Exhibit K
Vehicle Miles Traveled Reduction Program
and Nexus Study
City of Fresno
1 September 25, 2025
Background - Senate Bill (SB) 743
2 • Passed in 2013, In effect – July 1, 2020
• CEQA Transportation Impact Metric
– Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT)
– Replaced delay and Level of Service (LOS)
• Projects subject to SB 743
– Development Projects
– Redevelopment/Infill Projects
– Transportation Projects
– Land Use Plans (General Plans/Specific Plans)
Overview and Objectives
3 • Streamline the SB 743 compliance process for development projects by providing feasible mitigation options to reduce potentially significant VMT impacts
• Generate funding for future transportation demand management (TDM) strategies and VMT-reducing projects within Fresno to help reduce Citywide total VMT
• Contribute towards making Fresno a pedestrian-, bicycle-, and transit-oriented community with active, healthy, and livable spaces
VMT Reduction Program Components
4 Urban Design
Calculator
VMT Reduction Program
VMT Reduction
Fee
• Incentivizes Better On-Site
Urban Design Principles
– Land Use
– Urban Design
– Bikeshare, Scootershare,
Carshare
– Transit and Parking
Management
• Citywide VMT Reduction
– Improved Transit
– Pedestrian Infrastructure
Projects
– Bicycle Infrastructure
– TDM Elements
VMT Reduction Program – Urban Design Calculator
• Incentivizes the incorporation of
better urban design principles that
promotes non-vehicular modes of
travel
• Provides credit for VMT reduction
from on-site project design features
– Land Use
– Urban Design
– Bikeshare, Scootershare, Carshare
– Transit and Parking Management
• VMT reduction based on CAPCOA
Handbook for Analyzing
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
5 VMT
Reduction
Program
Development
Projects with
VMT Impact
VMT
Bank
VMT
Mitigation
Projects
Legal Framework – Mitigation Fee Act
6 • Purpose of Fee
– Funding the cost of implementation of VMT mitigation
projects
• Use of the Fee
– Funding VMT reduction projects (e.g. active transportation and transit)
• Relationship Between Project Type and Fee Use
– Development projects with VMT impact over City’s thresholds contributes into the program to reduce VMT
• Relationship Between Project Type and Need for Public Facility
– Creates more effective VMT mitigation projects than on-site improvements
• Relationship Between Cost of Public Facility and Fee
Collected
– Fees are proportional to a development project’s VMT impact above threshold
VMT Mitigation Process
7 Land Development
Application
Project
Screen Out?
Yes
Presumed less than
significant
Analysis Complete
No
VMT Below
Threshold
No Significant Impact
Analysis Complete
VMT Above
Threshold
VMT Reduction
Fee
Mitigated Negative Declaration
Analysis Complete
VMT Below
Threshold
No Significant Impact
Analysis Complete
VMT Above
ThresholdVMT
Analysis
Urban Design
Calculator
VMT Reduction Program
• Identification
– FAX Transit Projects in the Short-Range Transit
Plan
– FAX Transit Projects in the Long-Range Transit
Plan
– Fresno COG Regional Transportation Plan
– Fresno Safe Routes to School Action Plan
– Fresno Active Transportation Plan
– Southern Blackstone Avenue Smart Mobility
Plan
8 QuantificationIdentification
Prioritization
Fee$ VMT
$
VMT Reduction Program – Identified Projects
9 • Approximately 250
projects identified
• Approximately 101
projects identified as
Feasible
• 24 Projects selected
for VMT Reduction
Program
VMT Reduction Program – Determination of Fee
• Determination of Fee
10 Description Calculation
Total number of projects
in fee program
24 Project costs attributable
to fee program
$19.9M
Total Unmitigated VMT 67,429
Per VMT cost
methodology
𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇𝑇 𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑇𝑇𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑇𝑇
𝑝𝑝𝑇𝑇𝑐𝑐𝑇𝑇𝑐𝑐
𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑉𝑇𝑇 𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑝𝑝𝑇𝑇𝑟𝑟𝑇𝑇𝑟𝑟
𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑟𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑟 𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏 𝐶𝐶𝑟𝑟𝑇𝑇𝑏𝑏′𝑐𝑐 𝐺𝐺𝐺𝐺
Cost per 1 VMT
reduction
$295
QuantificationIdentification
Prioritization
Fee$ VMT
$
Outreach
• BPAC, DAC
– Blackstone Avenue
– Sidewalk Gaps
– Marketing
– Transit Routes
• Outreach conducted for
the Long Range Transit
Plan, Active Transit Plan
11 General Plan Consistency
• Urban Form: Pedestrian
and bicycle linkages
• Mobility &
Transportation: Reduce
VMT, multi-modal system
• Resource Conservation:
Reduce GHG Emissions
12 Environmental Impact Report
• All impacts less than
significant or less than
significant with
mitigation except
Transportation
• Transportation impact
TRA-2 Re: VMT is
significant and
unavoidable due to
evolving VMT data and
potential mitigation
delays
13 Environmental Impact Report
• Findings of Overriding
Consideration based on
legal, economic and
environmental benefits
• Certification of the EIR
provides streamlining at
the project level for
VMT impacts.
14 Recommendation
1. Certify Environmental Impact Report SCH. No. 2024091129 a. Adopt Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding
Considerations
b. Adopt the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program
2. Adopt a Vehicle Miles Traveled Nexus Study, Reduction Program and Capital Improvement Plan
3. Approve Bill to Add Section 12-4.17 to the FMC to establish the Mitigation Fee
4. Adopt the 593rd Amendment to the Master Fee Schedule to add a Vehicle Miles Traveled Mitigation Fee
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