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CITY OF SAN LEANDRO MEMORANDUM Date: ?~Zarch 31, 2006 To: Finance Comnuttee Via. Jesse Baloca, Finance Directo ~ ~ From: Victor Chan, Budget & Compliance It2anager ~ Subject: PROPOSED ADJUSTMENTS TG CITY FEES AND SERVICE CHARGES - FISCAL YEAR 2006-07 SLJI~'Il'~ZARY AND RE~CQ&~~NDA'I"IE)N Staff recommends Finance Committee approval of the proposed adjustments to City user fees and sen--ice charges for Fiscal Year 2006-07. DISCUSSIQN The City conducts a review of its user fees and service charges as part of its annual budget preparation process. In accordance v~~ith the Council approved Financial T'alu~es Statement, Cit~r user fees and service charges are based on a variety of criteria including comparable fee le~rels in surrounding cities; changes in the local Consumer Price Index; and the cost to provide the associated ser~Tice. As a general rule, the fees and charges are designed to recover as much of the cost of providing the ser~-ices as possible «%hile remaining comparable with similar fees and charges in surrounding cities. If approved by the Finance Committee and adopted by the Cit;~ Council, the followring proposed adjustments to the Cit~-'s user fees and ser<%ice charges would be effective July 1, 2006. Attached to this report is the Cite of San Lemidro Fee Schedule that provides detail of current fees and proposed adjustments to those existing fees as well as the additions of two new fee proposals, one from the Finance Department and one from the Community Development Department. The proposed charges and new fees are in the right hand column and are printed ui bald ctt7d italics. FISCAL Il<'IPACT Staff estunates that the proposed changes will generate $61,884 in additional General Fund revenue; $201,581 in additional Water Pollution Control Plant Enterprise Fund revenue; $15;610 in additional Parking Operations Fees, $9,000 in additional Environmental Services Fund revenue; X8,302 in additional Development Fees for Street Improvements (DFSI) Fund revenue; $10,427 in Capital Improvement .Projects Fund revenue; and $2,543 in additional Park Development Fee Fund revenue. The table on the followiz7g page provides a breakdown of the revenue impact by Fund/City Department.