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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 12/21/2004 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 197, 2004, AMENDIN ITEM NUMBER: 25 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: December 21, 2004 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Matt Baker SUBJECT Second Reading of Ordinance No. 197,2004,Amending Chapter 7.5-32 of the City Code Regarding Street Oversizing Capital Improvement Expansion Fees. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Staff is proposing a 13.8% increase to the Street Oversizing Fee. The increase consists of two elements: a 3.6% increase for inflation, and revisions to the Street Oversizing fees to account for recently adopted changes to the City's Master Street Plan. Periodic routine recalculations of the Street Oversizing fees are necessary to ensure that fee revenues will be sufficient to pay for the cost of improvements that the program will be constructing. • Construction costs have increased. Staff is recommending a 3.6%increase to keep pace with inflation. • The recently adopted East Mulberry Plan tripled the amount of arterial and collector roadway required to serve the zoning and density proposed in this planning area. • The recently adopted Transportation Master Plan reclassified several street segments as a result of computer modeling of the transportation network. Several streets were downgraded in classification and a few were upgraded. However, no increase is necessary for these changes. Staff is proposing a recalculation of Street Oversizing fees to include these changes. The overall result is a 13.8% increase in Street Oversizing fees. Ordinance No. 197,2004 was adopted 5-2(Nays: Councilmember Weitkunat and Mayor Martinez) on First Reading on December 7, 2004. ORDINANCE NO. 197, 2004 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AMENDING CHAPTER 7.5-32 OF THE CITY CODE REGARDING STREET OVERSIZING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT EXPANSION FEES WHEREAS,Chapter 7.5,Article H of the City Code establishes certain Capital Improvement Expansion Fees,including, without limitation,the street oversizing capital improvement expansion fee; and WHEREAS,Section 7.5-16 sets forth the intent of the City that such fees are meant to ensure that new growth and development in the City bear a proportionate cost of the capital expenditures necessary to provide municipal services without collecting more than is necessary to fund such capital improvements; and WHEREAS,the amount of the street oversizing capital improvement expansion fee has not been changed since 1996 and is no longer sufficient to cover new developments'proportionate share of the capital costs associated with additional street infrastructure capacity; and WHEREAS, the Council has determined that the amount of the street oversizing capital expansion fee should be increased by 3.6% to offset the effects of inflation and construction costs since 1996, and should be increased by an additional 10.2% to cover the street oversizing capital improvement costs anticipated with respect to the East Mulberry Plan revisions; and WHEREAS,the Council has determined that Section 7.5-32 of the City Code regarding street oversizing capital improvement expansion fees should be amended accordingly. NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS that table included in Section 7.5-32 be amended to read as follows: STREET OVERSIZING CAPITAL EXPANSION FEE SCHEDULE Average Weekday Transportation Vehicle Trips Impact Fee Rate Residential (per housine unit) SF Detached 9.55 2,282 per D.0 MF and Other Housing 6.59 1,574 per D.0 per Hotel/Motel 8.70 2,078 room Apartment 6.12 1,462 per D.0 Retirement Community 3.30 788 per D.0 Assisted Living 4.52 1,080 per D.0 Congregate Care Facility 2.15 514 per D.0 Residential Condominium 5.86 1,400 per D.0 Duplex 7.18 1,715 per D.0 Townhome 5.86 1,400 per D.0 Mobile Home 4.92 1,175 per D.0 Non Residential (per 1,000 su. ft.) Comm/Shopping Center IOOOK GLA 32.09 4.46 /sq.ft. 500K GLA 38.65 5.38 /sq. ft. 200K GLA 54.50 7.58 /sq. ft. 50K GLA 91.65 8.77 /sq. ft. Movie Theater 77.79 10.82 /sq. ft. Fitness/Racquet Club 17.14 2.56 /sq. ft. Day Care 79.26 4.63 /sq.ft. Government Office 68.93 10.31 /sq. ft. Post Office 86.78 12.98 /sq. ft. Building Materials/Lumber 39.71 5.52 /sq. ft. Specialty Retail 40.68 5.67 /sq.ft. Discount Club 41.80 5.82 /sq.ft. Nursery(Garden Center) 36.08 5.40 /sq.ft. Sit Down Restaurant 130.34 12.47 /sq. ft. Fast Food Restaurant w/Driveup 496.12 28.99 /sq. ft. Car Sales 37.50 5.61 /sq. ft. Service Station 168.56/pump 9,850.63 /pump Wholesale Tire Store 20.36 3.05 /sq. ft. Self Service Car Wash 5.79/stall 338.37 /stall Supermarket 111.51 10.67 /sq. ft. Convenience Market 737.99 43.13 /sq. ft. Furniture Store 5.06 1.18 /sq. ft. Bank 189.95 10.32 /sq. ft. Drive-In Bank 265.21 15.50 /sq.ft. Insurance Building 11.45 1.71 /sq.ft. Manufacturing 3.85 0.90 /sq.ft. Warehousing 4.96 1.16 /sq. ft. Light Industrial 6.97 1.62 /sq. ft. Mini-Warehouse 2.50 0.58 /sq.ft. Business Park 14.37 3.36 /sq.ft. General Office 200K GFA 11.54 2.70 /sq. ft. 50K GFA 16.31 3.81 /sq. ft. IOK GFA 24.39 5.70 /sq.ft. Recreational 3.64/ac 850.88 /acre City Park 3.66/ac 855.56 /acre Golf Course 5.04/ac 1,178.15 /acre Elementary School 1.02/student 238.43 /student Church/Synagogue 9.11 2.13 /sq.ft. Library 54.00 12.62 /sq. ft. Hospital 16.78 3.92 /sq. ft. Nursing Home 2.60[bed 607.07 [bed Medical Clinic 31.45 7.35 /sq.ft. *Notes: 1. Rate calculation for each item based on the product of Number of Weekday Trips,Trip Adjustment Factor,and Cost Per Unit of Trip. 2. Italicized building types indicate that high pass-by trip adjustment factor is used when calculating SOS Rate. Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 7th day of December,A.D. 2004,and to be presented for final passage on the 21 st day of December,A.D.2004. i Mayor ATTEST: ri City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading this 21st day of December, A.D. 2004. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk ITEM NUMBER: 35 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: December7, 2004 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Matt Baker SUBJECT First Reading of Ordinance No.197, 2004, Amending Chapter 7.5-32 of the City Code Regarding Street Oversizing Capital Improvement Expansion Fees. RECOMMENDATION Staff believes this recalculation of the Street Oversizing Capital Improvement Expansion Fees to be necessary to recover costs to the program. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Staff is proposing a 13.8% inc -asea et- F . The increase consists of two elements: a 3.6% increase for flatiod, d rev i s t he et Oversizing fees to account for recently adopted changes to ` City's aster r Ian. P 'odic routine recalculations of the Street Oversizing fees are nece ary-fo a sur tha ee reven will be sufficient to pay for the cost of improvements that the program will be constructing. • Construction costs have increased. Staff is recommending a 3.6% increase to keep pace with inflation. • The recently adopted East Mulberry Plan tripled the amount of arterial and collector roadway required to serve the zoning and density proposed in this planning area. • The recently adopted Transportation Master Plan reclassified several street segments as a result of computer modeling of the transportation network. Several streets were downgraded in classification and a few were upgraded. However, no increase is necessary for these changes. Staff is proposing a recalculation,of Stre�iing5V siITY ' de these changes. The overall result is a 13.8% increase in S = et Over BACKGROUND Inflation of Construction Costs: All of the city's capital improvement expansion fees, including the Street Oversizing Fee, are adjusted annually for inflation. The Street Oversizing Fee is indexed to the Regional Construction Cost Index published in the Engineering News Record (ENR). This index is December 7, 2004 -2- Item No. 35 showing a 9.5% increase, mainly due to material price increases for steel, wood and fuel. However, staff also tracks construction cost pricing for each project and developer reimbursement made in the Street Oversizing Program. Staff has seen a 3.6% increase in construction costs and is recor0menfhnp that�fee b 'n ase to recover this 3.6% inflation amount. East Mulberry Plan Revisions: _­' '4 k The East Mulberry Plan area is from Mulberry Street on the south, to (but not including) Vine Drive on the north; and from Lemay Avenue to I-25. The adopted Plan looked at the transportation network needed to support the land uses indicated by the City's Structure Plan. A significant amount of arterial and collector streets were added. The previous amount of lane miles in the area was 17.61. This increased to 62.13 lane miles, more than tripling the amount of street improvements necessary. In the Street Oversizing analysis of these improvements, existing County developments were not included, both for the street improvements adjacent to these areas and trip destinations to these areas. However, the recalculation showed a 10.2% increase to the Street Oversizing fees. Transportation Master Plan Revisions: Staff also analyzed the reclassifi 4on oOd2 s to the Transportation Master Plan. �t Several street segments were owngr f s e e ents were upgraded, the most significant being Carpenter Rd risin I eµmajor" enal. However the net effect of these roadway changes was inst. ifiean est lculation f the Street Oversizing fees. The Transportation Master Plan revisions did not increase the fees. History The City's policy is to require new development to pay for growth-related impacts on public facilities. The Street Oversizing Impact Fee was enacted in 1979, with revisions in 1988 and 1996. Additional impact fees for Fire, Police, Library, General Government and Community Parks were adopted in 1996. Impact fees are one-time payments that fund the development or expansion of public facilities needed to accommodate new development. The intent is for new development to pay for its proportionate share of the capital costs of additional infrastructure capacity. Specific costs have been identified using local data and current dollars. There are over 150 miles of arterial and collector street improvements ne d in t ity' ns atio�network to accommodate new development within the Urbafrowt rea u a e mprovements will be needed to serve new growth. The cost tmplet the ri -an coll or street network (including bike lanes and pedestrian ways) tild ou 'n an Gro Area has been estimated by an analysis of the adopted Master Street Plan. Included in these infrastructure costs are bus bays and shelters, commuter bicycle lanes, sidewalks and ADA ramps, and other improvements that increase the modal capability of the street into a transportation corridor. The level of improvement is based on the new Street Standards adopted in 1996. The Street Oversizing Program uses the impact fees it collects to fund the construction of arterial and collector roadways necessary to mitigate the impacts of new development. December 7, 2004 -3- Item No. 35 Increasing the functional capacity of existing improved streets can be viewed as correcting "existing deficiencies" in public facilities and not as a need created by new development. Impact fees are specifically estrir ed fro, e : e .n Vthe, existing deficiencies. These improvements are traditional) nded'i ort 11 sbsal . d 4 Summary Capital improvement expansion fees are annually adjusted for inflation. This year staff is recommending a 3.6% increase to offset the effects of increased construction costs. Changes in City Land Use Regulations and Transportation Plans require revising the Street Oversizing Program to bring it in line with new regulations and capture the actual costs of growth. The Street Oversizing Program has undergone routine recalculations in the past in response to changes in the City's Land Use Plan: • The Mountain Vista Sub Area Plan adopted in 1999 added significant street miles to the City's Master Street Plan and required a fee increase to recover costs. A, • The Fossil Lak 'expansi of Pntof5 GM in 2000 added some street miles, but also creased'�thwio d lopable land in the City, resulting in a decrease of fees. The recently adopted East Mulberry Plan and the adoption of the Transportation Master Plan made changes to the future funding obligations of the Street Oversizing Program. Fees should be increased to recover costs. Street Oversizing must recover the costs of growth to continue to be a financially viable program for constructing transportation infrastructure in newly- developing areas. A matrix of the proposed revisions included in this routine recalculation of the Street Oversizing fees: East Mulberry Current Fee Inflation an add Proposed Fee esidential $2 005 .u. '' $7 i $ 4/d.u. $2 282/d.u. Light Industrial $1.43/s.f. .14/s.f. $1.62/s.f. ffice $3.3 f. .. $0 /s 0.34/s.f. $3.81/s.f. etail $4.98/s.f. $0.18/s.f. $0.51/s.f. $5.67/s.f. 3.6% change 10.2% increase 13.8% increase Staff recommends adoption of these routine fee adjustments to the Street Oversizing Program.