El Rancho Unified board closes hearing and adopts Level One developer fee resolution

The El Rancho Unified School District board opened a public hearing on May 19 to consider Resolution No. 27 (2025–2026), adopting a Level One Developer Fee Study and authorizing assessment of developer fees under Education Code section 17620 and Government Code section 65995.

The hearing was declared open at 8:44 p.m.; staff reported no public commenters on the development fees item. Trustee Perez asked a clarifying question about whether projects under 500 square feet would be exempt from the fee; staff indicated they would follow up and provide the detail requested. The public hearing was closed at 8:46 p.m.

Later in the meeting the board moved to adopt the resolution to assess developer fees on residential and commercial/industrial development to fund construction and reconstruction of school facilities, citing the statutory authority named in the hearing. The motion carried with no opposition recorded during roll call.

What the board asked staff to do: Trustees requested the weekly update include (where available) how much revenue has been generated by recent housing projects in the district and follow up on the 500‑square‑foot question raised during the hearing.

What this means: Adoption of the resolution allows the district to assess developer fees consistent with the adopted study and applicable state law; the district’s staff will finalize implementation details, answer the exemption question for small projects and provide periodic updates on developer fee revenue.