Adoption of Amendment 824.19 to Ordinance No. 824 Work Order #ZTR1100, Task Code #ZADM
Summary
SCH Number
2025051002
Public Agency
Riverside County
Document Title
Adoption of Amendment 824.19 to Ordinance No. 824 Work Order #ZTR1100, Task Code #ZADM
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
5/22/2025
Document Description
The County of Riverside (County) is a Member Jurisdiction of the Western Riverside Council of Governments (WRCOG), a joint powers agency comprised of the County and eighteen (18) cities in Western Riverside County. In 2002-2003 the WRCOG Member Jurisdictions developed a plan whereby the shortfall in funds needed to enlarge the capacity of the Regional System of Highways and Arterials due to new development in Western Riverside County could be made up in part by a Transportation Uniform Mitigation Fee (TUMF) on future residential, commercial, and industrial development. As a Member Jurisdiction of WRCOG and as a TUMF Participating Jurisdiction, the County participated in the preparation of the "Western Riverside County Transportation Union Fee Nexus Study," (2002 Nexus Study) later adopted by the WRCOG Executive Committee. Based on the 2002 Nexus Study, the County adopted and implemented Ordinance 824 authorizing the County's participation in a TUMF Program.
On July 10, 2017, the WRCOG Executive Committee adopted the 2016 TUMF Nexus Study to reflect changes in the TUMF Program. WRCOG is required each year after approval of the Nexus Study, per the TUMF Administrative Plan, to present the proposed construction cost index (CCI) adjustment for consideration by the Executive Committee. The CCI is an administrative element of the TUMF that is intended to keep the dollar value of the TUMF Program whole. In recent years, the Executive Committee has not approved a CCI adjustment to the TUMF until November 4, 2019. The WRCOG Executive Committee has recommended that member agencies prepare amendments to their respective ordinances to adopt and implement the new TUMF fees based on the CCI adjustment.
Contact Information
Name
Jan Bulinski
Agency Name
Riverside County TLMA - Transportation Department
Job Title
Environmental Project Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Western Riverside County
Counties
Riverside
Regions
Southern California
Other Location Info
Western Riverside County
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
15378
Reasons for Exemption
The purpose of Amendment 824.19 to Ordinance 824 is to reflect the updated fee collection process. The County of Riverside Transportation Department has found that the above-described Ordinance is exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), based on the following:
Section 15378 – Not a Project – Organizational or administrative activities of government entities, such as the reorganization, formatting, addition of introductory explanation to the ordinance, and changes to administrative processing and application requirements do not constitute a project under CEQA pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines section 15378. Ordinance No. 824.19 is, in part, changing the administrative process for annual fee increases by allowing adoption of the fee increases either through an ordinance or resolution and clarifying the two types of fee increases as periodic or annual.
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
15061(b)(3)
Reasons for Exemption
The purpose of Amendment 824.19 to Ordinance 824 is to reflect the updated fee collection process. The County of Riverside Transportation Department has found that the above-described Ordinance is exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), based on the following:
Section 15061(b)(3)-Common Sense Exemption-The activity is covered by the common sense exemption that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. It can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility for the activity in question to have a significant effect because the proposed amendment to Ordinance 824 will not result in any impact on the physical environment, therefore the activity is not subject to CEQA.
County Clerk
Riverside
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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