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WHEREAS, the Consultants have prepared an Impact Fees Report (March 5, 2001) ("Impact Fees Report") which has been adopted by Resolution No. 2oo1-.5$-, including the parks and recreation impact fee assumptions, population and residential development projections, capital improvements and development impact fee calculations, which Report has been submitted to and reviewed by City staff and officials and incorporated into an Impact Fees Manual; and WHEREAS, public improvements demand and facility needs are projected for the initial impact fee periods for the years 2002 to 2006; and WHEREAS, the types of public facilities and associated costs that are included in this impact fee cover the construction of park and beach facilities and improvements and, the acquisition of additional parks and recreation vehicles; and WHEREAS, the parks and recreation impact fee calculation methodology is a "plan- based" cost methodology for the park and beach improvements, and an incremental expansion basis for the acquisition of vehicles, as described in the Impact Fees Report, with all capital costs attributable 100% to residential development excluding non-residential development; and WHEREAS, the Parks and Recreation Impact Fee will only'be imposed on new residential development (including transient units) in the City; and WHEREAS, different impact fees have been established for different types of housing and different types of transient units to make the fees proportionate to the demand for public facilities; and WHEREAS, the Commission has reviewed and adopted by Resolution No. 2oo1-~, the Impact Fees Report and determined: (1) that the parks and recreation impact fee is necessary to offset the costs associated with meeting the demand for future parks and beach improvements pursuant to the development projections; (2) that the parks and recreation impact fee bears a reasonable relationship to the burden imposed upon the City to provide new park and beach facilities to new residents and provides a benefit to such new residents reasonably related to the parks and recreation impact fee, per dwelling unit, by type; (3) that an essential nexus exists between the projected new residential development and the need for additional park improvements to be funded via the parks and recreation impact fee; and (4) that the amount of the parks and recreation impact fee is roughly proportional to the pro rata share of the additional park improvements needed to provide adequate parks to new residential development, while maintaining the existing level of service (LOS) standard currently provided to City residents; and WHEREAS, the Commission has conducted two (2) public hearings on the proposed parks and recreation impact fee prior to the scheduled date of adoption of the parks and recreation impact fee; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS: Parks & Rec Impact Fee Ord LMD:ch 7/20/01 - 11:36 AM 2