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Calimesa Council moves to allow automatic construction-cost adjustments to WRCOG transportation fee
Summary
At a public hearing April 6, the Calimesa City Council introduced Ordinance No. 420 and adopted Resolution No. 2026-05 to implement an automatic construction cost index (CCI) adjustment to the Western Riverside County Transportation Uniform Mitigation Fee. Staff said the change yields a 2.6% increase based on September indices and is capped at 5%.
The Calimesa City Council on April 6 opened and closed a public hearing and moved to introduce an ordinance and adopt a companion resolution to allow automatic annual construction-cost index adjustments to the Western Riverside County transportation uniform mitigation fee (TUMF).
City engineering staff explained the amendment would tie future annual adjustments to two published indices — a national association index that covers right-of-way costs and the Engineering News-Record construction-cost index — using the prior September indices applied each July 1. Staff said the formula produced a 2.6% increase based on the cited indices and that the adjustment is capped at 5%.
"The purpose of the ordinance is to allow that CCI adjustment to be implemented without having to come back to you every year," the city engineer said during the presentation.
No members of the public spoke during the hearing. After brief council questions about how the indices are calculated and the cap, the council voted to introduce Ordinance No. 420 by first reading and adopt Resolution No. 2026-05, which sets the new fees for developments in the city. The council recorded the motion and vote as 4-0 in favor.
City staff said the automatic adjustment can produce decreases if construction costs fall; they noted the indices declined during the previous recession and emphasized the cap was meant to moderate rapid increases.
The ordinance introduction and the resolution change the administrative process for applying the WRCOG fee within the city; the measure does not alter the underlying methodology adopted previously by WRCOG, staff said. Council did not request further public outreach before moving forward.
The next procedural step is the ordinance's formal readings and final adoption per state and municipal rules, which the council introduced by title only during the meeting.
