PREPARED BY: JILL A. MERCURIO DATE OF MEETING: 09/17/18
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REVIEW AND DISCUSS SUBREGIONAL TRANSPORTATION MITIGATION PROGRAM (STMP) UPDATED, PROPOSED FEES AND PROVIDE INPUT TO THE CITY'S WEST CONTRA COSTA TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE (WCCTAC) REPRESENTATIVE
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CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Receive report, discuss alternatives, and provide input to the City's West Contra Costa Transportation Advisory Committee (WCCTAC) representative, Councilmember Valdez
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COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS
Fiscal Sustainability - (355) New Revenue Enhancements and Infrastructure: Capital Improvement Projects (455.2) Public Works Division are adopted policy items under the adopted FY 2018-21 Council Priority Workplan, effective November 1, 2017.
CEQA Compliance Statement
Providing input on the proposed updated Subregional Transportation Mitigation Program (STMP) fees does not trigger CEQA since it is not a project per CEQA Guidelines Section 15378. This section of the CEQA Guidelines states that a project does not include continuing administrative or maintenance activities, or the creation of government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities, which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment.
BACKGROUND
The original STMP fees for the West County were initially adopted in 1997, and updated through a nexus study in 2005. In early 2017, the West Contra Costa Transportation Advisory Committee (WCCTAC), a separate public agency, hired consultant Fehr & Peers to prepare a new nexus study by reviewing the 2005 nexus study, current fees, new job and housing projections and proposed transportation projects. Fehr & Peers then assessed new project costs to be funded by these transportation mitigation fees in a manner proportional with the projected housing and job growth.
The STMP fees are paid by new development projects, as a condition of d...
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