DATE:
December 11, 2024
04
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
Title
RECEIVE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT FEE PROGRAM (BOARD POLICY J-25) FISCAL YEAR 2023-24 COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL AND FIVE-YEAR MITIGATION REPORT AND RELATED CEQA FINDING (DISTRICTS: ALL)
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OVERVIEW
The County of San Diego's infrastructure improvement fee programs are designed to equitably distribute the costs associated with new development by charging fees that correspond to the impacts of development projects. These programs help fund necessary infrastructure improvements while alleviating the financial burden on taxpayers. This approach ensures that the growth in the community is sustainable and that essential public services are maintained. By linking fees directly to development impacts, the County aims to create a balanced framework that supports both growth and community needs.
The State of California's Mitigation Fee Act (Act) (Section 66000-66025) establishes requirements that jurisdictions must follow when imposing fees on developers that are intended to mitigate impacts from those developments. The Act requires agencies collecting these types of fees to review them annually and provide an annual report to the public that accounts for the agency's development of the fees. The Act also requires that agencies find that fees collected more than five years ago are still needed for the improvements for which the fees were collected. An annual report and five-year findings are required by the Act to be consolidated into a single report made available to the public within 180 days after the last day of each fiscal year, which is December 28, 2024, for the current reporting period.
This letter describes a mitigation fee that the County of San Diego (County) collects and is accompanied by a report required by the Act in Attachment A. These fees are collected from developers to mitigate impacts from traffic associated with their development projects. The County also maintains traffic im...
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