The Joint Powers Agreement for the fee program requires that the Transportation Agency, serving as the Joint Powers Agency Board, annually update the Regional Development Impact Fee to account for increases or decreases in construction costs. The Joint Powers Agreement specified that the Agency should use the Engineering News Record Construction Cost Index for the San Francisco Bay Area for the 12-month period ending December 31st of the preceding calendar year. For fiscal year 2022/23, this index is +5.27%, and a summary of the change in regional fees per trip by zone are shown in the table below:
| Fee per Trip |
FY 2021/22 |
FY 2022/23 |
| Zone 1 - North County |
$ 446.28 |
$ 468.63 |
| Zone 2 - Greater Salinas |
$ 378.96 |
$ 396.09 |
| Zone 3- Peninsula and South Coast |
$ 458.77 |
$ 480.57 |
| Zone 4 - South County |
$ 218.22 |
$ 229.37 |
| Zone 5 - FORA |
$ 460.14 |
$ 483.81 |
The updated fees go into effect automatically and local jurisdictions should begin assessing the revised fees on all new development proposals where the fee applies. A link to the most recent version of the Regional Development Impact Fee calculation worksheet can be found in the Web Attachment link below.
Currently, the Regional Development Impact Fee program has a balance of $5.9 million. The Board has previously approved programming these funds to State Route 156 Improvements (the Castroville Boulevard Interchange and the Blackie Road Extension projects). For the Castroville Boulevard Interchange project, regional fee funds in the amount of $5 million along with Measure X funds in the amount of $389,000 are being used as a match to a $20 million Senate Bill 1 Trade Corridors Enhancement Program grant that the Agency and Caltrans received. For the Blackie Road Extension project, $250,000 of regional fee funds are being matched with $250,000 of Senate Bill 1 Local Partnership Program formula funds.