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The primary purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between land development patterns, often referred to as the built environment, and motor vehicle travel in the United States and to assess whether petroleum use, and by extension GHG emissions, could be reduced through changes in the design of development patterns (see Appendix A for the full statement of task).
Yet these dispersed, automobile-dependent development patterns have come at a cost, consuming vast quantities of undeveloped land increasing the nation's dependence on petroleum, particularly foreign imports and increasing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that contribute to global warming. Suburbanization is a long-standing trend that reflects the preference of many Americans for living in detached single-family homes, made possible largely through the mobility provided by the automobile and an extensive highway network. population-some 80 percent-now lives in metropolitan areas, but population and employment continue to decentralize within regions, and density levels continue to decline at the urban fringe. “ If you built 2.5 million units, you’d have families in them tomorrow.The vast majority of the U.S.
We’re 2.5 million housing units behind,” Caballero said recently. “The last thing we need right now is to reduce the number of communities that we’re building. Anna Caballero, D-Salinas, says the state should not be scaring away homebuilders, but she is worried that VMT is doing just that. “I t’s basically a Central Valley issue,” said Prandini, referring to densely populated parts of the Bay Area and Los Angeles where bike lanes and vanpools already offset miles traveled. Prandini told the council the biggest challenge to developers right now is the unforeseen costs associated with VMT. So really, that money, those funds come from the developer community anyway, so it’s already their money,” responded Caperton.įlores didn’t ask any further questions. So as we collect permits, we take a little bit of a percentage of that fund’s consulting fee. “The fee itself is from the developers anyway. “So there’s going to be a cost, and it’s going to come from the city, and it’s really going to help the developers,” Flores said. The question was raised by Clovis Mayor Jose Flores as to whether the city was helping developers make profits by paying for an umbrella EIR. While the developer bears the costs upfront, it is passed on to homebuyers and renters. The cost to do that for a 20-unit project, by Prandini’s calculations, would be $460,000 over 30 years - or $23,000 a unit. In theory, Prandini said, a developer might be asked to subsidize vanpooling for residents of a new housing tract or apartment complex. That might sound easily attainable, but it’s expensive, according to Mike Prandini, president and CEO, Building Industry of Fresno-Madera Counties. Going forward, the VMT goal for Clovis will be 14. The Fresno Council of Governments has calculated an average of 16 vehicles miles traveled a day for development in Clovis. The higher the VMT, the higher the fee tacked on to the price of a new house - or even rent for a newly built apartment. all of those miles are counted up and a fee is calculated.
For instance, if a person drives to multiple places a day - work, store, soccer practice, etc. Related Story: State’s VMT Law Driving Builders Away, Making Homes More Expensive, Say. In April of last year, the median price of a home in Fresno County was $290,000. The minimum household qualifying income to buy that home is more than $60,000. “ VMT has played a role in how some residential projects, especially the larger ones, have slowed.”Īccording to the California Association of Realtors, the median price of a Fresno area home is $350,000. “VMT has really slowed down the amount of residential development that’s come forward,” said city of Clovis senior planner Ricky Caperton during the council meeting. “VMT has really slowed down the amount of residential development that’s come forward.”– Ricky Caperton, city of Clovis senior planner
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