HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-02-02 Finance Committee Action MinutesRegular Meeting
Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Chairperson Filseth called the meeting to order at 7:00 P.M. in the Community Meeting Room, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, California.
Present: Filseth (Chair), Holman, Schmid, Wolbach
Absent:
Agenda Items
1. Recommendation to City Council to Accept the Cost of Services Study for Planning Fees and Adopt a Schedule for Implementation of Fee Increases and Adjustments.
MOTION: Chair Filseth moved, seconded by Council Member Holman to recommend the City Council adopt the schedule for planning fee increases and adjustments and hourly rates to better
reflect the City’s User Fee Cost Recovery Level Policy with the addition that the hourly fees will go to 100 percent cost recovery in year one and flat fees will go to 100 percent cost
recovery on a two-year schedule.
AMENDMENT: Council Member Schmid moved, seconded by Council Member Wolbach to include in the Staff Report to Council that the increase in fees will not have a dramatic negative impact
on the maintenance of existing housing stock.
AMENDMENT FAILED: 2-2 Holman, Filseth no
AMENDMENT: Council Member Wolbach moved, seconded by Council Member xx to direct Staff to study any fees that may provide a substantial disincentive to housing preservation or construction
as warned of in the Housing Element, and to provide Council with options for subsidies to prevent such disincentives.
AMENDMENT FAILED DUE TO THE LACK OF A SECOND
MOTION PASSED: 4-0
ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 8:57 P.M.
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Finance Committee Minutes
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