CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING AGENDA PACKET

1 RESOLUTION NO. 2024-XX A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE NEXUS STUDIES PREPARED BY ECONOMIC AND PLANNING SYSTEMS, INC., DATED NOVEMBER 25, 2024, AND BY RAFTELIS, DATED OCTOBER 17, 2024; AND AMENDING THE MASTER FEE SCHEDULE TO UPDATE THE EXISTING CAPITAL FACILITY, TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND SEWER AND WATER CONNECTION FEES WHEREAS,Chapters 3.22, 3.26 and 17.40 of the Pleasanton Municipal Code respectively established the Capital Facilities, Transportation Development and Affordable Housing Fees; and Chapters 14.04 and 15.05 of the Pleasanton Municipal Code respectively establish the charges for connection to the City’s water and sewer systems; and WHEREAS, these various chapters provide that such fees and charges shall be adopted by resolution of the City Council; and WHEREAS, Assembly Bill No. 602, signed into law on September 28, 2021, and effective January 1, 2022, requires that a local agency that conducts an impact fee nexus study after January 1, 2022, must comply with new standards and practices, including, but not limited to, calculating fees levied or imposed on a housing development project to be proportionate to the square footage of proposed units, but with such requirement not applicable to sewer and water connection fees ; and WHEREAS,the City has undertaken a comprehensive review of the Capital Facility, Transportation Development, and Affordable Housing Fee, with the latter inclusive of fees for commercial development (referred to as the Commercial Linkage Fee) and residential development (referred to as the Affordable Housing In-Lieu Fee), to reflect the improvements described in the 2005-2025 General Plan, the most recent 5- Year Capital Improvement Program, and Pleasanton Development Impact Fee Long- Term Capital Improvement Program that in part form a basis for such fees as detailed in the Fee Update and Nexus Study for the City of Pleasanton Development Impact Fee, Commercial Linkage Fee, and Affordable Housing In-Lieu Fee prepared by Economic and Planning Systems (EPS) dated November 25, 2024, attached hereto as Exhibit A, and incorporated by this reference and adopts the findings contained therein. The Development Impact Fee Study shall be made available for public inspection within the office of the City Clerk, and on the City’s website within 30 days of adoption and WHEREAS, the City has undertaken a comprehensive review of the charges for connection to the water and sewer system (referred to as the water and sewer connection fees), to reflect the improvements described in the Water Distribution System Capacity Master Plan and incremental wastewater system improvements that in part form a basis for such fees or charges as detailed in the City of Pleasanton Water and Wastewater Connection Fee Study prepared by Raftelis dated October 17, 2024 ATTACHMENT 1 Page 58 of 893