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Ordinance No. 1764 (1) an estimated number of residents per residential unit equivalent for detached, attached and multi-family dwelling units; and (2) the estimated number of employees per 1,000 square feet of office, research & development, light manufacturing, service commercial, warehouse, retail, restaurant, and hotel and motel uses. The City Council finds that such a calculation is reasonably based upon the projected numbers of residents for each new residential unit, and upon the projected number of employees for different types of commercial, office, and industrial uses derived from current density data. F. While the City is committed and will continue to pursue all available sources of funds to construct the public facilities, it acknowledges that based upon the reasonable cost estimates, sufficient funding is not available absent the Public Facilities Fee to support the demand for public services generated by new development. G. It is a policy of the City, as set forth in the General Plan, that new development pay for the cost of improvements necessitated by the impacts of that new development. The City Council finds that the apportionment of new development's share of the costs of the necessary public facilities fulfills this General Plan goal. 7. The public facilities which will be constructed with funds generated by the Public Facilities Fee will significantly benefit the contributor by mitigating adverse impacts, such as: over-extended public safety facilities where health and safety may be at risk due to slow response times to emergencies, or lack of staff available to respond to calls for service; insufficient community facilities leading to overcrowding of recreational facilities, lack of recreation and open space to serve all employees and residents, or shortages of community meeting rooms; and inadequate general govemmental facilities leading to delays in processing applications, or difficulties in maintaining community facilities. The inability or failure to reduce these adverse impacts caused by insufficient public facilities will negatively impact all residents, businesses, and employees in the City. 8. -The City Council further finds that the Public Facilities Fee to be charged pursuant to this ordinance does not exceed the estimated reasonable costs of acquiring and constructing the facilities cataloged in the Technical Report. The City Council additionally finds that the method of allocation adopted by this ordinance, which is based upon service units for the land uses permitted under the City's General Plan, assures that the applicable fee bears a fair and reasonable relationship to each such development's burden on, and benefit from, the proposed public facilities to be funded by this ordinance. Page 6