In 2010, the City of Modesto approved the formation of a Comprehensive Fees Task Force (Task Force) for the purpose of reviewing and aligning all development-related fees with the goals and policies of the City’s General and Strategic Plans. The Task Force afforded a multidisciplinary range of participants an opportunity to review and understand the global development-related fee picture in Modesto; review and understand the purpose of each development-related fee, the methodology employed to develop the fee and the nexus of the fee to the service or commodity provided; compare and understand Modesto’s development-related fees in context with the regional marketplace and create a framework to evaluate new fee increases in a coordinated fashion.
In June 2016, the Modesto City Council authorized staff to reconvene the Task Force with eleven voting members.
