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RESOLUTION NO. 77 - 05
A RESOLUTION OF'THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
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AMENDING THE FIRE FACILITY FEE FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT
WITHIN THE CITY OF DUBLIN
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Dublin has adopted Dublin Municipal Code Chapter
7.78 creating and estahlishing the authority tor imposing and charging a Public Facilities Fee ("Fee") to
pay for municipally owned public facilities within the jurisdietiona11imits of the City of Dublin; and
WHEREAS, the Eastern Dublin General Plan Amendment ("E Dublin GP A") and Eastern Dublin
Specific Plan ("SP") were adopted by the City in 1993; and
WHEREAS, thc SP was amcndcd in October 1996 by Resolution No. 124-96; and
WHEREAS, the E Dublin GPA outlines future land uses for approximately 4176 acres within the
City's eastem sphere of influence including approximately 13,906 dwclling units and 9.737 million square
feet of commercial, office, and industrial development; and
WHEREAS, the SP provides more specific detailed goals, policies and açtion programs for
approximately 3313 acrcs within the E Dublin GPA area nearest to the City; and
WHEREAS, the E Duhlin OPA and SP arcas ("Eastcm Dublin") ineludc all properties in the
Eastern Extended Planning Area and the City's eastem Sphere of Influence as shown on the Land Use
Map ( Exhibit ¡\) in the General Plan; and
WHEREAS, a Program Environmcntal Impact Report ("E Dublin ElR") was prepared for the E
Dublin GPA and SP (SCH No. 91103604) and certified by the Council on May 10, 1993 by Resolution
No. 51-93, and two Addenda dated May 4,1993 and August 22,1994 ("Addenda") have been prepared
and considered by the Council; and
WHEREAS, the City's General Plan anticipates new development in several areas, including
Eastem Dub1in and Western Dublin, as well as inm1 development; and
WHEREAS, an Environmental Impact Report ("Schaefer ErR") was prepared for the Schaefer
Ranch Gcncral Plan Amendment (SCH No. 95033070) and certified by the Council on July 9, 1996 hy
Resolution No. 76~96; and
WHEREAS, on November 20, 1989 the Dougherty Regional Fire Authority approvcd a "Fire
Station Location Study" ("Station Location Study") prepared by Hughes-Heiss; and
WHEREAS, on Novembcr 2, 1999, in Resolution No. 206-99 the City Council approved a "Fire
Station Prototype Study" ("Station Prototype Study") prepared by Dommer Associates; and
WHEREAS, the City's Building Code, as adopted in Duhlin Municipal Code scetion 7.32.260
("Building Code") requires a five-minute fire response time; and
WHEREAS, a goal of the Eastern Duhlin Specific Plan (8.3.1) is to ensure that fire protection
services in Eastern Duhlin are consistent with standards maintained in the rest of the City, including a
five-minute response time; and
WHEREAS, the Station Location Study, Station Prototype Study, Building Code, SP, E Dublin
EIR and Addenda, and Schaefer ElR describe the municipal public facilities necessary to provide
adequate fire services in the City, including construction oftwo new fire stations; and
WHEREAS, the General Plan, the Station Location Study, Station Prototype Study, Building
Code, SP, E Dublin GPA, E Dublin EIR and Addenda, and Schaefer EIR describe the impacts of
contcmplated tuture devclopment on existing public facilities in the City of Dublin through the year 2025
and contain an analysis of the need for new municipal public facilities required by future development
within thc City of Dublin, including two new fire stations and related necessary equipment; and
WHEREAS, a detailed comprehensive study of the impacts of contemplated future development
on existing fire-related public facilities in the City of Dublin through the year 2025, along with an
analysis of the need for new fire-related public facilities and improvements rcquired by future
developments, was prepared by Hausrath Economics Group, dated March 1997 entitled "Dublin Fire
Facilities Financing Study"; and
WHEREAS, MuniFinaneial recently prepared a study, entitled "Fire Facilities Impact Fee
Update," dated April 27, 2005, (Exhibit B, hereafter "MuniFinancial Study"), which updated the
Hausrath Study, the 2000 Fire Facilities Impact Fcc Update prepared by MuniFinancial and the 2003 Fire
Facilities Impact Fee Update prepared by MuniFinancial; and
WHEREAS, the MuniFinaneial Study was based on the General Plan (hercafìer the "General
Plan"); and
WHEREAS, the MuniFinaneial Study sets forth the relationship among contemplated future
development, the needed facilities, and the estimated costs of those improvements; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the Government Code, at least fourteen (14) days prior to the
public hearing at which this rcsolution was adopted, notice of the time and place of the hearing was
mailed to eligible interested parties who filed written requests with the City for mailed notice of mcetings
on ncw or inercascd fees or service charges; and
WHEREAS, the MuniFinaneial Study was available for public inspection and review lor ten (10)
days prior to the public hearing hcld on the date hereof; and
FINDINGS
WHEREAS, the City Council finds as follows:
A. The purpose of the Fire Faci1ities Fee (hereafter "Fee") is to finance municipal public
facilities to reduce the impacts caused by future developments in the City of Dublin. Such facilities,
which are specifically described in the MuniFinancial Study, include the following: land acquisition and
eonstmetion of two new fire stations, rolling stock and equipment for two new stations, other associated
vehicles and equipment, administrative space, and improvements to existing faci1ities. The public
facilities described in the study are hereinafter referred t() as the "Facilities."
B. The Fee collected pursuant to this resolution shall he used to finance the Facilities.
C. A fter considering the M uniFinancial Study, the testimony received at this noticed public
hearing, the Agenda statements, the General Plan, the SP, the Station Location Study, the Station
Prototype Study, the Building Code, the E Dublin EIR and Addenda, the Schaefer EIR, and all
correspondence received (hereafter "Record"), the Council approves and adopts said MuniFinaneial Study
and incorporates such herein; the Council further finds that the futurc dcvelopment in the City of Dublin
will generate the need for the Facilities, and that the Facilities are consistent with the City's General Plan,
the Station Location Study, and the Eastern Dublin Specific Plan.
D. The adoption of the Fee as it relates to development within Eastern Dublin is within the
scope of thc E Dublin EIR and Addenda. The Facilities were identifled in the EIR as necessary to
aeeotmnodate development in Eastern Dublin. The impacts of such development, including the Facilities,
were adequately analyzed at a Program level in the E Dublin EIR. Since the certification of the E Dublin
EIR therc have becn no substantial ehangcs in the projections of future development as identified in the E
Dublin EIR, no substantial changes in the surrounding circumstances, and no other new information of
suhstantial importance so as to rcquire important revisions in the E Dublin EIR's analysis of impacts,
mitigation measures, and alternatives. Subsequent projeet-spceifie environmental review under CEQA of
the Facilities will be required before any such Facilities are approved. It is not feasible to provide project
specific environmental review of the Facilities at this stage, as they will bc implemented over a 30-year
period and specific details as to their timing, construction, and precise location are not presently known.
E. The adoption of the Fee as it relates to development within the area covered by the
Schaefer Projcet ("Schaefer Ranch Annexation Area") is within the scope of the Schaefer EIR. The
Facilities were all identitlcd in the Schaefer EIR as necessary to accommodate development in Dublin.
The impacts 0 f such development, including the Facilities, wcre adequately analyzed at a Project level in
the Schaefer EIR. Since the certification of the Schaefer EIR there have been no substantial changes in
the projections of future development as identified in the Schaefer ETR, no substantial changes in the
surrounding circumstances, and no other ncw information of substantial importance so as to require
important rcvisions in the Schaefer EIR's analysis of impacts, nlitigation measures, and alternatives.
Subsequcnt project-specific environmental review under CEQA of the Facilities will be required before
any such Facilities are approved. It is not feasihle to provide project specific environmental review of the
Facilities at this stage, as they will be implenlented over a 30·year period and specific details as to their
timing, construction and precise location are not presently known.
F. The adoption of the fee as it relates to development within the City of Dublin (excluding
Eastem Dublin and the Schaefer Annexation Area) is to obtain funds for capital projects necessary to
maintain service within tlle existing service areas; tlmt the City currently provides fire protection and
suppression serviecs through a contractual relationship witl1 the Alameda County Fire Departmcnt, which
operates trom three tire stations, that the Fcc will be used to maintain current service levels; and that no
existing deficiencies have been found to exist. As such, thc Fce as it relates to development within the
City (excluding Eastern Dublin and the Schaefer Ranch Annexation Area) is not a "project" within the
meaning ofCßQA (Public Resources Code § 21080(b)(8)(D».
G. In adopting the Fee, the Couneì1 is exercising its powers under Article XI, § 7 of thc
California Constitution, Chapter 7.78 of the Dublin Municipal Code, and Chapter 5 of Division 1 of the
Government Code, commencing with section 66000 (and section 66018, in particular) collectivcly and
separately.
H. The Record establishes:
1. That there is a reasonable relationship between the need for the Facilities and the
impacts of the types of development for which the corresponding fee is charged in that new
development in the City of Dublin (hereafter to include Eastern Dublin and the Schaefer Ranch
Annexation Area)----both residential and non-residential-will generatc persons who live, work,
and/or shop in Duhlin and who gcneratc Of contribute to the need for the Facilities; and
2. That there is a reasonabJe relationship between the Fee's use (to pay for the
construction of the Facilities) and the type of µevelopment for which the Fcc is charged in that alJ
development in the City of Dublin-both fesidential and non-residential----generates or contributes
to the need for the Facilities; and
3_ That there is a reasonable relationship between the amount of the Fee and the cost
of the Facilities or portion thereof attributable to development in the City of Dublin in that the Fee
is calculated based on the numbef of residents or employees genCTated by specific types of land
uses, the total amount it will cost to construct the Facilities, and the percentage by which
dcvclopment within the City of Dublin contributes to the need for the Facilities; and
4. That the cost estimates set forth in the MuniFinancial Study are reasonable cost
estimates for constructing the Facilities, and the Fees expected to be generated by fi.1ture
development wilJ not exceed the projected costs of constructing the Facilities; and
5. The method of alJoeation of the Fcc to a particular development bears a lair and
reasonable relationship to each development's burden on, and benefit from, the Facilities to be
fundcd by the Fce, in that the Fee is calculated based on the number of residents or employees
each particular development will generate.
1. The Study is a detailed analysis of how public services will be affected by development in
the City ofDuhlin, and the public facilities required to accommodate that development
ADOPTION OF FEE
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED,
L Definitions_
a. "Commercial" shalJ mean any development constructed or to be constructed on
land having a General Plan land use or zoning designation fOf facilities for the purchase and sale
of commodities and services and the sales, servicing, installation, and repair of such commodities
and services and other space uses incidental to these activities. Commercial land uses include hut
arc not limited to: apparcl and clothing stores; auto dealers and malJs; auto accessories stores;
banks and savings and loans; beauty salons; book stores; discom1t stores and centers; dry cleaners;
drug stores; eating and drinking establishments; furniture stores and outlets; genera1 merchandise
stores; hardware stores; home fllrnishings and improvement centers; hotel/motels; laundromats;
liquOf stores; restaurants; service stations; shopping centers; supermarkets; and theaters.
b. "Developed" and "development" shall mean the construction or alteration of or
addition to, other than by the City, any building or structure within the City of Dublin.
e. "Facilities" shall include those municipal puhlie 1acilities as arc described in the
MuniFinaneial Study and as described in the Fire Station Location Rcport, Station Prototype
Report, SP, E Dublin fIR and Addenda_ "Facilities" shan also inelude comparable alternative
facilities should later changes in projections of development in the region necessitate construction
of such alternative facilities; provided that the City Council later determincs (l) that thefe is a
reasonable relationship between development within the City of Dublin and the need for the
alternative facilities (2) that the alternative facilities are comparable to the facilities in the Study,
and (3) that the revenue from the Fee will be used only to pay new development's fair and
proportionate share of the alternative facilities.
d. "Industrial" shall mean any development constructed or to be constructed on land
having a General Plan land use Of zoning designation for the manufacture, production, assembly,
and processing of consumer goods and other space uses incidental to these activities. lndustrial
land uses include but are not limited to: assembly; concrete and asphalt batehing plants;
contractor's storage yards; fahrication; lumbef yard; manufacturing; outdoor stockyards and
service yards; pfinting; processing; warehouse and distribution; and wholesale and heavy
commercial uses.
e_ "Mixed Development" shall mean a development that includes more than one of
the types of development de lined in this Scetion I. Mixed developments may eombinc residential
types of development (Single Family and Multiple Family), non-residential types of development
(Commercial, Industrial, and Office), or a combination ofresidential and non-residential types of
development_
f. "Multiple Family" sha1l mean any dwelling unit as defined in the Uniform Building
Code, as adopted by the City, which is constructed on property designated in the Genefal P1an or
SP for 6.1 or more units per acre.
g_ "Office" sha1l mean any dcvelopment constructed or to he constructed on land
having a Genefal Plan land use or zoning designation for genefal business offices, medical and
pfofessional offices, administrative or headquarters offices for large wholesaling or manufacturing
operations, and feseafch and development and other space uses incidental to these activities.
Office land uscs inelude but are not limited to: administrative headquarters; business park; finance
offices; insurance offices; legal offices; medical and health services offices; offiecs and office
buildings; professional and administrative offices; professional associations; real estate offices;
research and development and travel agencies.
h. "Single Family" shall mean a dwelling unit as dcfined in the Uniform Building
Codc (UBe), as adopted by the City of Dublin, which is constructed or to be constructed on
pfoperty designated in the General Plan or SP for 6 or fewer units per acre.
2. Fire Facilities Fee Imnosed.
a. Pursuant to Government Code Sections 66000 et seq., ("Mitigation Fee Act") a Fife
Facilities Fee shall be imposed and paid at the times, and in the amounts, and otherwise apply and
be administered as prescribed in this Resolution on each Single Family and Multiple Family
rcsidential unit developed within the City of Dublin, inchlding each portion of such residential
development within mixed development.
b_ Pursuant to Government Code Sections 66000 et seq., ("Mitigation Fcc Act") a Fire
Facilities Fee shall be imposed and paid at the times, and in the amounts, and otherwise apply and
be administered as prescribed in this Resolution on each non-residential building or structure,
including commercial, industrial, and office buildings and structures, developed within the City of
Dublin, ineluding each portion of such non-residential development within mixed development.
c. Any use of land which is not included in the definition of "Commercial,"
Industrial," or "Office" shall be allocated by the Community Development Director to one of the
threc categories, maintaining as much consistency as possible with the definitions of such terms.
3. Time for Imposing Fee for Residential Subdivisioq§..
[n accordance with Government Code Section 65961, the Fee for Single Family and Multiple
Family subdivision development for which tentative or parcel maps are required pursuant to the
Subdivision Map Act (Government Code Sections 66410 el seq.) shall be imposed at the time of
approval of the conditions that apply to the tentative or parecl map for such residential subdivision
development, as applicable. Payment of the Fee shall be dccmed to be a condition of all such
tentative or parcel maps. Notwithstanding this Section 3, the time for payment of the Fee tor all
development, including Single Family and Multiple Family subdivisions, shall be as specified in
Section 4, below.
4. Time tor Fee Payment.
a. In accordance with (':rOvemment Code Section 66007, a Fee shall be charged and
paid for each Single Family and Multiple Family residential development upon the date of final
inspection or issuance ofthe cmi fieate 0 r occupancy tor such residential development, which ever
is earlier; however, if the Fee is to reimburse the City for expenditures previously made, or if the
City determines that the Fee will be collected for Facilities for which all account has heen
established and fimds appropriated and for which the City has adopted a proposed construction
schedule prior to issuance of the building permit for such residential development, then the Fee
shall be charged and paid upon issllanee of the huilding pcrmit for such residential deve10pment.
b. A Fee shall be charged and paid for each non-residential development, including
commercial, industrial, and office developments, upon issuance of the building permit for such
non~residcntial development.
c. A Fee shall be charged alld paid for each mixed development upon the times
specified in this Section 4 that apply to such mixed development. For example, if a mixed
development ineludes residential development and non-residential development, and the Fee is to
reimburse the City for expenditures previously made, or the City has made the required
determination to permit requiring payment of the Fee upon issuance of the building permit, the
Fcc as applicable to the entire mixed development shall be paid upon issuance of the hui1ding
permit for the mixed development. If a mixed development includes residential and non-
residential development, and the Fee is not to reimburse the City for expenditures previously made
or the City has not made the required determination to pennit requiring payment of the Fee upon
issuance of the building permit, the Fee as to the residential portion of the mixed development
shall be paid upon the earlier of the date of final inspection or issuance of the certificate of
occupancy lor such residential portion, and the Fee as to the non-residential portion of the mixed
development shall be paid upon issuance of the building permit for such non-residential portion.
5. Amount of Fee.
a. The amount of the Fee for residential and non-residential development shall be as
set forth on Exhibit C attached hereto and incorporated herein.
b.
applicable;
The amount of the Fee for mixed development shall be the sum ofthe following, as
1. The applicable amount per-unit pursuant to Section 5(a), above, tor each
Single Family and Multiple Family development within a mixed development.
ii. The applicable amount per 1,000 sq. ft. pursuant to Section 5(a), above, for
each commercial, office, or industrial development or portion of such development within
a Mixed Development.
6. Excmptions From Fee.
a. The Fcc shall not be imposed on any of the following:
(1) Any alteration or addition to a residential structure, except to the extent that
a residential unit is added to a single family residential unit or another unit is added to an
existing multiple-family residential unit;
(2) Any replacement or rcconstruetion of an existing residential structure that
has been destroyed or demolished, if the building permit for reconstruction is obtained
within one year after the building was destroycd or demolished. This subsection shall not
apply if the replacement or reconstruction increases the square footage of the structure by
50 percent or more.
(3) Any replacement or reconstruction of an existing non-residential structure
that has been destroyed or demolished, if the building permit for reconstruction is ohtained
within One year after the building was destroyed or demolished, there is no change in the
land use designation of the property, and the square footage of the replacement building
does not exceed the square footage of the building that was destroyed or demolished.
(4) Any non-residential building or structure constructed on property on which
a building or structure was demolished for which a development impact fee to fund rire
facilities has been paid to the City within the prior ten year period. The exemption
provided in this subsection shall be in the amount of the previously paid fee only, and the
applicant shall pay any additional anlOunt based on the then-current Fee.
(5) Any addition to an existing non-residential structure of 500 squarc feet or
less.
b. The City Council, in its discretion, may waive the applicability of the Fee to certain
development constructed or to be constructed by a public entity on land having an
appropriate General Plan land use designation upon findings of the City Council that such
a waiver is in the interest of the public health, safety, and/or welfare, for reasons specified
in the findings. Such reasons may include, but are not limited to, that the Fee, as it would
apply to such development by a public entity, will be sufficiently recovered in whole or in
part from residential development the residents of which may constitute the primary users
of the public entity development.
7. Use of Fee Revenues.
a. The revenues raised by payment of the Fee shall be placed in the Capital Project
Fund. Separate and special accounts within the Capital Project Fund shall be used to
account for such revcnues, along with any interest earnings on each account. The revenues
(and interest) shall be used ¡or the fol1owing purposes:
(1) To pay for design, engineering, right-of-way or land acqulS¡(lon and
construction and/or acquisition of the Facilities and reasonable costs of outside consultant
studies related thereto;
(2) To reimburse the City for the Facilities constructed by the City with tunds
from other sources including funds from otheT public entities, unless the City funds were
ohtained from grants or gifts intended by the grantor to be used for the Facilities.
(3) To reimburse developers who have designed and constructed Facilities
which are oversized with supplemental size, length, or capacity; and
(4) To pay tòr and/or reimburse costs of program development and ongoing
administration of the Fee program.
b. Fees in these accounts shall be expended only for the Facilities and only lor the
purpose for which the Fee was collected.
8. Standards.
The standards upon which the needs for the Facilities are hased are the standards of the City of
Duhlin, including the standards contained in the General Plan, the Station Location Study, Station
Prototype Study, the SP, E Dublin ElR and Addenda and the Schaefer Em..
9. Existing Defie-iS<!Jf.ies.
There are no existing deficiencies.
10. Periodic Review.
a. During each fiscal year, the City Manager shall prepare a report for the City
Council, pursuant to Government Code section 66006, identifying the balance of Fees in each
account.
b. Pursuant to Government Code section 66002, the City Council shall also review, as
part of any adopted Capital Improvement Program each year, the approximate location, size, time
of availability and estimates of cost for all Facilities to be financed with the Fee. The estimated
costs shall be adjusted in accordance with appropriate indices of inflation. The City Council shall
make findings identifying the purpose to which the existing Fcc balances arc to be put and
demonstrating a reasonable relationship hetween the Fee and the purpose tor which it is charged.
11. Subsequent Ana1vsis of the Fee.
The Fee established herein is adopted and implemented by the Council in reliance on the Record
identified above. The City will continue to conduct further study and analysis to determine
whether the Fee should be revised. Whcn additional infomlation is available, the City Council
shall review the Fee to dctermine that the amounts are reasonably related to the impacts of
development within the City of Dublin and within areas included in the City's General Plan. The
City Council may revise the Fee to incorporate the findings and conclusions of further studies and
any standards in the SP and General Plan, as well as increases due to inflation and increased
construction costs.
12. Administrative Guidelines.
The Council may, by resolution, adopt administrative guidelines to provide procedures for
calculation, credit, reimbursement, or deferred payment and other administrative aspects of the
Fcc. Such guidelines may inelude procedures for construction of designated Facilities by
developers.
13. Effective Date.
This resolution shall become effective immediately. The Fee provided in Section 2 of this
resolution shall be effective 60 days from the effective date ofthe resolution.
14. Severabilitv.
Each component of the Fee and all portions of this resolution are severable. Should any individual
component of the Fee or othcr provision of this resolution be adjudged to be invalid and
unenforceable, the remaining component or provisions shall be and continue to be fully effective,
and the Fee shall be fully effective except as to that component that has been judged to be invalid.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 17'10 day of May, 2005.
AYES:
Councilmembers Hildenbrand, McCormick, Oravetz, Zib and Mayor Lockhart
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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FIRE FACILITIES IMPACT FEE
UPDATE 2005
APRIL 27, 2005
FINAL REPORT
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction...................................................................................................... 1
Service Population........................................................................................... 1
Facilities Costs & Funding ...............................................................................2
Facilities Standards......................................................................................... 5
Alternative Funding Sources............ .............. ......... ......... ........... ............ ......... 7
Fee Sehedule ....... ...._. _'m'" _..,_... ............. .... ... ...... ............ ..... .............. ............ 7
Program Implementation ...... ..... ........ ...... .... ... ...... ............ ................... ............8
Mitigation Fee Act Findings .............................................................................8
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CITY OF' DUBLIN FIRE IMPACT FEE
MuniFinancia1 was retained by the City of Dublin to complete an update of the City's fire
facilities impact fcc. This tepor¡ is an update of Fi", Faa/ilic.r Impact Fcc Update, completed by
MuniFinancial in January 2003 and adopted by the City Council.
INTRODUCTION
The City of Dublin contracts with the Alameda County Fire Department for fire services.
The City is responsible for providing all neccssary capital facilitjçs. Thc City cutrcntly
imposes an impact fee of $864 per single-family dwelling unit, $540 per multi-family dwelling
unit, $0.128 per square foot for commercial, $0.251 per square foot for office, and $0.110
pcr square foot for industrial.
Since the last fire fee analysis was completed in 2003, the City has completed Stations 17 and
18 with funding from impaor fees and mntributions ftom a developer and the General Fund.
Along with Station 16, these three stations and their associated vehides and equipment
complete the City's firc facility system. The system meets the needs of existing development
and growth througb 2025.
This report revises the fire faeilities impact fee to incorporate the aetual capital costs of
Stations 17 and 18. Development impact fees should be regularly updated to ensure
sufficient funding of facilities to serve growth. The revised impaor fee presented in this
report alloeares ro new development the appropriate share of the fire facility system capital
costs_ Fee tcvenues will be used to repay loans used to construct Stations 16 and 17 in
advance of new development served by those 'tations.
SERVICE POF'ULATION
The City serves both homes and businesses in its service area. Need for the City's services
and associated facilities is measured by its service population, or the number of residents and
worktls within it5 service area. Service:: population reasonably tcprc::sents the: need for fire
facilities because people requesting medical assistance generate most calls for service, rather
than structure fires requiting suppression_ Hence, thc demand for firc service is strongly
wrrelated with the distribution of residents and workers within the service area.
Table 1 shows the estimated service population for 2004 and 2025. In cakulating the service
population, residents are given a weight of 1.0 and workers are weighted at 0.24 to reflect
lower per capita service usage. The 0.24 weighting for workers is based on the amount of
rime workers spend in the City compared to residents (40 hours pet week versus a total of
168 houts pe( week). Nonrcsidcntial buildings ate typieally occupied less intensively rhan
dwelling units, so it is reasonable to assume that average percworker LIsage of services is less
than average per-resident usage.
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Table 1: Fire Facilities Service Population
Residents
Workers
Service
Popu lation 1
Existing (2004)'
New Development (2005.2025)
Total (2025)2
33.200
27.600
60,800
22,900
23.000
45,900
38.700
33.100
71.800
Worker Weighting Factor
1.00
0.24
Note: Workers am weighted at 24% of residents 10 refleCllhe .amQunt of time workers spend in the City
compared tQ residents.
t Service population equals residents plus workers with each weighted by fa~tor shown at bottom of Ielbll;l,
:¿ Does not Include Group Quertsr$ POpUII¡:lIion of 5,'15.
Sources; California Department of Fina.nce: Association of Bay Area Governments, ProJ8Ctlons 2.003;
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FACILITIES OOSTS & FUNDING
The City has three fire stations. Construction of Stati"no 17 and 18 was tecently comp1eted.
Thc City "WflS Station 16, 17, and 18 and the associated equipment. These thtee Stations and
theit associated vehicles and equipment comp1ete the City's fire facility system. The syst=
meets the needs of existing development and growth through 2025. All stations are staffed
entirely by Alameda County Fire Department personnel undet contract to the City of
Dublin.
'The inventory of fire facilities provides a basis for calculating the City\ facility standard
based on the t"tal system needed w serve existing and new development. This standard is
used to derennine new development's fair share obligation w expand facilities a5 growth
OCcuts. The planning hori:wn is 2025 that represents substantial build out of the City of
Dublin. The facilities desctibed here serve only the City of Dublin.
Detailed data on the Department's three stations are shown in Tables 2 and 3. Vehicle cost
estimates shown in Table 2 include the fIre fighting and emergency medical equipment
needed to stock each vehicle. Table -' summatizes the Department's inventory of land,
buildings, and vehicles and equipment as well as new facilities that have heen c"nstructed.
These facilities ate needed to prevent a dedine in current service standards as discussed in
the next section of this report.
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Table 2: Existing Fire Equipment Inventory
V"hicI" Type and Mak" Vehicle Equipment Total
Fire Station 16
1996 Pierce Quantum - Type I Engine $ 371,000 $ 110.000 $ 461,000
1964 Van PeR - Type I Engine 371,000 110,000 481,000
2002 Ford 4X4 - Patrol 150.000 50,000 200.000
Total Fire Station 16 $ 892,000 $ 270,000 $ 1,162,000
Fire Station 17
1999 L TI - Ladder Truck $ 580,000 $ 150,000 $ 730,000
1991 Pierce - Type I Engine 371,000 110,000 481,000
1995 Fire Bann - Type III Engine 371.000 150.000 521 000
Total Fire Station 17 $ 1 ,322.000 $ 410.000 $ 1,732.000
Fire Station 18 1
2002 Pierce Quantum - Type I Engine $ 328,476 $ 132.606 $ 461 .264
2002 FOrd 4X4 - Patrol 132.806 44 .269 177 .077
Total Fire Station 16 $ 461 ,284 $ 177,077 $ 638,361
Total All Vehicles & Equipment $ 2,675,284 $ 857,077 $ 3.532,361
Note: Va.luation baaed on cUrrent replacement value.
, Elased on actual costs of equipment.
Sources; Don Graff, ACFD Finance Manager, July 2004: MuniFinancial.
Table 4 shows the same total cost shown in Table 3 allocated by th. following four funding
sources:
· City Contribution;
. Impact Fees Collected To Date;
· Developer Loan; and
· General Fund Loan.
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Table 3: Fire System Facilities
Amount
Unit Cost
Total Cost
Fire Station 16:
Land'
BUilding'
Building Contents & Equipment"
Vehicles & Equipment
Subtotal Existing Faciiities
1.00 acres
8,815 sq. fl.
NA
NA
$ 871,200 $
257
60,000
1 ,162,000
871,200
2,265,000
60,000
1.162,000
$ 4,358,200
Fire Station 17
General Fund Loan, General Fund Contribution, and Fire Impact Fee Funded
Land NA $ 658,000 $ 658,000
Building NA 4,073,000 4,073,000
Contents/Equipment NA 98,000 98.000
Vehicles & Equipment NA 1.732.000 1,732.000
Total Station 17
6.561.000
Fire Station 18
Developer Fulnds
Land, Building & Furnishings
Vehicles & Equipment
Subtotal
0.75 acres
NA
NA $
$ 638,361
4,146,491
638.361
$ 4,784,852
Impact Fee Funded
Land, Building & Furnishings
NA
$1.211,930 $ 1,211.930
General Fund Loan
Station 18 Start-up Cost
NA
NA $
255,456
Total StatIon 18
6,252,238
$ 17.171,438
Total Fire System Facilities
NA Not available or not eppliÇ$ble.
, Land valué ror Station #16 of $20 pér sc: l.Jare foot was approximated by City Df Dublin ~tI;Iff, BL.Jilding repleCE!'l11ellt cos.t
per' s!: LJare root Msed on $2.7'1 mil. for é 10,800 St¡uÇlr~ foot :!;Ofalion.
2 R.epresent$: additional equipment not included in buildin!; CO!;lt (radiQ, office equipment, telephone, etc). Value baaed on
CUl'Tent replacement v,alue !¡:II;! estimated by Dietrict EI~aff,
Soun:;:es: Tabla 2; Alerneda County Fire Depertment; Alameda County Fire Station Prototype Study, Don Dommer
Associate5, February 25. 2000; ARlWS valuation report· Dublin Ranch; 2002-2007 Capital Improvement ~rogram: City
of Dublin staff 2005: MunlFlnanclal.
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Table 4: Fire Facilities Funding Sources
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Fundin!l Loans
Impact Fees
City Collected to Developer General Fund
Contribution Date Funds Loan Total
Station 16 $ 4,358,200 $ - $ " $ - $ 4,358,200
Station 17 1,637,006 2,554,671 - 2,369,323 6,561,000
Station 18 - 1.211,930 4.784.852 255.456 6 252 238
Total $ 5,995,206 $ 3,766,601 $ 4,784,852 $ 2,624,779 $17,171.438
Sources: Table 3: City of Dublin; MunJFlnanclaL
The "City Contribution" amount represents funding that was committed as needed to fund
fire facilities and without any anticipation of reimbursement from future impact fees. This
funding represents a share of total system costs attributable to existing development.
Funding frmn "Impact Pees Collected To Date" also represents re"enues generated by
existing development. These fees were paid by ptiot de"elopment included in the "Existing
2004" service population estimates shown in Table 1.
The "Dcveloper Funds" and "General Fund Loan" amounts represent loans used to ensure
that Stations 17 and 18 would be operational in time to serve new development while
maintaining the Fire Department'ô teSponse time ,tandard.
FACILITIES STANDARDS
The fire facilities standatds used for planning new facilities and to calculate the impact fee
are discussed in this section.
RESPDNSE TIME
Planning fot new fite fadUties typically uses a response time standard or the time from
service call to arrival of the first-response team. The Alameda County Pite Dcpartment has a
five-minute average rcsponse time standard. The Department currently considers that it
meets that standatd on a citywide basis with an average response time of five minutes or less.
The planned fire facilities will enable the Depattment to maintain this tcsponsc timc
standard as gtowth occurs.
ISO RAT/NO
The Insurance Setvices Organi7.ation (ISO) in the form of a rating provides another standard
used for planning fire facilities. The insurance industty uses ISO tatings tf) assist in
detetmining insutllnce ptemiums for building owners. The ISO rating is based on travel
distance (not travel time) to the neateSt fite 'tation, and other factors such as water
availability and communications systenlS. Any deterimation in the ISO rating would have an
adverse affect on property insurance rates in the City.
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Currendy the Alameda County Fire Department, the agency that operates the fire stations
serving the City of Dublin, has an ISO rating of C1ass 2. The Department's plans for new
facilities are intended to maintain that rating as growth occurs.
SYSTEM CaST PER CAPITA
New development's fair share of fire facilities could be calculated using a system COSt
standard. The system cost standard incorporates all eristing and new development and
public facilities designed to serve that development. The standard equals the average per
capita cost of all facilities to serve the City's service population in 2025. Using this per capita
standard as a basis for the impact fee ensures an equitabk distribution of cotal system COsts
between eristing and new development.
Altemately, the City could use ooJy thc funds loaned by thc developcr and the General Fund
f"r Stations 17 and 18 as a basis for the fee calculation. These funds, the "Developer Funds"
and the "General Fund L"",," amounts shown in Tabk 4, represent funding that potentially
could be rcimborsed from future fee revenues if they represent no more than new
development's fair share of total system costs. These costs are allocated to new development
per capiro based on the ptojeeted increase in service population from 2005 to 2025.
A comparison of the system cost per capita and the loans ooJy cost per capita is shown in
Table 5. The system cost per capita is the total system facility cost from Table 4 divided by
the total service popolation from Tablc 1. The loans only cost per capita is the porentialloan
funds from Table 4 divided by the increase in service population from Table 1 for 2005 to
2025. Per capita costs are shown separately for residents and workers because their
respective demand for services is weighted differendy, as discussed above in the Service
Population section of this report.
Table 5: Fire Facilities Costs Per Capita
City Contribution $
Impact F.... Fund..d to Date
General Fund Loan
Developer Funds
Total $
System
Fair Share Loans Only
5,995.206 N/A
3.766.601 N/A
2,624,779 $ 2,624.779
4.784.852 4,784.852
17,171,438 $ 7,409,631
71,800 33100
239 $ 224
239 $ 224
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S..rvic.. Population
Costs per Capita (Excluding Financing Costs) $
Cost per Resident $
Cost per Worker
Sources: Tables 1 and 4: MuniFinancial.
As shown in Tabl, 5, the system cost per capita is more than the loans ooJy cost per capita.
Thus, new development could entirely repay both loans without exceeding its fair share cost
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of the total system. The City has decided to use the loans only cost per capita as a basis for
the fee calculation.
ALTERNATIVE F'UNDINC3 SOURCES
The City plans to use impact fee revenues to repay the developer and the General Fund for
loans used to construct Stations. 17 and 18. 'In!:: City d(H:5 not anticipate: any alternative
funding sources being available to reimburse these funds.
F'EE SCHEDULE
The City is requiring that the fire facilities impact fee repay the General Fund loan with five
percent interest over 20 years. The loan agreement between the City and the developer does
hot indudc interest. The: interest cost of the General Fund ]oao is shown in Table 6. 'fhc
interest cost per capita is added to the principal amount per capita in the table to calcu1ate
new development's total funding responsibility.
Table 7 shows the fire facilities impact fee for new development based on the facilities and
dcbt financing costs pet capita sh<>wn in Table 6. Rcsident and employmcnt denÚty
assumptions are drawn from earlier impact fee studies completed for the City. The fee
represents the amount needed to fully repay the developer contribution and the General
Fund loan. Both residential and nonresidential development would pay the fee based on the
,ervice population for firc facilities (see the Service Popu1ation section of tills report).
Table 6: Fire Facilities Marginal Cost Standard With Financing
Principal
Amount of Interest
Loans Cost' Total
Costs to be Reimbursed $ 7,4G9,631 1,595,221
2025 Ss,,^ce Population 33,100 33,100
Facility Standard per Capita $ 224 $ 48
Cost per Resident $ 224 $ 48 $ 272
Cost per Worker 54 12 66
1 Based on $2.61Ti1Iion General Fund loan and an intersst rate of 5 percent for 20 years. There is no
Întere5t on funds provided by the developer.
Source.: Teble. 1 end 5; tJl.JnlFlnanclal.
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Table 7: Fire Facilities Impact Fee
Cost Per
Land Use Densltv 1 Capita Fee2
Residential
Single Family 3.20 $ 272 $ 870
Multifamily 2.00 272 544
Nonresidential
Office 280 $ 66 $ 254
Commercial 505 66 131
Industrial 590 66 112
1 Pel1;ions per dwelling unit for residential land uses and square feat per employee for
nQnresidentiallsnd uses.
:2 Per dwelling unit for r$!;iidl;mtiÇlII,J~e~ and per 1.000 square feet for nonresidential
land uses.
Sources: Table 6; City of Dublin; pLJb/fc Pac/flr'ss Fee Study, ,1gga Upd$~ prepared
by HElI,J!;ir¡;¡th Economics Group; MuniFinancial.
PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
The fite faeilitics impact fee would be collected at time of building permit issuance. To
implement the fee the City should:
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Determine the priority for use of fee revenueS fDt repayment to thc developer
versus the General Fund.
Maintain an annual Capital Improvement Program budget to indieate where fees
arc bdng expended to accommodate growth; and
Comply with the annual and five-year reporting requirements of Government Cod.
66001 and 66006.
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The City does not have to increa" the fee for inflation annually because all capital costs
have been funded. The fee is only being used to repay loans with fixed debt sCfvke costs.
MITIGATION F"EE ACT FINDINGS
To guide the widc<pread imposition of development impact fees, the State Legislature
adopted the Mitigation Fee Act (the Ac~ with Assembly Bill 1600 in 1988 and subsequent
amendments. The Act is contained in California Government Cod, Sections 66000 to 60025 and
establishes requirements for the impt),ition and administtation of impact fee programs. The
Act became law in January 1988 and requires local governments to document the five
findings explained in the sections bdüw when adopting an impact fee. All statutory
references are to the Act.
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PURPOSE OF FEE
For the first finding the City must:
Identify the purpose of the fee. (§66001 (a) (1)
The purp<>se of the fire facilities impact fee is to provide a funding source ftom new
development for capital improvemenrs to serve new development. The fee advances a
legitimate interest of the City by assuring that new devdopment is provided with adequate
fire ptotection facilities and services.
USE OF FEE REVENUES
For the second finding the City must:
Identify the use to which the fee is to be put. If the use is financing public facilities,
the facilities shall be identified. That id~ntification may, but need not, be made by
rder~nc~ ro a capit.al improvement plan as specified in Section 65403 or 66002, may
be made in applicable 'general or sp~cific plan requirement.s, or may be made in other
public documents that identify the public faciliti~s fot which t.hc fcc is charged.
(§66001 (a) (2»)
The fire facilities impact fee will fund expandc:d faciliti~s t.o serve new development.,
including t~paym~nt of funds advanced by developers and the General Fund. AIl planned
facilities are located within th~ City of Dublin boundaries and are identified in this report:
· Land for fire station and othet tdat~d structures;
· Fire stations including futnitur~ and other equipment;
· Fire apparatus including eguipped engines and other vehicles;
. Financing costs associated with the above.
BENEFIT RELATIONSHIP
For th~ third finding the City must:
Det.ermine how there is a reasonable relationship b~twc~n th~ fcc's use and the type
of developm~nt proi~çt on which t.he fee is imposed. (§66001(a)(3»)
The City will restrict fee revenues to the acquisiti<>n of land, const.ruetion of public buildings,
and purchase of relat.ed eguipment, furnishings, vehicles, and s~rvk~, that serve new
development. Fee revenu~s may hc used t.o repay funds advanced by other parties for these
purposes. Fire facilities funded by the fee will ptovide a citywide network of services
acçessible to the additional residents and workers associated with new devdopment. Thus,
there is a reasonable rdationship between the use of fee revenues and the residential and
nonresidential types of new development that will pay thc fec_
BUROEN RELA TlDNSHIP
Fc)r the fourth finding the City must:
Determine bow there is a r~asonable relationship between the need for the public
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facility and tile type of development project on which the fee is Imposed.
(§66001(a)(4»
Service population provides an indicator of the demand for rhe facilities needed to
accommodate growrh. Service population is calculated based on residents associated wirh
residential development and employment associated wirh nonresidential development. To
calculate a single per capita standard, one worker is weighted less than one resident based on
an analysis of the relative demand for fire facilities by land use type.
The need for the fee is based on the facility standards identified in this report and the growth
in citywide service population projected through 2025. Facilities standards tepresent the level
of service rhat the City plans to provide its residents and businesses in 2025. Standards are
based on rhe City's total existing and planned facilities a\loeated across the City's total service
population in 2025.
See the Service Population section, for a description of how service population and growth
projections arc calculated. Facility standards ate described in the Fatilitiet Standards section.
PROPORTIONALITY
Fot rhe fifth finding the City must:
Determine how there is a reasonable relationship between the amount of the fee and
the cost of the public facility or portion of rhe public facility atttibutable ro rhe
development on which the fee is imposed. (§66001 (b»)
This reasonable relationship between the fire facility impact fee for a specific development
project and rhe cost of rhe facilities attributable ro that project is based on rhe estimated size
of the service population that rhe project will acconunodate. The total fee for a specific
project is based on Jts size as measured by dwelling units ot building square feet. The fee
schedule converts rhe estimated service population that a development project will
accommodate into a fee based on rhe size of the project. Larger projects of a certain land use
type will have a highet service population and pay a higher fee than smaller projects of the
same land use type. Thus, rhe fee schedule ensures a reasonable relationship between rhe
public facility fee for a specific development project and the cost of the facilities attributable
to rhat project.
See the Fee Schedule section for a desctiption of how service population is determined for
different types of land uses. The Fee Schedule section also presents the fire facilities impact fee
schedule.
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PROPOSED 2005 FIRE FACILITY FEE
(by Land Use Type)
Residential
Single Family
$870 per unit
Multi-Family
$544 per unit
Non-Residential
Commercial
$.131 per square foot
Office
$.254 per square foot
Indnstrial
$.112 per square foot
Exhibit C
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