A~C REGIONAL REVIEW NOTIFICATION ATLANTA REGIONAL COMMISSION Atlanta Regional Commission • 229 Peachtree Street NE I Strite 100 I Atlanta, Georgia 30303 • ph: 404.463.3100 fax: 404.463.3205 • atlantaregionaLorg DATE: July 21, 2020 ARC REVIEW CODE: P2007212 TO: Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, City of Atlanta 2)T R$d__ ATTN TO: Kimberly Tallon, Department of City Planning FROM: Douglas R. Hooker, Executive Director, ARC Digital sigruhm, Origiiul on file The Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) has received the following proposal and is initiating a regional review to seek comments from potentially impacted jurisdictions and agencies. The ARC requests your comments related to the proposal not addressed by II the Commission’s regional plans and policies. II Name of Proposal: 2020 City of Atlanta CIE Amendment Review Type: Local Comprehensive Plan Description: A review of the proposed 2020 amendment to the City of Atlanta's Impact Fee ordinance (Capital Improvement Element (CIE)). Submitting Local Government: City of Atlanta Action Under Consideration: Approval Date Opened: July 21, 2020 Deadline for Comments: August 11, 2020 Earliest the Regional Review can be Completed: Upon approval by Georgia DCA II THE FOLLOWING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND AGENCIES ARE RECEIVING NOTICE OF THIS REVIEW: ARC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ARC TRANSPORTATION ACCESS & MOBILITY ARC NATURAL RESOURCES ARC RESEARCH & ANALYTICS ARC AGING & HEALTH RESOURCES GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FULTON COUNTY CITY OF EAST POINT CITY OF COLLEGE PARK CITY OF HAPEVILLE CITY OF SANDY SPRINGS DEKALB COUNTY CITY OF DECATUR CLAYTON COUNTY CITY OF FOREST PARK COBB COUNTY CITY OF SMYRNA MARTA GRTA/SRTA II Attached is information concerning this review. If you have any questions regarding this review, please contact Greg Giuffrida at [email protected] or 470-378-1531. If ARC staff does not receive comments from you on or before Tuesday, August 21, 2020, we will assume that your agency has no comments and will close the review. Comments via e-mail are strongly encouraged. The ARC review website is located at http://www.atlantaregional.org/land-use/planreviews. REGIONAL REVIEW NOTIFICATION ATLANTAA~e REGIONAL COMMISSION Atlanta Regional Commission • 229 Peachtree Street NE I Strite 100 I Atlanta , Georgia 30303 • ph: 404.463 .3100 fax 404.463.3205 • atlantaregional.org NOTICE OF LOCAL PLAN SUBMITTAL AND HEARING/COMMENT OPPORTUNITY Submitting Date Local City of Atlanta Government: Received: July 21, 2020 Local Contact: Kimberly Tallon, Business Manager II, City of Atlanta Department of City Planning Phone: 404-330-6297 E-Mail: [email protected] Fax: Website: www.atlantaga.gov Street 55 Trinity Avenue, SW City State, Atlanta, GA 30303 Zip: Department of Community Affairs Review Required Review Title: 2020 City of Atlanta CIE Amendment Description: A review of the proposed 2020 amendment to the City of Atlanta's Impact Fee ordinance (Capital Improvement Element (CIE)). Document can be viewed on the ARC website at: http://www.atlantaregional.org/landuse Under Plan Review, search for the City of Atlanta. The submitted documents are available for review at ARC and the local government. Reviewing Regional Commission: Atlanta Regional Commission 229 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 100 Atlanta, GA 30303 Phone 404-463-3100 | Fax 404-463-3254 Contact Greg Giuffrida, Plan Reviews Program Manager Person: E-Mail [email protected] ARC STAFF NOTICE OF REGIONAL REVIEW AND COMMENT FORM DATE: July 21, 2020 ARC REVIEW CODE: P2007212 TO: ARC Managers FROM: Greg Giuffrida, Plan Reviews Program Manager, 470-378-1531 Reviewing staff by Jurisdiction: Community Development: Giuffrida, Greg Transportation Access & Mobility: Goodwin, Amy Natural Resources: Santo, Jim Research & Analytics: Skinner, Jim Aging & Health Resources: Perumbeti, Katie Name of Proposal: 2020 City of Atlanta CIE Amendment Review Type: Local Comprehensive Plan Description: A review of the proposed 2020 amendment to the City of Atlanta's Impact Fee ordinance (Capital Improvement Element (CIE)). Submitting Local Government: City of Atlanta Date Opened: July 21, 2020 Deadline for Comments: August 11, 2020 Earliest the Regional Review can be Completed: Upon approval by Georgia DCA Response: 1) □ Proposal is CONSISTENT with the following regional development guide listed in the comment section. 2) □ While neither specifically consistent nor inconsistent, the proposal relates to the following regional development guide listed in the comment section. 3) □ While neither specifically consistent nor inconsistent, the proposal relates to the following regional development guide listed in the comment section. 4) □ The proposal is INCONSISTENT with the following regional development guide listed in the comment section. 5) □ The proposal does NOT relate to any development guide for which this division is responsible. 6) □Staff wishes to confer with the applicant for the reasons listed in the comment section. COMMENTS: CITY COUNCIL ATLANTA, GEORGIA 20-R-4007 CDP-20-022 AN AMENDED RESOLUTION BY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT/HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE TO TRANSMIT THE DRAFT DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE STUDY AND ORDINANCE UPDATE (CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT ELEMENT (CIE) AMENDMENT) TO THE ATLANTA REGIONAL COMMISSION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE GEORGIA PLANNING ACT OF 1989; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. (PUBLIC HEARING HELD 6/22/20) WHEREAS, new growth and development places additional demands upon public facilities, including parks and recreational facilities, and certain transportation facilities including roads, streets, bridges, rights-of-way, and traffic signals, which demands would not otherwise occur; and WHEREAS, the Georgia Development Impact Fee Act (DIFA) allows cities to adopt their own impact fee ordinances; and WHEREAS, the current City of Atlanta Development Impact Fee Ordinance, adopted by the Atlanta City Council on March 18, 1993, pursuant to 92-O-1817, needs to be updated; and WHEREAS, the City procured the services of Duncan Associates to complete an update to the Development Impact Fee Ordinance to 1) Redefine Levels of Service, 2) Modify Transportation Fee Programming, 3) Change Land Use Categories, 4) Fund Exemptions, and 5) Implement Changes to Impact Fee Program Administration; and WHEREAS, section 110-12-2-.03(d) of the Development Impact Fee Compliance Requirements of the State of Georgia state that whenever a city wants to amend its Capital Improvements Element (CIE) including redefining growth projections, land use assumptions or community goals that would affect system improvements proposed in the CIE, adding new impact fee service areas or a change to the boundaries of existing impact fee service areas, changing service levels established for an existing impact fee service area, or make any other revisions that might have a negative effect or major impact on another jurisdiction or authority then such city must following the procedures outlined at section 110- 12-2-.04(10) which include holding a public hearing on the CIE amendment and then submitting the CIE amendment to the regional development center; and WHEREAS, a public hearing for the City of Atlanta Development Impact Fee Ordinance was held on June 22, 2020. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA, HEREBY RESOLVES: SECTION 1: That the draft 2020 Development Impact Fee Study, attached hereto as Exhibit “A” and incorporated herein by reference, is hereby submitted to the Atlanta Regional Commission and the Last Updated: 06/24/20 Page 1 of 8 Georgia Department of Community Affairs for regional review, as per the requirements of the Development Impact Fee Compliance Requirements. SECTION 2: That the draft Impact Fee Ordinance update, attached hereto as Exhibit “B” and incorporated herein by reference, is hereby submitted to the Atlanta Regional Commission and the Georgia Department of Community Affairs for regional review, as per the requirements of the Development Impact Fee Compliance Requirements. SECTION 3: That all resolutions and parts of resolutions in conflict herewith are hereby waived to the extent of the conflict. 20-R-4007 Last Updated: 06/24/20 Page 2 of 8 EXHIBIT A “DRAFT 2020 DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE STUDY” 20-R-4007 Last Updated: 06/24/20 Page 3 of 8 DocuSign Envelope ID: 4CA9D243-2522-4E32-95D7-27D067B0B71FAABC7FBB-2845-449A-B97A-863EA77E0CCD EXHIBIT A “DRAFT 2020 DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE STUDY” DocuSign Envelope ID: 4CA9D243-2522-4E32-95D7-27D067B0B71FAABC7FBB-2845-449A-B97A-863EA77E0CCD Impact Fee Study prepared for the City of Atlanta, Georgia April 2020 PUBLIC Review Draft DocuSign Envelope ID: 4CA9D243-2522-4E32-95D7-27D067B0B71FAABC7FBB-2845-449A-B97A-863EA77E0CCD DocuSign Envelope ID: 4CA9D243-2522-4E32-95D7-27D067B0B71FAABC7FBB-2845-449A-B97A-863EA77E0CCD Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................ 1 CURRENT SYSTEM EVALUATION ........................................................................................... 5 Legal Framework ............................................................................................................................. 5 Study Methodology ......................................................................................................................... 8 Land Use Categories ....................................................................................................................