HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-08-23; City Council; Resolution 2016-180RESOLUTION NO. 2016-180
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING COUNCIL TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING TO
APPROVE PROPOSED NEW FEE STRUCTURE FOR FIRE PREVENTION SERVICES
AND RELATED FEES TO SIMPLIFY EXISTING FEES AND ALIGN FEES WITH THE
REASONABLE COSTS OF PROVIDING EACH SERVICE
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California has determined that the city is
currently undergoing a major software implementation, Energov Permitting and Licensing, that will
greatly increase the availability of development related information to the public. As part of the
project, Community & Economic Development led a study to simplify the city's existing fees related to
development; and
WHEREAS, the preliminary review of the city's fees concluded that while there were
opportunities for fire prevention to simplify fees, the city's fire fees warranted a comprehensive study.
Having not been analyzed in a significant amount of time, the Fire Prevention Division pursued a
comprehensive analysis to determine if their fees were aligned with industry best practices and are
adequately recovering the city's costs to provide services; and
WHEREAS, there were three primary phases of analysis applied throughout the Cost of Services
(Fee) Study: Cost of Service Analysis, Cost Recovery Evaluation, and Fee Establishment; and
WHEREAS, the study showed that on average the city is not recovering the total eligible cost of
service for each fee category identified and studied. The city is currently recovering approximately 23%
of the cost of providing services for which a fee could be charged; and
WHEREAS, the fee study included a range of fee structure design and fee structure
implementation considerations including: addition to and deletion of fee categories, revision to the
structure of fees, and documentation of tools to calculate special cost recovery; and
WHEREAS, the Fire Department recommends a 100% cost recovery model for fees associated
with development and special events/activities. The Fire Department recommends a 0% fee model for
fees associated with the inspections of buildings for the purposes of maintenance; and
WHEREAS, at the August 23, 2016 meeting, city council received a report on the fee study for
fire prevention and set a public hearing for the fire prevention fee changes on September 13, 2016.
The effective date for the new rates is November 13, 2016, or the date the city goes live with the new
permitting and licensing software, Energov, but no sooner than is allowed by Government Code Section
66016.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, as
follows:
1. That the above recitations are true and correct.
2. City Council received a report on the fee study done for Fire Prevention and set a public
hearing on September 13, 2016 to approve the proposed new fee structure for fire
prevention services and related fees to simplify existing fees and align fees with the
reasonable costs of providing each service.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad on the 23.!:Q day of August, 2016, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Hall, Wood, Schumacher, Blackburn, Packard.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
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BARMENGLESON, City Clerk
(SEAL)