2021-04-07 City Council Item No. 11.1 Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan & Local Development Mitigation Fee Update Presentation Regular MEETING - Additional Meeting MaterialsMultiple Species
Habitat Conservation
Plan & Local
Development
Mitigation Fee Update
Background
•Menifee is a member agency of the Western Riverside
Regional Conservation Authority (RCA) with 18 other
cities
•RCA acquires, administers, operates and maintains land
and facilities to establish reserves for the conservation
and protection of species covered by the Western
Riverside Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan
(MSHCP)
MSHCP Member Agencies
•500,000 acres of permanent conservation
•Protection of 146 species
•Developed in response to the need for future growth
opportunities
•Addresses State and Federal Endangered Species Acts
•Streamlines environmental permitting processes
•Without MSHCP, each project would need to conduct
individual assessments and mitigations (less efficient,
more costly)
MSHCP Overview
•Menifee receives local Measure A sales tax funds
annually as a condition of the City’s participation in
the MSHCP
•$1.88 million received in FY 19/20
•For local streets, roads and other transportation
projects
MSHCP & MEASURE A
•Nexus Study in 2003 established the Local
Development Mitigation Fee (LDMF)
•Acquisition of land to meet the target conservation
acreage
•25-year plan of land acquisition
•Adopted by each MSHCP agency member
LDMF Establishment
•RCA prepared a new Nexus Study in 2020
•Needed to ensure adequate funding was available to
complete reserve land acquisition
•Extended the land acquisition by 15 years
2020 Nexus Study
•On December 7, 2020 the RCA Board of Directors
adopted the 2020 Nexus Study and MSHCP Mitigation
Fee Implementation Manual
•A phased fee schedule was also adopted:
•50% fee increase on July 1, 2021
•100% fee increase on January 1, 2022
•All member agencies are required to adopt the Nexus
Study no later than May for July 1st implementation
2020 Nexus Study
CATEGORY CURRENT JULY 1, 2021 –
DEC 31, 2021
JAN 1, 2022 –
JUNE 30, 2022
Residential, density less than 8.0
dwelling units per acre (fee per
dwelling unit)
$2,234 $2,935 $3,635
Residential, density between 8.0
and 14.0 dwelling units per acre
(fee per dwelling unit)
$1,430 $1,473 $1,515
Residential, density greater than
14.0 dwelling units per acre (fee per
dwelling unit)
$1,161 $670 $670
Commercial (fee per acre)$7,606 $11,982 $16,358
Industrial (fee per acre)$7,606 $11,982 $16,358
Phased Fee Schedule
•Fees can be prepaid under the current LDMF prior to
July 1, 2021 if:
•A project has an approved Planning Application
AND
•Plans have been submitted for Building plan review
and the Building Permit fees have been paid
•May also be applied to Grading Permit plan review/
Grading Permit fees
Prepayment Option
•Conduct a Public Hearing
•Approve and adopt City of Menifee Ordinance for the
Western Riverside MSHCP and Repeal Riverside
County Ordinance No. 810.2
•Adopt a Resolution of the City of Menifee to establish
the Western Riverside County MSHCP LDMF applicable
to all developments in the Plan Area
Recommended Action
Questions?
•City of Moreno Valley, San Jacinto –Adopted
•City of Wildomar, Calimesa, Beaumont, Norco –1st
reading occurred, pending 2nd reading
•City of Riverside –1st reading on April 13th
•All other cities –pending 1st reading
Member Agency Adoption Status
NO EXTENSION 5-YR
EXTENSION
10-YR
EXTENSION
15-YR
EXTENSION
$45,041 $28,625 $20,868 $16,358
Mitigation Fee per Acre