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Home My WebLink About1991-10-08 - AGENDA REPORTS - TRANSIT MITIGATION RESO 91 154 (2)AGENDA REPORT City Manager Approval Item yo be present d2L/, PUBLIC HEARING Lynn M. Harris i DATE: October 8, 1991 SUBJECT: Transit Mitigation In Lieu Fee Resolution Numbers: 91-154 and 91-155 Ordinance Numbers: 91-46 and 91-47 DEPARTMENT: Community Development 13sW&Om11W It has long since been recognized that traffic congestion is 'a major problem in the Santa Clarita Valley. To help alleviate traffic congestion the City has undertaken several transit -related projects since incorporation to provide alternatives to single car occupant travel. For nearly a year, the City has conditioned the approval of its residential projects to pay a transit mitigation fee of $200.00 per dwelling. unit. Payment of this fee is contingent upon the City establishing a formal program to recognize the need for transit improvements and set up an account for receiving these funds within one year of the date of conditional approval of these projects. Some of the early projects which were conditioned to pay this.fee are near the end of the one-year period. It is now appropriate to establish the suggested interim fee, and hence, the need.for the urgency resolution and ordinance. As an interim measure, while the Development Impact Fee Study is in process, the Council is requested to consider the adoption of a pair of resolutions and ordinances (one urgency, one non -urgency each) which would establish a Transit Mitigation In Lieu Fee. The fee is to be levied against new residential development in the City at the rate of $200.00 per dwelling unit, for the purpose of financing public transit -related projects such as buses, vans, a bus yard, construction of bus pads and bus turnouts, and commuter rail stations and facilities. A permanent fee will .be established upon completion of the Development Impact Fee Study. The proposed fee increases affect only new development. The proposed fee increases do not affect existing homes, existing commercial or industrial buildings, building permits for residential remodeling or additions, or building permits for reconstruction of existing residential units. Pending public testimony, adopt attached Resolution Nos.. 91-154 and 91-155, adopt Urgency Ordinance No. 91-46 and introduce Ordinance No. 91-47 ATTACHMENTS Resolution Nos. 91-154 and 91-155 Adopted: 1..6 Ordinance Nos. 91-46 and 91-47 Q-�,! • MAR:462 9!- y 7� �� D o?� �aAg�;�� Item: !�?J PUBLIC HEARING PROCEDURE 1.. Mayor Opens Hearing a. States Purpose of Hearing 2. City Clerk Reports on Hearing Notice 3. Staff Report (City Manager) or (City Attorney) or (RP Staff) 4. Proponent Argument'(30 minutes) 5. Opponent Argument (30 minutes) 6. Five-minute Rebuttal (Proponent) a. Proponent 7. Mayor Closes Public Testimony 8. Discussion by Council 9. Council Decision 10. Mayor Announces Decision NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Transit Mitigation In Lieu Fee The City of Santa Clarita will hold a Public Hearing to discuss the adoption of a resolution which would establish a Transit Mitigation In Lieu Fee. ,The establishment of this fee sets an interim fee to be levied against new residential development in the City at the rate of $200..00 per dwelling unit. This interim fee is for the purpose of financing public transit -related projects. A permanent fee will be established at a later date upon completion of a Development Impact Fee Study. The permanent fee is anticipated to be significantly higher than the $200.00 proposed as this interim fee. The proposed fee is a transportation impact fee which includes traffic and transit facilities in a combined public facilities program. The approach allows the City to make investments in different transportation modes to minimize levels of service impacts on roads and highways caused by new development. It is estimated that new development will require $32.5 million in transit facilities over the next ten years (1991 to 2001). These facilities include, but are not limited to buses, vans, a bus yard, construction of bus pads and bus turnouts, and commuter rail stations and facilities. A recent study indicates that the .cost of .transit facilities to accommodate new development is $678.00 per peak hour trip. This study is part of the City's comprehensive development impact fee .study, ,now underway. Until the entire study is finalized, the City proposes a $200.00 interim fee, per dwelling unit (single and multiple family) for new development. This interim fee is being established now, as an interim measure in recognition of the critical importance of. providing transit opportunities in the already congested Santa Clarita Valley. The proposed fee increases affect only new development. The ur000sed fee increases do not affect: Existing homes - Existing commercial or industrial buildings - Building permits for residential remodeling or additions - Building permits for reconstruction of existing residential units You have the right to appear at. said hearing and be heard on this matter, or you may submit written comments prior to the close of the hearing, addressed to: Donna M. Grindey, City Clerk City of Santa Clarita 23920 Valencia Boulevard, Suite 301 Santa Clarita, CA 91355 For information, please call the Community Development Department at (805) 255-4330. DATE OF HEARING: October 8, 1991 TIME OF HEARING: 6:30 p.m. LOCATION OF HEARING: Council Chambers City of Santa Clarita 1st Floor Valencia National Bank Building 23920 Valencia Blvd. Santa Clarita, California 91355 If you wish to challenge the adoption of the proposed resolution in court', you may -be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City. Council, at, or prior to, the public hearing. Donna M. Grindey, City Clerk City of Santa Clarita Posted: Santa Clarita City Hall Sheriff's Department Santa Clarita Post Office Published: Newhall Signal September 28, 1991 and October 3, 1991 RESOLUTION NO. 91-154 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING AN INTERIM TRANSIT MITIGATION IN LIEU FEE ON RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION AS AN URGENCY.MEASURE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, DOES.HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The City Council does hereby find, determine and declare: A. The City.is currently engaged in a comprehensive Development Impact Fee Study. A portion of the Development Impact Fee Study will include transportation impact fees for traffic and transit facilities in a combined public facilities program. B. A transit mitigation fee will allow the City to make investments in transportation modes to maintain transportation services in the City and minimize the level of service impacts on roads and highways caused by new development. C. It is estimated that new development will require $32,000,000 in transit facilities over the next ten years (1991 to 2001). These facilities include, but are not limited to, buses, vans, a bus yard, construction of bus pads and bus turnouts, and commuter rail stations and facilities. D. Current studies on file with the City indicate that the cost of transit facilities to accommodate new development is $678 per peak hour trip. This study is part of the City's comprehensive Development Impact Fee Study, now underway. E. Until the entire study is finalized, the City proposes an interim fee, per residential dwelling unit (single and multiple family) on new development. F. This interim fee is established in recognition of the crucial importance of maintaining and providing transit opportunities in the already congested Santa Clarita Valley. -1- tbm/RES907333 SECTION 2. Based upon the preliminary studies on transit mitigation in lieu fees on file with the City, the interim fee on new residential development is as follows: Single family $200/unit Multiple family $200/unit SECTION 3. The establishment of the interim transit mitigation in lieu fee is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to Section 15273 of the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") Guidelines in that CEQA does not apply to the establishment, modification, structuring, restructuring, or approval of rates, tolls, fares, and other charges by public agencies which the public agency finds are for the purpose of obtaining funds for capital projects, necessary to maintain service within existing service areas. SECTION 4. Pursuant to Government Code Section 66017(b), this Resolution is adopted as an interim urgency measure and the fee set forth in Section 2 shall take effect immediately upon adoption of this Resolution by a four- fifths vote of the City Council and shall remain in effect for a period of 30 days. The effectiveness of the interim fee may be extended for an additional 30 days, with no more than two such extensions, following a duly noticed public hearing and upon a four-fifths vote of the City Council. This urgency Resolution is adopted due to an immediate threat to the public health, welfare and safety of the City. The findings of the City Council regarding this urgency are as follows: A. Failure to adopt the urgency measure would result in a funding shortfall for the transit program. B. Such a funding shortfall would cause delays in the construction and establishment of transportation modes to be funded with the transportation program. C. Delays in the construction and establishment of transportation modes would further exacerbate the current traffic congestion in the Santa Clarita Valley. D. The sooner the interim fee is effective, the sooner the projects and transportation modes will have a -2- tbm/RES907333 positive environmental effect on the area and residents, as the traffic congestion will decrease. SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this day of . 1991 MAYOR ATTEST: CITY CLERK I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita at a regular meeting thereof, held on the day of , 19_1 by the following vote of the Council: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: -3- tbm/RES907333 CITY CLERK RESOLUTION NO. 91- 155 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING AN INTERIM.TRANSIT MITIGATION IN LIEU FEE ON RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The City Council does hereby find, determine and declare: A. The City is currently engaged in a comprehensive Development Impact Fee Study. A portion of the Development Impact Fee Study will include transportation impact fees for traffic and transit facilities in a combined public facilities program. B. A transit mitigation fee will allow the City to make investments in transportation modes to maintain transportation services in the City and.minimize the level of service impacts on roads and highways caused by new development. C. It is estimated that new development will require $32,000,000 in transit facilities over the next ten years (1991 to 2001). These facilities include, but are not limited to, buses, vans, a bus yard, construction of bus pads.and bus turnouts, and commuter rail stations and facilities. D. Current studies on file with the City indicate that the cost of transit facilities to accommodate new development is $678 per peak hour trip. This study is part of the City's comprehensive Development Impact Fee Study, now underway. E. Until the entire study is finalized, the City proposes an interim fee, per residential dwelling unit (single and multiple family) on new development. F. This interim fee is established in recognition of the crucial importance of maintaining and providing transit opportunities in the already congested Santa Clarita Valley. -1- tbm/RES748879 SECTION 2. Based upon the preliminary studies on transit mitigation in lieu fees on file with the City, the interim fee on new residential development is as follows: Single family $200/unit Multiple family $200/unit SECTION 3. The establishment of the interim transit mitigation in lieu fee is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to Section 15273 of the California.Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") Guidelines in that CEQA does not apply to the establishment, modification, structuring, restructuring, or approval of rates, tolls, fares, and other charges by public agencies which the public agency finds are for the purpose of obtaining funds for capital.projects, necessary to maintain service within existing service areas. SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this day of , 1991 MAYOR ATTEST: CITY CLERK I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing duly adopted by the City Council of the City Clarita at a regular meeting thereof, held on of , 19_, by the following Council: -2- tbm/RES748879 Resolution was of Santa the day vote of the Y AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS tbm/RES748879 -3- CITY CLERK NO. 91- 46 ' A ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING AN INTERIM TRANSIT MITIGATION FEE AND PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF THIS ORDINANCE AS AN URGENCY.MEASURE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The City Council does hereby find, determine and declare: A. The City is currently engaged in a comprehensive Development Impact Fee Study. A portion of the Development Impact -Fee Study will include transportation impact fees for traffic and transit facilities in a combined public facilities program. B. A transit mitigation fee will allow the City to make investments in transportation modes to maintain transportation services in the City and minimize the level of service impacts on roads and highways caused by new development. C. These transportation facilities include, but are not limited to, buses, vans, a bus yard, construction of bus pads and bus turnouts, and commuter rail stations and facilities. SECTION 2. A subdivider of residential property, as a condition of approval of a final map, shall pay a fee as established by resolution of the City Council to defray the cost of constructing and developing transportation modes to minimize the level of service impacts on roads and highways caused by new residential development. Such fee shall be referred to as the Transit Mitigation In Lieu Fee. SECTION 3. The adoption of this Ordinance is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to Section 15273 of the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") Guidelines in that CEQA does not apply to the establishment, modification, structuring, restructuring, or approval of rates, tolls, fares, and other charges by public agencies which the public agency finds are for the purpose of obtaining funds for capital projects, necessary to maintain service within existing service areas. -1- tbm/ORN301301 SECTION 4. Pursuant to .Government Code Section 36934, this Ordinance is adopted as an urgency measure and shall take effect immediately upon adoption. This.urgency Ordinance is adopted due to an immediate threat to the public health, welfare and safety of the City. The findings of the City Council regarding this urgency are as follows: A. Failure to adopt the urgency measure would result in a funding shortfall for the transit program. B. Such a funding shortfall would cause delays in the construction and establishment of transportation modes to be funded with -the transportation program. C. Delays in the construction and establishment of transportation modes would further exacerbate the current traffic congestion in the Santa Clarita Valley. D. The sooner the interim fee is effective, the sooner the projects and transportation modes will have a positive environmental effect on the area and residents, as the traffic congestion will decrease. SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and cause the same to be published as required by law. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this day of . 1991 MAYOR ATTEST: CITY CLERK I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita at a regular meeting thereof, held on the day of 19_,.by the following vote of the Council: -2- tbm/ORN301301 AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS -3- tbm/ORN301301 CITY CLERK ORDINANCE NO. 91-47 A ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF -THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING AN INTERIM TRANSIT MITIGATION FEE THE CITY -COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The City Council does hereby find, determine and declare: A. The City is currently engaged in.a comprehensive Development Impact Fee Study. A portion of the Development Impact Fee Study will include transportation impact fees for traffic and transit facilities in a combined public facilities program. B. A transit mitigation fee will allow the City to make investments in transportation modes to maintain transportation services in the City and minimize the level of service impacts on roads and highways caused by new development. C. These transportation facilities.include, but are not limited to, buses, vans, a bus yard, construction of bus pads and bus turnouts, and commuter rail stations and facilities. =TlgN 2. A subdivider of residential property, as a condition of approval of a final map, shall pay a fee as established by resolution of the City Council to defray the cost of constructing and developing transportation modes to minimize the level of service impacts on roads and highways caused by new residential development. Such fee shall be referred to as the Transit Mitigation In Lieu Fee. SECTION 3. The adoption of this Ordinance is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to Section 15273 of the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") Guidelines in that CEQA does not apply to the establishment, modification, structuring; restructuring, or approval of rates, tolls, fares, and other charges by public agencies which the public agency finds are for the purpose of obtaining funds for capital projects, necessary to maintain service within existing service areas. -1- tbm/ORN190638 SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and cause the same to be published as required by law. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this .day of _ . 1991 MAYOR ATTEST: CITY CLERK I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita at a regular meeting thereof, held on the day of , 19_, by the following vote of the Council: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS -2- tbm/ORN190538 CITY CLERK