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POLICIES AND ACTIONS PROGRESS Action 58.02-A: Permit Streamlining Maximize the potential benefits of the City's permit tracking system, one stop permitting center, and website to facilitate permit processing and the issuance of building permits. Policy 58.03 DEVELOPMENT FEES Ensure that local development impact fees are structured to cover only the costs associated with new development. While it is appropriate for impact fees to cover the capital costs required by new projects, they should not be structured to correct deferred maintenance problems or pre- existing deficiencies. To the extent possible, the latter should be addressed through other funding sources, such as bond measures, CDBG funds, grants, redevelopment funds, and general fund allocations. The City conducts a regular review of its development fee schedule to ensure fees are directly associated to incurred costs. Action 58.03 - A: The City makes fee schedule adjustments on a regular basis to ensure the City is able to provide quality and efficient services and to remain competitive with other jurisdictions. Action 58.03 - B: The City considers fee assistance for affordable housing projects on a case-by-case basis. Action 58.03 - C: When appropriate the City will provide a letter of support for anon-profit developer to request possible fee adjustments or assistance for other outside agency fees. Action 58.03 A: Fee Reviews Regularly review and update local development and permitting fees to ensure that they are competitive with other cornrrzunities in the East Bay. Action 58.03-B: Fee Reductions for Affordable Housing-City Develop a policy to reduce certain fees for affordable housing projects, provided that such reductions will riot adversely affect the City's abilih~ to provide services to the project. Due to acute shortages of school capacity and parkland, these fees should not be reduced. However, reductions or waivers of use perrzzit fees, rezoning fees, preliminary and tentative map filing fees, and similar administrative fees may be considered for housing projects that incorporate a substantial affordable housing component. Reductions in the Under-grounding Utility Fee for affordable housingprojects in the East 14`h Street corridor also should be considered, provided that there ar•e supplemental funds from another source (such as the redevelopment agency) that can be used to cover this expense. Year 2004 Amzuat Housing Progress Report 48 City Of San Leandro