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CITY OF SAN LEANDRO MEMORANDUM Date: April 15, 2011 To: Stephen Hollister, City Manager From: Tracy Vesely, Finance Directo By: Mary Ann Perini, Budget & Compliance Manager Subject: PROPOSED ADJUSTMENTS TO CITY FEES AND SERVICE CHARGES AND TAXES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011 -12 SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends Finance Committee approval of the proposed adjustments to City user fees and service charges for Fiscal Year 2011 -12. Staff also recommends adjustment to the Emergency Medical Services, the 9 -1 -1 Emergency Communication System Access 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 (CPI); and the cost to provide the associated service. As a general rule, the fees and charges are designed to recover as much of the 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, 2011. This report also includes an annual CPI increase to the Emergency Medical Services Tax (EMS), the 9 -1 -1 Emergency Communication System Access Tax and the Business License Tax as allowed by the San Leandro Municipal Code Sections 2 -13 -140, 2 -18 -210 and 2 -2 -500 respectively. 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 new fee proposals from the Community Development, Engineering & Transportation, Finance, Library, Public Works and Recreation departments. The proposed charges and new fees are in the right hand column and are printed in bold and italics.