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ITEM #10 CITY OF COLTON AGENDA REPORT FOR THE MEETING OF MARCH 20, 2007 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM: AMER JAKHER, P.E., CITY ENGINEER SUBJECT: AUTHORIZE STAFF TO USE CALTRANS 12.7% FIVE-YEAR ROLLING AVERAGE OF THE CALTRANS HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION ITEMS INDEX IN THE UPDATE OF THE 2006 DEVELOPMENT MITIGATION STUDY AS REQUIRED BY SAN BERNARDINO ASSOCIATED GOVERNMENTS. DATE: MARCH 8, 2007 BACKGROUND: On October 5, 2005, the San Bernardino Association of Governments (SANBAG), acting as the San Bernardino County Congestion Management Agency, approved a Development Mitigation Nexus Study (Appendix K of the SANBAG Congestion Management Program) ("SANBAG Nexus Study"). The SANBAG Nexus Study contains information and data that form the basis for identifying fair share contributions from new development in Colton to pay for regional transportation improvements (freeway interchanges, railroad grade separations, and regional arterial highways.). These regional transportation improvements are needed to mitigate the traffic impacts of new development. Pursuant to the California Mitigation Fee Act (AB 1600), local agencies are granted the authority to impose development impact fees to mitigate the impacts of new development. Under the Mitigation Fee Act the local agency's must: (1) identify the purpose of the fee; (2) identify the use to which the fee is to be put; (3) determine how there is a reasonable relationship between the fee's use and the type of development project; and (4) determine how there is a reasonable relationship between the need for the public facility - in this case regional traffic improvements - and the type of development project. (See California Govt. Code § 66001(a).) Accordingly, the SANBAG Nexus Study contains these findings, identifies specific improvements proposed to the regional transportation network and includes an estimate of costs for these projects, including the City of Colton's fair share of these improvements. The SANBAG Nexus Study also includes an estimate of growth in dwelling units and employment expected over the planning period of the SANBAG Nexus Study (2004 to 2030). These estimates have been prepared by each of the local jurisdictions in conjunction with SANBAG and SCAG.