For City Council Meeting [January 9, 2018]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Robb R. Steel, Interim City Administrator
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Request City Council to Set a Public Hearing for February 13, 2018, to Adopt a Resolution Establishing a Fair Share Fee to Recover Specific Plan/EIR and Infrastructure Improvement Costs for Projects Developed in the Pepper Avenue Specific Plan Area.
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BACKGROUND:
On December 12, 2017, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 7258 approving the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and Resolution No. 7259 approving the Pepper Avenue Specific Plan (PSP). The Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA) prepared by Urban Crossroads in January 2016 identified various roadway and intersection improvements impacted by development within the PSP, and apportioned the "fair-share" costs to new development based upon the forecasted vehicle trips by land use category within the PSP at build out. The Conceptual Infrastructure Assessment (CIA) identified direct site improvement costs related to the Pepper Avenue extension project and apportioned the costs based upon a front footage factor.
To comply with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) mitigation measures and to ensure that development pays its fair share of improvement costs, the City should establish and collect a fee from all new developments within the PSP to mitigate the impacts attributable to new development within the PSP. The PSP Fair Share Mitigation Fee Program (the "PSP Fair Share Fee" for the purposes of this report) will defray the costs of infrastructure improvements and recover costs the City incurred to prepare the PSP and EIR.
California Government Code ? 66000-66025 (the "Mitigation Fee Act") establishes a process by which local agencies may impose development impact fees in order to finance various public improvements to mitigate the impacts of new development on the community. The Mitigation Fee Act requires local jurisdictions to complete a nexus fee study to...
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