TO: LINDA REICH, CITY MANAGER
FROM: KIM SAO, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
SUBJECT
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Comprehensive User Fee Study.
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RECOMMENDATION
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Conduct a public hearing to consider the proposed Resolution No. 2025-029 to adopt new and changed City fees for service per the Comprehensive User Fee Study Report.
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FISCAL IMPACT
The revenue generated by the adoption of these fees will offset the associated costs of providing these City services. Staff will monitor and provide an update on user fee revenue estimates at the FY 2025-26 midyear budget review.
CITY OF CHINO MISSION / VISION / VALUES / STRATEGIC ISSUES
The recommendation detailed above further the City's values and strategic issues that serve as key pillars on which identified priorities, goals, and action plans are built, by fostering:
* Financial Stability
Revenue:
Expenditure:
Transfer In:
Transfer Out:
BACKGROUND
In 1988, pursuant to Article XlllB of the California Constitution, the City Council adopted an ordinance requiring the ascertainment and recovery of costs reasonably borne from user fees and charges levied in providing services to the public. Costs reasonably borne consist of all applicable direct and indirect costs associated with the provision of those services, as well as overhead costs for support services, as defined in Chino Municipal Code Section 3.50.030.
Since 1999, an analysis of existing fees is conducted by City staff annually, utilizing current budget information and updated staffing allocations. Each service associated with a significant fee change has been scrutinized to ensure staff time is accurately represented.
On November 2, 2010, California voters passed Proposition 26. This proposition reclassified some fees as taxes and placed additional requirements to establish or raise taxes without voter approval. City staff reviewed the City's user fees and confirmed that these fees are not taxes, and that the City is in compliance with Proposition 26.
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