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RESOLUTION NO. 41 - 97
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
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EXPRESSING THE CITY'S INTENT TO ADJUST THE AMOUNT OF
THE EXISTING PUBLIC FACILITIES FEE THAT IS IMPOSED PURSUANT
TO CHAPTER 7.78 OF THE DUBLIN MUNICIPAL CODE
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the City has established a Public Facilities Fee to pay for certain municipal improvements
to offset certain impacts of new development (see Chapter 7.78 of the Dublin Municipal Code); and
WHEREAS, Dublin Municipal Code section 7.78.020 specifies that amount of the fee is to be set forth
in a City Council resolution; and
WHEREAS, the initial Public Facilities Fee resolution (Resolution No. 32-96) was adopted on March
26, 1996, and the amount of the Public Facilities Fee has been updated from time to time by resolution since
then with the most recent update being Resolution No. 214-02; and
WHEREAS, under Resolution No. 214-02, and its predecessors, the amount of the Public Facilities Fee
has been automatically increased to reflect inflationary adjustments to the estimated costs constructing and
acquiring land for the improvements funded by the Public Facilities Fee; and
WHEREAS, the Public Facilities Fee funds, among other things, the Civic Center, which includes the
City's administrative offices and the Police Services wing; and
WHEREAS, the City's professional staff and consultants have advised the City Council that the space
available at the Civic Center is inadequate for the City's future needs; and
WHEREAS, City staff is also in the midst of updating the development projections and cost estimates
upon which the amount of the Public Facilities Fee is based, which development projections and cost estimates
are set forth in the City of Dublin Public Facilities Fee Study Update, dated October 14,2002 and prepared by
MuniFinancial; and
WHEREAS, the City intends in the near future to update the amount of the Public Facilities Fee to
reflect the expansion ofthe Civic Center, and the update of the development projections and cost estimates; and
WHEREAS, to determine the amount of the Public Facilities Fee and to provide evidence to support a
resolution setting forth the amount of the Public Facilities Fee, the City has prepared and will prepare various
reports, which reports include or will include estimates of the costs of the improvements; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of this resolution is to express the City Council's intent to increase the amount
of the Public Facilities Fee and to provide reasonable notice to the development community of the nature and
extent ofthe increase to the Public Facilities Fee.
Reso No. 41-07, Adopted 4/3/07, Item 8.5
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NOW THEREFORE, be it resolved that:
1. The City intends, as soon as reasonably possible consistent with applicable law, to update the
amount of the Public Facilities Fee established by Chapter 7.78 of the Dublin Municipal Code. The update of
the fee will be based on the following revisions to the Public Facilities Fee program:
a. The City intends to expand the Civic Center beyond the size contemplated in existing
Public Facilities Fee program. The 2002 Fee Study indicated that the total cost of the
Civic Center expansion project attributable to new development was $3,524,608. The
City commissioned MKThink to prepare a study, entitled Dublin Civic Center,
Workspace Programming Study Summary Report, which set forth several alternatives for
dealing with the City's staffing and building space needs through 2026. At its March 20,
2007 meeting, the City Council reviewed the study and approved the study's
recommended alternative to accommodate growth, which involves an expansion to the
Civic Center that is preliminarily estimated to cost (in 2006 dollars) $10,205,455. It is
anticipated that most if not all of the costs of the Civic Center expansion will be
attributable to new development.
b. In accordance with section 9 of Resolution 214-02, the City also intends to revise the fee
to reflect changes, since the study supporting the Public Facilities Fee was last updated in
2002, in construction costs, land values, and development projections.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 3rd day of April, 2007, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Hildenbrand, Oravetz, Sbranti and Scholz, and Mayor Lockhart
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST:
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City lerk
Reso No. 41-07, Adopted 4/3/07, Item 8.5
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