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To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Brian M. Balbas, Interim Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Date:	September 12, 2017

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

FIX a Public Hearing for September 26, 2017, to consider adopting Ordinance No. 2017-22

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 09/12/2017

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
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Mary Halle, (925) 313-2327

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: September 12, 2017
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

1. FIX a public hearing for September 26, 2017, at 9:00 a.m., to consider adopting Ordinance No. 2017-22, to adjust transportation mitigation fees and update the project list for the North Richmond Area of Benefit, and to reestablish the boundaries of that area of benefit, as recommended by the Interim Public Works Director.


2. DIRECT the Clerk of the Board to publish, and the Interim Public Works Director, or designee, to post and mail, the Notice of Public Hearing in accordance with Government Code Sections 6061, 65091, 54986, 66484, and Ordinance Code Section 913-6.014.

FISCAL IMPACT:

All costs will be paid from the North Richmond AOB fund, pursuant to Government Code section 66018, subdivision (b).

BACKGROUND:

The Countywide Area of Benefit was first adopted by the Board of Supervisors on March 15, 1988, to improve the capacity and safety of the arterial road network in unincorporated Contra Costa County through the establishment of a traffic mitigation fee. The Countywide Area of Benefit was initially divided into seven regions. On January 11, 1994, the Board of Supervisors adopted Ordinance No. 94-3 to establish the North Richmond Area of Benefit (“North Richmond AOB”), and to establish transportation mitigation fees to be imposed on new development within the AOB, to improve capacity and safety of the arterial road network in the unincorporated area of North Richmond.

Since Ordinance No. 94-3 was adopted, the North Richmond AOB fee revenues have funded construction projects that have mitigated traffic demands, and have improved transportation safety, within the North Richmond AOB.

In recent years, the development potential and traffic circulation needs have changed within the North Richmond AOB. County staff and consultants have identified transportation improvements that are necessary to serve transportation demands within the North Richmond AOB through 2040, including transportation demands attributable to new development. To ensure that new development pays its proportional share of the cost of these transportation improvements, the Board will need to hold a hearing to consider adopting an ordinance to adjust the existing transportation mitigation fees imposed on new development within the North Richmond AOB. This board order fixes the hearing on September 26, 2017, at 9:00 a.m., and directs staff to publish, post, and provide notice of the hearing, as required by the applicable Government Code statutes and the applicable provisions of the Ordinance Code.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If a public hearing is not set, and notice is not given, as recommended, the Board could not adopt an ordinance to adjust the transportation mitigation fees imposed on new development within the North Richmond AOB. Fees could continue to be imposed under Ordinance No. 94-3. However, fee revenue could not be used to pay the costs to construct the new transportation improvement projects that the Public Works Department has determined are needed to satisfy traffic demands from development within the North Richmond AOB through 2040.