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1. Has the City increased user fees for city facilities, or added new user fees? If so, what is the anticipated annual revenues generated from such and were they included in the forecast? General City facility use fees are analyzed and modified regularly to remain within the appropriate cost recovery bucket in the Master Fee Schedule. Regarding co-sponsor use of City fields, the City maintains formal partnerships with a limited number of private non-profit sports organizations that use the City’s sports fields with priority above other user groups (and historically without charge). Currently, the City charges these groups $18 per hour for field lights when used, but there is no additional fee for the rental/use of the field. The fees proposed for co- sponsor group use of fields were recommended by the Parks & Recreation Commission. If approved by the City Council at the January 21, 2025 meeting, the field fees will become effective in FY 2025/26. The annual revenue is estimated at $61,000. 2. I recall the CC processing fees was estimating a recovery of ~$420k/annually (I think staff also estimated a ~50/50 split between the General Fund and the Water Enterprise Fund). Is this accurate, and is it included in the forecast – I presume not since the forecast hasn’t been updated yet? The credit card fees will be reflected in the updated forecast that will be presented to the Council in February as part of the FY 2024/25 mid-year budget update. Annual fees/expenses will depend on credit card payments. Over 50% of the fees is expected to be generated by Enterprise Funds associated with utility billings. Please be reminded that these fees will help to offset some costs but will not be able to eliminate the projected structural deficit as the funding gap is significant. 3. The staff report now outlines the 3.5% YoY P-Tax judgement from the 4% experienced in 2023-2024 due to commercial / office building concerns. This appears a policy question to me. To understand better, is there a way to get some clarity on this risk? For example, can Council get a list of the commercial/office buildings that have appealed their assessed valuations over the past 3 to 4 years and have it identified if those appeals were approved and for what amount? Attached please find the appeals reports provided by the City’s property tax consultant. At the June 2024 Mayor’s Conference, The Assessor’s Officer presented the projected property tax growth rate for cities within Alameda County. As presented in the chart below, the anticipated growth for Pleasanton is about 4%. The City has the second lowest growth rate in the county after Emeryville.