CC - 2022-56 - To Approve the Full Cost Analysis of User Fees Prepared by Willdan Financial Services and Amend and Augment the City Of Rosemead Fee ScheduleRESOLUTION NO. 2022-56
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD TO
APPROVE THE FULL COST ANALYSIS OF USER FEES PREPARED BY
WILLDAN FINANCIAL SERVICES AND AMEND AND AUGMENT THE CITY OF
ROSEMEAD FEE SCHEDULE
WHEREAS, the City has the authority to impose fees, charges, and rates under its police
powers pursuant to California Constitution Article XI section 7.
WHEREAS, user fees are a charge for services provided by a governmental
agency to a public citizen or group, and
WHEREAS, the City of Rosemead has established user fees for various
department -related services, and
WHEREAS, the City of Rosemead engaged Willdan Financial Services (Willdan)
to conduct a cost of service study for user fees in order to determine the estimated and
reasonable costs borne by the City to provide these services, and
WHEREAS, Willdan prepared a report entitled "User Fee Study" which was
discussed with the City Council during a special meeting on September 13, 2022, and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Rosemead has determined that the
cost of providing certain services is not of general benefit but of benefit to the individual
and, therefore, fees should berequired to pay for materials and special services performed
by City staff, and
WHEREAS, the City Council has found it necessary to adjust fees for services,
and to maintain a comprehensive document which incorporates fees for services provided
by the City into one schedule, however, the City Manager has the authority to establish
staff billing rates and equipment charges by Administrative Policy on an as needed basis,
and
WHEREAS, the user fees described in Exhibit `B" are hereby determined to be
reasonable in that the amount thereof does not exceed the estimated reasonable costs of
providing the services for which the user fees are proposed to be rendered, and
WHEREAS, notice of a public hearing on the changes to the user fees was published in
accordance with Government Code sections 66018 and 6062a, and
WHEREAS, a duly noticed public hearing before the City Council was held on October
11, 2022, at which public testimony was received and duly considered on the proposed changes to
the user fee, and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Government Code sections 66016 and 66019, fees adopted
pursuant to those sections shall not take effect until at least sixty (60) days have passed since the
final action on the adoption or increase of the fee and specifically will go into effect January 1,
2023, and
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD,
DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE, AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The recitals set forth above are true and correct and adopted as the
findings of the City Council and after consideration of the staff report, Study and public
comment and correspondence received, the City Council hereby approves and adopts the user
fees set forth in Exhibit `B".
SECTION 2. The adoption of this Resolution is not subject to CEQA review pursuant to
CEQA Guideline 15378(b)(4), which provides that the creation of government funding
mechanisms or other government fiscal activities that do not involve any commitment to any
specific project are not projects subject to CEQA review.
SECTION 3. The fees set forth in this Resolution shall be separately imposed for each
service described under Exhibit `B" to which the fees pertain; additional fees shall be required
for each additional service that is requested or required. Where fees are indicated on a per unit
of measurement basis, the fees are for each identified unit or portion thereof within the indicated
ranges of such units.
SECTION 4. It is the intention of the City Council to review the user fees as
determined and set out herein on a periodic basis as well as the City's costs reasonably
borne as established and, as and if warranted, to revise such fees based thereon.
SECTION 5. The adopted fees for services set forth in Exhibit `B" shall be
adjusted for inflation by the City Council on July 1 of every year by the percent change in
the Consumer Price Index. "Consumer Price Index" means the average of the percent
change in Consumer Price Index for Urban Clerical and Wage Earners, as reported by the
Bureau of Labor Statistics or successor agency, from the December of the preceding
calendar year over the preceding December, for the Los Angeles -Long Beach -Anaheim,
CA area. Increases or decreases shall be rounded off to the nearest dollar. In no event shall
the fee collected exceed the actual cost of providing the service by the City.
SECTION 6. The fees shown in the Comprehensive Fee Schedule as Exhibit "C", are
approved and adopted for Fiscal Year 2022-23 effective January 1, 2023.
SECTION 7. If any action, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Resolution or
the fees levied by this Resolution shall be held invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent
jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Resolution
or the fees levied by this Resolution that can be given effect without the invalid provisions.
SECTION 8. All other resolutions in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 11'" day of October,
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Rachel Richman, City Attorney
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ATTEST: _
Ericka Hernanez, ity CIO&
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES) §
CITY OF ROSEMEAD )
I, Ericka Hernandez, City Clerk of the City Council of the City of Rosemead, California,
do hereby certify that the foregoing City Council Resolution No. 2022-56 was duly adopted
by the City Council of the City of Rosemead, California, at a regular meeting thereof held on
the Ila' day of October, 2022, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: ARMENTA, CLARK, DANG, LY
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: -:L-OW
ABSTAIN: NONE
Ericka Hernandez, City Crerk =
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