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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSeal Beach_Traffic_Fee Presentation1 Seal Beach Traffic Impact Fee Nexus Study January 23, 2026 © 2026 Iteris, Inc. All rights reserved.www.iteris.com 2 Agenda •About Iteris •Development Impact Fee Overview •Traffic Impact Fee Methodology •Travel Operations Analysis •Improvements Project Cost •Traffic Impact Fee © 2026 Iteris, Inc. All rights reserved.www.iteris.com 3 4 What Are Development Impact fees? •One-time fee are paid by new development to fund the public infrastructure needs of new residents and workers •Fees CAN fund: ‒New public infrastructure and facility projects that serve growth ‒Remodel/improve existing public infrastructure to expand capacity •Fees CANNOT fund: ‒Fixing a deficiency in level of service to existing residents ‒Personnel costs (e.g., salaries, benefits) •Differ from user fees or permit fees, which are limited to covering the cost of a specific service or regulatory function •The Mitigation Fee Act (AB 1600) establishes procedural and substantive requirements for fee adoption. •Codified in SBMC Chapter 4.10 (Transportation Impact Development Fee) © 2026 Iteris, Inc. All rights reserved.www.iteris.com 5 How the Traffic Impact Fees are calculated? © 2026 Iteris, Inc. All rights reserved.www.iteris.com Cost of Transportation Improvements Attributable to Growth Projected New Daily Trips forecasted Under Buildout conditions Fee Per Daily Trip Avg Daily Trips per Single- Family Avg Daily Trips per Multifamily Fee Per Single-Family Sq. Ft. Fee Per Multifamily Sq. Ft. Avg Daily Trips per Other land use Fee Per land use Sq. Ft. 6 Intersection Analysis •Collected traffic volumes for 23 study intersections •Projected volume increase due to anticipated development in the City based on recently adopted Housing Element. ‒ 7,065 new daily trips forecasted •Analyzed impacts at each intersection and needed improvements © 2026 Iteris, Inc. All rights reserved.www.iteris.com 7 Traffic Improvement List (capital improvement) •Includes improvements from City’s Local Road Safety Plan and Safety Action Plan •Improvements include: ‒New lane configuration ‒New Pole standards and equipment ‒Modified phasing and signal timing ‒New Striping ‒Audible Pedestrian System •Fair Share % is implied to all improvements ranging from 6% to 20% based on increase in traffic volumes from new development. © 2026 Iteris, Inc. All rights reserved.www.iteris.com 8 Total Transportation Improvement Costs © 2026 Iteris, Inc. All rights reserved.www.iteris.com 9 Final Fee Schedule •Retail/Shopping Center: $16.36 per square foot •General Office Building: $3.26 per square foot •Restaurant: $25.18 per square foot •Hotel: $2,400 per room •Single-family Residential: $1.61 per livable square foot •Multi-family Residential: $1.58 per livable square foot •Other Land Use Types: $300.39 per daily trip generated, utilizing trip rates from the latest version of the ITE Trip Generation manual © 2026 Iteris, Inc. All rights reserved.www.iteris.com 10 Thank you. © 2026 Iteris, Inc. All rights reserved.www.iteris.com Joshua McNeill Principal Engineer jmcneill@iteris.com 11 Anticipated Growth Housing Type Number of Units Housing Units Existing Inventory1 14,512 RHNA Allocations2 1,243 Anticipated Housing Inventory 15,755 Percent Change 9% [1] Existing housing inventory based on 2021 housing unit estimates from the California DOF. [2] Buildout housing inventory based on the City of Seal Beach 6th Cycle Housing Element 2021 - 2029. Source: City of Seal Beach; Economic & Planning Systems, Inc. The Mitigation Fee Act (AB 1600) provides the legal foundation, codified in California Government Code Section 66000, which establishes procedural and substantive requirements for fee adoption. © 2026 Iteris, Inc. All rights reserved.www.iteris.com