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Resolution amending the Public Safety Impact Fee for the City of South San Francisco.
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WHEREAS, on December 10, 2012, the City Council adopted Resolution Number 97-2012 establishing a Public Safety Impact Fee ("Fee") under the authority of Sections 66000 et seq. of the California Government Code ("Mitigation Fee Act"); and
WHEREAS, the Fee was adopted by the City Council after preparation and consideration of an impact study titled "South San Francisco Public Safety Equipment and Facilities Development Impact Fee Study" by Economic & Planning Systems, Inc. and dated November 2012 at a duly noticed public hearing in compliance with the Mitigation Fee Act; and
WHEREAS, the Fee was adopted with the purpose of funding public safety capital equipment and facilities in the City of South San Francisco; and
WHEREAS, since the Fee was adopted in 2012, it has not been increased or adjusted to account for inflation or increases in the consumer price index or construction cost index; and
WHEREAS, during that time, the City's population has increased, leading to increased demand for public safety services and thus increased public safety equipment, vehicles, and facilities; and
WHEREAS, in August 2020 a study was prepared for the City by the Matrix Consulting Group to analyze the current relationship between new development in the City, the public safety equipment, vehicles, and facilities needed to serve that growth, and the estimated costs of those equipment and facilities, and to analyze new development's fair share of public safety infrastructure costs; and
WHEREAS, a copy of the August 2020 study, titled Development Impact Fee Study ("Nexus Study"), is attached hereto as Exhibit A; and
WHEREAS, the Nexus Study estimates that the City will incur approximately $110 million in costs to replace, upgrade, and expand public safety infrastructure through 2040; and
WHEREAS, the Nexus Study further estimates that the total projected cost associated with...
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