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On May 6, 2002, the Board of Supervisors retclTed the matter of County parks to the Transportation, Water, and Infrastructure Committee (TWIC). Over the last two years, the Community Development and the Public Works Departments have been coordinating issues through a regular, interdepmimental committee process, the Park, Creeks and Trails Committee (PCTC). On July 21, 2003 and September 15, 2003, the TWIC considered the preliminary interdepartmental report on County parks and staff recommendations for exploring development of a Parks Master Plan and recommended the Board of Supervisors take the following actions with respect to parks: I. Acceptinterdep31imental report of County parks; 2. Direct the Community Development and Public Works Directors to prepare a recommendation to the Board of Supervisors regarding preparation of a Parks Master Plan for unincorporated Contra Costa County, including purpose, scope of work, and proposed funding; 3. Authorize the Community Development and Public Works Directors to study funding the Master Plan through the use of an amended application fee, as enabled by passage of AB2936; 4. Authorize the Community Development and Public Works Directors to review the County's park dedication fees. 5. Direct staff to consult with the County's developer liaison committee to gain input on the structure of the potential fee; 6. Refer implementation of these recommendations to the Transportation, Water and Inti'astructure Committee. On December 9, 2003, the Board of Supervisors approved all of the above recommendati ons. Park Impact Fees Nexus Study - Summary Rec.ommendations The attached Park Impact Fees Nexus Study ("Study") was prepared pursuant to the "Mitigation Fee Act" as tound in Government Code Section 66001 et. seq. and the "Quimby Act" as codified in Government Code Section 66477. The purpose of the Study is to establish the legal and policy basis for calculating the imposition of park fees on new residential development within the unincorporated areas of the County. Based on the findings presented in the Study, the following recommendations are presented (see pages 4 and 5 ofthe Study) for consideration by the TWIC: 1. The County should establish new park dedication fees to fairly allocate the costs of new parkland acquisition and development to new residential development. 2. This new fee structure should be allocated to four housing types and second units. 2 6.2