Amador County – The Plymouth City Council last week approved an amendment to an agreement with the Amador County Transportation Commission, which will go toward setting traffic mitigation fees around the county. The council voted 2-0 with one abstention to approve an amendment to a memorandum of understanding with ACTC on the Regional Traffic Mitigation Fee Program. Councilman Jon Colburn and Vice Mayor Greg Baldwin voted in the affirmative, and Mayor Pat Fordyce abstained in the vote. ACTC Executive Director Charles Field asked that “Plymouth support the 3-tiered fee for restaurants and approve the amendment to the Memorandum of Understanding pending completion of the new countywide traffic model and a new nexus program.” Field said the ACTC oversight committee is “committed to amending the whole (Regional Traffic Mitigation Fee) nexus plan and fee structure” in 6-18 months. The 3-tiered impact fee program would include a $48,000 fee per 1,000 square feet for a “fast food drive-through restaurant on a state highway.” The second tier is an $18,000 fee per 1,000 square feet for a “fast food drive-through restaurant within a shopping center or community” and “not immediately adjacent to a state highway.” The 3rd tier fee is $7,000 per 1,000 square feet for a “quality sit-down restaurant drinking establishment.” The council Thursday also voted 3-0 to reallocate $325,000 left over from the Mission Boulevard extension project in Jackson. Field said Dokken Engineering and the fee program oversight committee recommended the “mid-year fund allocation revision” to place the funds in the Prospect Drive relocation project in Sutter Creek. The council Thursday also received a letter from the Amador Water Agency notifying the city of a new water rate, based on the 4 percent increase in the Amador Water System. AWA Finance Manager Mike Lee in a letter dated July 29th told the council that the AWA in 2007 adopted a 3-year rate increase. Lee said the agency “only implemented 8 percent for the final year beginning July 1st, 2009, when the resolution approved (a rate increase of) 12 percent.” The “reduction was based on budget cuts and revenue forecasts,” Lee said, but “unfortunately, (Amador Water System) revenues were lower than anticipated, which has created an operating deficit and also concerns with maintaining” the AWA “Debt service coverage requirements.” A new rate of $7,127 service charge per month, and a commodity rate of $1.18 per unit will be charged beginning with this month’s billing. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Tuesday, 17 August 2010 06:19
Plymouth Approves Amendment to ACTC Traffic Fee MOU
Amador County – The Plymouth City Council last week approved an amendment to an agreement with the Amador County Transportation Commission, which will go toward setting traffic mitigation fees around the county. The council voted 2-0 with one abstention to approve an amendment to a memorandum of understanding with ACTC on the Regional Traffic Mitigation Fee Program. Councilman Jon Colburn and Vice Mayor Greg Baldwin voted in the affirmative, and Mayor Pat Fordyce abstained in the vote. ACTC Executive Director Charles Field asked that “Plymouth support the 3-tiered fee for restaurants and approve the amendment to the Memorandum of Understanding pending completion of the new countywide traffic model and a new nexus program.” Field said the ACTC oversight committee is “committed to amending the whole (Regional Traffic Mitigation Fee) nexus plan and fee structure” in 6-18 months. The 3-tiered impact fee program would include a $48,000 fee per 1,000 square feet for a “fast food drive-through restaurant on a state highway.” The second tier is an $18,000 fee per 1,000 square feet for a “fast food drive-through restaurant within a shopping center or community” and “not immediately adjacent to a state highway.” The 3rd tier fee is $7,000 per 1,000 square feet for a “quality sit-down restaurant drinking establishment.” The council Thursday also voted 3-0 to reallocate $325,000 left over from the Mission Boulevard extension project in Jackson. Field said Dokken Engineering and the fee program oversight committee recommended the “mid-year fund allocation revision” to place the funds in the Prospect Drive relocation project in Sutter Creek. The council Thursday also received a letter from the Amador Water Agency notifying the city of a new water rate, based on the 4 percent increase in the Amador Water System. AWA Finance Manager Mike Lee in a letter dated July 29th told the council that the AWA in 2007 adopted a 3-year rate increase. Lee said the agency “only implemented 8 percent for the final year beginning July 1st, 2009, when the resolution approved (a rate increase of) 12 percent.” The “reduction was based on budget cuts and revenue forecasts,” Lee said, but “unfortunately, (Amador Water System) revenues were lower than anticipated, which has created an operating deficit and also concerns with maintaining” the AWA “Debt service coverage requirements.” A new rate of $7,127 service charge per month, and a commodity rate of $1.18 per unit will be charged beginning with this month’s billing. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.Latest from
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