RESOLUTION NO. 54-10

A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING THE 2011-2012 SCHOOL LAND DEDICATION FEE

Recitals.

In the year 1996 the City Council adopted what is now section 21.6.030 of the
Zoning and Development Code, at the request of Mesa County Valley School District
51. Since then, the City has collected school impact fees pursuant to law along with Mesa County and the City of Fruita.

The school dedication fees are used by District 51 exclusively to acquire future school sites and lands, pursuant to the City’s home rule powers and specifically as
authorized by 30-28-133(4) C.R.S.

When it adopted the ordinance authorizing the collection of the school impact fee, the City Council provided that the dollar amount of the impact fee would be reviewed periodically, based on data obtained by and with the recommendation of the Board of Education of School District 51.

As recommended and requested by the Superintendent of District 51 school land fees in the City shall be collected at $460.00 per lot. School District 51 has studied the need or demand for school lands generated by proposed developments and/or anticipated population growth in the City and in the Urban Growth boundary where the City is expected to annex as development occurs. District 51 has reviewed its data about the average cost per acre of suitable school lands. The District has reviewed its data, its capital needs and other relevant information and has concluded that $460.00 per lot is fair and adequate to meet the District’s needs for 2011-2012.

Section 21.6.030 of the Zoning and Development Code requires a public hearing if the dollar amount of the impact fee is recommended to change. The per lot fee of $460.00 does not represent a change from the previous amount so no public hearing is required.

NOW, THEREFORE, LET IT BE RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION:

Ordinance No. 2886 known as the School Land Dedication Fee Ordinance is hereby adopted, continued, extended and ratified, as provided therein.

The dollar amount of the school impact fee authorized by the City’s Zoning and
Development Code section 21.6.030 shall be set at $460.00 per lot. The City
Council incorporates by this reference the evidence and supporting
documentation developed by the District.

The $460.00 per lot school land impact fee, pursuant to the Zoning and
Development Code section 21.6.030 shall become effective on January 1, 2011. The school land dedication fee shall established herein shall be reviewed by the City Council on or before January 1, 2012.

PASSED and ADOPTED this 13^th day of December, 2010.

/s/ Teresa Coons    

President of the Council

ATTEST:

/s/ Stephanie Tuin    

City Clerk