To: The Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors
From: Warren Lai, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Report Title: Accept the Drainage Fee Program Annual Report, Countywide.
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
ACCEPT the Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District (FC District) Drainage Fee Program Annual Report (Report) for fiscal year 2024/25, as recommended by the Chief Engineer, FC District, Countywide.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No fiscal impact.
BACKGROUND:
The FC District Act (FCD Act) authorizes the FC District to set up drainage areas and associated fees (Section 12.2, FCD Act). The FC District is not the approving local agency for development projects. The approving local agency is either the city in which the development is located or the county, when the development is located in an unincorporated area. However, the FC District does recommend that the local approving agency collect a fee to support drainage infrastructure if the development is within a formed drainage area. The fee is described in each drainage area's ordinance that is approved by the County Board of Supervisors. The FC District has an agreement with each city allowing each city to collect the fee on behalf of the FC District during the typical land development process and approval.
For the purpose of transparency and recordkeeping, FC District staff produces this Report as a best practice. The FC District uses requirements listed in California Government Code Section 66006, and others listed below, as the guide for this Report.
In conjunction with state law requirements that apply to impact fees paid in connection with the approval of a development project, California State legislation set certain legal and procedural parameters for the charging of development impact fees. This legislation was passed as AB1600 by the California Legislature and is now codified...
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