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Professional Services Agreement for Transportation Impact Fee Update - Approve a professional services agreement for an update to the Transportation Impact Fee program with DTA Consultants for $95,940.
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Prepared by: Adrian Rubalcaba, Sr. Project Manager (559) 713-4507 adrian.rubalcaba@visalia.city; Chris Crawford, City Engineer, (559) 713-4331 chris.crawford@visalia.city; Jason Huckleberry, Engineering and Building Dept. Director, (559) 713-4495, jason.huckleberry@visalia.city
Department Recommendation: Staff recommends that Council approve a professional services agreement for an update to the Transportation Impact Fee program with DTA at a cost of $95,940.
Summary:
Visalia's Transportation Impact Fee (TIF) Program's last major update was adopted
by Council in April 2015. A comprehensive update is now needed in order to stay up-to-date with project costs and fee calculations. This program update is required by the State of California Mitigation Fee Act (Government Code, Title 7, Division 1) to identify the purpose of the fee, verify a nexus to new development and confirm that the fees are being used appropriately.
A Request for Proposals (RFP 23-24-23) was issued in October 2024, with proposals being due on November 7, 2024. The City received one proposal from DTA. After reviewing DTA's written proposal they were selected by staff for the recommendation of Council award. DTA has an office in San Jose, CA and performed similar fee updates for agencies throughout California. The consultant's cost proposal is an amount not to exceed $95,940.
Background Discussion:
The City's Transportation Impact Fee Program is designed to help fund many of the City's new arterial and collector status streets as outlined by the Circulation Element of the General Plan. This program has been an extremely important and necessary funding source for these new street projects. There have been many significant improvements done with this...
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