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A look at development fees collected

Rasha Aly • Cathedral City Sun • November 21, 2008

Cathedral City City Council recently reviewed the some of the development fees it collects from development projects.

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The fees are not a tax or special assessment but an expense charged to help defray costs of the public facilities related to the projects. Here's a look at some:

Collections for 2007-08: $8,753

Interest earned: $1,384

Expenditures: 0

Annual unspent funds: $10,137

Ending fund balance: $30,388

Collections for 2007-08: $1,962

Interest earned: $308

Expenditures: 0

Annual unspent funds: $2,270

Ending fund balance: $6,771

Collections for 2007-08: $1,643

Interest earned: $261

Expenditures: 0

Annual unspent funds:$1,904

Ending fund balance:$5,727

Collections for 2007-08: 0

Interest earned: 0

Expenditures: 0

Annual unspent funds: 0

Ending fund balance: 0

Collections for 2007-08: 0

Interest earned: 0

Expenditures: 0

Annual unspent funds: 0

Ending fund balance: 0

Collections for 2007-08: $48,997

Interest earned: $4,622

Expenditures: 0

Annual unspent funds: $53,619

Ending fund balance: $101,433

Collections for 2007-08: 0

Interest earned: 0

Expenditures: 0

Annual unspent funds: 0

Ending fund balance: 0

Collections for 2007-08: $3,005

Interest earned: $602

Expenditures: 0

Annual unspent funds: $3,607

Ending fund balance: $13,209

Collections for 2007-08: $89,315

Interest earned: $17,899

Expenditures: 0

Annual unspent funds: $107,214

Ending fund balance: $392,797

Collections for 2007-08: $75,946

Interest earned: $4,104

Expenditures: $42,283

Annual unspent funds: $37,767

Ending fund balance: $131,618

$5 per lineal foot of the arterial streets.

Collections for 2007-08: $10,270

Interest earned: $5,767

Expenditures: $1,287

Annual unspent funds: $14,750

Ending fund balance: $140,454

33.33 percent of $150 to $450 per 1,000 square feet of building area.

Collections for 2007-08: $35,500

Interest earned: $14,136

Expenditures: $130,958

Annual unspent funds: -$81,322

Ending fund balance: $242,993

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