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Council asks staff to study administrative fee waiver for film permits as a FY27 pilot
Summary
Council directed staff to evaluate a pilot program that would waive administrative film permit fees (while retaining public‑safety and street‑use fees) to help attract filming days and support the local creative economy; staff will analyze fiscal and operational implications for FY27 budgeting.
Council directed staff to conduct a feasibility study and fiscal analysis for a pilot that would waive administrative film permit fees in FY27. The proposal keeps public‑safety, street‑use and impact fees intact but would reduce administrative costs that location managers have said can deter shoots.
Supporters, including an urban economist and the Chamber of Commerce, said regional filming days are down and a targeted administrative waiver could help preserve local production activity and the jobs that go with it. Staff and councilmembers noted administrative fee waivers are a narrow tool and will need a careful fiscal analysis to determine impacts to the city’s permit revenue and public‑safety cost recovery.
The council asked staff to develop a feasibility analysis in time for FY27 budget planning and to return with potential program design, fiscal assumptions and an implementation timeline.
