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CITY OF SAN LEANDRO MEMORANDUM DATE: April 26, 2007 TO: Finance Committee Subject: Jesse Baloca, Finance Direc~ PROPOSED ADmSTMENTS TO CITY FEES, SERVICE CHARGES, AND TAXES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007-08 FROM: SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends Finance Committee approval of the proposed adjustments to City user fees and service charges for Fiscal Year 2007-08. Staff also recommends adjustment to Emergency Medical Services Tax and the Business License Tax, in accordance with the San Leandro Municipal Code. DISCUSSION The City conducts a review of its user fees and service charges as part of its annual budget preparation process. In accordance with the Council approved Financial Values Statement, City user fees and service charges are based on a variety of criteria including comparable fee levels in surrounding cities; changes in the local Consumer Price Index; and the cost to provide the associated service. As a general rule, the fees and charges are designed to recover as much ofthe cost of providing the services as possible while remaining comparable with similar fees and charges in surrounding cities. If approved by the Finance Committee and adopted by the City Council, the following proposed adjustments to the City's user fees and service charges would be effective July 1, 2007. Attached to this report is the City of San Leandro Fee Schedule that provides detail of current fees and proposed adjustments to those existing fees as well as the additions of four new fee proposals: two from the Police Department, one from the Recreation and Human Services Department and two from the Public Works Department. The proposed charges and new fees are in the right hand column and are printed in bold and italics. FISCAL IMPACT Staff estimates that the proposed changes will generate $268,945 in additional General Fund revenue; $9,250 in additional Shoreline Enterprise Fund revenue; $333,048 in additional Water Pollution Control Plant Enterprise Fund revenue; $21,372 in additional Environmental Services Fund revenue; $7,577 in additional Development Fees for Street Improvements (DFSI) Fund revenue; $5,315 in additional Park Development Fee Fund revenue and $4,043 in Capital Improvement Projects Fund revenue. The following table provides a breakdown of the revenue impact from adjusted fees and service charges by Fund/City Department: