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RESOLUTION NO. 42-2009
APPROVING AMENDMENTS TO THE TRI-V ALLEY TRANSPORTATION
COUNCIL JOINT EXERCISE OF POWERS AGREEMENT AND AUTHORIZING
THE DANVILLE REPRESENTATIVE TO ENDORSE SAID AMMENDMENTS AT
THE TRI-V ALLEY TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING
WHEREAS, the Town of Danville has joined with other Tri- Valley jurisdictions to form the
Tri-Valley Transportation Council (TVTC), and cooperatively participated in the
development and adoption of the Tri- Valley Transportation Plan/ Action Plan (TVTP / AP)
for Routes of Regional Significance; and
WHEREAS, the TVTP / AP indentified 11 high priority transportation improvements to the
regional transportation system necessary to accommodate traffic growth from ongoing
development in the Tri- Valley area and elsewhere; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Danville has entered into a Joint Exercise Powers of Agreement
("JEP A") in 1998 with other Tri- Valley jurisdictions to implement a Tri- Valley
Transportation Development Fee (TVTDF) to fund all or part of the $763 million cost of
these 11 original high priority projects in the TVTP / AP; and
WHEREAS, since its inception, the TVTDF collected have been used to help complete
several of these 11 high priority projects which are now referred to as "List A" projects
which now have an unfunded balance of $369 million (2008$); and
WHEREAS, in recognition of this shortfall, the TVTC authorized an update of its original
Fee Nexus Study to determine the funding levels necessary to complete the remaining
original "List A" projects and to help fund 11 new transportation improvements that have
emerged from various Tri-Valley transportation planning efforts, referred to as "List B"
projects; and
WHEREAS, projects from both "List A" and "List B" have a collective unfunded balance of
$1.4 billion and the TVTC proposed a phased increase to partially address this significant
shortfall in 2008; and
WHEREAS, the proposed phased fee increase did not receive the unanimous support
necessary to amend the TVTC JEP A required to implement the fee increase; and
WHEREAS, TVTC elected to defer the adoption of the proposed fee increase until such
time as a Strategic Expenditure Plan (SEP) can be completed to prioritize "List A" and "List
B" projects; and
WHEREAS, TVTC agreed to adopt minor non-controversial and "house keeping" related
amendments to the JEP A in advance of adopting an updated SEP, which include:
a. Incorporation of a reference to the new state legislation that allows local
jurisdictions to defer the collection of fees until Building Occupancy;
b. Adoption of an affordable housing exemption;
c. Correction on the method in which the "Other" fee category is calculated to
be consistent with its original intent to be collected at the rate equivalent to
the "Single Family" category; and
d. Amendment of the administrative fee language to provide a mechanism to
fund administrative services.
WHEREAS, an amendment of the JEP A requires unanimous support of all seven member
jurisdictions, and the grant of authorization for each member agency's representative to
endorse the JEP A amendment at an upcoming noticed public hearing of the TVTC is the
first of a three-step process; and
WHEREAS, the TVTC requests each member agency to authorize its representative on the
TVTC to endorse the amendments outlined in this resolution; now therefore be it
RESOLVED, that the Danville Town Council:
1. Approve the following amendments to the JEPA:
JEP A Section
Fee Deferral (Section 5.b)
Administration Costs
(Section 14)
Existing
Collection of fees due
rior to ermit issuance
Subject to TVTDF
$815 per average
a.m.j .m. eak hour tri
Exempt
$2,254 per average
a.m. / .m. eak hour tri
. 0.5% of fees used for
Treasurer costs
. 0.5 % of fees used for
staffin costs
1 % of fees received used
for Treasurer costs
2. Authorize the Danville representative to endorse the amendments outlined in this
resolution at an upcoming Tri-Valley Transportation Council public hearing.
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APPROVED by the Danville Town Council at a regular meeting on May 5, 2009, by the
following vote:
AYES: Arnerich, Doyle, Andersen, Shimansky, Stepper
NOES: None
ABSTAINED: None
ABSENT: None
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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ATTEST:
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