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Resolution No. 18-05, Repealing a Portion of Resolution No. 09-02 and Adopting Amounts for the City’s Transportation System Development Charge and Establishing Effective Dates
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RECOMMENDED ACTION (Motion):
Authorize the Mayor and City Recorder to execute Resolution No. 18-05, repealing a portion of Resolution No. 09-02 and adopting amounts for the City’s Transportation System Development Charge and establishing effective dates.
BACKGROUND:
The City executed a Personal Services Agreement (PSA) with FCS Group in October, 2016, to assist the City with a Transportation System Development Charge (TSDC) update. This work included data collection and review of transportation projects (both completed and included in our Transportation System Plan), consideration and analysis of other TSDC methodologies that the City should consider, and an overall review of our existing SDC ordinance. Once all the data had been reviewed and collected, a technical analysis was completed. This included evaluating the three components of an SDC: Reimbursement Fee, Improvement Fee, and Administrative Cost Recovery Fee.
Over the last two years, the City has been working with the development community and the Oregon City Chamber of Commerce on a variety of SDC initiatives. Back in September of 2015, the City and Chamber hosted "A Collaborative Forum, OC’s System Development Charge - From the Ground Up.” The event was well attended and allowed a collaborative approach to better understanding SDCs. In April, 2017, the City hosted the Oregon City SDC Roundtable Focusing on Transportation. This event was scheduled as a follow-up meeting to the SDC Forum that would focus on TSDCs. The event was attended by 31 interested parties and included a variety of information and options on the upcoming TSDCs and our approaching updates.
As a consequence of these efforts and resultant follow-up, the City Commission has:
1. Adopted Resolution No. 17-25, updating the transportation proje...
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