REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
October 23, 2014
FROM: SCOTT L. MOZIER, PE, Director
Public Works Department
BY: ANDREW J. BENELLI, PE, City Engineer/Assistant Director
Public Works Department, Traffic and Engineering Services Division
SUBJECT
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Actions related to updating the Nexus Studies for Citywide Development Impact Fees (Citywide)
1. Approve a professional services agreement with Economic & Planning Systems, Inc., (EPS) to update the Development Impact Fee Nexus Study
2. *** RESOLUTION - 21st amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution (AAR) No. 2014-95 appropriating $227,700 for Citywide Impact Fee Study consulting and administrative costs in FY 2015 (Requires 5 affirmative votes)
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RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends that the Council approve an agreement with EPS to update the Development Impact Fee Nexus Study, authorize the Public Works Director or designee to execute the agreement, and adopt the AAR amendment to appropriate the necessary funds for consultant and City staff costs to complete the update.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City collects Development Impact Fees from all new development projects to defray all or a portion of the cost of public facilities related to such projects. State law requires that a Nexus Study be prepared to show that there is a reasonable relationship between the amount of the fee and cost of the public facility attributable to development. State law also requires that nexus studies be updated every five years.
The City issued a Request for Proposals on May 23, 2014 for the preparation of a Development Impact Fee Study update. Six proposals were received. All six firms were interviewed on July 16, 2014. The interview panel determined that EPS was the best qualified firm to prepare the Nexus Study update. Their fee for preparing the nexus study for the citywide police, fire, parks, traffic signals and major street impact fees will be $149,200.
BACKGROUND
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