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Ordinance No. 1764 Exhibit "A" FINDINGS SUPPORTING ADOPTION OF THE PUBLIC FACILITIES FEE 1. The City Council finds that as a result of increasing regional growth in the San Francisco - Bay Area, significant residential, commercial and industrial development is expected to occur within the City of Pleasanton between now and build-out. This anticipated development, including development currently approved or submitted for approval, cumulatively will generate an increase in demand for public safety, community services and general government facilities by new residents, businesses and their employees. This increased demand will generate requests for public services which will exceed the capacity of current public facilities to provide. 2. Unless certain actions are taken, the above factors will result in adverse impacts such as: danger to people and property due to increased response time to public safety calls; lack of recreational opportunities for.seniors, youth, other residents, and employees; and unacceptable constraints on commercial development in the downtown due to lack of parking facilities. The City Council finds that the cumulative impact of all new development under the General Plan (including development currently approved or submitted for approval) will result in unacceptable decreases in public services. To prevent these undesirable consequences, public facilities must be provided at a rate which will accommodate the expected growth in the City. 3. The City Council acknowledges that the demand for public facilities is shared by new development as well as by existing development. The proposed Public Facilities Fee apportions the cost of the necessary public improvements among the different categories of new and existing users according to the reasonably estimated demand that each group of users places upon public facilities. 4. In the absence of imposing a Public Facilities Fee, existing and future sources of revenue will be inadequate to fund the necessary public facilities identified in the Public Facilities Master Plan, the need for which has been partially generated by new development. 5. It is the intent of the City Council to adopt a fair and equitable method of securing some of the necessary revenues to fund the acquisition of property and construction of the necessary public facilities to accommodate the need for public safety, community services, and general governmental services. Page 4