HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes 2023-052 RESOLUTION NO. 2023-052
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM DESERT,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE TRANSPORTATION UNIFORM MITIGATION
FEE (TUMF) APPLICABLE TO ALL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CITY OF PALM
DESERT AND FINDING THE ACTION EXEMPT FROM CEQA PURSUANT
TO CEQA GUIDELINES SECTIONS 15061, 15062 AND 15378
WHEREAS, the City of Palm Desert ("City") is a Member Agency of the
Coachella Valley Association of Government s ("CVAG"), a joint powers agency
consisting of the County of Riverside ("County"), the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla
Indians, the Cabazon Band of Mission Indians, the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla
Indians, the City of Blythe, and the nine cities (Desert Hot Springs, Palm Springs
Cathedral City, Rancho Mirage, Palm Desert, Indian Wells, La Quinta, Indio and
Coachella) situated in the Coachella Valley (collectively, "Member Agencies"); and
WHEREAS, CVAG’s TUMF Handbook allows for the consideration of an annual
inflation adjustment by CVAG’s Executive Committee, calculated on the CPI for All
Urban Consumers (CPI-U); and
WHEREAS, the CPI-U for the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario metropolitan
area rose by 7.41% for calendar year 2022; and.
WHEREAS, at their April 24, 2023 meeting, the CVAG Executive Committee
approved adjusting the TUMF rates for 2024 by 7.41%; and,
WHEREAS, this Council, by the adoption of applicable ordinances, as authorized
by Chapter 3.44 Transportation Uniform Mitigation Fee of the City of Palm Desert,
authorized the City Council to annually review and, if necessary, amend the amount of
the mitigation fee to ensure that it is a fair and equitable method of distributing the costs
of the improvements necessary to accommodate traffic volumes generated by future
growth.
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to accurately collect TUMF along with the
other participating jurisdictions within the Coachella Valley; and
WHEREAS, this adjustment to the TUMF modifies a development impact fee·
that is subject to the Mitigation Fee Act, codified at California Government Code (CGC)
§66000 et seq.,
WHEREAS, by notice duly given and posted, on October 26, 2023, the City
Council conducted a public hearing to consider ap proval of the TUMF increase; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has considered any verbal and/or written testimony
and has reviewed and considered the information in the study and supporting data, and
information provided at the public hearing by staff and the public.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED the City Council of the City of Palm
Desert, California approves as follows:
A. The true and correct recitals above are incorporated by this reference herein
as the basis and foundation for the City's adoption of this Resolution.
B. The new fee subject and pursuant to California Government Code Section
66000 et seq. shall be effective not earlier than sixty (60) days after the adoption of this
resolution.
C. The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to determine or cause
to be determined the transportation unified mitigation fees to be collected from new
development for effective January 1, 2024, as identified in Exhibit A.
ADOPTED ON OCTOBER 26, 2023.
KATHLEEN KELLY
MAYOR
ATTEST:
ANTHONY J. MEJIA
CITY CLERK
I, Anthony J. Mejia, City Clerk of the City of Palm Desert, hereby certify that
Resolution No. 2023-052 is a full, true, and correct copy, and was duly adopted at a regular
meeting of the City Council of the City of Palm Desert on October 26, 2023, by the following
vote:
AYES: HARNIK, NESTANDE, QUINTANILLA, TRUBEE, AND KELLY
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
RECUSED: NONE
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the
City of Palm Desert, California, on ______________.
ANTHONY J. MEJIA
CITY CLERK
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EXHIBIT A
REVISED FEE SCHEDULE FOR THE TRANSPORTATION UNIFORM MITIGATION
FEE EFFECTIVE JAUARY 1, 2024
TUMF Category Assessment
Unit
Rate as of
Jan 1, 2024
Single family detached Dwelling unit $2,740
Multi-family attached
Nursing/congregate care
Retail
Office
Industrial
Fuel - gas
Fuel - electric
Hotel
Golf course
Dwelling unit $1,580
Dwelling unit $585
1,000 sq. ft. $7,130
1,000 sq. ft. $2,835
1,000 sq. ft. $1,440
Dispensing unit $10,220
Dispensing unit $105
Room $4,165
Acre $1,090
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