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Staff Report for a City of San Leandro City Council Resolution to Approve a Partial Waiver of Park Facilities Development Impact Fees for Residential Developments at 15693 East 14th Street and 110 East 14th Street in the total amount of $4,454,346
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SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a Resolution approving a partial waiver of Park Facilities Development Impact Fees for residential developments at 15693 East 14th Street and 110 East 14th Street in the total amount of $4,454,346.
BACKGROUND and DISCUSSION
The San Leandro General Plan establishes a parkland standard of 4.86 acres of parkland per 1,000 residents. In order to achieve this standard, the City of San Leandro requires new residential development to pay a Park Facilities Development Impact Fee (the "Park Impact Fee"). The purpose of this requirement is to ensure that there is adequate parkland to serve new residential developments. Developers that dedicate land to the City for park purposes are given a credit against the amount of Park Impact Fees owed. The Park Impact Fee is authorized by State law, including the Mitigation Fee Act and Quimby Act. The City adopted the current Park Impact Fee in 2005 and was supported by a fee study completed at the time. The amount of the fee increases every year to account for inflation.
Because the purpose of the Park Impact Fee is to maintain the amount of park facilities for San Leandro residents on a per capita basis, the Park Impact Fee is based on certain assumptions about residential occupancy rates. Specifically, the Park Impact Fee was established based on an assumed occupancy rate of 2.02 people per multifamily unit and 2.53 people per single family unit.
The City recently approved two multi-family residential projects submitted through the SB 35 streamlined review process by the same applicant, AMG & Associates (the "Applicant"). The first project is located at 110 East 14th Street and consists ...
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