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Land Use Committee continues debate on citywide Transportation Sustainability Fee after extensive public comment
Summary
The committee heard a multi-hour presentation and broad public comment on a proposed Transportation Sustainability Fee (TSF) that would expand transit impact fees to market-rate residential and large institutions; staff presented proposed rates ($7.74/residential; $18.00/nonresidential; $7.61/PDR), a feasibility approach, exemptions and grandfathering rules; the committee continued the item to October 5 for further amendments.
The Land Use and Transportation Committee on Wednesday held an extended hearing on a proposed Transportation Sustainability Fee (TSF) ordinance that would replace the existing Transit Impact Development Fee, expand fee coverage to market-rate residential projects and large institutions, and change how the city credits or exempts certain plan-area and nonprofit projects.
Supervisor Scott Wiener framed the item as “an important revamp” of how San Francisco pays for transportation improvements tied to growth. Planning and transportation staff described the TSF as the fee element of a three-part Transportation Sustainability Program that also includes travel-demand management strategies and pending CEQA reforms.
Alicia Jean Baptiste of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency summarized the ordinance and supporting analyses. She told the committee the proposal would establish a new residential fee of $7.74 per gross square foot, a nonresidential fee stated in the presentation as $18.00 per gross square foot, and a production-distribution-repair (PDR) rate of $7.61. Staff said consultants prepared a Nexus study (to quantify…
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