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Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Long Beach Municipal Code by amending Sections 1.25.020, 2.02.020, 2.87.130, 3.44.030, 5.12.170, 5.20.040, 5.24.100, Subsections 5.28.050.A.12, 5.28.071.B, 5.28.080.D, 5.28.080.E, 6.24.020.B, Sections 8.04.010, 8.12.020, Subsection 8.60.089.C, Subsection 8.60.091.A, Subsection 8.60.093.B, Sections 10.50.040, 10.50.060, 14.12.040, Subsections 14.16.050.A.4, 16.08.720.A, and Sections 16.24.050, 16.36.040, 16.44.110, and 16.48.050, all related to transferring various fees from the Municipal Code to the Master Fee and Charges Resolution; and amending Subsection 5.12.120.A related to false alarm charges, read and adopted as read. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
Second Quarter Fee Adjustments
City Council approval is requested of the List of Proposed Fee Adjustments for the Second Quarter of Fiscal Year 2010 (FY 10) (Attachment A), which describes the proposed changes to the City's Master Fee and Charges Schedule. On January 19, 2010, the City Council approved an amended Master Fee and Charges Schedule for specified City services that included proposed fee adjustments for the First Quarter of Fiscal Year 2010.
The basis for this schedule of fees and charges is the Fee Study, which was originally recommended by the Budget Oversight Committee and commissioned by the City Council on June 3, 2004 to complete H cost accounting of the most significant City services and their related user fees,and which is updated annually to encourage full cost recovery for the City's services.
One of the findings of the Fee Study was that the City's process to offset its costs to provide fee-based services did not provide for an inflationary adjustment or other cost growth factors. To provide for a more effective cost recovery, per the City Council's Financial Policy on User Fees and Charges, a mechanism to allow broad based changes to the City's fees became necessary. Hence, the Master Fee and Charges Schedule, along with quarterly fee upd...
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