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BACKGROUND On October 13, 2013, the Counties of Alameda and Contra Costa, the Cities of Dublin, Livermore, Pleasanton, San Ramon, and the Town of Danville entered into a JEPA in order to establish the Tri-Valley Transportation Council. The TVTC functions as a separate agency to jointly coordinate transportation planning efforts within the Tri-Valley area through collecting and administering the TVTDF to facilitate the implementation of transportation improvement projects identified in the TVTC Strategic Expenditure Plan. The 2013 JEPA replaced the previous JEPA, adopted in 1998, pursuant to which the member agencies previously collected the TVTDF. Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the JEPA, TVTC shall through resolution, based on the findings of a nexus study, recommend regional impact fee amounts for categories of land use entitlements within the Tri-Valley area for purposes of funding a portion of transportation improvements projects identified in the TVTC SEP. In addition, pursuant to Section 6(c) of the JEPA, if the TVTDF is recommended for amendment, each member agency shall consider the adoption (by ordinance or resolution) of the TVTDF in the amounts recommended by TVTC. Member agencies are only eligible to receive TVTDF allocations in accordance with the TVTC SEP if they have adopted the uniform TVTDF as recommended by the TVTC (see Section 7(b) of the JEPA). On April 18, 2022, the Tri-Valley Transportation Council held a public hearing to consider adoption of the Tri-Valley Transportation Development Fee, adoption of new Strategic Expenditure Plan Prioritization of Projects and Funding Plan, and adoption of an Assembly Bill (AB) 602 Supplemental Analysis. At the conclusion of the public hearing, the TVTC adopted Resolution No. 2022-07 approving a new Transportation Development Fee, adoption of new Strategic Expenditure Plan Prioritization of Projects and Funding Plan, and adoption of Assembly Bill (AB) 602 Supplemental Analysis. DISCUSSION Prior to the adoption of Resolution No. 2022-07, the TVTC adopted a 2020 Nexus Study in August 2021. Nexus Study Requirements The California Mitigation Fee Act (Government Code §66001) requires jurisdictions to identify certain information and make certain statutory findings when establishing, increasing, or imposing a development impact fee. TVTC made these findings as part of its adoption of the TVTDF and these findings are included in the associated resolution for City Council consideration. Specifically, the findings jurisdictions are required to make are as follows: 1. Identify the purpose for collecting the development impact fee; 2. Identify the use to which the fee is to be put, including identifying the facilities to be built if applicable; Page 2