Section 2 - OVERVIEW AND BACKGROUND OF THE PLAN
(a) OVERVIEW
The Regional Transportation Development Mitigation Plan of the County of San Bernardino (hereafter “THE PLAN”) has been developed to satisfy the provisions of the San Bernardino County Congestion Management Plan (CMP). Pursuant to Measure I 2010-2040, the County CMP was updated and adopted by the County Congestion Management Agency, San Bernardino Associated Governments (SANBAG), in November 2, 2005. Each local jurisdiction, including the County of San Bernardino, is required to adopt a regional transportation development mitigation program by November 2006. Failure to adopt a program that is compliant with the CMP will result in significant loss to the County of State Gas Tax, regional Measure I, and federal/state grant funding necessary for the ongoing maintenance of and improvements to the County Maintained Road System (CMRS).
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(b) REQUIREMENTS OF MEASURE I 2010-2040
In November 2004, San Bernardino County voters approved Measure I 2010-2040, a half-cent transaction and use tax dedicated to countywide transportation improvements. Section VIII of the Measure I Ordinance states, “No revenue generated from the tax shall be used to replace the fair share contributions required from new development.” To accomplish this, the Ordinance requires that “each jurisdiction identified in the Development Mitigation Program must adopt a development financing mechanism within 24 months of the voter approval of Measure I” to ensure that new development contributes its fair share to the construction of regional transportation infrastructure. Included in these transportation facilities are freeway interchanges, major arterial roads, and railroad grade separations.Further, the Measure I Ordinance requires that the cities and the unincorporated sphere of influence areas in the San Bernardino Valley and Victor Valley must adopt a mechanism to “require all future development to pay its fair share for needed transportation facilities as a result of new development pursuant to California Government Code 66000 et seq. and as determined by the Congestion Management Agency,” and to “comply with the Land Use/Transportation Analysis and Deficiency Plan provisions of the San Bernardino County Congestion Management Program pursuant to California Government Code Section 65089.” The Land Use/Transportation Analysis and Deficiency Plan provisions are found in Appendix J of the CMP. |
(c) REQUIREMENTS OF THE CONGESTION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
Section VIII of Measure I 2010-2040 also requires that the “Congestion Management Agency shall require fair share mitigation for regional transportation facilities through a Congestion Management Program update to be approved within 12 months of voter approval of Measure I.”
SANBAG serves as the San Bernardino County Congestion Management Agency, and as such, implements and maintains the Congestion Management Program (CMP) for San Bernardino County. As part of the CMP Update process required by Measure I 2010-2040, SANBAG developed and adopted the SANBAG Development Mitigation Nexus Study (hereafter “SANBAG Nexus Study”) which provides a framework for fair-share development contributions to regional transportation improvements.
The SANBAG Nexus Study determines the fair-share contributions from new development for each jurisdiction in the urbanized areas of the County. This includes the subareas identified in THE PLAN, which are limited generally to the spheres of influence of the cities in the San Bernardino and Victor Valleys. The County’s fair-share contributions are based upon growth projections reviewed and approved by the County Land Use Planning Department (hereafter “County Planning Department”) and specific transportation projects submitted to SANBAG by the Department of Public Works – Transportation (hereafter “County Public Works”). Projects identified in THE PLAN must be included in the SANBAG Nexus Study to be eligible to receive SANBAG regional Measure I funding or allocations of state or federal transportation funds administered by SANBAG.
The SANBAG Nexus Study determined that the total development fair-share of cost that the County is responsible to generate through THE PLAN is $197 million. For each city sphere of influence or unincorporated area within the boundaries of THE PLAN (hereafter “PLAN SUBAREA”), the fair share development contribution amounts for which the County of San Bernardino is responsible, as determined by the SANBAG Nexus Study, are as follows:
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| Table 2.1 – Total SANBAG Nexus Study Fair-Share Costs of New Development |
| JURISDICTION |
Development Share of Total
Arterial Cost ($Mill) |
Development Share of Interchange
Cost ($Mill) |
Development Share of RR Grade Sep
Cost ($Mill) |
Development Share of Total Cost
($Mill) |
Adelanto Sphere |
$0.71 |
$0.00 |
$0.00 |
$0.71 |
| Apple Valley Sphere |
$6.42 |
$9.39 |
$0.00 |
$15.82 |
| Chino Sphere |
$9.08 |
$1.37 |
$0.00 |
$10.44 |
| Colton Sphere |
$2.81 |
$0.23 |
$0.00 |
$3.04 |
Devore/Glen
Helen |
$10.52 |
$0.00 |
$4.19 |
$14.72 |
| Fontana Sphere |
$20.31 |
$20.69 |
$0.00 |
$41.01 |
Hesperia
Sphere |
$9.19 |
$0.85 |
$0.00 |
$10.04 |
Loma
Linda Sphere |
$0.59 |
$5.27 |
$0.00 |
$5.86 |
| Montclair Sphere |
$5.41 |
$2.56 |
$0.00 |
$7.97 |
| Rancho
Cucamonga |
$0.00 |
$0.00 |
$0.00 |
$0.00 |
| Redlands Sphere |
$7.56 |
$7.43 |
$0.00 |
$14.99 |
| Redlands "Donut Hole" |
$12.98 |
$12.55 |
$0.00 |
$25.54 |
| Rialto Sphere |
$13.63 |
$12.81 |
$0.00 |
$26.44 |
San
Bernardino Sphere |
$2.69 |
$4.80 |
$0.00 |
$7.49 |
Upland
Sphere |
$5.65 |
$1.32 |
$0.00 |
$6.97 |
Victorville
Sphere |
$4.88 |
$0.45 |
$0.00 |
$5.33 |
| Yucaipa Sphere |
$0.64 |
$0.00 |
$0.00 |
$0.64 |
TOTAL |
$113.07 |
$79.72 |
$4.19 |
$197.00 |
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| THE PLAN generates the above SANBAG Nexus Study totals for Freeway Interchange and Railroad Grade Separation costs. In the development of THE PLAN, the total development contribution generated for major arterial costs above have been increased significantly by County Public Works after completion of the Department of Public Works’ Project Cost Estimate Study. Minor adjustments have also been made to the growth projections as a result of further coordination between the County Planning Department and County Public Works. NOTE: The SANBAG Nexus Study totals above include the 12.9% 2004/2005 cost escalation factor adopted by the SANBAG Board on July 5, 2006.
THE PLAN is intended to generate only the development fair-share contribution of project costs as required by the CMP and is not intended to provide 100% funding for or construction of all projects listed in THE PLAN. Additional regional Measure I and federal/state funds administered by SANBAG are required for full funding of projects listed in THE PLAN. |
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