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File ID: 2022-01074 June 14, 2022
Title: Adopt Priority List for 2023 to 2026 Citywide Park Improvement Projects and Appropriate Park Impact Fees
Location: Citywide
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution: 1) authorizing the City Manager or the City Manager’s designee to increase the expenditure budget in Citywide Park Improvement Project (L19300000) by appropriating $250,000 from the Park Impact Fees (Fund 3204) available fund balance; and 2) adopting a priority list of six projects for Citywide Park Impact Fee funds for Fiscal Years (FY) 2023 through 2026.
Contact: Sadie Sanchez, Senior Accountant Auditor, (916) 808-8040, [email protected], Raymond Costantino, Division Manager, (916) 808-1949, [email protected], Park Planning and Development Services, Department of Youth, Parks, and Community Enrichment
Presenter: None
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Resolution
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: On February 14, 2017, the City Council approved the Park Impact Fee Nexus Study Update and adopted a revised Park Impact Fee (PIF). This fee was originally established in 1999 and is imposed on new development projects to pay for the construction of new parks and rehabilitation of existing parks.
The prior amount of the PIF only provided funding for neighborhood and community parks. A portion of the new PIF is designated as Citywide and funds regional parks and citywide park facilities which include linear parkways and trails, community centers, and outdoor aquatic complexes. The Citywide funds can also be used on city wide comprehensive plans and studies like the current Park Plan 2040 effort and the future update to the Park Project Programming Guide. Regional parks and citywide facilities are amenities that serve all City residents. Establishing a Citywide capital improvement project will allow for allocation of this portion of the PIF to be spent on regional park and citywide park facilities improvement projects based on a priority list.
The Neighborhood and Community Park component of the PIF is allocated to park improvement projects which serve the development project for which the PIF was paid (based on the park service area radius) and these funds are segregated by Council District. The Citywide component of the PIF is one fund and the allocation for projects is a policy decision of the City Council.
In 2019, staff brought forward a list of 8 projects to be funded by City Council over the course of four years with file ID 2019-00695. In following fiscal years, the Citywide PIF funded projects through the standard Construction Improvement Project CIP process and projects were reviewed and re-evaluated on an as-needed basis. That process was a successful method to distribute funds and consequently staff is proposing to create a new priority list of Citywide projects for six council districts, with the exception of Council District 1 and 3, which have received or will have received their allocation through recent council approvals and requests.
For example, the North Natomas Regional Park Great Meadow project will be funded for $250,000 as part of the FY2022/2023 CIP process and the McKinley Park Clunie Pool heater and chemical room improvement project was funded previously (R2020-0054). Based on the estimated amount of annual revenues collected, one to two projects per year can be funded for the next four years.
The PIF Resolution outlined the criteria for determining which projects are eligible for the Citywide PIF allocation. The criteria included development of existing City-owned land, the need for the facility, community support, regional significance, economic revitalization, other funding sources, and maintenance funding. Projects were also reviewed based on addressing safety/code issues and project readiness. The proposed priority list below are the recommended top six projects by Council District.
CITYWIDE PIF (4 Year Plan)
COUNCIL DISTRICT PROJECT NAME YEAR CITYWIDE
PIF AMOUNT
Council District 2 Renovation of Renfree
Field at Del Paso Regional
(matching funds for State
Parks Prop 68 Grant- 2nd
allocation)
Year 1
(FY2022/2023)
$250,000
Council District 4 Tiscornia Park (American
River Parkway)- New
Playground
Year 2
(FY2023/24)
$250,000
Council District 5 Mangan Park Community
Center Phase 1 (Warm
Shell Construction- 2nd
allocation)
Year 2
(FY2023/2024)
$250,000
Council District 6 Granite Regional Park
Improvements (2nd
allocation)
Year 3
(FY2024/2025)
$250,000
Council District 7 Land Park Restroom
Renovation (2nd Allocation)
Year 3
(FY2025/2026)
$250,000
Council District 8 Pannell Meadowview
Community Center
Improvements (2nd
Allocation)
Year 4
(FY2025/2026)
$250,000
TOTAL $1,500,000
Policy Considerations: As stated in City Council Resolution No. 2021-0189, Sections 10.2 and 10.11, City Council approval is required to establish (and cancel) CIP projects and make appropriations exceeding $250,000.
Utilizing Park Impact Fees (PIF), Fund 3204, to augment project budgets is consistent with Sacramento City Code Section 18.56.230 as these funds will be used to: “Finance the design, construction, installation, improvement, and acquisition of … regional and citywide park facilities located anywhere in the city.”
Providing parks and recreation facilities is consistent with the City’s strategic plan to enhance livability in Sacramento’s neighborhoods by expanding park, recreation, and trail facilities throughout the City.
Economic Impacts: None.
Environmental Considerations:
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA): This report concerns fiscal activities that do not constitute a "project" as defined by the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4). Environmental review of the park projects will occur after design and before construction is authorized.
Sustainability: Not applicable
Commission/Committee Action: Not applicable
Rationale for Recommendation: The Department wishes to establish a Citywide park project priority list and a Citywide capital improvement project to initiate and expedite these park construction projects. The goal of these recommendations is to allow the Department to deliver these projects during the next four years.
Financial Considerations: There are adequate financial resources in the Park Impact Fee (Fund 3204) available fund balance to support the recommended budget transfer of $250,000 from the Park Development Impact Fees (Fund 3204) available fund balance to the Citywide Park Improvement Project (L19300000). As projects approach the year of designation indicated in the table above, the Citywide Park Improvement Project will be additionally funded for that year through the Capital Improvement Program process.
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): Not applicable.
RESOLUTION NO. 2022-
Adopted by the Sacramento City Council
Establish Projects for Citywide Park Impact Fee and Adopt Priority List
BACKGROUND
A. In February 2017, the City revised the Park Impact Fee program to establish a Citywide Park Impact Fee for the development of regional parks and Citywide park facilities including linear parks and parkways, community centers, and outdoor aquatic complexes.
B. Citywide Park Impact Fees are to be allocated, taking into account the following factors: existing city owned land, actual need for the facility, community support, regional significance, economic revitalization, other funding sources, and maintenance funding. Projects were also to be prioritized based on addressing safety/code issues and project readiness.
C. Sufficient funds are available in the Park Impact Fees (Fund 3204) Available Fund Balance to support the fund transfer for the Year 1 allocation and the priority list will be reviewed on an annual basis.
D. The Citywide Capital Improvement Projects CIP was created, and a previous priority list was established with file 2019-00695. The goal was to deliver eight projects, two per year, starting in fiscal year 2019 through 2023. Citywide park projects would be prioritized over the course of four years. With adoption of this resolution, a new list of priority projects would be brought forward as described below. Priority list allocation will be re-evaluated and funded annually through the Capital Improvement Project process.
BASED ON THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE BACKGROUND, THE CITY COUNCIL RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Manager or the City Manager’s designee is authorized to increase the expenditure budget in the Citywide Park Improvements Project (L19300000) by appropriating $250,000 from the Park Development Impact Fees (Fund 3204) available fund balance.
Section 2. The following Citywide park improvement projects are approved as priority projects for the next four years:
CITYWIDE PIF (4 Year Plan)
COUNCIL DISTRICT PROJECT NAME YEAR CITYWIDE
PIF AMOUNT
Council District 2 Renovation of Renfree Field at
Del Paso Regional (matching
funds for State Parks Prop 68
Grant- 2nd allocation)
Year 1
(FY2022/2023)
$250,000
Council District 4 Tiscornia Park (American
River Parkway)- New
Playground
Year 2
(FY2023/24)
$250,000
Council District 5 Mangan Park Community
Center Phase 1 (Warm Shell
Construction- 2nd allocation)
Year 2
(FY2023/2024)
$250,000
Council District 6 Granite Regional Park
Improvements (2nd allocation)
Year 3
(FY2024/2025)
$250,000
Council District 7 Land Park Restroom
Renovation (2nd Allocation)
Year 3
(FY2024/2025)
$250,000
Council District 8 Pannell Meadowview
Community Center
Improvements (2nd Allocation)
Year 4
(FY2025/2026)
$250,000
TOTAL $1,500,000