fund the fire protection facilities needed to serve new development. An impact fee is presented based on the planned facilities standard of fire protection facilities per capita.
Service Population
Fire protection facilities are used to provide services to both residents and businesses in the City of Pismo Beach. The service population used to determine the demand for fire protection facilities includes both residents and workers. Table 5.1 shows the existing and future projected service population for fire protection facilities. To calculate the service population for fire protection facilities, residents are weighted at 1.00. The use of a worker demand factor of 1.52 for workers in Pismo Beach is based on an analysis of police department call data, categorized by land use, in the City in 2022 and 2023. Annual calls for service at residential land uses were divided by the residential population to yield an annual calls -per -capita factor. Dividing annual calls for service at nonresidential areas by annual employment in the City yielded a comparable per -capita factor.
The ratio of the worker per capita factor to the resident per capita factor is the worker demand factor used in the analysis.
Table 5.1: Fire Protection Facilities Service Population A
B
AxB=C
Weighting
Service
Persons
Factor'
Population
Residents
Existing (2024)
7,830
1.00 7,830
New Development (2024-2050)
746
1.00 746
8,576
Total (2050) 8,576
Workers
Existing (2024)
3,385
1.52 5,100
New Development (2024-2050)
1,030
1.52 1,600
6,700
Total (2050) 4,415
Combined Residents and Weighted Workers
Existing (2024)
12,930
New Development (2024-2050)
2,346
15,276
Total (2050)
'Workers are weighted at 1.52 of residents based on an analysis of calls for service within the City between January 2022 and December 2023
Sources: Table 2.1; Willdan Financial Services.
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City of Pismo Beach Development Impact Fee Study Update Existing Facility Inventory
Table 5.2 presents an inventory of existing fire protection facilities, including land, two station buildings, vehicles and apparatus in Pismo Beach. The estimates of the cost per acre for the various properties included in this table were provided by the City for use in this analysis. The replacement costs for buildings and vehicles are based on the replacement costs indicated in the City's insured property schedule. In total, the replacement cost of the City's existing fire protection facilities is $14.8 million.
Table 5.2: Existing Fire Protection Facilities Inventory Replacement
Inventory Unit Unit Cost Cost
Fire Station 63
Land 0.22 acres $ 7,521,964 $ 1,655,000
Building 288 sq. ft. 48 13,796
Subtotal $ 1,668,796
Fire Station 64
Land' 2.44 acres $ 3,485,477 $ 8,505,000
Building 3,848 sq. ft. 503 1,933,899
Subtotal $ 10,438,899
Vehicles and Apparatus $ 2,731,200
Total Value, Existing Facilities $ 14,838,895
Sources: City of Rsmo Beach, CBIZ Property Schedule, 2024; Willdan Financial Services.
Planned Facilities
Table 5.3 summarizes the planned public facilities needed to serve the City through 2050, as identified by the City. The City plans to construct a new public safety center. The facility will be jointly shared by the police and fire departments. The portion of the facility costs associated with the police department are shown below. The City estimates that 30.3% of the facility will be used for fire department purposes. The cost of the public safety center also includes financing costs and the discounted value of future interest payments, in order to reflect the true cost that the City will incur to build the facility. In total, planned fire protection facilities costs are estimated to total approximately $19.4 million through 2050, net of existing impact fee fund balances.
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City of Pismo Beach Development Impact Fee Study Update Table 5.3: Planned Fire Protection Facilities
Proiect Name Estimated Cost
Public Safety Center $ 39,475,000
Financing Costs 1,830,407
Discounted Value of Future Interest Payments 23,096,358 Total Cost - Public Safety Center $ 64,401,765
Allocation to Fire Facilities 30.3%
Total Cost of Planned Facilities 19,513,735
Less Existing Fund Balance 84,373
Total Cost of Planned Facilities $ 19,429,362
Source: City of Bsmo Beach.
Cost Allocation
Existing Level of Service
Table 5.4 expresses the City's current fire protection facilities level of service in terms of an existing cost per capita. This cost per capita is not used in the fee calculation, rather it is shown here for informational purposes only.
Once the planned facilities have been constructed and new development has increased the City's service population the resulting facility cost per capita will be higher than the cost per capita shown in Table 5.4. The increased facility standard is needed to ensure that the City has adequate facilities to provide police services to the City.
Table 5.4: Existina Level of Service
Value of Existing Facilities $ 14,838,895
Existing Service Population 12,930
Cost per Capita $ 1,148
Facility Standard per Resident $ 1,148
Facility Standard per Worker' 1,745
Based on a weighing factor of 1.52.
Sources: Tables 5.1 and 5.2; Willdan Financial Services.
Future Level of Service
Table 5.5 shows new development's projected per capita investment in police facilities at the planning horizon. This level of service drives the fee calculation. This value is calculated by dividing cost of existing and planned facilities by the service population at the planning horizon.
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City of Pismo Beach Development Impact Fee Study Update The value per capita is multiplied by the worker weighting factor of 1.52 to determine the value per worker.
Table 5.5: Fire Protection Facilities Svstem Standard
Value of Existing Facilities $ 14,838,895
Value of Planned Facilities 19,429,362
Total System Value (2050) $ 34,268,257
Future Service Population (2050) 15,276
Cost per Capita $ 2,243
Cost Allocation per Resident $ 2,243
Facility Standard per Worker 3,409
Based on a w eighing factor of 1.52.
Sources: Tables 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3; Willdan Financial Services.
Use of Fee Revenue
The City can use fire protection facilities fee revenues for the construction or purchase of buildings, land, and equipment that are part of the system of fire protection facilities serving new development. A list of planned facilities is included in Table 5.3.
Non -Fee Funding Required
Completing the planned facilities will provide a higher value of facilities per capita than is currently provided in Pismo Beach. Impact fee revenue may not be used to increase the level of service provided to existing development. Therefore, impact fee revenue will not fully fund the planned fire protection facilities and some non -fee funding will be required. Table 5.6 shows the projected fee revenue and the non -fee funding required through buildout. After accounting for the projected future impact fee revenue, approximately $14.2 million in non -fee funding will be needed to complete the planned fire protection facilities.
The City will need to use alternative funding sources to fund existing development's share of the planned fire protection facilities. Potential sources of revenue include but are not limited to existing or new general fund revenues, existing or new taxes, special assessments, and grants.
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City of Pismo Beach Development Impact Fee Study Update Table 5.6: Non -Impact Fee Funding Required
Cost per Capita $ 2,243
Growth in Service Population (2024- 2050) 2,346
Fee Revenue $ 5,262,000
Net Cost of Planned Facilities $ 19,429,362
Additional Funding Required $ (14,167,362)
Sources: Tables 5.1 and 5.5.
Fee Schedule
Table 5.7 shows the maximum justified fire protection facilities fee schedule. The City can adopt any fee up to this amount. The cost per capita is converted to a fee per unit of new development based on dwelling unit and employment densities (persons per dwelling unit or employees per 1,000 square feet of nonresidential building space). The fee per average sized residential unit is converted into a fee per square foot by dividing the fee per dwelling unit by the assumed average square footage of a residential unit.
The total fee includes a two -percent (2.0%) administrative charge to fund costs that include: a standard overhead charge applied to City programs for legal, accounting, and other departmental and administrative support, and fee program administrative costs including revenue collection, revenue and cost accounting and mandated public reporting.
In Willdan's experience with impact fee programs, two -percent of the base fee adequately covers the cost of fee program administration. The administrative charge should be reviewed and adjusted during comprehensive impact fee updates to ensure that revenue generated from the charge sufficiently covers, but does not exceed, the administrative costs associated with the fee program.
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City of Pismo Beach Development Impact Fee Study Update Table 5.7: Fire Protection Facilities Fee Schedule
A
B
C=AxB
D=Cx0.02
E=C+D
F=E/Average
Cost Per
Admin
Fee per
Land Use
Capita
Density
Base Feel
Charge, 2
Total Feel
Sq. Ft.3
Residential
Single Family
$ 2,243
1.55 $ 3,477
$ 70
$ 3,547
1.37 Multifamily
2,243
0.96 2,153
43 2,196
2.00 Mobile Home
2,243
0.89 1,996
40 2,036
1.41 Nonresidential
Retail/Service $ 3,409 2.12
$ 7,228 $ 145
$
7,373
7.37 Office 3,409 3.26
11,115 222
11,337
11.34 Light Industrial 3,409 1.16
3,955 79
4,034
4.03 Self Storage 3,409 1.16
3,955 79
4,034
4.03 Hotel/Motel 3,409 1.30
4,432 89
4,521
4.52 RV Park Space 3,409 1.30
4,432 89
4,521
4.52 Fee per dwelling unit, per 1,000 square feet of nonresidential, or per room for hotel. 2 Administrative charge of 2.0 percent for (1) legal, accounting, and other administrative support and (2) impact fee program administrative costs including revenue collection, revenue and cost accounting, mandated public reporting, and fee
justification analyses.
3 Assumes average single family unit is 2,589 square feet. Assumes average mulfitamily unit is 1,100 square feet. Assumes
average mobile home is 1,440 square feet
Sources: Tables 2.2 and 5.5.
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6. Park and Recreation Facilities
The purpose of the parkland and park facilities impact fee is to fund the park facilities needed to serve new development. The maximum justified impact fee is presented based on the existing standard of park and recreation facilities per capita.
Service Population
Table 6.1 shows the existing and future projected service population for park and recreation facilities. Fees in -lieu of parkland dedication charged under the Quimby Act, can only be charged to residential development. Fees for the improvement of parkland, charged under the Mitigation Fee Act can also be charged to nonresidential development. In this case, the City's existing fee program charges park improvement fees to residential development and to hotels and RV park spaces. This analysis weights demand for guests at 50% that of demand of a resident.
Table 6.1: Parks and Recreation Facilities Service Pooulation A
B
AxB=C
Weighting
Service
Persons
Factor'
Population
Residents
Existing (2024)
7,830
1.00 7,830
New Development (2024-2050)
746
1.00 746
8,576
Total (2050) 8,576
Guests 2
Existing (2024)
3,409
0.50 1,700
New Development (2024-2050)
1,143
0.50 600
2,300
Total (2050) 4,552
Combined
Existing (2024) 9,530
New Development (2024-2050) 1,346
Total (2050) 10,876
Hotel and RV guests assumed to create half the demand for parks and recreation facilities compared to residents.
2 Rooms and RV sites multiplied by occupancy factors from Table 2.2.
Sources: Table 2.1; Willdan Financial Services.
Existing Park and Recreation Facilities Inventory
The City of Pismo Beach owns and maintains several park and recreation facilities throughout the city. Table 6.2 summarizes the City's existing parkland inventory in 2024. All facilities are located within the City limits. The inventory also includes open space land and distinguishes the acreage accordingly. In total, the inventory includes a total of 89.65 acres of parkland and open space.
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City of Pismo Beach Development Impact Fee Study Update Table 6.2: Existina Parkland Invento
Open
Assessor's Developed Space
Description Parcel No. Park Acres Acres Total Acres
Boosinger Park
005-018-006
0.34 -
0.34 Boosinger Park
005-018-018
0.13 -
0.13 Boosinger Park
005-018-017
0.13 -
0.13 Boosinger Park
005-018-016
0.13 -
0.13 Boosinger Park
005-018-019
0.12 -
0.12 Chumash Park
005-281-024
37.05 -
37.05 Dinosaur Caves Park
005-251-007
10.00 -
10.00 Highland Park
005-385-055
2.85 -
2.85 Ira Lease Park
005-143-006
0.56 -
0.56 Mary Harrington Park
005-145-001
0.98 -
0.98 Ocean Park
010-243-037
0.57 -
0.57 Palisades Park
010-551-048
2.10 -
2.10 South Palisades Park
010-142-025
0.36 -
0.36 South Palisades Park
010-142-012
0.48 -
0.48 Ira Lease Park
005-143-008
0.24 -
0.24 Bluff (Ocean between Capistrano/Placentia)
010-302-001
0.08 -
0.08 Ebb Tide Park
010-143-015
0.72 -
0.72 Memory Park
010-505-017
0.15 -
0.15 South Palisades Park
010-141-051
0.65 -
0.65 South Palisades Park
010-141-028
0.41 -
0.41 Price Historical Park
005-271-019
4.10 -
4.10 Shell Beach Park
010-144-024
1.04 -
1.04 Sports Complex
005-271-003
4.47 -
4.47 Sports Complex
005-271-003
1.64 -
1.64 Spyglass Park
010-051-002
1.22 -
1.22 Spyglass Park
010-051-001
1.60 -
1.60 Tennis Courts
005-036-008
0.30 -
0.30 Tennis Courts
010-551-049
2.45 -
2.45 Open Space
005-282-062
-
4.64 4.64
Open Space
005-242-027
-
1.13 1.13
Open Space
005-381-081
-
0.77 0.77
Open Space
005-031-023
-
0.51 0.51
Open Space
010-043-009
-
1.14 1.14
Open Space
010-051-011
-
1.55 1.55
Open Space
010-144-023
-
0.74 0.74
Open Space
010-141-044
-
0.46 0.46
Open Space
010-141-041
-
0.10 0.10
Open Space Ventana
005-281-025
-
3.77 3.77
Grand Total
74.85 14.80
89.65 Source: City of Bsmo Beach.
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City of Pismo Beach Development Impact Fee Study Update Parkland and Park Facilities Unit Costs
Table 6.3 displays the unit costs necessary to develop parkland in Pismo Beach. Land acquisition is estimated at $2.3 million per acre based on an analysis of sold land within the City in the previous ten years, as reported by Costar. An estimate of $985,900 per acre for standard parkland improvements was used based on the assumption for park improvement costs from the prior fee study, adjusted for inflation into 2024 dollars. In total, this analysis assumes a cost of $3.3 million to acquire and improve an acre of parkland in Pismo Beach.
Table 6.3: Parkland Unit Costs
Standard Park Improvements'
Land Acquisition
Total Cost per Acre
Share of
Cost per Parkland
Acre Costs
$ 985,900 30%
2,285,400 70%
$ 3, 271, 300 100%
Note: Figures have been rounded.
Based on assumed park improvement costs from 2018 impact fee study, adjusted for inflaltion to 2024 based on ENR's Construction Cost Index. 2 Value per acre based on an analysis of recently sold land within City limits.
Sources: Willdan Financial Services.
Park Facility Standards
Park facility standards establish a reasonable relationship between new development and the need for expanded park facilities. Information regarding the City's existing inventory of existing parks facilities was obtained from City staff.
The most common measure in calculating new development's demand for parks is the ratio of park acres per resident. In general, facility standards may be based on a jurisdiction's existing inventory of park facilities, or an adopted policy standard contained in a master facility plan or general plan. Facility standards may also be based on a land dedication standard established by the Quimby Act.1
Quimby Act Standard
The Quimby Act specifies that the dedication requirement must be a minimum of 3.0 acres and a maximum of 5.0 acres per 1,000 residents. A jurisdiction can require residential developers to dedicate above the three -acre minimum if the jurisdiction's existing park standard at the time it adopted its Quimby Act ordinance justifies the higher level (up to five acres per 1,000 residents).
The standard used must also conform to the jurisdiction's adopted general or specific plan standards.
The Quimby Act only applies to land subdivisions. The Quimby Act would not apply to residential development on future approved projects on single parcels, such as apartment complexes and other multifamily development.
1 California Government Code §66477.
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City of Pismo Beach Development Impact Fee Study Update The Quimby Act allows payment of a fee in lieu of land dedication. The fee is calculated to fund acquisition of the same amount of land that would have been dedicated.
The Quimby Act allows use of in -lieu fee revenue for any park or recreation facility purpose.
Allowable uses of this revenue include land acquisition, park improvements including recreation facilities, and rehabilitation of existing park and recreation facilities.
City of Pismo Beach Park Facilities Standards
To calculate new development's need for new parks, municipalities commonly use a ratio expressed in terms of developed park acres per 1,000 residents. Table 6.4 documents the City's Quimby Act standard. Because the City's standard is over five acres per 1,000 residents, the applicable standard is the maximum allowed under the Quimby Act of 5.0 acres per 1,000 residents. Fees for development not occurring in subdivisions charged under the Mitigation Fee Act will also be calculated at the 5.0 acres per 1,000 resident standard for consistency, but will also include weighted overnight guests in the service population.
Table 6.4: Parkland Standards
Improved Park Acreage
Service Population
Existing Standard (Acres per 1,000 Capita)
Policy Standard (Quimby Act)3
Mitigation Fee Act
Quimby Act' (Improvements)2
74.85 74.85
8,072 9,530
9.27 7.85
5.00 5.00
Service population consists of residents only as of the last Federal Census (2020). 2 Service population consists of residents plus weighted guests. 3 A maximum standard of 5 acres per 1,000 capita is allowed under the Quimby Act. The standard under the Mitigation Fee Act is capped at the same figure to be consistent.
Sources: Tables 6.1 and 6.2.
Facilities Needed to Accommodate New Development
Table 6.5 shows the park facilities needed to accommodate new development at the standard of
5.0 acres per 1,000 capita. To achieve the standard by the planning horizon, new development must fund the acquisition of 3.73 acres and the improvement of the equivalent of 6.73 parkland acres, at a total cost of approximately $15.2 million.
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City of Pismo Beach Development Impact Fee Study Update Table 6.5: Park Facilities to Accommodate New Development Calculation Parkland Improvementsl Total
Parkland (Quimby Act), Improvements (Mitigation Fee Act) Facility Standard (acres/1,000 capita) A
Service Population Growth (2024-2050)' g
Facility Needs (acres) C = (B / 1,000) x A
Average Unit Cost (per acre)
5.00 5.00
746 1,346
3.73 6.73
D $ 2,285,400 $ 985,900
Total Cost of Parkland To Serve New Development E = C x D $ 8,524,542 $ 6,635,107 $15,159, 649
' Service population growth for the Quimby Act only includes residential development in subdivisions. Service population growth for the park improvement fee includes residents and weighted guests.
Sources: Tables 6.1 and 6.3.
Parks and Recreation Facilities Cost per Capita
Table 6.6 shows the cost per capita of providing new parkland and park facilities at the 5.0-acre facility standard. The cost per capita is shown separately for land and improvements. First, the per acre unit costs are multiplied by the acreage standards to determine the total amount of costs needed to serve 1,000 residents for land and improvements. Then, those costs are divided by 1,000 to determine the cost needed to serve one resident. Finally, the improvement costs per resident are weighted at 0.50 to represent the cost to serve one overnight guest.
Table 6.6: Park Facilities Cost per
Parkland Investment (per acre)
Facility Standard (acres per
1,000 service pop.)
Total Cost per 1,000 capita
Cost per Resident
Cost per Guest
Sources: Tables 6.3 and 6.5.
ita
Land Improvements
Calculation Quimby Fee Impact Fee I Impact Fee
A $ 2,285,400 $ 2,285,400
B 5.00 5.00
C=AxB $ 11,427,000 $ 11,427,000
1,000 1,000
D=C/1,000 $ 11,427 $ 11,427
E=Dx0.50
Use of Fee Revenue
$ 985,900
5.00 $ 4,930,000
1,000
$ 4,930
$ 2,465
The City plans to use park and recreation facilities fee revenue to purchase parkland or construct improvements to add to the system of park facilities that serves new development. The City may only use impact fee revenue to provide facilities and intensify usage of existing facilities needed to serve new development.
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City of Pismo Beach Development Impact Fee Study Update Fee Schedule
To calculate fees by land use type, the investment in park facilities is determined on a per resident basis for both land acquisition and improvement. This investment factor (shown in Table
6.7) is the investment per capita based on the unit cost estimates and facility standards.
Table 6.7 shows the maximum justified park and recreation facilities fee based on the policy standard of 5.0 acres per capita under the Quimby Act and under the Mitigation Fee Act, respectively. The cost per capita is converted to a fee per dwelling unit using the occupancy density factors from Table 2.2. The fee per average sized residential unit is converted into a fee per square foot by dividing the fee per dwelling unit by the assumed average square footage of a residential unit.
The total fee includes an administrative charge to fund costs that include: (1) legal, accounting, and other administrative support and (2) impact fee program administrative costs including revenue collection, revenue and cost accounting, mandated public reporting, and fee justification analyses.
In Willdan's experience with impact fee programs, two -percent of the base fee adequately covers the cost of fee program administration. The administrative charge should be reviewed and adjusted during comprehensive impact fee updates to ensure that revenue generated from the charge sufficiently covers, but does not exceed, the administrative costs associated with the fee program.
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City of Pismo Beach Development Impact Fee Study Update Table 6.7: Park Facilities Impact Fee Schedule
Land Use
A
Cost Per
Capita
B
Density
C=AxB
Base
Fee'
D=CX0.02
Admin
Charge'' z
E=C+D
Total Fee'
F=E/Average
Fee per
Sq. Ft.3
Quimby Act - Subdivisions
Residential - Single Family
Parkland
$ 11,427
1.55 $
17,712
$
354
$
18,066
$
6.95 Improvements
4,930
1.55 7,642
153
7,794
3.00 Total
$
25,860
$
9.95 Residential - Multifamily
Parkland
$ 11,427
0.96 $
10,970
$
219
$
11,189
$
10.17 Improvements
4,930
0.96 4,733
95 4,827
4.39 Total
$
16,017
$
14.56 Residential - Mobile Homes
Parkland
$ 11,427
0.89 $
10,170
$
203
$
10,373
$
7.20 Improvements
4,930
0.89 4,388
88 4,475
3.11 Total
$
14,849
$
10.31 Mitigation Fee Act - Infill
Residential - Sinole Family
Parkland
$ 11,427
1.55 $
17,712
$
354
$
18,066
$
7.01 Improvements
4,930
1.55 7,642
153
7,794
3.03 Total
$
25,860
$
10.04 Residential - Multifamily
-
Parkland
$ 11,427
0.96 $
10,970
$
219
$
11,189
$
4.34 Improvements
4,930
0.96 4,733
95 4,827
1.87 Total
$
16,017
$
6.21 Residential - Mobile Homes
Parkland
$ 11,427
0.89 $
10,170
$
203
$
10,373
$
4.03 Improvements
4,930
0.89 4,388
88 4,475
1.74 Total
$
14,849
$
5.77 Hotel Room or RV Park Space
Improvements
2,465
1.30 3,205
64 $
3,269
Total
$
3,269
Fee per dwelling unit or per 1,000 square feet of nonresidential building space, hotel room or RV Park Space. 2 Administrative charge of 2.0 percent for (1) legal, accounting, and other administrative support and (2) impact fee program administrative costs including revenue collection, revenue and cost accounting, mandated public reporting, and fee justification analyses.
3 Assumes average single family unit is 2,589 square feet. Assumes average mulfitamily unit is 1,100 square feet. Assumes average mobile home is 1,440 square feet.
Sources: Tables 2.2 and 6.6.
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7. Wastewater Facilities
This chapter details an analysis of the need for wastewater related facilities to accommodate growth within the City of Pismo Beach. It documents a reasonable relationship between new development and a wastewater fee to fund wastewater facilities that serve new development.
Wastewater Demand
Estimates of new development and its consequent increased wastewater demand provide the basis for calculating the wastewater facilities fee. The need for wastewater facilities improvements is based on the wastewater demand placed on the system by development. A typical measure of demand is a flow generation rate, expressed as the number of gallons per day generated by a specific type of land use. Flow generation rates are a reasonable measure of demand on the City's system of wastewater improvements because they represent the average rate of demand that will be placed on the system per land use designation.
Table 7.1 shows the calculation of equivalent dwelling unit (EDU) demand factors based on flow generation by land use category. The flow generation estimates consistent with the City's prior impact fee studies. EDU factors express demand for wastewater facilities in terms of the demand created by a single-family dwelling unit.
Table 7.1: Wastewater Demand by Land Use
Average
Flow
Land Use Type Generation' EDU
Residential
Single Family 196 1.00
Multifamily 144 0.73
Mobile Home 128 0.65
Nonresidential
Retail/Service
100
0.51 Office
100
0.51 Light Industrial
100
0.51 Self Storage
100
0.51 Hotel/Motel
100
0.51 RV Park Space
50 0.26
Gallons per day per dwelling unit (DU), thousand
square feet (KSF),
hotel/motel room or RV park space.
Sources: City of Rsmo Beach, Development Impact Fee Update Study, MAXIMUS, 2004; Willdan Financial Services.
EDU Generation by New Development
Table 7.2 shows the estimated EDU generation from new development through 2050. New development will generate approximately 1,019 new EDUs inside the city limits, representing
12.2-percent of total wastewater demand in 2050.
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City of Pismo Beach Development Impact Fee Study Update Table 7.2: Wastewater Facilities Equivalent Dwelling Units (EDU EDU
Factor
Existing
DU/KSF
Projected
Growth
DU/KSF)
Existing
EDUs
Growth in
EDUs
Total
Residential
Single Family
1.00 4,131
219
4,131
219
4,350
Multifamily
0.73 1,031
207
753
151
904
Mobile Home
0.65 725
-
471
-
471
Subtotal
5,887
426
5,355
370
5,725
Nonresidential
Retail/Service
0.51 1,349
236
688
120
808
Office
0.51 98
56 50
29 79
Light Industrial
0.51 178
101
91 52
143
Hotel Rooms
0.51 1,921
879
980
448
1,428
RV Spaces
0.26 701
-
182
-
182
Subtotal
4,247
1,272
1,991
649
2,640
Total
7,346
1,019
8,365
Percent of Total
87.8%
12.2%
100.0%
Per dwelling unit (residential) or thousand building square feet (nonresidential) or hotel room.
Sources: Tables 2.1 and 7.1, Willdan Financial Services.
Facility Needs and Costs
Table 7.3 identifies the planned wastewater facilities to be funded by the fee. Some projects benefit both existing and new development, and others only benefit existing development.
Projects that do not benefit new development are not allocated to the impact fee. All other project costs are allocated to the impact fee based on new development's proportional share of demand in 2050.
In addition to project costs, the present value of the cost of existing and future debt service is also funded partially through this fee. For future debt service, since the project costs are listed in the CIP, a share of the interest costs is included in the calculation. For existing debt service where the projects are not listed in the CIP, a share of the present value of future debt service payments (including interest and principal) are allocated to the impact fee.
In total, over $1.5 million worth of wastewater facilities projects is allocated to new development through this methodology.
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City of Pismo Beach Development Impact Fee Study Update Table 7.3: Planned Wastewater Facilities
Total
Project Cost
Allocation to
New
Development
Cost
Allocated to
New
Development
Capital Improvement Proiects
Addie Street Force Main
$ 200,000
12.2%
$ 24,400
Advanced Metering Infrastructure
2,500,000
12.2%
305,000
Sea Ridge Court Force Main location
600,000
12.2%
73,200
Update Sewer System ManagementPlant (SSMP)
250,000
12.2%
30,500
Sunset and Pismo Oaks Lift Station
2,000,000
12.2%
244,000
Infiltration Inflow
81,380
12.2%
9,900
Wastewater Master Plan
150,000
12.2%
18,300
Sludge Dewatering
2,047,136
12.2%
249,800
Subtotal
$ 7,828,516
$ 955,100
Debt Service Costs
Five Cities Lift Station'
$ 1,482,831
12.2% $
180,905
Pismo Oaks Lift Station'
191,917
12.2%
23,414
Park Cypress Interceptor
14,646
12.2%
1,787
Energy Efficiency Project
2,962,154
12.2%
361,383
Subtotal
$ 4,651,548
$
567,489
Total Cost $12,480,064 $ 1,522,589
Discounted to 2024 dollars. See Appendix Table A.S. Principal and interest costs are included because project costs are not included in the CIP.
Source: City of Pismo Beach Ten -Year Capital Improvement Plan And Major Expenditures for FY 2024 - 2033 Cost per EDU
The cost of planned facilities allocated to new development in Table 7.3 is divided by the total growth in EDUs to determine the cost per EDU. Table 7.4 details the results of this calculation.
Table 7.4: Cost oer EDU
Cost Allocated to New Development $ 1,522,589
Growth in EDUs 1,019
Cost per EDU $ 1,494
Sources: Tables 7.2 and 7.3.
Alternative Funding Sources
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7.3 with non -fee revenue sources, net of existing impact fee fund balances. Likely potential sources of revenue include existing or new general fund revenues or existing or new taxes. Any new special tax would require two-thirds voter approval. Any new assessments or property - related charges would require majority property owner approval.
Fee Schedule
The maximum justified fee for wastewater facilities is shown in Table 7.5. The cost per EDU is converted to a fee per unit of new development based on the EDU factors shown in Table 7.1.
The total fee includes an administrative charge to fund costs that include: (1) a standard overhead charge applied to all City programs for legal, accounting, and other departmental and citywide administrative support, (2) capital planning, programming, project management costs associated with the share of projects funded by the facilities fee, and (3) fee program administrative costs including revenue collection, revenue and cost accounting, mandated public reporting, and fee justification analyses.
Table 7.5: Wastewater Facilities Im act Fee Schedule
A
B
C=AxB
D=CX0.02
E=C+D E11,000
Cost Per
EDU
Base
Admin
Fee per
EDU
Factor
Fee'
Charge',2
Total Fee' Sq. Ft.3
Residential
Single Family
Multifamily
Mobile Home
Nonresidential
Retail/Service
Office
Light Industrial
Self Storage
Hotel/Motel
RV Park Space
$ 1,494
1.00 $ 1,494 $
30 $
1,524
0.59 1,494
0.73 1,091
22 1,113
1.01 1,494
0.65 971
19 990
0.69 $ 1,494
0.51 $ 762 $
15 $
777
$ 0.78
1,494
0.51 762
15 777
0.78 1,494
0.51 762
15 777
0.78 1,494
0.51 762
15 777
0.78 1,494
0.51 762
15 777
0.78 1,494
0.26 388
8 396
0.40 'Fee per dwelling unit or per 1,000 square feet of nonresidential, or hotel room or RV space. 2 Administrative charge of 2.0 percent for (1) legal, accounting, and other administrative support and (2) impact fee program administrative costs including revenue collection, revenue and cost accounting, mandated public reporting, and fee justification analyses. 3 Assumes average single family unit is 2,589 square feet. Assumes average mulfitamily unit is 1,100 square feet. Assumes average mobile home is 1,440 square feet.
Sources: Tables 7.1 and 7.4; Willdan Financial Services.
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8. Water System Improvements
This chapter details an analysis of the need for water system facilities to accommodate growth within the City of Pismo Beach. It documents a reasonable relationship between new development and a water fee to fund water facilities that serve new development.
Water Demand
Estimates of new development and its consequent increased water demand provide the basis for calculating the water facilities fee. The need for water facilities improvements is based on the water demand placed on the system by development. A typical measure of demand is a flow generation rate, expressed as the number of gallons per day generated by a specific type of land use. Flow generation rates are a reasonable measure of demand on the City's system of water improvements because they represent the average rate of demand that will be placed on the system per land use designation.
Table 8.1 shows the calculation of EDU demand factors based on flow generation by land use category. The flow generation estimates are consistent with the City's prior impact fee studies.
EDU factors express demand for water facilities in terms of the demand created by a single-family dwelling unit.
Table 8.1: Water Demand by Land Use
Average Flow
Land Use Type Generation' EDU
Residential
Single Family 169 1.00
Multifamily 85 0.50
Mobile Home 50 0.30
Nonresidential
Retail/Service
100
0.59 Office
100
0.59 Light Industrial
100
0.59 Self Storage
100
0.59 Hotel/Motel
104
0.62 RV Park Space
83 0.49
Gallons per day per dw elling unit, KSF, hotel/motel room or RV park space.
Sources: City of Rismo Beach; Willdan Financial Services.
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City of Pismo Beach Development Impact Fee Study Update EDU Generation by New Development
Table 8.2 shows the estimated EDU generation from new development through 2050. New development will generate approximately 1,100 new EDUs inside the current city limits.
Table 8.2: Water Facilities Eauivalent Dwellina Units (EDU EDU
Factor
Existing
(DU/KSF)
Projected
Growth
(DU/KSF)
Existing
EDUs
Growth in
EDUs
Total
Residential
Single Family
1.00 4,131
219
4,131
219
4,350
Multifamily
0.50 1,031
207
516
104
619
Mobile Home
0.30 725
-
218
-
218
Subtotal
5,887
426
4,864
323
5,187
Nonresidential
Retail/Service
0.59 1,349
236
796
139
935
Office
0.59 98
56 58
33 91
Light Industrial
0.59 178
101
105
60 165
Hotel Rooms
0.62 1,921
879
1,191
545
1,736
RV Spaces
0.49 701
-
343
-
343
Subtotal
4,247
1,272
2,493
777
3,270
Total
7,357
1,100
8,457
Percent of Total
87.0%
13.0%
100.0%
Per dwelling unit (residential) or thousand
building square feet (nonresidential).
Sources: Tables 2.1 and 8.1, Willdan Financial Services.
Facility Needs and Costs
Table 8.3 identifies the planned water facilities to be funded by the fee. Some projects benefit both existing and new development, and others only benefit existing development. Projects costs are allocated to the impact fee based on new development's proportional share of demand in 2050, except for the Well 23 repair project. That project is allocated to new development based on the capacity expanding characteristics of the project.
In total, approximately $1.8 million worth of water facilities projects is allocated to new development through this impact fee.
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City of Pismo Beach Development Impact Fee Study Update Table 8.3: Planned Water Facilities
Cost
Allocation to Allocated to
New New
Proiect Description Estimated Cost Development Development Water System Improvements
Bello-Price/Hwy 101 Waterline Upgrade
New Production Well
Advanced Metering Infrastructure
Water Operations Building Addition
Booster Station VFD's
Citywide Water Master Plan
Outlet Center Ramp Waterlines:
Cypress Waterline upgrade
Urban Water Master Plan
Well 23 Repairs'
Total
$ 1,913,400
6,360,000
2,500,000
1,500,000
149,235
250,000
410,800
400,000
160,000
500,000
$ 14,143,435
' 7% of the Well 23 repairs is associated with new capacity for the Central Coast Blue project.
13.0% $ 248,700
13.0%
826,800
13.0%
325,000
13.0%
195,000
13.0%
19,400
13.0%
32,500
13.0%
53,400
13.0%
52,000
13.0%
20,800
7.0%
35,000
$ 1,808,600
Source: City of Pismo Beach Ten -Year Capital Improvement Plan And Major Expenditures for FY 2024 - 2033; Table 8.2, Willdan Financial Services.
Cost per EDU
Table 8.4 calculates a cost per EDU associated by dividing the total cost of projects allocated to new development identified in Table 8.3, by the growth in EDUs identified in Table 8.2.
Table 8.4: Cost per EDU
Water System Storage and Distribution Projects
Cost Allocated to New Development $ 1,808,600
Growth in EDUs 1,100
Cost per EDU $ 1,644
Sources: Tables 8.2 and 8.3.
Fee Schedule
The maximum justified fee for water facilities is shown in Table 8.5. The cost per EDU is converted to a fee per unit of new development based on the EDU factors shown in Table 8.1.
The total fee includes an administrative charge to fund costs that include: (1) a standard overhead charge applied to all City programs for legal, accounting, and other departmental and citywide administrative support, (2) capital planning, programming, project management costs associated with the share of projects funded by the facilities fee, and (3) fee program administrative costs including revenue collection, revenue and cost accounting, mandated public reporting, and fee justification analyses.
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City of Pismo Beach Development Impact Fee Study Update Table 8.5: Water System Improvements Impact Fee
A B C=AxB D=CX0.02 E=C+D El1,000
Cost Per EDU Base Admin Fee per
EDU Factor Feel CharcieI, s Total Feel Scl. Ft.'
Residential
Single Family
Multifamily
Mobile Home
Nonresidential
Retail/Service
Office
Light Industrial
Self Storage
Hotel/Motel
RV Park Space
$ 1,644
1.00 $ 1,644 $
33 $
1,677
0.65 1,644
0.50 822
16 838
0.76 1,644
0.30 493
10 503
0.35 $ 1,644
0.59 $ 970 $
19 $
989 $
0.99 1,644
0.59 970
19 989
0.99 1,644
0.59 970
19 989
0.99 1,644
0.59 970
19 989
0.99 1,644
0.62 1,019
20 1,039
1.04 1,644
0.49 806
16 822
n/a
Per dwelling unit or per 1,000 square feet of nonresidential or per hotel room. 2 Administrative charge of 2.0 percent for (1) legal, accounting, and other administrative support and (2) impact fee program administrative costs including revenue collection, revenue and cost accounting, mandated public reporting, and fee justification analyses.
3 Assumes average single family unit is 2,589 square feet. Assumes average mulfitamily unit is 1,100 square feet. Assumes average mobile home is 1,440 square feet.
Sources: Tables 8.1 and 8.4; Willdan Financial Services.
State Water Supply Costs
In addition to the water system improvement costs shown in Table 8.3, the City must also fund the infrastructure costs of the state water supply project. The state water projects supply 2,132 acre-feet per year at an estimated cost of $89.9 million through 2050. Table 8.6 summarizes the costs.
Table 8.6: State Water Supply Costs
Annual State Water Project Payment' $ 3,457,646
Years to 2050 26
Total State Water Project Costs to 2050 $89,898,796
Added Water Supply (AFY )2 2,132
Cost per Acre Foot through 2050 $ 42,166
Based on FY 2024 payment for State Water Supply and Lopez Water. 2 Acre feet per year includes 1,240 AFY from state w ater and 892 AFY from Lopez Lake.
Sources: City of Rsmo Beach; Development Impact Fee Update Study, MAXIMUS, 2004; Willdan Financial Services.
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Attachment 1
Development Impact Fee Study Update
State Water Supply Fee Schedule
Table 8.7 displays the State Water Supply fee. The cost per acre-foot from Table 8.6 is multiplied by the demand per unit to determine the fee per unit of development. The demand per unit in terms of acre feet is derived from the flow generation factors from Table 8.1.
The total fee includes an administrative charge to fund costs that include: (1) a standard overhead charge applied to all City programs for legal, accounting, and other departmental and citywide administrative support, (2) capital planning, programming, project management costs associated with the share of projects funded by the facilities fee, and (3) fee program administrative costs including revenue collection, revenue and cost accounting, mandated public reporting, and fee justification analyses.
Table 8.7: State Water Supply Impact Fee Schedule
Demand
Acre Feet Cost per
per Year' Acre Foot
Base
Feet
2%Admin
Charge 2, 3
Total
Feet
Fee per
Sq. Ft.4
Residential
Single Family 0.19 $ 42,166
$ 7,982
$ 160
$
8,142
$ 3.13
Multifamily 0.10 42,166
4,015
80 4,095
3.72 Mobile Home 0.06 42,166
2,362
47 2,409
1.67 Nonresidential
Retail/Service 0.11 $ 42,166
$ 4,723
$ 94
$
4,817
$ 4.82
Office 0.11 42,166
4,723
94 4,817
4.82 Light Industrial 0.11 42,166
4,723
94 4,817
4.82 Self Storage 0.11 42,166
4,723
94 4,817
4.82 Hotel/Motel 0.12 42,166
4,912
98 5,010
5.01 RV Park Space 0.09 42,166
3,920
78 3,998
n/a
Average gallons per day from Table 8.1 converted to average acre feet per year. 325,851 gallons per
acre foot.
2 Fee per dwelling unit or per 1,000 square feet of nonresidential, or hotel room or RV space.
3 Administrative charge of 2.0 percent for (1) legal, accounting, and other administrative support and (2) impact fee
program administrative costs including revenue collection, revenue and cost accounting, mandated public
reporting,
and fee justification analyses.
3 Assumes average single family unit is 2,589 square feet. Assumes average
mulfitamily unit
is 1,100 square feet.
Assumes average mobile home is 1,440 square feet.
Sources: Tables 8.1 and 8.6; Willdan Financial Services.
Projected State Water Supply Fee Revenue
Table 8.8 displays a projection state water supply fee revenue. The fees per unit from Table 8.7 are multiplied by the growth in units from Table 2.1. In total, the fee will generate $17.5 million through 2050.
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City of Pismo Beach Development Impact Fee Study Update Table 8.8: Projected Fee Revenue
Projected Projected
Fee per Growth Fee
Land Use Unit (DU/KSF) Revenue
Residential
Single Family
Multifamily
Mobile Home
Subtotal
Nonresidential
Retail/Service
Office
Light Industrial/Self Storage
Hotel/Motel
RV Park Space
Subtotal
Total
$ 7,982
4,015
2,362
219 $ 1,748,058
207 831,105
w --
$ 4,723 236 $ 1,114, 628
4,723 56 264,488
4,723 101 477,023
4,912 879 4,317,648
3,920 - -
$ 6,173,787
$17, 505, 900
Sources: Tables 2.1 and 8.7; Willdan Financial Services.
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9. Recycled Water Facilities
This chapter details an analysis of the need for recycled water facilities to accommodate growth within the City of Pismo Beach. It documents a reasonable relationship between new development and a recycled water fee to fund recycled water facilities that serve new development.
Recycled Water Demand
Estimates of new development and its consequent increased water demand provide the basis for calculating the recycled water facilities fee. The need for recycled water facilities improvements is based on the water demand placed on the system by development. A typical measure of demand is a flow generation rate, expressed as the number of gallons per day generated by a specific type of land use. Flow generation rates are a reasonable measure of demand on the City's system of water improvements because they represent the average rate of demand that will be placed on the system per land use designation.
Table 9.1 shows the calculation of EDU demand factors based on flow generation by land use category. The flow generation estimates are consistent with the City's prior impact fee studies.
EDU factors express demand for water facilities in terms of the demand created by a single-family dwelling unit.
Table 9.1: Recycled Water Demand by Land Use
Average
Flow
Land Use Type Generation' EDU
Residential
Single Family 169 1.00
Multifamily 85 0.50
Mobile Home 50 0.30
Nonresidential
Retail/Service
100
0.59 Office
100
0.59 Light Industrial
100
0.59 Self Storage
100
0.59 Hotel/Motel
104
0.62 RV Park Space
83 0.49
' Gallons per day per dwelling unit, KSF, hotel/motel room or RV park space Sources: City of Rismo Beach; Willdan Financial Services.
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City of Pismo Beach Development Impact Fee Study Update EDU Generation by New Development
Table 9.2 shows the estimated EDU generation from new development through 2050. New development will generate approximately 1,100 new EDUs inside the current city limits.
Table 9.2: Recvcled Water Facilities Eauivalent Dwellina Units (EDU EDU
Factor
Existing
(DU/KSF)
Projected
Growth
(DU/KSF)
Existing
EDUs
Growth in
EDUs
Total
Residential
Single Family
1.00 4,131
219
4,131
219
4,350
Multifamily
0.50 1,031
207
516
104
619
Mobile Home
0.30 725
-
218
-
218
Subtotal
5,887
426
4,864
323
5,187
Nonresidential
Retail/Service
0.59 1,349
236
796
139
935
Office
0.59 98
56 58
33 91
Light Industrial
0.59 178
101
105
60 165
Hotel Rooms
0.62 1,921
879
1,191
545
1,736
RV Spaces
0.49 701
-
343
-
343
Subtotal
4,247
1,272
2,493
777
3,270
Total
7,357
1,100
8,457
Percent of Total
87.0%
13.0%
100.0%
Per dwelling unit (residential) or thousand building square feet (nonresidential).
Sources: Tables 2.1 and 9.1, Willdan Financial Services.
Recycled Water Facility Cost Allocation
Table 9.3 identifies the planned recycled water facilities to be funded by the fee. The planned recycled water facility will partially be based on improvements to the existing wastewater treatment plant, and partially based on improvements to the water system. As such, costs are allocated to water and wastewater functions. The total cost of each function is divided by the total annual recycled water gallons provided by the recycled water facility to determine the cost per gallon of recycled water. This figure is multiplied by the number of days per year to determine the annual cost per gallon.
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City of Pismo Beach Development Impact Fee Study Update Table 9.3: Planned Recycled Water Facilities
Proiect Description Water Wastewater
Net AFY Returned as Pumped Potable Water
Gallons per Acre Foot (G/AF)
Total Annual Recycled Water in Gallons
Cost of Recycling Plant, Reservoir, Pipes and Wells'
Cost per Single Gallon (rounded)
Days in a Year
Cost for a Gallon per Day (GPO) over a Year
300
300
325,851
325,851
97, 755, 300
97, 755, 300
$ 11, 443, 245
$
23, 233, 255
$ 0.12
$
0.24 365
365
$ 43.80
$
87.60 Total cost is $57,326,000 pluss $500,000 for pipelines to connect to City infrastructure. Assumes $23,149,500 is grant funded.
Sources: City of Pismo Beach Wastewater Capital Improvement Program; Willdan Financial Services.
Fee Schedule
The maximum justified fees for recycled water facilities is shown in Table 9.4 and Table 9.5.
Table 9.4 shows the fee for the water share of the facility, and Table 9.5 shows the fee for the wastewater share of the facility. The cost per gallon from Table 9.3 is converted to a fee per unit of new development based on the demand factors shown in Table 9.1. The total fee includes an administrative charge to fund costs that include: (1) a standard overhead charge applied to all City programs for legal, accounting, and other departmental and citywide administrative support, (2) capital planning, programming, project management costs associated with the share of projects funded by the facilities fee, and (3) fee program administrative costs including revenue collection, revenue and cost accounting, mandated public reporting, and fee justification analyses.
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City of Pismo Beach Development Impact Fee Study Update Table 9.4: Recycled Water Facilities Impact Fee - Water Share A
B
C=AxB
D=CX0.02
E=C+D
El1,000
Cost Per
Gallon
Gallons
Base
Admin
Fee per
per Day
per Day
Feel
Charge 1,2
Total Feel
Sq. Ft.3
Residential
Single Family
$ 44
169.00
$ 7,436
$ 149
$ 7,585
$ 2.92
Multifamily
44 85.00
3,740
75 3,815
3.47 Mobile Home
44 50.00
2,200
44 2,244
1.56 Nonresidential
Retail/Service $ 44 100
$ 4,400 $ 88
$
4,488 $ 4.49
Office 44 100
4,400 88
4,488 4.49
Light Industrial 44 100
4,400 88
4,488 4.49
Self Storage 44 100
4,400 88
4,488 4.49
Hotel/Motel 44 104
4,576 92
4,668 4.67
RV Park Space 44 83
3,652 73
3,725 n/a
Per dwelling unit or per 1,000 square feet of nonresidential or per hotel room. 2 Administrative charge of 2.0 percent for (1) legal, accounting, and other administrative support and (2) impact fee program administrative costs including revenue collection, revenue and cost accounting, mandated public
reporting, and fee justification analyses.
3 Assumes average single family unit is 2,589 square feet. Assumes average mulfitamily unit is 1,100 square feet. Assumes average mobile home is 1,440 square feet.
Sources: Tables 9.1, 9.4 and 9.5; Willdan Financial Services.
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City of Pismo Beach Development Impact Fee Study Update Table 9.5:
Residential
Single Family
Multifamily
Mobile Home
Nonresidential
Retail/Service
Office
Light Industrial
Self Storage
Hotel/Motel
RV Park Space
led Water Facilities Impact Fee - Wastewater Share
A B C=AxB D=CX0.02 E=C+D El1,000
Cost Per
Gallon Gallons Base Admin Fee per
Der Dav Der Dav Feel Charae1, 2 Total Feel Sa. Ft.3
$ 88
169.00
$14,804 $
296
$
15,100 $
5.81 88
85.00 7,446
149
7,595
6.90 88
50.00 4,380
88 4,468
3.10 $ 88
100
$ 8,760 $
175
$
8,935 $
8.94 88
100
8,760
175
8,935
8.94 88
100
8,760
175
8,935
8.94 88
100
8,760
175
8,935
8.94 88
104
9,110
182
9,292
9.29 88
83 7,271
145
7,416
n/a
Per dwelling unit or per 1,000 square feet of nonresidential or per hotel room. 2 Administrative charge of 2.0 percent for (1) legal, accounting, and other administrative support and (2) impact fee program administrative costs including revenue collection, revenue and cost accounting, mandated public reporting, and fee justification analyses.
3 Assumes average single family unit is 2,589 square feet. Assumes average mulfitamily unit is 1,100 square feet. Assumes average mobile home is 1,440 square feet.
Sources: Tables 9.1, 9.4 and 9.5; Willdan Financial Services.
Table 9.6 projects the recycled water facilities fee revenue. The fee per single family unit is multiplied by the growth in EDUs to estimate the water and wastewater portions of the recycled water facilities fee, respectively. In total, the fees will generate approximately $24.4 million.
Table 9.6: Recycled Water Facilities Fee - Revenue Projection Water Wastewater Total
Projected Growth in EDUs
Fee per EDU
Recycled Water Facilities Fee Revenue
Sources: Tables 9.2, 9.4 and 9.5.
1,100 1,100
$ 7,436 $ 14,804
$ 8,179,600 $16,284,400 $24,464,000
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10. Traffic and Circulation
Facilities
This chapter details an analysis of the need for traffic and circulation facilities to accommodate new development. The chapter documents a reasonable relationship between new development and the impact fee for funding of these facilities.
Trip Demand
The need for traffic and circulation facilities is based on the trip demand placed on the system by development. A reasonable measure of demand is the number of average daily vehicle trips, adjusted for the type of trip. Vehicle trip generation rates are a reasonable measure of demand on the City's system of street improvements across all modes because alternate modes (transit, bicycle, pedestrian) often substitute for vehicle trips.
The two types of trips adjustments made to trip generation rates to calculate trip demand are described below:
Pass -by trips are deducted from the trip generation rate. Pass -by trips are intermediates stops between an origin and a final destination that require no diversion from the route, such as stopping to get gas on the way to work. ■ The trip generation rate is adjusted by the average length of trips for a specific land use category compared to the average length of all trips on the street system.
These adjustments allow for a holistic quantification of trip demand that takes trip purpose and length into account for fee calculation purposes.
Table 10.1 shows the calculation of trip demand factors by land use category based on the adjustments described above. Data is based on extensive and detailed trip surveys conducted in the San Diego region by the San Diego Association of Governments. The surveys provide one of the most comprehensive databases available of trip generation rates, pass -by trips factors, and average trip length for a wide range of land uses. Though urban development patterns differ between San Diego and the City of Pismo Beach, the use of this data is appropriate as a means of allocating trips across multiple land use categories. It should be noted that the projections of current and future trip generation in this report are based on data specific to the City of Pismo Beach.
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City of Pismo Beach Development Impact Fee Study Update Table 10.1: Trip Rate Ad'ustment
Factors
Total Average
Adjust-
Trip
Primary Diverted
Excluding Trip
ment
PM Peak
Demand
Trips' Trips'
Pass -by' Length
Factor3
ITE Category
HourTripe
Factors
A B
C=A+B D
E=CxD
F
G=ExF
Residential
Single Family 86% 11%
97% 7.9
1.11 Single Family Housing (210)
0.94 1.04
Multifamily 86% 11%
97% 7.9
1.11 Apartment (220)
0.51 0.57
Mobile Home 86% 11%
97% 7.9
1.11 Mobile Home Park (240)
0.58 0.64
Nonresidential
Ser\jce/Retail 47% 31%
78% 3.6
0.41 Shopping Center (820)
3.40 1.39
Office 77% 19%
96% 8.8
1.22 General Office (710)
1.44 1.76
Industrial 79% 19%
98% 9.0
1.28 General Light Industrial (110)
0.65 0.83
Mini Storage 79% 19%
98% 9.0
1.28 Mini Warehouse (151)
0.15 0.19
Resort/Hotel 58% 38%
96% 7.6
1.06 Hotel (310)
0.59 0.63
RV Park Space 86% 11%
97% 7.9
1.11 Mobile Home Park (240)
0.58 0.64
' Percent of total trips. Primary trips are trips w ith no midw ay stops, or "links". Diverted trips are linked trips w hose distance adds at least one mile to the primary trip. Pass -by trips are links that do not add more than one mile to the total trip. s In miles. Based on SANDAG data.
s The trip adjustment factor equals the percent of non -pass -by trips multiplied by the average trip length and divided by the syster w ide average trip length of 6.9 miles.
"Trips per dwelling unit or per 1,000 building square feet or per hotel room s The trip demand factor is the product of the trip adjustment factor and the trip rate.
Sources: San Diego Association of Governments, Brief Guide of Vehicular Traffic Generation Rates for the San Diego Region, April 2002; Institute of Traffic Engineers, Trip Generation, 11th Edition; Willdan Financial Services.
Trip Demand Growth
The planning horizon for this analysis is 2050. Table 10.2 lists the 2024 and 2050 land use assumptions used in this study. The trip demand factors calculated in Table 10.1 are multiplied by the existing and future dwelling units and building square feet to determine the increase in trip demand attributable to new development.
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City of Pismo Beach Development Impact Fee Study Update Table 10.2: Land Use Scenario and Trip Generation
Land Use
PM Peak
Hour Trip
Rate
2024
Units /
1,000 SF
Trips
Growth 2024 to 2050
Units /
1,000 SF Trips
Total - 2050
Units /
1,000 SF Trips
Residential
Single Family
1.04 4,131
4,310
219
229
4,350
4,539
Multifamily
0.57 1,031
584
207
117
1,238
701
Mobile Home
0.64 725
467
-
725
467
Total
5,887
5,361
426
346
6,313
5,707
Nonresidential
Retail/Service
1.39 1,349
1,881
345
480
1,694
2,361
Office
1.76 98
172
56 99
154
271
Light Industrial
0.83 178
148
100
83 278
231
Hotel Rooms
0.63 1,921
1,201
879
550
2,800
1,751
RV Park Spaces
0.64 701
451
-
-
701
451
Subtotal
4,247
3,853
1,380
1,212
5,627
5,065
Total
9,214
1,558
10,772
85.5%
14.5%
100.0%
Sources: Tables 2.1 and 10.1.
Project Costs and Cost Allocation
Cost estimates for traffic and circulation facilities needed to serve new development are summarized in Table 10.3. The City identified the projects and project costs in its CIP. A share of each project is allocated to new development, based on new development's proportional share of trip demand in 2050. In total, $12.8 million worth of traffic and circulation projects are allocated to new development through this fee.
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City of Pismo Beach Development Impact Fee Study Update Table 10.3: Planned Street Improvements
Project Name
Total Cost
Allocation to
New
Development
Cost
Allocated to
New
Development
Downtown Parking Structure
$ 40,000,000
14.5%
$ 5,800,000
Dolliver/Pomeroy Ped Scramble
50,000
14.5%
7,250
Shell Beach Road Multi Use Path: (Terrace to Spyglass)
15,000,000
14.5%
2,175,000
Shell Beach Road Sidewalk
850,000
14.5%
123,250
Dolliver Price Street Streetscape (Butterfly Grove to Shell Beach Road) 15,000,000
14.5%
2,175,000
Price Street Beautification and Improvements
5,000,000
14.5%
725,000
Signalize Bello/Price Canyon Rd Construction
1,000,000
14.5%
145,000
Parking Structure Land Purchase
3,200,000
14.5%
464,000
Shell Beach Parking
2,000,000
14.5%
290,000
Parking Kiosk Machines
326,000
14.5%
47,270
Hinds/Ocean View Ped Path
180,000
14.5%
26,100
Promenade Extension
5,000,000
14.5%
725,000
ADA Improvements
500,000
14.5%
72,500
Total Cost of Planned Facilities
$ 88,106,000
$ 12,775,370
Source: City of Rsmo Beach Ten -Year Capital Improvement Ran And Major Expenditures for FY 2024 - 2033 Fee per Trip Demand Unit
Every impact fee consists of a dollar amount, or the cost of projects that can be funded by a fee, divided by a measure of development. In this case, all fees are first calculated as a cost per trip demand unit. Then these amounts are translated into housing unit (cost per unit) and employment space (cost per 1,000 square feet or room) by multiplying the cost per trip by the trip generation rate for each land use category. These amounts become the fee schedule.
Table 10.4 calculates the cost the cost per trip demand unit by dividing the total project costs attributable to new development summarized in Table 10.3, by the total growth in trips calculated in Table 10.2.
Table 10.4: Cost per Trip to Accommodate Growth
Fee Program Share of Planned Facilities Costs $ 12,775,370 Growth in Trip Demand 1,558
Cost per Trip
Sources: Tables 10.2 and 10.3.
Fee Schedule
8,200
Table 10.5 shows the maximum justified traffic and circulation facilities fee schedule. The City can adopt any fee up to this amount. The proposed fees are based on the costs per trip shown in Table 10.4. The cost per trip is multiplied by the trip demand factors in Table 10.1 to determine a fee per unit of new development. The total fee includes a two -percent (2%) administrative charge to fund costs that include: a standard overhead charge applied to all City programs for legal, accounting, and other departmental and administrative support, and fee program administrative VV'W I LLDAN 58
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City of Pismo Beach Development Impact Fee Study Update costs including revenue collection, revenue and cost accounting, mandated public reporting, and fee justification analyses.
In Willdan's experience with impact fee programs, two -percent of the base fee adequately covers the cost of fee program administration. The administrative charge should be reviewed and adjusted during comprehensive impact fee updates to ensure that revenue generated from the charge sufficiently covers, but does not exceed, the administrative costs associated with the fee program.
Table 10.5: Circulation Facilities Impact Fee Schedule
A
B
C=AxB
D=Cx0.02
E=C+D
El1,000
Tri p
Cost Per
Demand
Admin
Fee per
Land Use
Trip
Factor
Base Feel
Charge, 2
Total Feel
Sq. Ft.'
Residential
Single Family
$ 8,200
1.04 $ 8,556
$ 171
$ 8,727
$ 3.36
Multifamily
8,200
0.57 4,642
93 4,735
4.30 Mobile Home
8,200
0.64 5,279
106
5,385
3.74 Nonresidential
Service/Retail
$ 8,200
1.39 $ 11,431 $
229
$ 11,660
$ 11.66
Office
8,200
1.76 14,406
288
14,694
14.69 Industrial
8,200
0.83 6,822
136
6,958
6.96 Mini Storage
8,200
0.19 1,574
31 1,605
1.61 Resort/Hotel
8,200
0.63 5,128
103
5,231
n/a
RV Park Space
8,200
0.64 5,279
106
5,385
n/a
Fee per dwelling unit, per 1,000 square feet of nonresidential or per hotel room. 2 Administrative charge of 2.0 percent for (1) legal, accounting, and other administrative support and (2) impact fee program administrative costs including revenue collection, revenue and cost accounting, mandated public reporting, and fee justification analyses.
3 Assumes average single family unit is 2,589 square feet. Assumes average mulfitamily unit is 1,100 square feet. Assumes average mobile home is 1,440 square feet.
Sources: Tables 10.1 and 10.4; Willdan Financial Services.
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11. AB 602 Requirements
On January 1, 2022, new requirements went into effect for California jurisdictions implementing impact fees. Among other changes, AB 602 added Section 66016.5 to the Government Code, which set guidelines for impact fee nexus studies. Four key requirements from that section which concern the nexus study are reproduced here:
66016.5. (a) (2) When applicable, the nexus study shall identify the existing level of service for each public facility, identify the proposed new level of service, and include an explanation of why the new level of service is appropriate.
66016.5. (a) (4) If a nexus study supports the increase of an existing fee, the local agency shall review the assumptions of the nexus study supporting the original fee and evaluate the amount of fees collected under the original fee.
66016.5. (a) (5) A nexus study adopted after July 1, 2022, shall calculate a fee imposed on a housing development project proportionately to the square footage of proposed units of the development. A local agency that imposes a fee proportionately to the square footage of the proposed units of the development shall be deemed to have used a valid method to establish a reasonable relationship between the fee charged and the burden posed by the development. 66016.5. (a) (6) Large jurisdictions shall adopt a capital improvement plan as a part of the nexus study.
Compliance with AB 602
The following sections describe this study's compliance with the new requirements of AB 602. 66016.5. (a) (2) - Level of Service
1. For the park impact fees calculated under the existing standard methodology, the fees are calculated such that new development funds facilities at the existing level of service.
The existing level service in terms of the existing facility investment per capita is shown in Table 6.6.
2. For the fees calculated under the system standard methodology, the maximum justified fees represent an increase in the facility level of service. The fees calculated under this methodology are fire protection, and police facilities fees. The increased level of service is required to fund new development's fair share of identified planned facilities New development will not fund the entirety of the increase in level of service, rather, it will fund a share of the increased level of service represented by the planned facilities. The City will have to fund existing development's share of the increased level of service through any other funding source. Each chapter for facility fee categories that are increasing the level of service includes a table that shows the existing level of service and future level of service in terms of facility investment per capita.
3. For fees calculated under the planned facilities methodology, the fees are calculated to ensure that the level of service does not fall to unacceptable levels. The fees calculated under this approach are the circulation, sewer facilities, water facilities and recycled water facility fees. The City identified the projects needed to serve the City through the planning horizon.
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City of Pismo Beach Development Impact Fee Study Update 66016.5. (a) (4) — Review of Original Fee Assumptions
Willdan extensively reviewed the City's prior impact fee studies while conducting this fee analysis.
Notably this study differs from the 2018 study in several ways:
1. This study uses a planning horizon of 2050, compared to the planning horizon of 2040 used in the prior study.
2. Cost assumptions have been updated to current dollars. The costs in the 2018 study were considerably lower than current market costs for construction of new facilities and the acquisition of land.
3. This study made use of the most current project lists and inventories of existing facilities where relevant.
Table 11.1 displays an accounting of annual revenue collected between FY2019-20 and F2022- 23 for the impact fees included in this analysis.
Table 11.1: Annual Collected Impact Fee Revenue
FY 19-20 FY 20-21 FY 21-22 FY 22-23
Government (including Fire and Police)
$ 717,189 $
901,409
$ 484,076 $
365,710
Circulation
53,606
162,752
186,006
94,744
Water Facilities
299,083
433,492
3,405,171
3,037,224
Wastewater Facilities
146,217
337,416
624,964
2,758,042
Parks
497,793
594,249
289,688
309,615
Source: City of Pismo Beach.
66016.5. (a) (5) — Residential Fees per Square Foot
Impact fees for residential land uses are calculated per square foot for all fee categories and comply with AB 602.
66016.5. (a) (6) — Capital Improvement Plan
The Capital Improvement Plan for this nexus study is comprised of the identified planned facilities within each facility fee chapter. Planned facilities identified in this document are sourced from the City's current adopted CIP, master plans and other relevant documents. Adoption of this nexus study would approve the planned facilities identified herein as the Capital Improvement Plan for this nexus study.
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12. Implementation
Impact Fee Program Adoption Process
Impact fee program adoption procedures are found in the California Government Code section 66016. Adoption of an impact fee program requires the City Council to follow certain procedures including holding a public hearing. The impact fee nexus study must first be adopted at a public hearing to comply with AB 602. That public hearing must be noticed at least 30 days in advance.
Data, such as an impact fee report, must be made available at least 10 days prior to the public hearing. The City's legal counsel should be consulted for any other procedural requirements as well as advice regarding adoption of an enabling ordinance and/or a resolution. After adoption there is a mandatory 60-day waiting period before the fees go into effect.
Inflation Adjustment
The City can keep its impact fee program up to date by periodically adjusting the fees for inflation.
Such adjustments should be completed regularly to ensure that new development will fully fund its share of needed facilities. We recommend that the California Construction Cost Index (CCCI) be used for adjusting fees for inflation.
While fee updates using inflation indices are appropriate for periodic updates to ensure that fee revenues keep up with increases in the costs of public facilities, the City will also need to conduct more extensive updates of the fee documentation and calculation (such as this study) when significant new data on growth forecasts and/or facility plans become available.
Reporting Requirements
The City complies with the annual and five-year reporting requirements of the Mitigation Fee Act.
For facilities to be funded by a combination of public fees and other revenues, identification of the source and amount of these non -fee revenues is essential. Identification of the timing of receipt of other revenues to fund the facilities is also important.
Programming Revenues and Projects with the CIP
The City maintains a Capital Improvement Program (CIP) to plan for future infrastructure needs.
The CIP identifies costs and phasing for specific capital projects. The use of the CIP in this manner documents a reasonable relationship between new development and the use of those revenues.
The City may decide to alter the scope of the planned projects or to substitute new projects as long as those new projects continue to represent an expansion of the City's facilities. If the total cost of facilities varies from the total cost used as a basis for the fees, the City should consider revising the fees accordingly
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13. Mitigation Fee Act Findings
Public facilities fees are one-time fees typically paid when a building permit is issued and imposed on development projects by local agencies responsible for regulating land use (cities and counties). To guide the widespread imposition of public facilities fees the State Legislature adopted the Mitigation Fee Act (the Act) with Assembly Bill 1600 in 1987 and subsequent amendments. The Act, contained in California Government Code Sections 66000 through 66025, establishes requirements on local agencies for the imposition and administration of fee programs.
The Act requires local agencies to document five findings when adopting a fee.
The five statutory findings required for adoption of the public facilities fees documented in this report are presented in this chapter and supported in detail by the preceding chapters. All statutory references are to the Act.
Purpose of Fee
■ Identify the purpose of the fee (§66001 (a) (1) of the Act).
Development impact fees are designed to ensure that new development will not burden the existing service population with the cost of facilities required to accommodate growth. The purpose of the fees proposed by this report is to provide a funding source from new development for capital improvements to serve that development. The fees advance a legitimate City interest by enabling the City to provide public facilities to new development.
Use of Fee Revenues
■ Identify the use to which the fees will be put. If the use is financing facilities, the facilities shall be identified. That identification may, but need not, be made by reference to a capital improvement plan as specified in §65403 or §66002, may be made in applicable general or specific plan requirements, or may be made in other public documents that identify the facilities for which the fees are charged (§66001(a)(2) of the Act).
Fees proposed in this report, if enacted by the City, would be used to fund expanded facilities to serve new development. Facilities funded by these fees are designated to be located within the City's sphere of influence. Fees addressed in this report have been identified by the City to be restricted to funding the following facility categories: general government facilities, police facilities, fire protection facilities, parks and recreation facilities, wastewater facilities, water facilities, recycled water facilities and traffic and circulation facilities.
Benefit Relationship
■ Determine the reasonable relationship between the fees' use and the type of development project on which the fees are imposed (§66001 (a) (3) of the Act).
The City will restrict fee revenue to the acquisition of land, construction of facilities, infrastructure and buildings, and purchase of related equipment, furnishings, vehicles, and services used to serve new development. Facilities funded by the fees are expected to provide a citywide network of facilities accessible to the additional residents and workers associated with new development.
Under the Act, fees are not intended to fund planned facilities needed to correct existing deficiencies. Thus, a reasonable relationship can be shown between the use of fee revenue and the new development residential and non-residential use classifications that will pay the fees.
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City of Pismo Beach Development Impact Fee Study Update Burden Relationship
■ Determine the reasonable relationship between the need for the public facilities and the types of development on which the fees are imposed (§66001(a)(4) of the Act).
Facilities need is based on a facility standard that represents the demand generated by new development for those facilities. For each facility category, demand is measured by a single facility standard that can be applied across land use types to ensure a reasonable relationship to the type of development. For some facility categories service population standards are calculated based upon the number of residents associated with residential development and the number of workers associated with non-residential development. To calculate a single, per capita standard, one worker is weighted less than one resident based on an analysis of the relative use demand between residential and non-residential development.
The standards used to identify growth needs are also used to determine if planned facilities will partially serve the existing service population by correcting existing deficiencies. This approach ensures that new development will only be responsible for its fair share of planned facilities, and that the fees will not unfairly burden new development with the cost of facilities associated with serving the existing service population.
Chapter 2, Growth Forecasts provides a description of how service population and growth forecasts are calculated. Facility standards are described in the Facility Standards sections of each facility category chapter.
Proportionality
■ Determine how there is a reasonable relationship between the fees amount and the cost of the facilities or portion of the facilities attributable to the development on which the fee is imposed (§66001(b) of the Act).
The reasonable relationship between each facilities fee for a specific new development project and the cost of the facilities attributable to that project is based on the estimated new development growth the project will accommodate. Fees for a specific project are based on the project's size. Larger new development projects can result in a higher service population resulting in higher fee revenue than smaller projects in the same land use classification. Thus, the fees ensure a reasonable relationship between a specific new development project and the cost of the facilities attributable to that project.
See Chapter 2, Growth Forecasts, or the Service Population sections in each facility category chapter for a description of how service populations or other factors are determined for different types of land uses. See the Fee Schedule section of each facility category chapter for a presentation of the proposed facilities fees.
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Appendix
Appendix Table A.1: Energy Efficiency Project Debt
General
Payment (Real Wastewater Government
Year Annual Debt Discount Factor Dollars) Allocation (901/6) Allocation (101/6) 2025
$ 309,478
0.97 $
300,464 $
270,417 $
30,046
2026
309,478
0.94 291,712
262,541
29,171
2027
309,478
0.92 283,216
254,894
28,322
2028
309,478
0.89 274,967
247,470
27,497
2029
309,478
0.86 266,958
240,262
26,696
2030
309,478
0.84 259,183
233,264
25,918
2031
309,478
0.81 251,634
226,470
25,163
2032
309,478
0.79 244,305
219,874
24,430
2033
309,478
0.77 237,189
213,470
23,719
2034
309,478
0.74 230,281
207,252
23,028
2035
309,478
0.72 223,573
201,216
22,357
2036
309,478
0.70 217,061
195,355
21,706
2037
309,478
0.68 210,739
189,665
21,074
$ 4,023,211
$
2,962,154 $
329,128
Sources: City of Rsmo Beach; Willdan Financial Services.
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City of Pismo Beach Development Impact Fee Study Update Appendix Table A.2: Present Value of Interest on Public Safety Facilitv Debt Service
Interest Interest
Payment Discount Payment
Date Payment Principal (nom. dollars) Factor' (real dollars) Public Safetv Facilit
2025
$ 2, 390,100
$ 610,000 $
1,780,100
0.97 $ 1,728,252
2026
2,389,600
640,000
1,749,600
0.94 1,649,166
2027
2,387,600
670,000
1,717,600
0.92 1,571,847
2028
2,389,100
705,000
1,684,100
0.89 1,496,301
2029
2,388,850
740,000
1,648,850
0.86 1,422,312
2030
2,386,850
775,000
1,611,850
0.84 1,349,899
2031
2,388,100
815,000
1,573,100
0.81 1,279,074
2032
2,387,350
855,000
1,532,350
0.79 1,209,651
2033
2,389,600
900,000
1,489,600
0.77 1,141,654
2034
2,389,600
945,000
1,444,600
0.74 1,074,918
2035
2,387,350
990,000
1,397,350
0.72 1,009,475
2036
2,387,850
1,040,000
1,347,850
0.70 945,355
2037
2,385,850
1,090,000
1,295,850
0.68 882,411
2038
2,386,350
1,145,000
1,241,350
0.66 820,679
2039
2,389,100
1,205,000
1,184,100
0.64 760,029
2040
2,388,850
1,265,000
1,123, 850
0.62 700,346
2041
2,385,600
1,325,000
1,060,600
0.61 641,680
2042
2,389,350
1,395,000
994,350
0.59 584,076
2043
2,389,600
1,465,000
924,600
0.57 527,286
2044
2,386,350
1,535,000
851,350
0.55 471,372
2045
2,389,600
1,615,000
774,600
0.54 416,386
2046
2,390,000
1,680,000
710,000
0.52 370,544
2047
2,387,800
1,745,000
642,800
0.51 325,701
2048
2,388,000
1,815,000
573,000
0.49 281,878
2049
2,385,400
1,885,000
500,400
0.48 238,994
2050
2,385,000
1,960,000
425,000
0.46 197,070
Total
$ 23,096,358
'Discount rate assumed to be 3.0% per year.
Source: City of Bsmo Beach; Willdan Financial Services.
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City of Pismo Beach Development Impact Fee Study Update Appendix Table A.3: Present Value of
Interest on Future Wastewater Debt
Issuance
Date
Payment
Discount
Factor'
Payment
(real dollars)
Five Cities
Lift Station
2025
82,947
0.97 $ 80,531
2026
82,947
0.94 78,186
2027
82,947
0.92 75,908
2028
82,947
0.89 73,697
2029
82,947
0.86 71,551
2030
82,947
0.84 69,467
2031
82,947
0.81 67,444
2032
82,947
0.79 65,479
2033
82,947
0.77 63,572
2034
82,947
0.74 61,720
2035
82,947
0.72 59,923
2036
82,947
0.70 58,177
2037
82,947
0.68 56,483
2038
82,947
0.66 54,838
2039
82,947
0.64 53,241
2040
82,947
0.62 51,690
2041
82,947
0.61 50,184
2042
82,947
0.59 48,723
2043
82,947
0.57 47,304
2044
82,947
0.55 45,926
2045
82,947
0.54 44,588
2046
82,947
0.52 43,289
2047
82,947
0.51 42,029
2048
82,947
0.49 40,804
2049
82,947
0.48 39,616
2050
82,947
0.46 38,462
Total
$ 1,482,831
Pismo Oaks Lift Station
2025
41,906
0.97 $
40,685
2026
41,906
0.94 39,500
2027
41,906
0.92 38,350
2028
41,906
0.89 37,233
2029
41,906
0.86 36,148
Total
$
191,917
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