HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Resolution 12857 (Temporary Homeless Shelters)RESOLUTION NO. 12857
RESOLUTION OF THE SAN RAFAEL CITY COUNCIL WAIVING PAYMENT OF
FEES FOR UP TO FIVE USE PERMIT APPLICATIONS REQUESTING APPROVAL
FOR TEMPORARY HOMELESS SHELTERS AT VINEYARD CHRISTIAN
FELLOWSHIP CHURCH (809 B STREET), SAN RAFAEL FIRST UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH (9 ROSS VALLEY DRIVE), FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
(1510 FIFTH AVENUE), CHRIST PRESBYTERIAN C11URCH (620 DEL GANADO)
AND UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF MARIN (240 CHANNING WAY)
WHEREAS, City Council Resolution 11025 (policy for consideration of fee waiver requests
for planning and building permits) sets forth procedures for waiving planning application fees
from non-profit applicants providing services to low-income persons up to $2,000 and gives the
City Council discretion for granting fee waiver requests in excess of the $2,000 maximum; and
WHEREAS, on September 25, 2009, the Vineyard Christian Fellowship Church, San Rafael
First United Methodist Church, First Presbyterian Church and Christ Presbyterian Church,
submitted a letter requesting a fee waiver of all planning fees relating to securing Use Permits to
operate an open rotating shelter program for the homeless; and
WHEREAS, on October 15, 2009, the Unitarian Universalist Church of Marin submitted a
letter requesting a fee waiver of all planning fees relating to securing a Use Permit to operate an
open rotating shelter program for the homeless; and
WHEREAS, the Marin Community Foundation offered to contribute $4,000 for each Use
Permit application upon a request for the funds from each church; and
WHEREAS, on October 5, 2009, the City Council considered and discussed the proposed
fee waiver item, accepting the written report of the Department of Community Development and
public comment; and
WHEREAS, at its October 5, 2009 meeting the City Council unanimously supported the
waiver of planning application fees for use permit applications beyond the $4,000 offer made by
the Marin Community Foundation for each application, subject to requests being made to the
Foundation by the churches; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of San Rafael hereby
waives all Use Permit application fees beyond $4,000 for each of the following churches:
Vineyard Christian Fellowship Church, San Rafael First United Methodist Church, First
Presbyterian Church, Christ Presbyterian Church and Unitarian Universalist Church of Marin.
NOW BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this fee waiver is a one-time exception from
Resolution 11025 for Use Permit planning applications received from Vineyard Christian
Fellowship Church, San Rafael First United Methodist Church, First Presbyterian Church, Christ
Presbyterian Church and Unitarian Universalist Church of Marin between October 1, 2009 and
December 1, 2009.
I, ESTHER BEIRNE, Clerk of the City of San Rafael, hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution was duly and regularly introduced and adofted at a regular meeting of the City
Council of the City of San Rafael, held on Monday the 19" day of October 2009, by the following
vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers: Brockbank, Connolly, Heller, Miller & Mayor Boro
NOES: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
ESTHER BEIRNE, City Clerk