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<br />10 <br />Overview of Findings and Recommendations <br />Building Fees <br />Services Provided by the Division <br />The Building Division provides permitting, plan check, and inspection services for all new construction, <br />alterations, and additions throughout the City, enforcing the provisions of the California Building <br />Standards Code. Additionally the division serves as a primary building code resource to contractors, <br />architects, engineers, developers, business owners, and property owners. Only the costs of providing <br />fee-related services are proposed to be recovered from fees. Costs associated with non-fee related <br />services are proposed to be paid from other sources, typically the City’s General Fund revenues. <br /> <br />Building Fees: Study Outcomes and Recommendations <br /># Finding / Recommendation Description <br />1 Current fees recover the full cost of <br />providing fee-related services <br /> Fee revenues collected by the division recover the full cost <br />(100%) of providing fee-related services <br /> Cities throughout the State typically target full cost recovery <br />from building permit fees. <br />2 The division provides some services <br />that require a funding source other <br />than building fees <br /> Approximately 18% of costs associated with the Building and <br />Safety Division are allocated to services not intended to be <br />funded from building fees. These include costs associated <br />with punitive code enforcement and collecting fees on <br />behalf of other divisions or agencies. These costs require a <br />funding source other than building fees. Unless an <br />alternative is identified, the funding source is typically <br />unobligated General Fund revenues. <br />3 Restructure fees and/or reformat <br />fee schedule to facilitate more <br />consistent application of the fee <br />schedule <br /> Use fee methodology that results in lower fees for less <br />complex projects and higher fees for more complex projects <br />(i.e. establish a nexus between fees and typical service <br />requirements). <br />4 Historical information can be used <br />to more closely align budgeted <br />revenues to prior year actuals <br /> For the last several years, budgeted revenue forecasts for <br />development fees have been less than actual revenues <br />collected. Beginning FY 17/18 staff recommends <br />modification of the revenue budget to more closely align to <br />revenues received in the prior year. <br />5 Work with City Finance Department <br />and within Division to improve <br />ongoing tracking of various revenue <br />sources <br /> Develop fees and tracking mechanisms for State mandated <br />fees that allow for efficient identification of amounts <br />collected on behalf of other agencies and amounts collected <br />for specific uses, such as technology enhancement. <br />6 Annual revenue increase of $10K <br />Aggregate recovery increase of 0% <br /> Since fee revenues currently recover the cost of service any <br />recalibration of fees should be revenue neutral. <br />22