HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso - CC - 143-2024RESOLUTION NO. 143-2024
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME APPROVING THE
AMENDED FISCAL YEAR 2024-25 MASTER FEE SCHEDULE FOR CITY SERVICES
WHEREAS, the City of Burlingame regularly reviews the fees that the City charges
persons or entities for the use of City facilities, or the provision of City services; and
WHEREAS, in order to ensure that the cost of such services and facilities is borne by the
users of said services and facilities in a fair and equitable manner, the City periodically adjusts the
fees for services and facility use to ensure that the fees charged reflect the actual costs to the City
and the City’s taxpayers in providing those services and facilities; and
WHEREAS, in 2015, the City conducted an update of the City’s Cost Allocation Plan
(CAP) and a comprehensive review of the City’s schedule of fees to ensure that the fees charged
by the City to the users of City services and facilities do not exceed the actual costs of providing
the services or facilities; and
WHEREAS, these studies have since informed the annual review of the City fee schedule,
resulting in numerous adjustments to ensure that the City recovers the full cost of providing
services and facilities while at the same time not exceeding the cost of providing those services
and facilities; and
WHEREAS, the City hired Matrix Consulting Group (“Matrix”) to review the City’s fees and
determine whether they were sufficient to cover the City’s costs of service, and Matrix Consulting
Group produced a fee study, entitled “Report on Cost of Service (User Fee) Study,” for the City,
dated April 2024, that determined the reasonable fees that the City could charge for its services,
regulatory activities, and the use of its property and facilities; and
WHEREAS, the proposed new or increased fees do not exceed the City’s costs of
providing the services or the regulatory activities associated with the fees; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has decided to keep some fees below the level of full cost
recovery to make the related services more readily available to citizens; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Government Code section 66016, on October 21, 2024, the City
Council set a public hearing for November 18, 2024, to consider the adjusted fees (Resolution No.
129-2024); and
WHEREAS, notice of the City’s proposed fee schedule and of the November 18, 2024,
public hearing in connection therewith, has been duly provided pursuant to the provisions of State
law; and
WHEREAS, despite every effort to ensure that all City fees for services are contained in
the 2024-25 Master Fee Schedule, there may be some existing fees provided for in the Municipal
Code, administrative procedures, or elsewhere that have been omitted from the Master Fee
Schedule, and nothing in this resolution or Council action is intended to repeal those fees, nor is
this resolution or Council action intended to affect in any way any taxes or assessments of any
kind.
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NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME DOES
HEREBY RESOLVE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
1. All of the facts and assertions recited above, in the staff report, and in supporting
documentation, are true and correct, and the Council relies upon the same in adopting the Master
Fee Schedule.
2. The City Council adopts the fees listed in red on the 2024-25 Master Fee Schedule,
attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated as if fully set forth herein. While other fees are
included in the Master Fee Schedule for ease of reference, only the fees listed in red are being
changed or increased.
3. The 2024-25 Master Fee Schedule shall become effective on November 18, 2024,
except that the fees imposed on development projects, which apply to the filing, accepting,
reviewing, approving, or issuing of an application, permit, or entitlement to use, shall become
effective 60 days after the adoption of this Resolution.
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Donna Colson, Mayor
I, Meaghan Hassel-Shearer, City Clerk of the City of Burlingame, hereby certify that the
foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the
Burlingame City Council held on the 18th day of November 2024, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers: BROWNRIGG, COLSON, LEE, PAPPAJOHN, STEVENSON
NOES: Councilmembers: NONE
ABSENT: Councilmembers: NONE
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Meaghan Hassel-Shearer, City Clerk
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