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SCHEDULE OF USER AND REGULATORY FEES
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DEPARTMENT: FINANCE DEPARTMENT
PRESENTED BY: CAROL MOLINA, FINANCE DIRECTOR
CONTACT INFORMATION: CAROL MOLINA, FINANCE DIRECTOR, (714) 754-5036
RECOMMENDATION:
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Staff recommends the City Council
1. Open a Public Hearing and take testimony.
2. Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, California, Updating and Establishing User and Regulatory Fees for Various City Services.
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BACKGROUND:
Fee-related services typically benefit a particular individual, business, or group. Since these services typically provide a specific benefit, communities often seek to recover all, or a portion of, the costs of providing fee-related services from those benefiting from the service provided. This allows unobligated revenues to be more purposefully directed to funding services provided to the community as a whole (e.g., public safety services).
Staff reviews existing user and regulatory fees and rates on a recurring basis to recover allowable costs of certain City services. City staff has obtained the professional services of Clear Source to ensure the User and Regulatory Fee adjustments are within California law, which allows Cities to charge for fee-related services and activities up to the estimated reasonable cost of providing the services, activities, or materials for which fees are charged. The User and Regulatory Fee Study conducted by Clear Source is included in Attachment 3. This report presents recommended changes to the current schedule of user and regulatory fees.
This User Fee Resolution and Fee Schedule report will be presented in a Public Hearing format. At the public hearing, staff will recommend that the City Council adopt a revised schedule of fees for various City services. If adopted, the updated fees will be effective July 1, 2025.
ANALYSIS:
Each year, it is the intent of staff to review and update user and regulatory fees collected for various City...
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