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HOLD a public hearing and consider an ordinance adopting water and wastewater impact fees.
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DATE: April 6, 2021
TO: Kent Cagle, City Manager
FROM: Danielle Singh, Executive Director of Public Works
SUBJECT: Hold a public hearing and consider an ordinance adopting water and wastewater impact fees.
BACKGROUND AND FINDINGS:
On March 9, 2021, City Council held the first public hearing on water and wastewater impact fees, approved the water and wastewater capital improvement plan and land use assumptions, and set the date for the final public hearing on the imposition of impact fees for April 13, 2021.
In accordance with the Texas Local Government Code, notice for the final public hearing has been published in a newspaper and the impact fee draft report has been made available to the public on our website. An impact fee shall be approved or disapproved within 30 days of the final public hearing on the imposition of an impact fee.
The maximum assessable impact fee per service unit for wastewater is equal to $418. The maximum assessable impact fee per service unit for water is equal to $1,161. The City Council may establish impact fees at a rate equal to or less than the maximum assessable impact fee per service unit. On March 10, 2021 the Capital Improvement Advisory Committee voted to recommend that the City Council adopt the maximum assessable water and wastewater impact fees per service unit.
THE ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED:
1. Do not approve the ordinance establishing water and wastewater impact fees.
2. Approve an ordinance establishing water and wastewater impact fees at a rate lower than the maximum assessable impact fee per service unit.
3. Approve the ordinance establishing water and wastewater impact fees at the maximum assessable impact fee per service unit.
Which alternative is recommended? Why?
City Staff recommends that the City Council adopts the ordinance establishing water and wastewater impact fees as recomme...
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