Title
Approving a resolution setting a Public Hearing date to discuss and review an update to the City’s Land Use Assumptions and Capital Improvement Plan, for Water & Wastewater Utility Infrastructure, to determine whether to amend the plan and to consider amendments to the Land Use Assumptions, Capital Improvements Plan and Impact Fees.
Summary
The proposed Resolution is presented as a request for Council approval to proceed with a public hearing for discussion, review, and update of the City’s Water and Wastewater Land Use Assumptions and Capital Improvement Plan and to determine whether to amend the plan. This item is supported by the Infrastructure pillar of the Strategic Plan.
Authorized by the State of Texas, impact fees allow municipalities to assess developers and builders a one-time charge in order to finance additional infrastructure necessitated by new residential and commercial developments. In this way, the cost burden of future growth is shared by the new developments.
City Staff provides information that is being presented on Monday, November 7, to the City’s Capital Improvements Advisory Committee (CIAC) and the CIAC will have an opportunity to provide a recommendation whether to update the City's Water and Wastewater Land Use Assumptions, Capital Improvement Plan and Impact Fees based on the October 2022 Impact Fee Study Report, which projected updated needs for water and wastewater infrastructure. Among other things, the study evaluated land use assumptions, including population projections and employment growth. City impact fees were last updated January 28th, 2020 for water and wastewater.
Today’s City Council presentation is to receive an update on the City’s Water and Wastewater Capital Improvements Plan, Land Use Assumptions, and Water and Wastewater Impact Fee from Freese and Nichols, Inc. and discuss and consider action to adopt a resolution setting a public hearing to amend the Water and Wastewater Impact Fee.
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