REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Public Hearing: Action on a Resolution Approving the Findings from the Tasman East Specific Plan Infrastructure Impact Fee Nexus Study and Setting the Rates for the Infrastructure Impact Fee, Action on the Introduction of an Ordinance Adding Section 17.15.350 to Chapter 15 of Title 17 of the Santa Clara City Code, and Establishment of the Tasman East Infrastructure Improvement Fund and Related Budget Actions
Report
COUNCIL PILLAR
Promote and Enhance Economic, Housing and Transportation Development
BACKGROUND
Impact fees are governed by State law (Assembly Bill 1600, 1989, Government Code Section 66000) and allow a City to charge one-time fees to new developments to finance capital facility and infrastructure costs needed to serve those developments. Impact fees are established based on a reasonable relationship (i.e. nexus) between the impacts caused by new development and the improvements to mitigate those impacts that will be funded by the fee. These fees cannot be used to pay for the cost of existing deficiencies and are distinct from taxes and special assessments.
On November 13, 2018, the City Council adopted the Tasman East Specific Plan (Specific Plan) to guide the transition of an underutilized 45-acre industrial neighborhood east of the Great America Transit Center into a pedestrian-friendly, transit-oriented development, providing for the addition of 4,500 new residential units near transit and jobs. The Specific Plan also incorporates approximately 100,000 square feet of neighborhood-oriented and convenience retail and 10 acres of open space including various outdoor recreational facilities and landscape features, such as a community garden, a public plaza, pocket parks and paseos.
Included with the Specific Plan and the accompanying Environmental Impact Report (EIR) are analyses of various infrastructure impacts and requirements to support the proposed development within the Specific Plan. Based on discussions ...
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