Skip to main content
San Jose Ca.Gov
File #: ROGC 26-028    Version: 1
Type: Rules Committee Reviews, Recommendations and Approvals Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 1/15/2026 In control: Joint Meeting for the Rules and Open Government Committee and Committee of the Whole
On agenda: 1/21/2026 Final action:
Title: Exploration of a Scaled Development Fee Framework and Deferred Development Impact Fees. (Ortiz, Cohen, Mulcahy, and Casey)
Attachments: 1. Memorandum from Ortiz, Cohen, Mulcahy, and Casey

...Title

Exploration of a Scaled Development Fee Framework and Deferred Development Impact Fees. (Ortiz, Cohen, Mulcahy, and Casey)

...Recommendations

Direct the City Manager to:

1.  Evaluate and return to Council with options for a scaled development fee framework that aligns development fees with project characteristics such as size, affordability, public benefit, and location;

2.  Develop a deferred Development Impact Fee (DIF), Public Works Offsite Fee, and other eligible project-related fee payment programs that allow projects to remit these fees at Certificate of Occupancy instead of at earlier entitlement or permitting stages; and

3.  Explore aligning the City's Notice of Funding Availability cycle with the State's Business Cycle including but not limited to providing preliminary letters of commitment at time of application for funding that are subject to final Council approval.