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City of Palo Alto
City Manage Report
HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL
FROM:CITY MANAGER DEPARTMENT:ADMINISTRATIVE
SERVICES
DATE:SEPTEMBER 15, 2003 CMR: 426:03
SUBJECT:APPROVAL OF A BUDGET AMENDMENT ORDINANCE
AMENDING THE 2003-04 MUNICIPAL FEE SCHEDULE TO
CORRECT FOR AN INACCURATE FEE CHANGE
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the attached Budget Amendment
Ordinance (BAO) that amends the 2003-04 Palo Alto Municipal Fee Schedule to correct
five fees that were inadvertently entered incorrectly (Attachment B). These fees must be
correctly restored to retain full cost recovery of the services offered by the Development
Center. A two-thirds vote of the City Council is required to amend the 2003-04
Municipal Fee Schedule.
DISCUSSION
With the adoption of the 2003-04 Municipal Fee Schedule, Council approved various
cost recovery increases to development-related fees in the Planning Department. The
affected fees are located on page 33 of the Fee Schedule related to building permits.
These fees are collected by staff at the Development Center and are cost recovery.
Inadvertently, these fees were entered incorrectly into the fee schedule that Council
adopted on June 16, 2003. The correct fees are presented in Attachment B. In accordance
with state law, the fee corrections will go into effect sixty (60) days after Council
adoption.
RESOURCE IMPACT
The impact of the change to the development fees is minimal and already included in
estimated revenue figures in the 2003-04 Budget.
This correction as presented in the attached BAO has no impact on the General Fund
Budget Stabilization Reserve (BSR) and no future year General Fund ongoing costs are
anticipated as a result of this BAO.
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POLICY IMPLICATIONS
This recommendation does not represent a change to City policy.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
This is not a project for the purposes
(CEQA).
of the California Environmental
ATTACHMENTS
ATTACHMENT A: Budget Amendment Ordinance
ATTACHMENT B: Revised Planning Department,
Schedule
Inspection Services
Quality
2003-04
Act
Fee
PREPARED BY:
DEPARTMENT HEAD APPROVAL’~~.~_.,
CARL YEA~/~
Director, ~dministrative Services
CITY MANAGER APPROVAL:
EMILY HARRISON
Assistant City Manager
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ORDINANCE NO. DRAFT
ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO TO
AMEND THE 2003-04 MUNICIPAL FEE SCHEDULE TO CORRECT FOR
AN INACURATE FEE CHANGE
SECTION I. The Council of the City of Palo Alto finds and
determines as follows:
A. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 12 of Article III of
the Charter of the City of Palo Alto, the Council on June 16, 2003
did adopt a budget for fiscal year 2003-04; and
B. In the adopted 2003-04 Municipal Fee Schedule, certain
Planning Department building inspection fees were entered
incorrectly; and
C. These fees must be correctly restored to retain full cost
recovery of the services offered by the Development Center; and
D. The impact of the change to the development fees is
minimal and already included in estimated revenue figures in the
2003-04 Budget and no further impact to the General Fund Budget
Stabilization Reserve is anticipated as a result of this change;
and
E. City Council authorization is needed to amend the 2003-04
Municipal Fee Schedule as hereinafter set forth.
SECTION 2. The Municipal Fee Schedule is hereby amended to
reflect the changes shown in Attachment B, which is attached
hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 3. As specified in Section 2.28.080(a) of the Palo
Alto Municipal Code, a two-thirds vote of the City Council is
required to adopt this ordinance.
SECTION 4. As provided in Section 2.04.350 of the Palo Alto
Municipal Code, this ordinance shall become effective upon
adoption; provided, however, that the increase to the Building
Inspection Fees shall be effective sixty (60) days from the date
of adoption.
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INTRODUCED:
PASSED:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS:
ATTEST:
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
Mayor
APPROVED:
City Manager
Director of Planning
Director of Administrative
Services
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