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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Adopt Resolution No.
School District.
ITEM EXPLANATION:
T7 raising school fees in the San Marcos
The San Marcos School District has submitted a letter requesting
revision of school fees. The District has recertified overcrowding
in certain of its attendance areas. Although not all attendance
areas in the District are overcrowded, San Marcos High School,
Alvin Dunn Elementary, Richland Elementary, San Marcos Elementary
and Woodland Park Elementary are experiencing overcrowded
conditions. Therefore, the District is requesting that school
fees collected from developers, pursuant to SB 201 and Chapter
21.55 of the Municipal Code, be increased as follows:
Present Fee Revised Fee
Single Family Dwelling
1 bedroom $1450
2 bedrooms 2055
3 bedrooms or more 2659
Attached Family Dwelling Units
1 bedroom $ 638
2 bedrooms or more 968
Family Mobile Home Parks
1 bedroom $ 854
2 bedrooms 861
Single Family Mobile Home/Single Lot
1 bedroom $1450
2 bedrooms 2055
3 bedrooms 2695
Adult Mobile Home Parks
Per Space $ 854
$1504
2132
2758
$ 662
1004
$ 877
893
$1504
2132
2758
$ 877
As indicated in the above table the district is proposing that
school fees be raised substantially in the San Marcos Unified
School District. The primary reason for the large increase
is due to additional costs for rental, lease, lease purchase
or purchase of standard 960 sq. ft. classroom buildings.
The present fees became effective November 1, 1984. The Municipal
Code allows the Council to adjust fees from time to time by
Resolution. The revised fees will become effective November
1, 1985.
ITEM EXPLANATION (cont'd);
The District has also submitted a report on how school fees
have been used to relieve overcrowding and a statement concerning
receipts and disbursements of the fees during the 1984-85 fiscal
year (Exhibit 2).
FISCAL IMPACT:
No direct fiscal impact on the City.
EXHIBITS;
1. Letter from San Marcos School District dated August 1, 1985
recertifying overcrowding conditions in the District.
2. Letter from San Marcos School District dated August 1, 1985
regarding use of school fees.
3. Letter from San Marcos School District dated August 1,1985
requesting increase in school fees.
4. Resolution No. ft] 7 7 .
San Marcos Unified School District
270 San Marcos Blvd., San Marcos, California 92069-2797 619-744-4776
August 1, 1985
Office of City Clerk
City of Carlsbad
1200 Elm Ave
Carlsbad, CA 92008
Re: Recertification of School Overcrowding Conditions
Under SB201 and Carlsbad Municipal Code Section 21..55.120
San Marcos Unified School District
This letter is to comply with the requirements of Government Code
Section 65970 et seg. and Carlsbad Municipal Code Section 21.55.120
et seg. by certifying that the conditions of overcrowding of some of
the schools of the San Marcos Unified School District continues. The
schools of the District which are overcrowded are as follows:
a) San Marcos High School
b) Alvin Dunn Elementary
c) Richland Elementary
d) San Marcos Elementary
e) Woodland Park Elementary
Please find enclosed an amended Resolution Re Conditions of
Overcrowding in the San Marcos Unified School District school
attendance areas passed and adopted by the Governing Board of the San
Marcos Unified School District on July 22, 1985.
The Governing Board proposes to utilize voluntary secured agreements
between the School District and Developer and asks that the City of
Carlsbad consider the District's letter a request pursuant to Section
21.55.120 et seq. of the Carlsbad Municipal Code and that the City
make a finding of overriding considerations and not require payment of
SB201 fees as a condition of approval of the project except for those
developments in progress prior to July 1, 1982.
Sincerely,
chard C. Corbin
Assistant Superintendent
Business Services
CC: Dr. Streshly
EXHIBIT 1
Resolution # 85-4
RESOLUTION RE CONDITIONS
OF OVERCROWDING
IN SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AREAS
On a motion of Member Brown , seconded by Member Trigas ,
the following resolution is adopted:
WHEREAS, for some time past there has been a continuing and
substantial increase in population within the boundaries of the San
Marcos Unified School District to the extent that the school
facilities of this district have become overcrowded; and
WHEREAS, a very significant proportion of the increase in
population in this district results from construction of residential
units in new housing developments within the district; and
WHEREAS, in the absence of assistance in the form of financial
contributions or dedications of land from the developers of such
new residential developments this district would not have financial
resources adequate to provide proper educational facilities for all
the children residing in this district; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 4.7 (commencing with Section 65970; added by
Stats. 1977, Chapter 955), Division 1, Title 7 to the Government Code
making provision for financial or other assistance by developers to
school districts if the governing board of a school district has made
a finding that conditions of overcrowding exist in one or more
attendance areas of the district including the specific data specified
in Government Code Section 65971; and
WHEREAS, the Board proposes to utilize voluntary secured
agreements between the school district and developers to provide for
the mitigation of overcrowding; and
WHEREAS, the Board will notify the Cities, by letter, of the
existence of agreements satisfactory to the district; and
WHEREAS, the Board asks that the City of Carlsbad consider the
district's letter as a request pursuant to Section 21.55.120 of
Carlsbad Municipal Code and that the City make a finding of overriding
considerations and not require the payment of SB201 fees as a
condition of the project, and
WHEREAS, The Board asks that the City of San Marcos consider the
district's letter as a request pursuant to San Marcos City Ordinance
78-453 et seq. and that the City make a finding of overriding
considerations and not require the payment of SB 201 fees as a
condition of approval of the project in those facility planning areas
which are part of the Public Facilities Element approved by the San
Marcos City Council October 27, 1982, Resolution No. 81-1624; NOW
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IT IS RESOLVED AND DETERMINED that pursuant to Government Code
Section 65971, this governing board makes the following findings:
(1) Conditions of overcrowding exist in the following attendance
areas of the San Marcos Unified School District which will impair the
normal functioning of educational programs in those areas:
(a) San Marcos High School
(b) Alvin Dunn Elementary
(c) Richland Elementary
(d) San Marcos Elementary
(e) Woodland Park Elementary
(2) Reasons for the conditions of overcrowding in the above-
mentioned attendance areas include the following:
(a) The existing enrollment, the anticipated additional
enrollment from new housing, the anticipated additional
enrollment from housing permits issued, total enrollment,
school capacity of district owned classrooms, school
capacity of district leased buildings, total capacity and
anticipated excess enrollment.
Integrated Anticipated Total Capacity Projected
Enrollment New Permits Owned Leased Total Excess
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San Marcos
High School
New Horizons
San Marcos
Junior High
Alvin Dunn
School
Richland
School
San Marcos
Elementary
Woodland
Park School
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36 55 1850 1364 240 1604
118 130 130
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765 699 699
769 730 22 752
717 579 30 609
839 763 60 823
+246
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-28
+66
+ 17
+108
+ 16
5545 136 211 5892 4947 532 5479 +413
*** Integrated enrollment figures obtained by graduating 6th, 8th and
12th grades find adding incoming kindergarten to .elementary schools,
graduating 6th grade to junior high and graduating 8th grade to high
school.
*** Computation for anticipated enrollment from new housing utilizes
district pupil yield figures.
*** Capacity of schools is currently increased by 21 relocatable
classrooms leased from the State of California under the Emergency
Classroom Law. Eight at the high school, six at the junior high, two
at Alvin Dunn used as a library and a resource center, two at Richland
used to house two TMR classes, and three at San Marcos Elementary, one
used as a library, one as a classroom and one as a resource center.
San Marcos Elementary loses the use of one half of a kindergarten used
for a pre-school program. In addition there are two lease classroom
trailers at Woodland Park Elementary School.
(3) All reasonable methods of mitigating conditions of
overcrowding have been evaluated and no feasible method for reducing
such conditions exists except (a) below. Mitigation measures
considered by the governing board of this district to reduce the
overcrowded conditions include the following:
(a) Agreements between subdividers and the district,
whereby temporary or permanent facilities are made available to
the district through the mechanism of secured agreements.
(b) The use of temporary use buildings or relocatable
structures. The use of such buildings is a feasible solution to
part of the housing needs of the district but they are not
suitable for all types of classes, particularly at the secondary
level. Mobile home type portable classrooms are not adequate in
size for the average class size of 31 students. Furthermore, the
funds to obtain such relocatable classrooms would have to be made
available to the district either by agreements with developers or
by supplemental district financing such as a bond issue.
(c) Student busing. Student busing is not a feasible
alternative in that it would require considerable added cost to
the district for buses and drivers and cost to parents for
transportation fares.
(d) Double sessions. This is not a feasible alternative
in that the instructional time for each student is reduced and
students are required to attend school at times of the day that
are not most conducive to learning. Double sessions also disrupt
the home life of families and cause excessive wear on school
facilities.
(e) Year-round schools. This is not considered a
favorable alternative in that a citizens committee recommended
that year-round school not be considered as a feasible educational
system at this time and the Board of Trustees has found no reason
to disagree with this finding.
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(f) School boundary adjustment. This is not a favorable
alternative at this time in that boundary adjustments will be made
in the fall of 1986 with the opening of a new elementary school.
At this time all elementary schools are significantly overcrowded.
(g) Elimination of low priority school facility uses.
This is not an alternative in this district in-as-much as there
are no low priority facilities.
(h) With the advent of Proposition 13, the local tax
rate is severely limited and unable to support the regular
district operations. To divert any of the operating funds of the
district to housing would severely curtail the district's ability
to provide quality education.
(i) The governing board of this district called a bond
election March 7, 1978; it failed to pass. Proposition 13
requires 2/3 of the qualified electors to pass a bond issue. This
would be impossible to achieve.
(j) The use of funds available from sale of surplus
property and other available funds. This is not a feasible
alternative in that the district does not have funds available
from other sources and does not have surplus real property
available to sell.
(4) The conditions of overcrowding in this district and the
population growth projected for this area can only be accommodated by
new schools for the long-term; placement of temporary use
buildings/relocatable structures and busing students are stop-gap
measures for the near-term only and in of themselves do not
significantly reduce the conditions of overcrowding. Support by
developers in the form of financial contributions or dedication of land
is necessary in order to try to keep abreast of population growth and
even with such assistance, any significant reduction in conditions of
overcrowding will be difficult until permanent additional classroom
buildings can be constructed.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED AND ORDERED that the Secretary of this
Board deliver certified copies of this resolution to the city councils
and/or Board of Supervisors of all cities and the county within whose
boundaries the the school district lies together with copies of this
district's policy on the subject of developers', subdividers',
builder's contributions to mitigate impact, on school facilities to
indicate the type and scale of assistance considered appropriate to
meet the needs of this district.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Governing Board of the San Marcos
Unified School District of San Diego County, California, this 22nd day
of July, 1985.
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Clerk of the Governing Board
San Marcos Unified School District
270 San Marcos Blvd., San Marcos, California 92069-2797 619-744-4776
August 1, 1985
Office of City Clerk
City of Carlsbad
1200 Elm Ave.
Carlsbad, CA 92008
Re: SB 201 School Fee and Land Dedication Ordinance
The following information is hereby submitted in order to comply
with the provisions of SB 201, which relate to School Fees and
Land Dedication.
Our school district maintains a separate fund for receipts and
disbursements of the aforementioned fees. On June 30, 1985 the
fund balance in that fund was ($368,138). Income and
disbursements for expenditures are summarized on the enclosed
supplement, which also projects estimated expenditures for next
year based on existing obligations. No attempt has been made to
forecast income.
Detailed records of actual sources of income by payor are
maintained in the school district office as received from the
various agencies collecting the fees on behalf of the district.
Similarly, detailed records of expenditures are on file and
available for audit.
During the 1984-85 fiscal year an additional ten relocatable
classrooms were leased. In addition, site preparation,
furnishings and equipment for those classrooms were funded by SB
201 monies. Relocatable classrooms were located at San Marcos
High School (8), and San Marcos Elementary School (2).
icerely,
Corl
Assistant Superintendent
cc: Dr. Streshly
EXHIBIT 2 ,
_ SAN MARCOS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
SUPPLEMENT TO ANNUAL REPORT OF SB 201 DEVELOPERS FEES
COLLECTED AND DISBURSED THROUGH JUNE 30, 1985
Fiscal Year Runs From July 1 through June 30, 1985.
INCOME DISBURSEMENTS BALANCE
Fund Balance - June 30, 1984 — •* - •<- • ., *_•'{..368,138)"
Adjustment to Liabilities Payments -0-
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Beginning Balance - July 1, 1984 " ;( 368,138}
INCOME 1984-85 . '
*1. Local Income . "527,901
*2. Transfers -0- .
. Interest Income • ' 85,796 " 613,697
EXPENDITURES 1984-85
Salaries, Building Inspection -0- -0-
Benefits -0- -0-
Lease/Purchase Buildings /m e'e->
n • * _t • ' " J • UU*JBuildings . .oon ?K«p. . , • J r- • j. tOUjtOO -Furnishings and Equipment - 14 869
- ( 344.800)
ENDING FUND BALANCE - June 30. 1985 . ($ 99,241)
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*3. ' . Contract Obligations (Encumbrances) Estimated ( 89,164)
.. Encumbrances * • ' ""
Estimated Liability at Year-End . ($188.405).
*1. All cash and checks received for deposit from various agencies.
*2. Incoming transfers from San Diego County Department of Planning and Land Use
*3. Projections
1200 ELM AVENUE
CARLSBAD, CA 92008-1989
Office of the City Clerk
TELEPHONE
(619) 438-5535
€ttj> of Cartebab
September 12, 1985
San Marcos Unified School District
270 San Marcos Boulevard
San Marcos, CA 92069-2797
Attn: Richard C. Corbin, Assistant Superintendent
Re: School Fees in San Marcos School District
The Carlsbad City Council, at its meeting of September 10,
1985, adopted Resolution No. 8177, revising the amount
of fees to be required as a condition of approval for
residential development within certain areas of the San
Marcos Unified School District.
Enclosed for your records and information is a copy
of Resolution No. 8177.
IEN R. KUNDTZ
5eputy City Clerk
Enc.
9/12/85 Copies of Res. 8177 also given to Ray Miller,
Building, Planning and Engineering Depts.
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RESOLUTION NO. 8177
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING RESOLUTION 5580
REVISING THE AMOUNT OF FEES TO BE REQUIRED AS A
CONDITION OF APPROVAL FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
WITHIN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE SAN MARCOS UNIFIED
WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapter 4.7, Division 1, Title 7 of
the California Government Code, the City Council of the City
of Carlsbad, California has adopted a School Facilities Dedication
and Fee Ordinance (Carlsbad Municipal Code Chapter 21.55); and
WHEREAS, Section 21.55.150 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code
provides that the standards for the amount of fees to be required
pursuant to such ordinance shall be determined by the City Council
and set by resolution. The City Council's determination is to
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be made after consideration of recommendations from the governing
board of the affected school district; and
WHEREAS, the City Council established standards for the amount
of fees to be required pursuant to Chapter 21.55 in Resolution
No. 5580; and
WHEREAS, the City Council is in receipt of recommendations
in regards to revised amount of fees from the San marcos Unified
School District. Their recommendation is attached hereto as
Exhibit A, and is made a part hereof; and
WHEREAS, the City Council fully considered the matter at
the regular meeting of September 3, 1985 at which time the City
Council determined to concur in the revised standards as
recommended by the Board of San Marcos Unified School District.
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, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the
2 City of Carlsbad as follows:
3 A. That the above recitations are true and correct.
4 B. That the standard for the amount of fees to be required
5 as a condition of approval for residential developments within
6 that portion of the City of Carlsbad, which is also within the
7 boundaries of the San Marcos Unified School District, shall be
8 as contained in Exhibit A.
9 C. This determination is based upon the City Council's
10 concurrence in the recommendations made by the Governing Board
11 of the San Marcos Unified School District, including the facts
12 supporting such recommendations as contained in Exhibit A.
13 D. Unless the decision-making body especially determines
14 to the contrary, the City Council hereby determines that the
15 following findings and requirements shall apply to any residential
16 development of fifty units or less:
17 1. All such developments shall be required to pay fees
in accordance with the schedule in Exhibit A.
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2. The City Council has reviewed that portion of the
19 General Plan which applies to the San Marcos Unified
School District and finds that it provides for the
20 location of public schools.
21 3. That the fees to be paid shall be used for the purpose
of providing interim school facilities.
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4. That the fees to be paid for each unit bear a
23 reasonable relationship to the burdens placed on
the School District by such unit and that the fees
24 will be used to mitigate that burden.
25 5. That the school facilities to be funded by the fees
are consistent with the City's General Plan.
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27 E. The standards adopted by this resolution do not at this
23 time require the dedication of land. The San Marcos Unified
1 Schoo^l District is developing standards regarding such dedications,
2 When the District is prepared to make their recommendation in
3 that regard, the City Council intends to amend this resolution
4 to include provisions for requiring the dedication of land as
5 they determine to be in the public interests.
6 F. Effective Date. The fee schedule approved by this
7 Resolution shall become effective November 1, 1985.
8 PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the
9 City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, held on the
10 10th day of September , 1985 by the following vote, to
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12 AYES: Council Mentoers Casler, Lewis, Kulchin, Chick and Pettine
13 NOES: None
14 ABSENT: None
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MARY H.7CASLER, Mayor
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ALETHA L. RAUTENKRANZ, City Cleik
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t San Marcos Unified School District
7:270 SarTMarcos Blvd., San Marcos, California 92069-2797 619-744-47 76
August 1, 1985
Office of City Clerk
City of Carlsbad
1200 Elm Avenue
Carlsbad, CA 91008
Enclosed is the revised Developers' Fee Schedule for school
facilities adopted by the Governing Board of the San Marcos
Unified School District July 22, 1985. The schedule has been
adjusted for 1985-86 to take into consideration current costs to
rent, lease , lease-purchase or purchase a standard 960 sg. ft.
classroom building. The effective date of this new schedule
would be determined by the date of your concurrence with the
schedule. Please inform me of your action. If you have any
questions, or if I can be of assistance, please call.
rely,
lifihard C. Corbin
Assistant Superintendent
Business Services
cc: Dr. Streshly
EXHIBIT
DEVELOPER FEE SCHEDULE FOR 1985-86 (Increased by CPI)*
Cost of buildingJLncluding carpet, air conditioning,
and installation (960 sq. ft. @ $52.16 $ 50,074
Architectural, engineering, testing, inspection,
state and other fees 4,209
Utility hook-ups 4,086
Special Education @ 10% (ramps, guard rails, other
structural requirements) 5/006
$ 63,375
Support Services
Restrooms - 1 for every 10 classrooms 6,337
Furniture 3,562
$ 73,274
$73,274
30 students = $ 2/442
1 Bdr 2bdrs 3bdrs
Single family unit @ .77
(1 unit on 1 lot) $ 626 $1,254 $1,880
Site prep 878 878 878
$1,504 $2,132 $2,758
Attached units @ .28 ,
(2 or more units on 1 lot -
condos, apts. duplex etc. $ 342 $ 684
Site prep 320 320
$ 662 $1,004
Modular homes ( 1 unit on 1
lot is a single family unit) $1,504 $2,132 $2,758
Single family mobile homes/
single lot $1,504 $2,132 $2,758
Family mobile home park $ 877 $ 893
Adult mobile home park $ 877
Exemptions;
Industrial-r--jcomm£rcial, convalescent hospitals and retirement
homes, (retirement home definition - a home with a" staff who
provide.24 hour supervision. These homes provide medical,
dietary and pharmaceutical care along with physical activities)
and churches.
Fees to be collected prior to building permit issuance.
Adopted by the Governing Board July 22, 1985.
*CPI as of May 1, 1985 per U.S. Consumer Price Index 1.0374
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