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ORDINANCE NO. 2962 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS AMENDING CHAPTERS 3.32, 3.44, 3.48, 3.54, 3.56, 3.60, 3.70, AND 13.40 OF THE REDLANDS MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO OPEN SPACE AND PARK FEES, SEWER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND, WATER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND, TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT FEES, STORM DRAIN FACILITIES FEES, PUBLIC FACILITIES FEES, SOLID WASTE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND, AND ACQUISITION OF WATER STOCKS AND WATER RIGHTS WHEREAS, Chapters 3.32, 3.44, 3.48, 3.54, 3.56, 3.60, 3.70, and 13.40 of the Redlands Municipal Code establish, respectively, Open Space and Parks, Sewer Capital Improvement, Water Capital Improvement, Transportation Improvements, Storm Drain Facilities, Public Facilities Fees, Solid Waste Improvement, and the Acquisition of Water Stock And Water Rights to implement the City's General Plan to ensure that public facilities improvements which meet City standards are available concurrent with the need caused for such facilities by new development in the City; and THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 3.32 of the Redlands Municipal Code, entitled "Open Space and Park Fees," is hereby amended to read as follows: "3.32.040: FEE IMPOSITION: Open space and parks fees shall be collected from all applicants for development projects for the purpose of acquiring, developing, improving and expanding open space and park lands identified in the city's open space and park lands acquisition and development capital improvement plan in accordance with the fees approved by the City Council. No building permit shall be issued unless the fees required by this chapter are first paid. Fees collected pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited into a separate account or fund in a manner to avoid any commingling of such fees with other revenue of the city and the fees shall be expended solely for the purposes for which the fees were collected. 3.32.060: ADJUSTMENT OF FEE: On July 1 of each fiscal year, the city's finance director, in coordination with the city's facilities and community services director, shall make annual adjustments to the specific amounts of open space and parks fees approved by the City Council by a percentage equal to the percentage change in the construction cost index of the "Engineering News -Record" twenty (20) cities annual average for the preceding twelve (12) month period. The purpose of this adjustment is to offset the effects of inflation related construction cost increases or any deflation related decreases. If this index should cease publication, the finance director shall use any appropriate official index published by the bureau of labor statistics, or similar agency as may then exist or may then be most nearly equivalent thereto. Land costs shall also be evaluated annually and adjusted as necessary based on the current market conditions at the time. " 1 I:\Ordinances\Nos 2900-2999 in Word\2962 Amending RMC Relating to Open Space and Park Fees Sewer Captital Improvement Fund (Adoption).docx-ms