HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 03/23/2004 - STREET OVERSIZING FEE UPDATE DATE: March 23, 2004 STUDY SESSION ITEM
STAFF: Matt Baker FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL
SUBJECT FOR DISCUSSION
Street Oversizing Fee Update.
GENERAL DIRECTION SOUGHT AND SPECIFIC QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED
The Street Oversizing Program continues to be a financially viable program for constructing
transportation infrastructure in newly-developing areas. Periodic recalculations of the Street
Oversizing fee schedule are necessary to ensure that fee revenues will be sufficient to pay for the
cost of improvements that the program will be constructing.
Staff has been looking at two revisions to the Street Oversizing Program for the past several months.
The first is a routine update required to recover costs and keep the program solvent. The second is
a fairly significant change of direction for the program— an expansion of the cost recovery of the
program into older areas of town, for capturing development's proportional share of upgrading
existing intersections to current standards.
1. The recently adopted East Mulberry Plan tripled the miles of arterial and collector streets
required to serve the zoning and density proposed in this planning area. The Street
Oversizing fees have been recalculated to recover these increased costs.
2. Staff is also contemplating a Street Oversizing Program adjustment to recover costs for the
proportional share of intersection standards improvements. This expansion of the cost
recovery would help pay for upgrading intersections to meet current standards for all modes
of transportation.Staff is looking at this revision in conjunction with proposed CCP funding
for intersection improvements.
The Street Oversizing Program is a one-time impact fee on development,and is used to mitigate the
impacts of new development on the transportation network. Impact fees cannot be used to correct
existing deficiencies in the transportation system.
However,to the extent that new development impacts and benefits from these intersection upgrades,
costs can legally be recovered.This means that intersections currently deficient in capacity must be
corrected using Community Capital Program (CCP) funding. But upgrades to the intersection to
meet current street standards can be borne proportionally by existing residents and new
development.
Staff is seeking direction on the following questions:
• Does Council have any questions or concerns about the routine adjustments that are
proposed to the Street Oversizing fees?
• What are Council's comments regarding the idea of expanding the Street Oversizing Fee to
recover new developments' proportional share of intersection improvement costs in
established areas of the City?
Street Oversizing
Capital Expansion Fee
City Council Study Session
March 23, 2004
Street Oversizing Program
o Collects an impact fee for each new building
permit based on traffic generated.
o Reimburses developers for oversized portion of
arterial and collector streets within and adjacent to
their developments.
o The development creates a need for "oversized"
(wider) streets, sidewalks, and other transportation
facilities for which a charge is imposed.
o The charge may not exceed the cost of meeting
the additional demand that the development
generates.
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Calculation of Improvements
Necessary with New Development
• Construction cost estimate of
Oversizing improvements
In rV -- needed adjacent to
development land
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Based on the City's Master
Street Plan
• Includes oversized portion of
roadways, structures,
sidewalks, engineering, traffic
signals, and bike lanes
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Street Oversizing Cost Splits for a Four-Lane Arterial Street
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Completed Projects 1998 to 2003
* Shields Street oZiegler Road
o Harmony Road oNortheast Area Overlay
Realignment *Timberline Road
o Drake Road oCivic Center Phases I & II
o Centre Avenue oKechter Road
o Lincoln Avenue oHarmony and Ziegler
* Timberline and Drake oFossil Creek Parkway
o Timberline and oShields/Prospect
Harmony Intersection
o Mulberry Crossing oSeneca Street
(Wal-Mart)
o Overland Trail oLemay Avenue
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Completed Improvements
Between 1998 and 2003, the Street Oversizing
Program constructed:
s• 40.6 lane miles of roadway, including 66 auxiliary turn lanes
5.5 miles of landscaped medians
:• 29.2 miles of bike lanes
15.1 miles of sidewalks
:• 35 enhanced crosswalks
•:• 10 bus pads (4 with shelters)
•:• 32 traffic signals or signal upgrades
$24.6 million in transportation improvements
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2004 Inflation Increase (l .7%)
2003 2004
oSingle Family per DU $1 ,973 $2,006
oApartment per DU $1 ,264 $1 ,285
oLight Industrial per sq. ft. $ 1 .41 $ 1 .43
oOffice per sq. ft. $ 3.30 $ 3.35
oCommercial per sq. ft. $ 4.89 $ 4.98
" DU = Dwelling Unit
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Current Master Street Plan
Changes
o East Mulberry Sub-Area Plan recently
adopted adds significant street network.
o South College Access Plan recently
adopted defines level of median
enhancement and bike lane additions.
Additional collector streets needed.
- East Mulberry Plan -
Master Street Plan Revisions
Previous New
17.61 62.13
Lane Miles Lane Miles
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East Mulberry Plan
2004 Rate Proposed
oSingle Family per DU * $2,006 $2,210
*Apartment per DU $1 ,285 $1 ,416
*Light Industrial per sq. ft. $ 1 .43 $ 1 .57
*Office per sq. ft. $ 3.35 $ 3.69
*Commercial per sq. ft. $ 4.98 $ 5.49
* DU = Dwelling Unit
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Revision to Street Oversizing
Intersection Standards Improvement Costs
a Increase capacity and maintain adequate
levels of service for all modes.
oAdd turn lanes, enhanced crosswalks,
landscaped medians and pedestrian
refuge islands, bike lanes and signal
improvements.
oConcrete Paving to reduce life cycle costs.
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Intersection Standards
Improvements
The Street Oversizing Program is a one-time
impact fee and cannot be used to correct
existing deficiencies in the transportation
network.
To the extent that new development impacts and
benefits from intersection upgrades, costs can
be recovered.
Funds collected for intersection standards
improvements would only be used in conjunction
with CIP funding for intersection improvements.
Intersection Improvements
0 37 Existing Arterial/Arterial Intersections
0 Capacity improvements
. 61 double left turn lanes
. 84 dedicated right turn lanes
0 Standards Improvements
. turn lanes
. enhanced crosswalks
. landscaped medians and pedestrian refuge islands
. bike lanes and signal improvements
. Concrete Paving
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Prospect and Lemay
Intersection
CIP (existing
deficiencies)
O Right Turn Lane -
EB to SB
CIP/SOS
(68.4%/31.6%)
o Bike Lanes
o Landscaped
Medians
�� • O Pedestrian Refuge
Islands
o Enhanced
Crosswalks
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Taft Hill Road and Elizabeth Street
Intersection
CIP (existing deficiencies)
0 4 lane Elizabeth (to East)
0 Right Turn Lanes
CIP/SOS (68.4%/31.6%)
o Bike Lanes
o Landscaped Medians
o Pedestrian Refuge Islands
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o Enhanced Crosswalks
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Laporte and Shields Intersection
CIP (existing deficiencies)
o Geometric Improvements
o Additional travel lane, all
4 legs
a o Right Turn Lanes
CIP/SOS (68.4%/31.6%)
+ o Bike Lanes
o Landscaped Medians
o Pedestrian Refuge
_ Islands
o Enhanced Crosswalks
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CIP/SOS Responsibility
Assignment
o2025 Total Projected Vehicle Trips
. Fort Collins GMA: 976,813
o2003--2025 Trip Increase from New
Development
. Fort Collins GMA: 308,727
31 .61 % of trips will be from new development
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Intersection Improvements
Proposed fee rates
o Single Family per DU * $2,928
o Apartment per DU $1,876
o Lt. Industrial per Sq. Ft. $ 2.09
o Office per Sq. Ft. $ 4.89
o Commercial per Sq. Ft. $ 7.27
DU = Dwelling Unit
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Proposed Revisions to SOS Fee
Intersection
East Mulberry Improvements Proposed Fee
2004 Fee Plan(add) (add)
Residential $2,006/du
S.F. $204/du $718/du $2,926/du
Light
Industrial $1.43/sf $.14/sf $.52/sf $2.09/sf
Office $3.35 $.34/sf $1.20/sf $4.e9/sf
Retail $4.98 $.51/sf $1.78/sf $7.27sf
10.2% 35.8% 46.0%
increase increase increase
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Single-Family Dwelling Fees
Sin le Dwellina Transportation If act Fee
® Berthoud
■ Evans
❑ Fort Collins
$3,000 '<. ❑Greeley
■Johnstown
$2,000
". � to Larimer County
$1,000 ■ Loveland
❑ Milliken
$0 ■Weld County
■Windsor
Comparison of Front Range
Transportation Impact Fees
Specific dollar amounts for the individual entity single dwelling fees:
o Berthoud........................$1,683
o Evans............................$1,078
o Fort Collins.....................$2,006 ($2,928)
o Johnstown......................$1,150
o Larimer County................$1,749
o Loveland........................$2,962
o Milliken..........................$1,000
o Weld County*..................$1,878
o Windsor.........................$1,221
The NFRMPO communities of Garden City.Timnath and LaSalle were not included in the dwelling
fee chart as they have do not have transportation impact fees
Weld County currently has transportation impact fees in place in the unincorporated Windsor area
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1990 1998 - 2001
Fee Examples
Current Proposed
o Medical Office $25,440 $37,320
o Warehouse $39,410 $58,800
o Retail Commercial $73,350 $107,600
o Convenience Store $149,160 $218,880
O Grocery Store $589,500 $879,400
oBuilding Materials $573,000 $841 ,200
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Public Input
oTransportation Board
oGrowth Management Lead Team
oHomebuilders Association
a Chamber of Commerce
o City Council Work Session
o Planning and Zoning Board Work Session
oAffordable Housing Board
oCity Council Hearing
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