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Home My WebLink About2024-04-18 Impact Fee Advisory Committee MinutesIMPACT FEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE REGULAR MEETING MINUTES Thursday, April 18, 2024 @ 3:00 pm Caldwell Airport Hubler Terminal 4814 E. Linden Street (Conference Room) Caldwell I aho A OMMem irr% Finance Director, Raelynn North opened the meeting at 3:00 pm. ROLL CALL: Present: (Caldwell DIFAC) Phil Whitbeck, Magda Ruano, Ricic Pilote, Colby Lampman (Nampa DIFAC) Hubert Osborne, Mike Grim, Glen Rimbey, Dave Moore, Tyler Bosier (Kittleson) Mark Heisinger, Andy Daleiden (11134) Chris Hopper, Bruce Bayne (Nampa) Debbie Kling, Mayor, Patrick Sullivan, Crystal Craig, Tom Points Staff: Council Member, Brad Doty, Hallie Hart, Ricic Frawley, Robb McDonald, Bryan Daniels, Raelynn North Meeting Purpose This was the first Development Impact Fee Advisory Committee (DIFAC) meeting for the Caldwell Area Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) and Traffic Impact Fee (TIF) program. The purpose of the meeting was to introduce the DIFAC to the project, discuss the Idaho Code requirements pertaining to impact fees, the proposed traffic impact fee methodology, and initial assumptions for the Caldwell area CIP and TIF program. REVIEW OF PROCEEDINGS (OPENING STATEMENT) Ms. North introduced Kittleson and Associates and indicated they were specifically going to speak about traffic impact fees. NEW BUSINESS: (TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEES) Project Purpose / CATS Plan Background Jr. Reisinger (Kittleson) presented an overview of the study area, plan purpose and findings. He made reference to Idaho Code Requirements (Title 67, Chapter 82) forImpact Fees and noted that the CIPs would need to be updated every five years. He also presented an overview of the DIFAC requirements and provided an analysis of the CATS plan, and stated that the plan was developed in coordination with the City of Caldwell, Highway District 4, Nampa Highway District, VRT, ITD, and COMPASS. He noted that the goal was to allow agencies in the Caldwell area to collect impact fees. He added that a review of maps and a study of the area were considered in the CATS plan. The development of the CATS plan initiated in 2021 and was adopted by Highway District 4 and the City of Caldwell in 2024. It included a comprehensive project list with traffic operations, safety, and bicycle/pedestrian network. He reported that only traffic operations would be considered for CIP Impact Fees. Jr. Hisinger provided an overview of the definition of impact fees, state code requirements, and the expectations of the City of Caldwell Advisory Committee. He mentioned that a review of Page � 1 Impact Fee Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes 04/18/2024 coordination with the City of Nampa and the area of impact, would keep the service area separate to avoid overlap and double counting on collections. In response to questions, on who would be the lead agency to get this plan started, 1-104 responded that they initiated the effort with the City of Caldwell to move the plan forward. Chris Hopper (HD4) highlighted some specific requirements on the role of the DIFAC. They would be looking from the DIFAC to provide comments on the Draft CIP and Draft TIF programs, and asked if this would eliminate traffic impact studies from the City of Caldwell. Mr. Heisinger commented that the CATS Plan would provide context on improvements throughout the CATS planning area. The City's transportation mitigation fee would go away with the adoption of the TIF program. TISs would still be required; however, the focus would be on access locations and adjacent areas. He mentioned that this approach was used for HD4 TIS to be able to do a more focused area. In addition, it could lead to someone developing in one area having to pay for improvements in other areas of the service area. Chris Hopper provided an update on the CIP/Impact Fee program for the City of Nainpa and indicated that this project would be completed by September 2024. Mr. Hopper explained that HD4 had maintenance agreements in place with local agencies, on shared costs for transportation projects. The available funding sources would be expanded for the 50150 split for an intersection by the City of Nampa. He reported that cost sharing was a key component that would need to be looked at further between the City, HD4, etc. The goal was to not overlap collections of the impact fee. Project selection would be important between the City of Nampa and CATS. HD4 included high priority projects in the budget cycle; however, did not collect enough revenue within the first year. Mr. Heisinger presented an overview of TIF's proposed methodology on impact fees. He stated that if the impact fee cost was lowered from the maximum TIF, the difference in cost would need to be covered by other funding sources. He provided the following possible funding sources: • HD4 � 60% from property taxes +other sources (Highway user fund fuel tax, vehicle registration fees, grant programs, sales tax) • Definition of LOS - Capacity/delay metric. Using the HCM 7th Edition. LOS D. Our baseline for this study was 2021 • For HD4, the impact fees help fill the gap to pay for the growth on the transportation system The City of Nampa LOS threshold is LOS D. LOS D is used in the City of Nampa's CIP/TIF program. Mr. singer noted that a review of the service area would be conducted for Nampa, 1-1134, and Caldwell for any overlaps. He also provided an overview of the demographics as follows: • Job growth projection seemed low —They used a combination of COMPASS model and historical growth trends. They utilized five year increments in the projections • HD4 has seen an annual average growth of 3.3% on all their roads • The CATS Plan forecast year is 2050 • The fees would be calculated for a variety of uses —There are several categories for residential, office, retail, and industrial uses Page � 2 Impact Fee Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes 04/18/2024 He acknowledged that ITD was involved in the planning effort with developing the CATS plan; however, they were not eligible to collect impact fees, therefore, they were not part of the CIP/TIF program development. In conclusion, Mr. Heismger provided an overview of the TIF eligibility criteria, and asked: • If any defensible issues were foreseen based on the decision for the City of Elk Grove • Were there any concerns with developing multiple service areas • How many weeks would DIFAC have for review, prior to the next meeting • A review of schedule from April to September — three meetings with TIF and agency adoption. • Assumptions for Caldwell Area CIP and TIF Program — • Methodology - similar to HD4, Start and ACHD- using a Benchmark in Vehicle Miles Traveled. He noted that this method was flexible and defensible. • Level of services -the amount of seconds of delay from 2021. • City of Caldwell - the service area would be refined to ensure no overlap in any other services area. • TIF Eligibility -only projects on arterial roadways and projects that addressed traffic operations deficiencies. Existing deficiencies were not eligible and reconstruction would be excluded as well. (DISCUSSION) None (ADJOURNMENT) Meeting adjourned at 4:22 PM. Respectfully submitted by Ellen Miller, AdministY•ative Assistant. MINUTES APPROVED AND SIGNED BY RAELYNN NORTH: on the date noted below. Raelynn North, Finance Director ATTEST: Debbie Geyer Page � 3 Impact Fee Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes 04/18/2024 �3 in I a V Date A � !AN IS �.1896 .• ,•••i. � `tea/ �� "'_��