Downtown Expansion Plan Development Impact Fee and Nexus Study

Project Overview The City of Santa Cruz (“City”) requests proposals from qualified consultants to prepare a Nexus Study for development impact fees in compliance with the requirements of the Mitigation Fee Act (also known as “AB 1600,” California Government Code Sections 66000 – 66025) for the Downtown Plan Expansion area. The City of Santa Cruz adopted the Downtown Plan Expansion in May 2025. The goal of this project is to provide documentation which demonstrates the nexus between the Downtown Plan Expansion developments and their impact on city infrastructure, and to justify the appropriate rates for a new impact fee. The Downtown Plan Expansion has adopted buildout assumptions, and order-of-magnitude infrastructure cost estimates for elements included in the adopted policy documents. These buildout assumptions and cost estimates will be provided to the selected consultant. These inputs shall be reviewed, validated, and updated as necessary to support the Development Impact Fee and Nexus Study.