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Conduct a public hearing and consider action to amend the Land Use Assumptions and Capital Improvements Plan for Water and Wastewater Utility Infrastructure, determine whether to amend the plan and amendments to the Land Use Assumptions, Capital Improvements Plan.
Summary
November 8, 2022, City Council authorized staff to set a public hearing date for December 13, 2022 for consideration of updating the City’s Land Use Assumptions, Capital Improvement Plan and Water and Wastewater Impact Fees. In addition, City Staff began coordinating with the Capital Improvements Advisory Committee (CIAC) in July 2022.
City Staff has requested a public hearing as required by Texas Local Government Code (TLGC) Chapter 395 as an opportunity for public review and consider action to submit comments to City Council on the update and amendment to the City of Pflugerville Code of Ordinances, Chapter 152, Subchapter A, entitled “Water and Wastewater Impact Fees,” updating the land use assumptions, capital improvement plan and amending impact fees for water and wastewater utilities.
The last Impact Fee study was adopted on April 14, 2020. Due to the nature of the capital projections in the Water and Wastewater utility, an update of the impact fees are necessary to make sure that we are passing on to the developers their share of the capacity in these new facilities. The major changes from the 2020 report to this updated report are the necessary capital projects and the estimate of probable cost for various utility projects, mainly the Water Treatment Plant expansion, Wilbarger Wastewater Treatment Plant and Secondary Colorado River Raw Water Line projects for construction that has begun or will begin within the next several months. After contracting with several design consultants to design these projects, the costs have increased significantly from the original estimates received in 2020. These increases relate to materials availability and escalation, contractor capacity an...
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