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Milpitas council adopts annual development-fee report; staff to provide deeper historical accounting
Summary
Council adopted the AB 1600-required annual development impact fee report for three funds — Calaveras Boulevard widening, the Metro (TASP) impact fee, and the storm drainage fee — after staff summarized balances and promised further historical and map detail on how the funds are committed.
Finance Director Luz Cofresi Howe presented the City of Milpitas’ annual development impact fee report for fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, saying the report is required under the State Mitigation Fee Act (AB 1600) and that staff recommended adoption of a resolution making the act’s required findings.
Luz told the council the three restricted funds covered by the report are the Calaveras Boulevard widening traffic impact fee, the Transit Area Specific Plan (TASP, now described in staff materials as the Metro Milpitas Metro specific plan) impact fee, and the storm drain impact fee. She summarized the point-in-time balances the report captures and warned that not adopting the report would put the city at risk of violating state law and potentially require refunds to developers.
Council members questioned several details, asking for inception-to-date collections, year-by-year revenue and expenditure breakdowns, and a clearer map of the TASP/Metro boundaries. Luz said the figures shown were beginning and ending balances as of 06/30/2024 and 06/30/2025 and committed to provide historical data and a larger boundary map. Staff and the assistant city manager also noted that prior capital spending (including a previously funded $5 million contribution toward Calaveras planning work) had already reduced some fund balances, meaning the point-in-time totals do not reflect all prior activity.
Councilor Lian moved to adopt the development fee annual report and the accompanying resolution; the motion passed unanimously, with Vice Mayor Barbara Dio, Council members Chua, Lam and Lian, and Mayor Montana recorded as voting "Aye."
What happens next: staff will deliver the requested inception-to-date figures, a larger map of the Metro/TASP area and a breakdown of allocations to CIP projects, so the council and public can see which projects are already committed to those restricted balances.
