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STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) RESOLUTION NO. 4000
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE)ss
CITY OF SAN JACINTO )
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN
JACINTO, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING A USER FEE SCHEDULE
TO RECOVER THE COST OF SERVICES PROVIDED BY CITY
DEPARTMENTS AND AUTOMATIC ANNUAL COST OF LIVING
FEE INCREASE
WHEREAS, state law authorizes local agencies to collect fees to defray the costs
of providing programs and services; and
WHEREAS, the City of San Jacinto provides a variety of services to the general
public and other governmental agencies; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to recover direct and indirect management support
costs associated with the costs of providing services; and
WHEREAS, the City Council previously approved City Council Resolutions and
Ordinances that imposed a variety of user fees including, but not limited to planning and
building fees, public works fees, and water fees; and
WHEREAS, the City retained Willdan Financial Services to prepare a fee study to
evaluate whether the City's user fees were commensurate with the reasonable costs of
providing the services and programs for which the fees are imposed ("User Fee Study");
and
WHEREAS, based on the User Fee Study, the City has prepared a new Citywide
User Fee Schedule, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit “A” and by this reference
incorporated herein ("the new User Fee Schedule"), which increases certain existing user
fees and imposes new user fees; and,
WHEREAS, notice of a public hearing before the City Council of the City of San
Jacinto concerning the new User Fee Schedule was given in accordance with all
applicable State and Local law, including but not limited to Government Code sections
6062a, 66016, 66017 and 66018; and
WHEREAS, on August 15, 2023 the City Council of the City of San Jacinto
conducted a duly noticed public hearing concerning the new User Fee Schedule; and
WHEREAS, the cost estimates and fee calculations applicable to the new User
Fee Schedule were presented to the City Council at the above-referenced public hearing.
At which, members of the public were able to present written and oral comments
regarding the fees, and the User Fee Study was available for public inspection and review
at least ten (10) days prior to that public hearing; and
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WHEREAS, The City Council has considered the information and public testimony
presented in the public hearing and in the new User Fee Schedule, the User Fee Study,
the staff report and any written correspondence relating to this item, all of which are
included in the public record and incorporated herein by reference.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JACINTO DOES
HEREBY FIND, DETERMINE, AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council finds that the above recitations are true and correct and,
accordingly, are incorporated as a material part of this Resolution.
SECTION 2. The City Council finds and determines that the fees for service and the billing
and overhead rates established by this Resolution do not exceed the estimated
reasonable costs of services for which they were imposed and otherwise comply with the
provisions of California law and specifically Government Code Sections 66000 et seq.
SECTION 3. The fees for service and the billing and overhead rates are statutory and
categorically exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA). Setting these fees fits within the statutory exemption for City decisions involving
rates, tolls, or other charges contained within Public Resources Code Section 21080(b)(8)
and section 15273 of the CEQA Guidelines.
SECTION 4. This Resolution shall go into full force and effect immediately, but the
individual fees shall become effective as provided by the applicabl e provisions of State
Law.
SECTION 5. The fees set forth in the new User Fee Schedule (Exhibit to this Resolution)
shall replace and supersede that fee in the current User Fee Schedule. To the extent this
Resolution conflicts any other prior Resolution or Ordinance addressing fees that are
included in the new User Fee Schedule, this Resolution shall prevail.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any fee established or authorized
pursuant to the new User Fee Schedule is declared invalid, the City Council hereby
authorizes the City to impose that fee in the amount most recently approved by the City
Council through the adoption of the current User Fee Schedule.
SECTION 6. All fees set forth in the new User Fee Schedule (exhibit to this Resolution)
shall be increased by the Consumer Price Index ("CPI") on July 1 st of each year. These
increases shall be based on the CPI for all Urban Consumers Riverside-San Bernardino-
Ontario, CA area published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor
Statistics for the Period of December of the previous year through December of the
current year; provided however, that no inflationary adjustment may exceed the cost of
providing the service for which the fee is imposed. The City Manager shall approve th e
annual increase in fees administratively and present the increased fees to the City Council
as an informational item.
SECTION 7. If any section, subsection, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion
of this Resolution is, for any reason, held to be invalid by final judgment of a court of
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competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions
of this Resolution. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this
Resolution and each section, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this
Resolution, irrespective of the fact that one or more provisions may be declared invalid.
SECTION 8. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 15th day of August 2023 by the following
vote:
AYES: Ayala, Ruiz, Vandever
NAYS: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
City of San Jacinto
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Alonso Ledezma, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Julia Espinoza, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Best, Best & Krieger LLP
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Craig Hayes, City Attorney
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CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE )ss
CITY OF SAN JACINTO )
I, Julia Espinoza, City Clerk of the City of San Jacinto, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Resolution No. 4000 was passed, approved, and adopted at the Regular
Meeting of the San Jacinto City Council held on the 15th day of August 2023.
AYES: Ayala, Ruiz, Vandever
NAYS: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
WITNESS MY HAND AND OFFICIAL SEAL this 15th day of August 2023.
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Julia Espinoza, City Clerk
City of San Jacinto
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