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City of San Leandro Page S-2 Parks Development Impact Fee Study May 14, 2025 Impact Fee Analysis The impact fee analysis in this report documents the relationship, or nexus, between development and the need for park facilities. The impact fees are based on capital costs needed to mitigate the impacts of additional development. Impact fees may not be used for maintenance or operating costs. One change brought about by AB 602 is that if impact fees exceed the level required to maintain the existing level of service, an explanation is required. The term “level of service” is not defined in the law, but the level of service for parks is typically stated in terms of the relationship between population and the number of acres of parks provided to serve that population. The impact fees calculated in this report are based on the existing level of service, so no justification is required. The existing levels of service for the parks facilities are defined in Chapter 3 and summarized further below. Impact fees calculated in this report are shown on page S-3 of this Executive Summary. Parks Facilities. Chapter 3 of this report calculates impact fees for park land acquisition and park improvements. Three types of fees are calculated in that chapter: (1) Quimby Act fees in lieu of park land dedication which apply only to development that involves a subdivision; (2) park land impact fees which apply to residential development not involving a subdivision; and (3) park improvement impact fees which apply to all residential development. Of the first two fees, a project would be subject to one or the other, not both. With respect to Quimby Act in-lieu fees, this study calculates a schedule of in-lieu fees based on an estimated average cost per acre of land in the City. The alternative is to establish in-lieu fees case- by-case based on an appraisal of land value for each project. That is the method prescribed in San Leandro’s Quimby Act ordinance (San Leandro Municipal Code Article 8). However, the method established in the ordinance to determine the acreage of park land to be dedicated by a developer does not appear to satisfy the requirements of the Quimby Act. We recommend that the existing ordinance be amended to establish park land dedication requirements consistent with the statute, using the population per unit factors shown in Table 2.1 in Chapter 2 of this report The impact fees calculated in Chapter 3 are based on the City’s existing level of service in terms of improved park acreage per capita. The estimated cost per acre for park land and improvements is used to determine a cost per capita which is then converted into fees per unit of residential development based on the estimated average population per unit for each type of residential development defined in this report. Because parks facilities are intended to serve residents of the City, these fees apply only to residential development. Impact Fee Summary The Impact fees per unit calculated in this report are summarized in Table S.1, below. Note that the total column includes park land impact fees but not park land in-lieu (Quimby) fees because only one of those fees would be charged to an individual project, and the fees calculated in this report for park land are equal in amount. The fees shown in Table S.1 are the maximum supported impact fees per unit. The City Council has the authority to adopt the fees at amounts up to, but not exceeding, the maximum supported