Attachment B
1 City Council Meeting: January 28, 2025 Santa Monica, California RESOLUTION NUMBER _________ (CCS)
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA MONICA ADOPTING FIVE-YEAR FINDINGS AS TO THE AFFORDABLE
HOUSING COMMERCIAL LINKAGE FEE AND PARKS AND RECREATION
DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE
WHEREAS, the Mitigation Fee Act, Government Code Section 66000 et seq., authorizes the City of Santa Monica (“City”) to impose, collect, and expend mitigation fees to offset the impacts of development within the City; and WHEREAS, Section 66001(d) of the Mitigation Fee Act requires the City Council to adopt a resolution making certain findings as to any portion of development fees collected over five years ago, and each fifth fiscal year thereafter, whether such unexpended fees have been committed or uncommitted; and WHEREAS, City staff prepared a Development Impact Fees Report Pursuant to the Mitigation Fee Act for Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2024 (the “Report”) on the status of funds collected from the City’s development impact fees; and WHEREAS, the Affordable Housing Commercial Linkage Fee and the Parks and Recreation Development Impact Fee are due to be reported under the five-year requirement; and
WHEREAS, the Report (Exhibit A to the accompanying staff report, incorporated by referenced) includes the five-year findings for the Affordable Housing Commercial Linkage Fee and the Parks and Recreation Development Impact Fee; and Attachment B
2 WHEREAS, the City has complied with all notice obligations under Government Code Section 66006, including publicly posting a Mitigation Fee Act Report on December 27, 2024 on the City’s website.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council has considered the accompanying staff report and the Report, including the five-year findings, (attached as Exhibit A to the staff report ) for:
(1) the Affordable Housing Commercial Linkage Fee; and (2) the Park and Recreation Development Impact Fee.
SECTION 2. As to the Affordable Housing Commercial Linkage Fee, the City Council adopts the five-year findings set forth in Exhibit A.
SECTION 3. As to the Parks and Recreation Development Impact fee the City Council adopts the five-year findings set forth in Exhibit A.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution, and thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Douglas Sloan, City Attorney