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2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 RESOLUTION NO. R-89-08 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLTON APPROVING THE UPDATED 2007/2008 and 2008/2009 SAN BERNARDINO ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS (SANBAG) TRAFFIC MITIGATION FEES TO FUND REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Colton (the "City Council") recognizes the need to finance adequate regional roadway infrastructure and related roadway improvements and facilities made necessary by new development in the City of Colton ("City") and its sphere of influence; and WHEREAS, the City is a member of the San Bernardino Association of Governments ("SANBAG"), a joint powers agency that has prepared preliminary plans to increase the capacity of the regional roadway system to benefit member agencies, including the City; and WHEREAS, SANBAG has commissioned a preliminary study ("Nexus Study") to assess the impact of anticipated future development on the roadway system in San Bernardino County, analyzing the need for new and upgraded roadway facilities and infrastructure generated by the impacts of new development and analyzing necessary development mitigation requirements to pay for the improvements ("SANBAG Traffic Mitigation Requirements"); and WHEREAS, on November 2, 2004, the voters of San Bernardino County approved Measure "I" which extended the half -cent sales tax for thirty years to provide funding for various transportation improvements throughout San Bernardino County, including the acquisition, construction, operation, and maintenance of streets, roads, and highways; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Government Code Section 66000 et seq., the City is empowered to impose new and increase existing development fees and other exactions to provide necessary public facilities, including traffic improvements, required to mitigate the impacts of new development; and WHEREAS, it is fair and equitable for new development to pay its fair share and contribute to the financing, acquisition and establishment such facilities to enable the City to provide necessary traffic improvements to new residents, businesses and their employees; and WHEREAS, the SANBAG Nexus Study complies with California Government Code, Section 66001 by establishing the basis for the imposition of the SANBAG Traffic Mitigation Requirements. In particular, the SANBAG Nexus Study: 1. Identifies the purpose of the development mitigation requirements; 2. Identifies the use to which the revenue will be put; 3. Demonstrates a reasonable relationship between the revenue's use and the types of projects upon which the mitigation requirements are imposed; 4. Demonstrates a reasonable relationship between the need for the public facilities and the types of developments upon which the fees are imposed; and 5. Demonstrates a reasonable relationship between the amount of the -1-