Under California law:

• School districts are authorized to charge development impact fees.
• Developers are required to pay those fees as a condition of building permits.
• The fees can only be used for school facilities related to growth (not maintenance or modernization of existing schools).

Specifically:

1. School site decisions are made by the Dixon Unified School District. The location, timing, and construction of new schools are determined solely by the District based on enrollment projections and long-term planning.
2. Harvest at Dixon is legally required to fund new school facilities. State law mandates that developers pay impact fees to help build new schools needed to serve growth.
3. Developer fees are restricted to growth-related construction. By law, these funds can only be used to build new classrooms and schools. They cannot be used for maintenance, repairs, or upgrades to existing campuses.
4. New school construction fees are paid by new development, not existing residents. These impact fees are generated by new homes and are specifically designed so that growth helps fund the infrastructure it requires.
5. We have been meeting with Dixon Unified School District in conversations about broader community needs. While maintenance funding is not mandated by State law, the Harvest at Dixon team has met with the School District to better understand current facility needs and explore ways to be a collaborative community partner.