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Land Use Committee forwards modest TSF increase for very large commercial projects with negative recommendation
Summary
The committee debated amendments to the Transportation Sustainability Fee (TSF) that would raise fees for very large nonresidential projects and require a partial catch-up payment for certain older filings; the panel voted to send the item to the full Board with a negative recommendation (2–1).
Supervisor Avalos, sponsor of Item 1, urged the committee to approve two targeted changes to the Transportation Sustainability Fee intended to better align commercial charges with residential impacts and to capture revenue from grandfathered projects. Avalos said the amendments would raise the fee for nonresidential square footage above 100,000 square feet by roughly two dollars per square foot for very large projects and require projects filed before July 21, 2015 that had not yet received final approval to pay 50% of the difference between the Transit Impact Development Fee (TIDF) and the TSF. "These are the items we have before us and I urge your support," Avalos said, arguing the changes would generate about…
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