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C. 5

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Julia R. Bueren, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Date:	October 6, 2015

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

APPROVE the 2015 update to the Areas of Benefit Programs and related actions under the California Environmental Quality Act.

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 10/06/2015

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	Leigh Chavez, Environmental (925) 313-2366
cc:	County Administrator Auditor-Controller, R. Perez Dept. of Development & Conservation - Planning Public Works Finance, L. Brown Transportation Engineering, N. Wein Transportation Engineering, J. Suemnick Environmental, K. Birden

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: October 6, 2015
,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE the 2015 Countywide Area of Benefit (Project), Countywide. [Project No. 0676-6R4070, DCD-CP# 15-03] (Countywide), and


DETERMINE that the activity is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to Article 5, Section 15061(b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines, and

RECOMMENDATION(S): (CONT'D)

DIRECT the Director of Conservation and Development to file a Notice of Exemption with the County Clerk, and

AUTHORIZE the Public Works Director to arrange for payment of $50 fee to the County Clerk for filing the Notice of Exemption, and a $25 fee to Department of Conservation and Development for processing.

FISCAL IMPACT:

100% Area of Benefit Funds.

BACKGROUND:

The Areas of Benefit (AOB) throughout the County are fee mechanisms, allocating money collected from developers to fund road improvement projects that mitigate traffic impacts generated by new residential, commercial, industrial, and other developments. There are several separate AOBs within the County (Fig.1). The purpose of the AOB update is to make adjustments to each of the current AOB project lists and fee schedules to meet changing traffic mitigation demands and needs within Contra Costa for each of the Areas of Benefit. The update is needed to ensure that the amount of fees charged accurately reflects the effects of annual inflation for each of the listed county AOBs and meets the current traffic mitigation needs. This CEQA document addresses the adjustments to the Countywide Areas of Benefit only. Each roadway project to be covered by the 2015 Countywide Area of Benefit Updates will be addressed by individual project-specific CEQA documents.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION: