(A) Where an applicant, otherwise subject to this chapter dedicates and/or improves those regional roads, highways or freeways identified in exhibit A of this section beyond the requirements established in subsection (B) of this section, the applicant shall receive a credit against his or her regional transportation impact fee. That credit shall be an amount equal to the land value of dedicated land and/or the actual engineering and construction costs incurred at the time of the development to the extent that the MCAG has included those costs in its estimated cost of constructing the regional system.
(B) The fee required by this chapter shall be supplementary to any fees and conditions imposed upon projects under the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act, being Govt. Code Subdivision Map Act (Cal. Govt. Code §§ 66410 et seq.), California Environmental Quality Act, being Cal. Public Resources §§ 21000 et seq., and other state and local laws, ordinances, or administrative policy which may authorize the imposition of conditions or contributions on development and the applicant shall not be entitled to any credits for such contributions or conditions.
(C) The in lieu of fee credit for any land dedications shall be based on the fair market value of the land dedicated as determined by an appraisal process with consultation with MCAG.
(D) Should the in lieu of fee credit exceed the applicant’s total fee, the difference may be credited against any of the applicant’s future development which would be subject to the fee, or a reimbursement agreement may be entered into.
(E) Should a developer be required to provide improvements which benefit adjacent undeveloped land, the developer may be reimbursed for a proportionate share of the cost of such improvements under special agreements with MCAG and contingent upon future fees contributed from other benefitted developments. In all cases, however, reimbursements under such special agreements must be timed to coincide with construction of the transportation project as scheduled in the capital improvement plan adopted by MCAG.
EXHIBIT A
LIST OF PROJECTS ON THE REGIONAL SYSTEM
LIST OF PROJECTS ON THE REGIONAL SYSTEM
The following transportation projects are those which when completed will together mitigate the traffic impacts on the regional transportation system of future growth to the year 2030 throughout Merced County. The City Council, upon adoption of this chapter, shall amend the circulation element of the general plan to include these regional projects and any amendments.
The regional transportation impact fee shall be solely for funding environmental clearance analysis and reports, design engineering, right-of-way acquisition, construction, fund management, project support, and other necessary expenses for the delivery of regional system projects and any other purpose consistent with this chapter. The fee may not be used for system maintenance.
RTIF Project List
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RTIF Project List
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A | Bellevue Rd - connection to 99 - from new interchange to Atwater |
B | Mission Avenue - improvement - from 59 to 99 (not adding lanes) |
C | SR 59 “Atwater-Merced Highway” realign from SR 99 to Bellevue Road with new SR 99 interchange |
D | SR 59 - widen to 4 lanes - from Mission Avenue to Childs Avenue |
E | SR 59 - widen to 4 lanes - from 152 to Mission Avenue |
F | SR 140 “Bradley Overhead” - widen to 4/5 lanes - from Parsons to Santa Fe Avenue |
G | SR 140 - widen to 4/5 lanes - from Santa Fe Avenue to Campus Parkway |
H | SR 140/33 “Gustine Truck Route” - bypass Gustine |
I | SR 152 “Los Banos Bypass” |
J | SR 165 - widen to 4/5 lanes - from Hilmar to Stanislaus County or alternate project to reduce traffic on SR 165 through Hilmar |
K | Dos Palos road improvements |
L | Winton Parkway interchange improvements and widening |
M | Campus Parkway from SR 99 to Yosemite Avenue |
(Ord. 613, passed 5-20-2014)