HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Res 7231 2021-12-13RESOLUTION 7231
A RESOLUTION OF THE SEAL BEACH CITY COUNCIL
ESTABLISHING USER AND REGULATORY FEES AND CHARGES
FOR GOODS, SERVICES AND FACILITIES PROVIDED BY THE CITY
OF SEAL BEACH IN THE AREA OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND
AMENDING AND RESTATING THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE FEE
SCHEDULE
RECITALS
1. The Seal Beach City Council is empowered to impose reasonable fees, rates,
and charges for municipal services.
2. Periodically, the City Council determines that fees, rates, and charges should
cover the costs reasonably borne or a substantial portion of the actual costs of the goods
and services provided by the City.
3. The City has engaged Clearsource Financial Consulting to perform a study of
user and Regulatory fees for the City of Seal Beach to ensure that fees charged do not
exceed the cost of providing services, and to determine the appropriate fees that should
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who are using them.
4. The report from Clearsource has been made distributed to the City Council
and made available online to the public, and is available in the office of the City Clerk.
5. Clearsource's study and analysis has determined that certain fees, rates, and
charges do not cover the actual costs incurred by the City. After conducting a duly
noticed public hearing on December 13, 2021 and satisfying all applicable provisions of
California Government Code Sections 66016 and 66018, the City Council hereby finds
that existing User and Regulatory fees, rates, and charges do not fully recover the City's
actual costs incurred for providing requested services. Based upon the foregoing, the
Clearsource study, and evidence provided at the public hearing, the City Council hereby
establishes, adjusts and increases the User and Regulatory fees, rates, and charges for
the Development Services areas of Planning, Building, Engineering and Public Works.
6. The City Council hereby finds that, where applicable, the fees, rates, and
charges adopted herein will not exceed the cost to the City of providing the service to
which such fees apply. The User and Regulatory Fees set forth in Appendix C of the
Clearsource study report dated October, 2021 are hereby adopted. The Director of
Finance and City Clerk are directed to incorporate said fees into the City's Master Fee
Schedule forthwith.
7. Any existing City fee not affected by this resolution shall remain in full force
and effect. This resolution is not intended, and shall not be construed, as the imposition,
extension, or increase of any such tax, fee, or charge, except as provided herein.
8. The adoption of this Resolution determines fees for the purpose of meeting
the operating expenses of City departments and will result in no physical change to the
environment, and is therefore exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act.
9. Fees adopted by this Resolution shall be effective 60 days from the date of
adoption, except for any agreements, applications, plans and specifications submitted to
the City prior to the date of adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the Seal Beach City Council at a
regular meeting held on the 13th day of December, 2021 by the following vote:
AYES: Council Members: Kalmick, Massa-Lavitt, Moore, Sustarsic, Varipapa
NOES: Council Members: None
ABSENT: Council Members: None
ABSTAIN: Council Members: None
ATTEST-
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APPROVED AS To FORM:
Craig A. Steele, City Attorney
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Joe Kalmick, Mayor
I, Gloria Harper, City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach, do hereby
foregoing resolution is the original copy of Resolution 7231 on file
the City Clerk, passed, approved, and adopted by the Seal Beach
a regular meeting held on the 13th day of December, 2021.
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