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HomeMy WebLinkAbout15-073 CC Resolution RESOLUTION NO. 15-73 ' A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA ESTABLISHING AND IMPOSING THE "UPTOWN TEMECULA SPECIFIC PLAN NEW STREETS IN-LIEU FEE" THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Short Title. This Resolution may be referred to as the "Uptown Temecula Specific Plan New Streets In-Lieu Fee Resolution" of the City of Temecula. Section 2. Findings and intent. The City Council finds, determines and declares that: (a) During the visioning process for the Uptown Temecula Specific Plan ("Specific Plan"), the community identified the importance of improving the future viability of alternative transportation modes, including walking, biking and transit, and getting people out of their cars. The community also identified the need to improve circulation for all modes of transportation, and ensure that the existing street network is expanded and additional internal street connections are made to sustain the future ' intensification of the area. As a result of this visioning recommendation, the Specific Plan requires smaller blocks and new streets to achieve and implement the future vision: a multi-modal interconnected street network within the Specific Plan area, which improves circulation for vehicles, bicycles, pedestrian and transit. (b) In towns prior to World War ll, streets were commonly designed to accommodate pedestrians. Street layouts were planned to create smaller blocks, which created compact downtowns. This enabled people to easily walk between stores and shops. The best local example of this is the street grid in Old Town. Temecula's growth accelerated during the 1960's, and new development extended north and south of Old Town. The Specific Plan Area was zoned for commercial uses, and excluded residential uses. In the 1960's and 1970's, streets were optimized for automobiles, and were designed to move as many cars as quickly as possible. This was achieved through the use of wide streets, gentle curves and large blocks. Large blocks resulted in fewer intersections and wide straight streets enabled faster traffic speeds. For pedestrians, this resulted in long walking distances on sidewalks that were next to fast moving traffic. Also, wide streets have longer crosswalks, and require more time for pedestrians to cross. The experience of walking on Temecula Avenue is perceived by pedestrians as not very safe, comfortable or interesting. (c) The future vision for Specific Plan Area is a vibrant, pedestrian-friendly, urban district within the City of Temecula. The goal is to support a mix of uses, ' including residential. Accordingly, the Specific Plan calls for streets that achieve a better balance between the needs of pedestrians, bicycles, cars and public transit. The Resos 15-73 1 creation of smaller blocks in Uptown Temecula Specific Plan area is a key strategy to ' achieve a multi-modal street network. Smaller blocks will provide safe, convenient and walkable routes to neighborhood conveniences, parks, and open spaces. Smaller blocks will also support the mobility of those that live, work and play in the Specific Plan Area and help create a destination for those visiting the area. (d) The following objectives in the Specific Plan summarize how the Street, Block and Alley Design Guidelines of the Specific Plan will achieve improved multi- modal mobility, increased circulation and better connectivity within the specific plan area. 1) Expand upon the existing street network to promote a walkable, pedestrian friendly urban environment by adding new streets, blocks and alleys to the current circulation network. 2) Retrofit existing streets to accommodate safe, innovative and comfortable pedestrian and bicycle facilities. 3) Implement new east/west linkages within the specific plan area, across Interstate-15, and across Murrieta Creek. 4) Encourage pedestrian access and connectivity to the future creek trail and ' planned park/recreation amenity planned on the north end of the project area. 5) Implement additional north/south linkages for vehicles, pedestrian, cyclists and transit, to connect the Specific Plan area to Old Town to the south, and Murrieta to the north. 6) Encourage the development of more logical block shapes, grid patterns, and smaller block sizes, to increase walkability and allow for enhanced way-finding. 7) Encourage greater intersection density by incentivizing the construction of additional streets and smaller blocks as properties redevelop. 8) Create new street frontage and visibility for isolated, landlocked parcels by adding new streets, blocks and alleys to the existing circulation network. (e) It is the intent of the City to require every person who develops land within the Uptown Temecula Specific Plan Area to mitigate the impacts of that development by constructing or paying the In-Lieu Fee for the new streets required by that development as provided in the Specific Plan. (f) Keyser Marston Associates, Inc., prepared the "New Streets In-Lieu Fee Nexus Study' for the Uptown Temecula Specific Plan dated August 2015 ("Nexus ' Study"). Keyser Marston Associates utilized the following methodology in conducting the Nexus Study and reaching its conclusions: Resos 15-73 2 ' 1) Reviewed the proposed new street system in terms of physical features and preliminary cost estimates. 2) Reviewed build-out projections for the Specific Plan by land use type, i.e., dwelling units, office space, retail space, and hotel rooms. 3) Reviewed comparable land and building sales values in the trade area. 4) Estimated the nexus amount of financial obligation for new streets that can be attributed to each land use type. 5) Evaluated the potential economic impact of the new streets in-lieu fee on new development. (g) The Nexus Study concluded that the nexus-supported new streets in-lieu fee for residential uses is estimated at $12,701 per unit. The Nexus Study concluded that the nexus-supported new streets in-lieu fee for non-residential uses is estimated to range between $8.50 and $19.87 per square feet (SF). These in-lieu fees represent Keyser Marston's conclusion as to the nexus between the need for new streets in the Specific Plan Area and development and the nexus between the amount of such a fee and benefit to the development. ' (h) There is a reasonable relationship between the streets to be paid for by the In-Lieu Fees, the amount of such fees, and the need for streets generated by the types of development projects within the Uptown Temecula Specific Plan on which they are imposed. Developers are paying their fair share of the costs of the new streets. (i) Words used in this Resolution shall have the definitions assigned to them by Chapter 15.06 of the Temecula Municipal Code, Uptown Temecula Specific Plan Street In-Lieu Fee Section 3. Amount of Uptown Temecula Specific Plan New Streets In-Lieu Fee. Pursuant to the provisions Chapter 15.06, including without limitation, Section 15.06.030, of the Temecula Municipal Code, the City Council hereby establishes and imposes the Uptown Temecula Specific Plan Street In-Lieu Fee within the Uptown Temecula Specific Plan Area in the amounts of: (a) $6,351 for a Residential Unit; (b) $4.25 per square foot of gross building area for Office Uses; (c) $9.94 per square foot of gross building area for Retail Uses; and (d) $6.23 per square foot of gross building area for Hotel Uses. Resos 15-73 3 ' Section 4. Automatic Annual Adjustment of In-Lieu Fee. On July 1 of each year, the In-Lieu Fees described in Section 3 of this Resolution shall be adjusted by the Director of Finance based upon the Construction Cost Index of the Engineering News Record Index ("ENRI"). The Director of Finance shall compute the percentage difference between the ENRI on March 1 of each year and the ENRI for the previous March 1 . Should the ENRI be revised or discontinued, the Director of Finance shall use either the revised ENRI or a comparable system as approved by the City Council for determining fluctuations in the construction cost index. The new schedule of fees, as adjusted, shall constitute the transportation impact fees authorized by Chapter 15.06 of the Temecula Municipal Code and shall be incorporated into this Resolution. Section 5. Effective Date. The In-Lieu Fee established by this Resolution shall be effective sixty (60) days following the effective date of Ordinance No. 15 establishing Chapter 15.06, Uptown Temecula Specific Plan New Streets In-Lieu Fee. Section 6. Phased Implementation. The In-Lieu Fee shall be applicable to a development project at the time in which the Director of Community Development deems the planning application complete. The In-Lieu Fee shall also be applied in accordance with the following phased implementation schedule: 1. January 1, 2016 through June 30, 2016 — 0% (Zero) of the adopted fee pursuant to Section 3 of this Resolution. ' 2. July 1 , 2016 through December 31, 2016 — 50% of the adopted fee pursuant to Section 3 of this Resolution. 3. January 1, 2017 and after — 100% of the adopted fee pursuant to Section 3 of this Resolution. Section 7. Severability.If any provision of this Resolution or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall affect the other provisions of this Resolution which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or its application, and to this end the provisions of this Resolution are severable. 1 Resos 15-73 4 PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of ' Temecula this 8th day of December, 2015. Jeff Comerchero, Mayor ATTES Randi y Clerk [SEAL] 1 Resos 15-73 5 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) ' COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss CITY OF TEMECULA ) I, Randi Johl, City Clerk of the City of Temecula, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 15-73 was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of the City of Temecula at a meeting thereof held on the 8`h day of December, 2015, by the following vote: AYES: 4 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Edwards, McCracken, Rahn, Comerchero NOES: 1 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Naggar ABSTAIN: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None Randi Johl, City Clerk 1 1 Resos 15-73 6