Regional Transportation Mitigation Fee (RTMF)

“The RTMF is intended to ensure that future development contributes to its fair share towards the cost of infrastructure to mitigate the cumulative, indirect regional transportation impacts of new growth in a manner consistent with the provisions of the State of California Mitigation Fee Act.”

“Based on this guidance, the Agency determined that RTMF funds would be used for projects on the Regional Transportation Program Tier 1 list and those identified in the Fresno-Madera County Freeway Interchange Deficiency Study (FIDS). Furthermore, based on input from the member agencies and the public, FCOG adopted a policy that the regional fee should be used only for roads for regional significance. Only projects involving state facilities were considered "regional" under this policy.”

“Measure 'C' Extension stated that every city in Fresno County and the County of Fresno must adopt the RTMF or forfeit a portion of the Local Transportation Program Street Maintenance Allocation in an amount equal to the amount of RTMF that would otherwise have been paid for development projects within that jurisdiction. Every city and the County did adopt the fee, and chose to use the Joint Exercise of Powers Act to create the Fresno County Regional Transportation Mitigation Fee Joint Powers Agency (the Agency) to whom they delegated their power to enact, adopt, establish, implement, impose, collect, and administer the RTMF.”

2010-01-01 (effective date of the Agency resolution); member agencies adopted by ordinance before 2009-01-01

“The Board of Directors of the Fresno County Regional Transportation Mitigation Fee Agency approved Resolution No. 2009 – 01 requiring the payment of Regional Transportation Mitigation Fee. The effective date of this resolution is January 1, 2010.”

Resolution No. 2009-01, Board of Directors, Fresno County Regional Transportation Mitigation Fee Agency

“The Board of Directors of the Fresno County Regional Transportation Mitigation Fee Agency approved Resolution No. 2009 – 01 requiring the payment of Regional Transportation Mitigation Fee. The effective date of this resolution is January 1, 2010.”

“Contact the Council of Fresno County Governments (FCOG) to determine this fee obligation. Confirmation by the FCOG is required before the City of Fresno can issue building permits.”

City of Fresno gates the permit; Fresno COG determines and confirms the obligation

“Most PDT members felt that the RTMF should be collected by the local jurisdiction as part of their regular development approval process, thus saving the developers the need to go through a separate process at the FCTA.”

“The terms of the Measure "C" Extension stipulate that essential public services will be exempt from the fee. The PDT therefore exempted the development of education and government land uses from payment of the RTMF. The terms of the Measure "C" Extension also stipulate that affordable housing will pay only half of the fee collected from higher-priced housing of a similar type.”

“The original nexus study made forecast for revenues over the entire 20-year life of the program ($221M) but did not make predictions for revenues in any given year. Distributed pro-rata, and taking into account the reduced fees for the first two years due to the phase-in of the fee, approximately $80M might have been expected to be collected in the first eight years of the program compared to approximately $28M in actual receipts (35%).”