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Economic & Planning Systems, Inc. <br />4 <br />Transportation Fee <br />Fehr & Peers will update the transportation impact fee structure based on data that will allow the <br />City to maintain acceptable operating conditions at primary intersections as well as provide <br />adequate facilities for drivers, pedestrians, bicyclists, and transit users. The transportation <br />impact fee will be based on the future development forecasts in Task 2, future infrastructure <br />improvements (described below), and traffic modeling. <br />In terms of identifying applicable transportation facilities and costs, F&P proposes to conduct a <br />simple update of the 2018 fee study, which would be a reasonable approach if the City feels that <br />the list of projects addressed in that study still largely reflect the City’s needs. This option would <br />assume that the fair share nexus percentages for all existing projects will remain the same as <br />those outlined in the 2018 study, and thus it would not be necessary to re-run the City’s travel <br />model to calculate new nexus percentages for all existing projects. F&P will seek a budget <br />amendment if it is determined that it’s necessary to comprehensively re-evaluate the project list <br />from the 2018 study and establish a new list of projects, and then proceed with a new nexus <br />analysis on those projects. <br />Fehr & Peers will have a kick-off meeting with City staff to review those projects in light of other <br />recent planning studies and mitigation measures that have been identified in recent <br />transportation impact studies and will confirm which projects have already been completed and <br />do not longer need to remain on the list project, and which will remain on it. For the purposes of <br />this option, we assume that the project list from the 2018 study will remain largely as is or with <br />minor modifications to project descriptions and/or a limited number of new projects added. <br />Working from the cost estimates presented in the 2018 study, Fehr & Peers will do a review of <br />those estimates and will develop a methodology to adjust the costs of these projects based on <br />cost data from similar, recently built projects, as well as a reasonable inflation adjustment factor <br />to bring the costs up to current dollars. (If it is determined that more detailed cost estimates are <br />needed for certain improvements, then it may be necessary to obtain assistance from a civil <br />engineering firm.) <br />It will also be important to identify the non-TDIF sources of funding anticipated for each of the <br />projects. For the purposes of this scope, it is assumed that City staff will be able to provide <br />estimates of the non-TDIF funding sources anticipated for each project. <br />Task 4: Nexus Analysis and Preliminary Fee Schedule <br />The EPS Team will prepare the nexus-based cost allocation, necessary to develop a preliminary <br />development impact fee schedule for review by City staff. In all cases, this technical effort will <br />establish the maximum allowable fee level for each category. The fees will include the <br />administrative costs component for the fee program implementation and oversight (including <br />cost recovery for Nexus Study). The recommended fee may be less than the maximum based on <br />considerations addressed in the later tasks. Consistent with SB 602, EPS will seek to establish <br />fees based on per square foot of development for all land use categories unless the nexus <br />analysis does not support such an approach. The EPS Team’s approach is described below for <br />each major fee category. <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 23AB0CDB-5A6C-4B09-80D1-0F699E28C524DocuSign Envelope ID: CB7E68CB-B5FA-40EC-AA35-142CA6B57242