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HEARING - Department of Transportation recommending the Board authorize the Chair to:
1) Conduct a Public Hearing consistent with Mitigation Fee Act requirements to consider the Bass Lake Hills Plan Area Fee Program Nexus Study (Nexus Study) and Bass Lake Hills Specific Plan (BLHSP) Public Facilities Financing Plan (PFFP) Fee Program;
2) Find that the Nexus Study and BLHSP PFFP Fee Program are consistent with requirements of the Mitigation Fee Act Government Code Sections 66001(a)(1)-(4) and 66001(b); and
3) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 065-2021 adopting the Nexus Study and the BLHSP PFFP Fee Program.
FUNDING: Developer Funded.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The Bass Lake Hills Specific Plan (BLHSP) was approved in 1996 to facilitate the orderly and systematic development of the Plan Area through the establishment of a comprehensive and coordinated planning program. An integral element of the BLHSP is a Public Facilities Financing Plan (PFFP), which was approved in 2004. The PFFP identifies funding mechanisms to pay for a specific list of large backbone infrastructure and other public facilities required to serve the proposed land uses.
The PFFP includes all necessary backbone infrastructure needs (Roads, Water, Sewer, School, Fire, etc.) and all funding sources (Developer funds, Community Facilities District bond funds, Traffic, School and Fire impact fees, Water and Sewer demand fees and others). Within this matrix of funding sources, the PFFP included a Plan Area Fee that addresses the otherwise-unfunded infrastructure requirements. In order to implement a Plan Area Fee, a Nexus Study must be performed to identify the costs, purpose, use, development type and public facility needs, and then establish that a reasonable relationship exists to the Plan Area Fee imposed. An instrument to collect, administer and distribute the Plan Area Fee is also required.
As development has occurred since the implementation of the BLHSP PFFP,...
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