NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY
OF THE
TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEE ANNUAL REPORT
FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2024-25
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Transportation Impact Fee Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2024-25 (ending June 30, 2025) is available for public review at https://elcerritoca.portal.civicclerk.com/event/587/files and in the Office of the City Clerk, 10890 San Pablo Avenue, El Cerrito CA 94530, during regular business hours. For further information on the report, please contact the Public Works Department at [email protected] or (510) 215-4382.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the City Council will consider accepting the Transportation Impact Fee Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2024-25 at its regularly scheduled meeting on December 16, 2025 at 6:00 p.m., or thereafter, in the City Council Chambers, located at El Cerrito City Hall, 10890 San Pablo Avenue and available for viewing only using the video conferencing platform Zoom. Additional information can be found in the meeting materials at
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TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEE
ANNUAL REPORT
FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2024-25
N OVEMBER 25, 20 25
City of El Cerrito Transportation Impact Fee Annual Report FY 2024-2025 i
TABLE OF CONTENTS
A. Introduction.................................................................................................................1 B. Annual Reporting Requirements...........................................................................1 C. Transportation Impact Fee Description...............................................................2 D. Fee Schedule...............................................................................................................3 E. Financial Summary....................................................................................................3 F. Project Descriptions..................................................................................................4 G. Additional Financial informaton ............................................................................4 Attachment 1 - Building Permits List
City of El Cerrito Transportation Impact Fee Annual Report FY 2024-2025 1 A. INTRODUCTION
In January 2019, the City of El Cerrito City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2019- 1 adding Chapter 4.54 - Transportation Impact Fee (TIF) to the El Cerrito Municipal Code (ECMC), Title 4 - Revenue and Finance. The TIF was established under authority granted by the Mitigation Fee Act, AB 1600, contained in Sections 66000 to 66025 of the California Government Code.
This report contains information on the City of El Cerrito’s TIF for Fiscal Year 2024- 2025 (ending June 30, 2025).
B. ANNUAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
Pursuant to Government Code section 66006(b)(1), within 180 days after the end of each fiscal year, the City Council shall receive a report that includes the following information:
• A brief description of the TIF.
• The amount of the fee (TIF schedule).
• The beginning and ending balance of the TIF account for the prior fiscal year.
• The amount of the fees collected, and the interest earned in the prior fiscal year.
• Information from the City’s current Capital Improvement Program (CIP) including:
– Expenditure of fee revenue on transportation improvements and other program costs in the prior fiscal year, including expenditure amounts, identification of each public improvement on which fees were expended, and the total percentage of the cost of the public improvement that was funded with the TIF.
– Programming of the ending account balance to specific transportation improvements and the timing of those improvements within the planning horizon of the City’s current CIP, including an approximate construction start date for incomplete public improvement projects for which sufficient funds have been collected.
– Description of any interfund transfers or loans, including identification of the public improvement on which the transfer or loan will be expended, any loan repayment dates, and the rate of interest on any loans made from the TIF account.
• The amount of refunds made pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 66001 and any allocations pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 66001.
City of El Cerrito Transportation Impact Fee Annual Report FY 2024-2025 2 Also, per Government Code 66006(b)(2), the report must be made available to the public at least 15 days prior to the regularly scheduled meeting of the City Council at which the report is considered, and mailed, at least 15 days prior to the meeting, to any interested party who files a written request with the City for mailed notice of the meeting.
C. TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEE DESCRIPTION
To implement the goals and objectives of the City of El Cerrito’s General Plan and related expert and specific plans, and to mitigate the impacts caused by future development in the City, certain transportation improvements must be constructed.
The City Council has determined that a Transportation Impact Fee is needed to finance these transportation improvements and to pay for each development’s fair share of the construction and acquisition costs of the necessary transportation improvements.
The City Council adopted Council Resolution 2018-70 setting the amount of the fee, describing the need for the fee, listing the types of transportation improvements to be financed, describing the estimated cost of these improvements, describing the reasonable relationship between the fee and the several types of future development, and setting time for payment of the fee.
The transportation improvements eligible for funding with the TIF are based on prior planning studies completed to support the City’s growth and the impact of that growth on the transportation system. The focus of these improvements is to connect El Cerrito residents to employment and activity centers and major transit facilities within the City and in neighboring jurisdictions. These improvements are located and connect to San Pablo Avenue, the City’s primary transportation corridor serving all modes. The TIF project list is a selection of projects from the following: San Pablo Avenue Specific Plan (SPASP), Active Transportation Plan (ATP) and Ohlone Greenway Master Plan, which were previously adopted by the City Council.
The City applies the TIF to building permits associated with New Construction and Intensification of Use as described in the TIF Administrative Guidelines approved by the City Manager in April 2019 and updated in June 2020. City staff, as part of their typical process of reviewing a proposed Development Project, determine the land use categories that are applicable and calculate the TIF based on the TIF Administrative Guidelines. This applies to both private and public Development Projects. The TIF payment is due at the time of building permit issuance.
The Capital Improvement Fund, Non-Departmental Capital Outlay, Transportation Impact Fees Account (301-90-50 48610) receives all Transportation Impact Fees collected and all interest generated, and is used to pay for design, engineering, environmental review, permits, right-of-way acquisition, utility relocation, project management and construction of the transportation improvements as designated in Council Resolution 2018-70.
City of El Cerrito Transportation Impact Fee Annual Report FY 2024-2025 3 D. FEE SCHEDULE
The amount of the TIF was originally established by City Council Resolution No. 2018-70 on December 18, 2018. Beginning July 1, 2019 and each July 1 thereafter, the TIF is to be adjusted as described in the TIF Administrative Guidelines. The annual fee adjustment is based on the annual percentage change in the Engineering News-Record Construction Cost Index for the San Francisco Bay Area for the prior 12-month period, from February of the prior year to February of the current year. The adjustment is then to be adopted by the City Council along with the City’s Master Fee Schedule on an annual basis and implemented by July
1. The TIF in Fiscal Year 2024-25 was established by City Council Resolution No. 2024-32 on May 21, 2024 as summarized below.
Land Use Fee
Residential
Single Family $4,172 per dwelling unit
Multi-Family $2,920 per dwelling unit
Nonresidential
Commercial $5.62 per square foot
Hotel/Motel $4.59 per square foot
Office $4.84 per square foot
Industrial $3.05 per square foot
Other* To Be Determined
Note: *Applies to development projects that do not clearly conform to one of the defined residential or nonresidential categories and is likely to be applicable only in exceptional cases. In such cases the fee would be based on an estimated trip generation rate adjusted for equivalent dwelling units (EDU) and multiplied by the same cost per EDU applied to the other land use categories, as described in the TIF Administrative Guidelines.
E. FINANCIAL SUMMARY
The table below summarizes TIF beginning fund balance, fees collected and returned, interest earned in the account, expenses, and ending fund balance for Fiscal Year 2024-25.
City of El Cerrito Transportation Impact Fee Annual Report FY 2024-2025 4 Beginning Balance - July 1, 2024 $375,190.79
Fees Collected $4,143.00
Fees Returned $0.00
Interest Earned $0.00
Expenses ($186,474.31)
Ending Balance - June 30, 2025 $192,859.48
Attachment 1 contains the list of building permits with corresponding property addresses for which the TIF was collected during Fiscal Year 2024-25.
F. PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS
In Fiscal Year 2024-25, funding from the TIF was allocated to the Del Norte Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Infrastructure/Complete Streets Project. The expenses totaled $186,474.31; the full amount of the expenses summarized above. The total percentage of the overall project expenses that were funded with the TIF was 3.5%. The City’s 5-Year Capital Improvement Program has the ending account balance programmed for construction of the same project. The project began construction in Spring 2024 and is expected to be substantially complete by December 2025.
G. ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL INFORMATON
No interfund transfers or loans were made.
No refunds were made pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 66001 and any allocations pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 66001.
Fee Code: TIF
Permit Number Address Paid Amount
BD23-0986 925 RICHMOND ST $4,143.00
Total for 1 Permits: $4,143.00
Printed: Monday, 27 October, 2025 1 of 1
Attachment 1
Building Permits List
City of El Cerrito
Date Range Between 7/1/2024 and 6/30/2025