DATE:
December 11, 2024
02
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
Title
RECEIVE FIVE-YEAR REPORT OF PARK LAND DEDICATION ORDINANCE FEES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023-2024 AND RELATED CEQA EXEMPTION (DISTRICTS: ALL)
Body
OVERVIEW
The Park Land Dedication Ordinance (PLDO) is one of the ways the County of San Diego (County) provides parks to support community growth and outdoor recreational needs, by requiring new residential development projects in the unincorporated county to dedicate park land for its new residents and/or pay park impact fees to the County so that parks can be developed. Park impact fees are used within the Local Park Planning Area they are collected in so that each new residential unit contributes its share to the development of parks. The PLDO was adopted by the County Board of Supervisors (Board) on December 19, 1972 (33) and comprehensively updated on July 25, 2018 (4). The update took effect on January 1, 2019, pursuant to both the State of California's Quimby Act and Mitigation Fee Act (MFA).
The annual report and five-year findings, received by the Board, are required by the MFA to be consolidated into a single report made available to the public within 180 days after the start of the fiscal year in which they are due. The Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) prepares the annual report and the five-year findings on PLDO fees. The MFA also requires that the agency find that fees collected more than five years ago are still needed for the improvements for which the fees were initially collected. The attached report contains the information required to be included by Government Code Section 66006(b). The report also includes amounts collected, the projects for which the money has been collected, and how the funds will be spent. Projects are prioritized for this funding through DPR executive management review of various resources including (but not limited to) the Parks Master Plan, Park Capital Improvement Plan, One Time Only Funds, Capit...
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