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TO: APPROVAL: FROM: SUBJECT: DATE: Background CITY OF COLTON AGENDA REPORT For the City Council Meeting of January 4, 2000 Honorable Mayor and Ci Henry Garcia, City Mana Robb Steel, Redevelopment Dire John Hutton, Public Works Direc Traffic Impact Fee Request/Meadow Lane Development December 28, 1999 The City received a memorandum dated November 18, 1999 from Canty Engineering Group, Inc. requesting that the City of Colton make findings that no traffic impact fees are due on a proposed project for the northwest corner of Meadow Lane and Washington Street (see Exhibit A attached). After several meetings with City staff, this was followed up with a formal request dated December 23, 1999 asking that the traffic impact fees be established at the sum of $25,673 (see Exhibit B attached). The petitioners have asked that the City Council grant a credit of $37,500 for prior installed public improvements toward an estimated traffic impact fee obligation of $63,173, leaving a residual obligation of $25,673. The proposed project is a 17,620 square foot strip commercial development proposed for a 2.9 -acre site at the northwest corner of Washington Street and Meadow Lane. The proposed uses include a gas station/mini-market, two fastfood restaurants, a car wash/Kube, and small retail shops. The project has not been submitted for formal review by the Community Development Department. The property is in escrow and the establishment of reasonable traffic fees is a condition precedent to the closing. Consequently, the parties are seeking immediate City Council determination of the appropriate traffic impact fees. Discussion The City's Capital Improvement Program Team has been conducting a comprehensive review of the City's traffic impact fees. it was noted at the City Council's study session on capital improvement fees in October, 1999 that the traffic impact fee remained substantially above the competitive norm for commercial developments in the Inland Empire. The City Council requested that staff review and update the traffic impact fee methodology and then compare the results with the competitive Item NO. 18