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Ci o San 1 ~dro Park Impact Fee Stud <br />recreation centers, only the land area (and not the building area) was included. Several inventory <br />reductions were made to reflect City-owned parkland not currently being used for recreational <br />purposes (e.g., portions of Marina Park leased long-term to several restaurants) and for the <br />reduced value of land with unusual chazacteristics (e.g., parkland on capped landfill potentially <br />subject to building constraints). <br />EXISTING QUIMBY ACT EXACTION FOR PARKLAND <br />ACQUISITION <br />The City has been imposing a parkland dedication and/or in-lieu fee for park and recreational <br />facilities since 1984. This fee is authorized under the Quimby Act (California Government Code <br />Section 66477), which applies only to development in residential subdivisions. The Act allows <br />cities and counties to require parkland dedication (and/or in-lieu fees) of between 3.0 and 5.0 <br />acres of parkland per 1,000 residents of a new subdivision. <br />San Leandro's existing Quimby pazkland dedication and fee requirements are codified in <br />Sections 7-1-805 through 7-1-895 of the San Leandro Municipal Code. The 1984 calculations <br />for the Quimby parkland dedication and/or in-lieu fee are consistent with the parkland standard <br />of 3.0 acres per 1,000 residents identified in the current version of the City of San Leandro <br />General Plan. The in-lieu fee is further restricted to an upper limit of 0.75 percent of total sale <br />price of (single family) residential properties or condominium units. <br />For many years, the City found the existing Quimby parkland dedication and fee program to be <br />adequate. However, in recent years, the funds collected under this program have been <br />insufficient to maintain the standard 3.0 park acres per 1,000 population. Furthermore, <br />assessment of all pazk and recreation facilities owned by the City of San Leandro shows that this <br />3.0 acres/1,000 standard actually underestimates the park facility level of service provided by the <br />City. ~ <br />Finally, there will be little growth in the next 15 to 20 yeazs in new subdivisions. Most <br />additional development will occur as the result of "infill" development (development occurring <br />on relatively small remaining individual vacant parcels) or on parcels previously used for other <br />land uses (e.g., conversion of industrial parcels to residential uses). This development is not <br />subject to the Quimby parkland dedication and/or in-lieu fee requirements. <br />The City is currently updating its General Plan and will probably re-examine the adopted standard for <br />parkland as part of the update process. <br />Hausrath Economics Group 1