CC Resolution 2018-047 TUMFRESOLUTION NO. 2018 - 047
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF LA QUINTA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING
THE TRANSPORTATION UNIFORM MITIGATION
FEE AMOUNT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 3.33 OF
THE LA QUINTA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO
TRANSPORTATION UNIFORM MITIGATION FEE
WHEREAS, this action is exempt under the California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA), Article 18, Statutory Exemptions, Section 15273(a) Rates
Tolls Fares and Charges; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of La Quinta, California by
Ordinance No. 576 amended the Transportation Uniform Mitigation Fee
(TUMF) based on certain findings including but not limited to the following:
(1) Future development within the City of La Quinta and within the
Coachella Valley to the year 2040 will result in traffic volumes in
excess of capacity thereby adversely impacting the regional system
of streets, arterials and highways now existing;
(2) Failure to expand the capacity of the existing circulation system will
cause unacceptable levels of congestion on the streets, arterials, and
highways of the regional system;
(3) Absent a TUMF imposing a fair-share traffic impact fee on new
development, existing and future sources of revenue will be
inadequate to fund substantial portions of the Regional
Transportation System improvements needed to avoid unacceptable
levels of congestion and related adverse impacts;
(4) The TUMF will raise the additional revenues needed to construct the
improvements to accommodate traffic that will be generated by
development of land within the City and within the Coachella Valley;
(5) The TUMF is a fair and equitable method for distributing the unfunded
costs of transportation improvements necessary to accommodate the
traffic volumes generated by new development; and
WHEREAS, this hearing to amend the City’s TUMF was duly noticed
pursuant to Government Code Sections 6062(a) – Manner of Publication, and
66016, Local agency fees; new fees and increases; procedures; and
Resolution No. 2018-047
Transportation Uniform Mitigation Fee
Adopted: August 7, 2018
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WHEREAS, on February 5, 2013, the City Council adopted Resolution
No. 2013-07, setting the method of calculating and collecting TUMF; and
WHEREAS, Section 3.33.050 of the La Quinta Municipal Code requires
that the amount of the mitigation fee (1) shall be based on the trip generation
rate defined in CVAG's Transportation Uniform Mitigation Fee Handbook, a
copy of which will be on file in the City's Design and Development Department,
(2) shall be established by the City and (3) requires the City to adopt by
resolution the fee as recommended by CVAG or a higher fee amount; and
WHEREAS, the City Council, in determining the amount of the
mitigation fee, desires to ensure that the fee is calculated by a fair and
equitable method to distribute the costs of the improvements necessary to
accommodate traffic volumes generated by future growth.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City
of La Quinta, California, as follows:
SECTION 1. Findings: Each WHEREAS paragraph, set forth above, is
adopted as a specific finding of this City Council. The City Council further finds
that:
a. The report entitled "Transportation Uniform Mitigation Fee 2018 Fee
Schedule Update, Nexus Study Report" dated March 2018 ("2018 Nexus
Study") to establish updated TUMF Levels and program revenue collection
targets, which was approved by the CVAG Executive Committee on April 30,
2018, accurately states the City's need to collect the TUMF fees along with the
other participating jurisdictions within the Coachella Valley as requested by
the CVAG General Assembly. The 2018 Nexus Study is hereby approved and
incorporated herein by this reference.
b. Based on the above findings, the La Quinta City Council adopts this
resolution setting the TUMF amount and sets forth that amount as follows:
$245 per average daily trip for all residential development
c. The amount of the mitigation fee shall be based on the trip generation
rate defined in CVAG's Transportation Uniform Mitigation Fee Handbook, a
copy of which will be on file in the City's Design and Development Department.
The Transportation Uniform Mitigation Fee Handbook, effective November 1,
2018 is hereby approved and incorporated herein by this reference.