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To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	TRANSPORTATION, WATER & INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE
Date:	November 13, 2018

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Subject:

Letter to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission Re: a proposal to reduce impact fees

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 11/13/2018

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor

ABSENT:

Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Colin Piethe (925) 674-7755

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: November 13, 2018
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

AUTHORIZE the Chair of the Board of Supervisors to sign the attached letter to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) regarding policies proposed by MTC's Committee to House the Bay Area (CASA) that would reduce or recalculate development impact fees including those related to traffic.

FISCAL IMPACT:

None at this time. Ultimately, the proposal is to alter State law as it relates to impact fees with the result that at some point in the future there could be a cap or limit on impact fees, which could reduce revenues available to local jurisdictions for project delivery.

BACKGROUND:

CASA is a Committee convened by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission to "identify and act upon game-changing regional solutions to the Bay Area's chronic housing affordability challenges". Staff brought the following CASA proposal to the attention of TWIC: Action #11.1 Reduce Impact Fees. Attachment 1 is the information produced by CASA.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

The CASA summary of the proposal is as follows, "Draft and adopt State law to change the structure of impact fee impositions to make rules more uniform and transparent." The "Desired Effect" of this proposal is to "Reduce fee cost and confusion that makes housing production more difficult and less feasible across the income spectrum."

The Transportation, Water, and Infrastructure Committee recommended that the Board of Supervisors transmit a letter communicating the County's opposition to the CASA proposal.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If the letter is not transmitted, the County will miss this opportunity to communicate its policy priorities on this topic.