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Agenda

Background and current feesUpdating fees and methodology Looking ahead

Snohomish County Public Works2020 Transportation Impact Fee Update

Background and Context

• Why are we here?• Current 30.66B fee schedule last updated in 2005

• Align rates with 2015 Cost Basis and regional levels

• Funding shortfall in Transportation Element (TE) of Comprehensive Plan of $101M

Transportation Impact Fee Update2

What Are Impact Fees

Impact fees are one-time charges assessed by a local government against a new development project to help pay for new or expanded public facilities that will directly address the increased demand created by that development.

-Municipal Research and Services Center (MRSC)

Transportation Impact Fees3

Fee Methodology

Foundation: Transportation Element (TE) of Comprehensive Plan List of improvements needed to support adopted land-use plan Maintain Concurrency and adopted Level of Service (LOS) standard

Fee system is based around a traffic forecasting model• Two basic elements: trip table and road network • Estimates the impacts of planned development on arterial system


Impact fees are vehicle-based • Assessed per Average Daily Trip (ADT) generated by new development• Proportionate share of cost to mitigate development’s traffic impacts

City of Bellingham

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Current Transportation Service Areas (TSAs)

Six TSAs A, B, C primarily ruralD, E, F contain SWUGA

Three-Part Impact Fee Formula

Impact Fee cost basis • Cost of system improvements in the Transportation Element (i.e. amount of need)

• Less credits and adjustments required by RCW (grants, taxes, other public funds, etc.)

Divided by new-growth vehicle trips Equals maximum assessable fee


Current Fee Overview

Transportation Impact Fees

SCC 30.66B Current Fees


2011 administrative adjustments after annexations to TSAs A & B

TSAABCDEF

Current Fees(Eff. 2006)

264 397 166 291 252 252

$50$124

Impact fees per Average Daily Trip (ADT)

63%Council Discount:

10

$74

$260

$313

$353

$474

KitsapCounty

SnohomishCounty

ThurstonCounty

Clark County

PierceCounty

$0 $50 $100 $150 $200 $250 $300 $350 $400 $450 $500

Cost per Average Daily Trip (ADT)

Transportation Impact Fee ComparisonWestern WA Counties

State Average: $461

Source: City of Bellingham

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$48

$119

$159

$170

$199

$241

$241

$254

$265

$279

$345

$355

$373

$373

$413

$422

$461

$662

$667

$842

$1,008

0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200

TSA A*TSA B*

TSA CSnohomish

MukilteoTSA ETSA F

EverettGranite Falls

TSA DLake Stevens

ArlingtonStanwood

MonroeMill Creek

Mountlake TerraceSultan

EdmondsMarysvilleLynnwood

Bothell


Transportation Impact Fee ComparisonSnohomish County Jurisdictions & County TSAs

State Average: $461

County Average: $442

*Administratively reduced in 2011 due to Annexations Source: City of Bellingham

Updating Fees and Methodology


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$13M

$2M

$7M$283M

$66M$111M

2015 Transportation Element of Comp Plan

$481M in capacity projects 95% of project costs are in

SWUGA Address PM peak capacity

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Traffic Model

Traffic model breaks down source of new trips in a TSA

Example: TSA D: 25% of new trips in

PM peak are from growth in neighboring TSA Currently, new development

in TSA D pays for 100% Fees stop at TSA boundaries,

trips do not

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Fee Methodology

Address cross-TSA impacts in the Cost Basis

Example: TSA D Cost Basis

• $283M x 75% = $212M

Proportional allocation across TSA Cost Bases TSA D still ends up with $283M

• Fees tracked administratively • $8.5M collected in TSA C for TSA D• Spent only in TSA D

$283M$212M

$28M $20M

$8.5M

$5.5M

$8.5M

$481MProject Costs

Credits & Adjustments

- $249M-52%

Cost Basis$232M

48%

Updating the Cost Basis


$249M Credits and adjustments per RCW Future grants, taxes, other public funds Updated project costs

$232M Cost Basis Basis for transportation impact fees i.e. new development’s portion of cost


- $249M-52%

Cost Basis$232M

48%

$481MProject Costs


- $249M-52%

Impact Fees$130M

27%

County Road Levy

$102M21%

Draft Suggested Fee Ranges


TSAABCDEF

2020 Maximum Assessable Fees

250 394 697

1,558 898

1,556

DRAFT - EXAMPLEFee Range190 - 213306 - 345445 - 564700 - 800700 - 800700 - 800

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$74

$260

$313

$353

$474

$547

KitsapCounty

SnohomishCounty

Adopted

ThurstonCounty

Clark County

PierceCounty

EXAMPLE -SnoCo Fee

Range

$0 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $600


Transportation Impact Fee ComparisonWestern WA Counties

State Average: $461


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$170

$199

$202

$254

$265

$326

$345

$355

$373

$373

$413

$422

$461

$505

$662

$667

$750

$750

$750

$842

$1,008

$0 $200 $400 $600 $800 $1,000 $1,200

SnohomishMukilteo

DRAFT - TSA AEverett

Granite FallsDRAFT - TSA B

Lake StevensArlington

StanwoodMonroe

Mill CreekMountlake Terrace

SultanDRAFT - TSA C

EdmondsMarysville

DRAFT - TSA FDRAFT - TSA EDRAFT - TSA D

LynnwoodBothell


Transportation Impact Fee ComparisonSnohomish County Jurisdictions & County TSAs

State Average: $461

County Average: $442


Looking Ahead


Next Steps

DPW is developing a recommended fee schedule Planning Commission Hearing September 22nd

County Council early December Impact fee update effective Q1 2021


Looking Ahead to 2024 Comprehensive Plan

Anticipate additional infrastructure need/demand (not reflected in today’s Cost Basis):

• Transit Communities • Cascade Industrial Center

Review for changes to transportation impact fee system: • How County measures level-of-service (LOS)• Concurrency management system • Transportation Demand Management (TDM)• Transportation Service Area (TSA) boundaries


Questions & Comments

Contact Information:


Darren Robb, Transportation Specialist

[email protected] | 425.388.6297

Erik Olson, Transportation Specialist

[email protected] | 425.262.2458

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