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Department of Transportation (DOT) recommending the Board hold a workshop to discuss the DOT West Slope 10-Year Road (and Bridge) Capital Improvement Program (CIP) and provide guidance and direction on the road improvement priorities, based on the analysis presented at the Workshop.
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Department of Transportation (DOT) recommending the Board hold a workshop to discuss the DOT West Slope 10-Year Road (and Bridge) Capital Improvement Program (CIP).
Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost: There is no General Fund included in the proposed CIP. There is no change to the net County Cost.
Background:
Due to the passage of Measure Y in November, 2008, and the associated amendment of the 2004 El Dorado County General Plan Policy TC-Xb by the Board of Supervisors, DOT is obligated to prepare a Capital Improvement Program (CIP) annually, specifying expenditures for roadway improvements within the next 10 years.
In order to develop a 10-year CIP, DOT required a 10-year residential building forecast because approximately half of the CIP relies on revenue from traffic impact fees collected from residential building permits. The remainder of the CIP funding comes from grants, anticipated Casino payments, and developer funding. On January 13, 2009, the Board directed DOT to use the 10 year housing permit forecast prepared by the TIM Fee Working Group. This forecast is for a total of 13,000 residential permits (10,000 single family and 3,000 multi family), and is evenly split between the El Dorado Hills area (TIM Fee Zone 8) and the rest of the County (TIM Fee Zones 1 - 7). On January 15, 2009, the TIM Fee Working Group provided additional direction to DOT on how to spread the permit forecast over the first few years. Specifically, the TIM Fee Working Group suggested that for the next two years DOT plan on the same number of permits as it is actually seeing this year.
Revenues generated in Zone 8 are split between three accounts: Zone 8 TIM, Silva Valley Set-A...
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