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[1. CALL TO ORDER – 5:30 PM]
I WILL CALL THE, UM, MAY IMPACT THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING TO ORDER, UM, TIM BWO.AND WE'VE GOT A GREAT TURNOUT THIS AFTERNOON AS I EXPECTED WE WOULD.
UM, FIRST ITEM IS TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF APRIL 1ST, 2004.
NO, THIS IS, THESE ARE THE MINUTES OF APRIL 1ST, 2004.
ALRIGHT, FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
ALRIGHT, ANDREW, YOU'RE TAKING, OH, YOU'RE TAKING
[2. Receive a presentation on the status of the impact fees.]
THE TALKING SICK FIRST.THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE A LITTLE BIT EARLIER FOR, FROM THE P AND Z MEETING, BUT I APPRECIATE Y'ALL COMING OUT.
SO TONIGHT WE'LL BE GIVING A, UH, UPDATE TO THE IMPACT FEE STATUS, NOT NECESSARILY ANY, UM, UPDATES TO THE IMPACT FEES THEMSELVES, BUT WE'LL JUST BE UPDATING YOU ON THE EXPENDITURES, COLLECTIONS AND WHERE WE ARE ON THE PROJECTS.
AND I'LL GO OVER A LITTLE BIT AS WELL WITH, UH, WHAT OUR IMPACT FEES, THE ROLE OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, JUST A REFRESHER ON THAT.
AND WHEN WE LASTED OUR, UH, PREVIOUS IMPACT FEE UPDATE IN 2023 AND LIKE I SAID, WE'LL GO INTO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
WE'RE CURRENTLY STANDING ON THOSE AND THE BALANCES OF OUR CURRENT IMPACT FEES.
SO WHAT ARE IMPACT FEES? THEY ARE FEES THAT ARE CHARGED TO RECOVER INVESTMENTS, UH, AND INFRASTRUCTURE WITH CAPACITY TO SERVE NEW DEVELOPMENT.
SO ANYTIME A DEVELOPER COMES INTO TOWN AND, UH, WANTS TO DEVELOP A A PIECE OF LAND, THEY ARE GONNA BE DUE WATER AND WASTEWATER IMPACT FEES 'CAUSE THEY ARE PUTTING IMPACT ON THE SYSTEM.
AND THIS IS GRANTED BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 3 95 AND THE MONIES CAN ONLY BE SPENT ON CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS, UM, OR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR THE IMPACT FEES.
IT CANNOT BE SPENT ON ANYTHING ELSE.
SO IMPACT FEES, THEY ARE ASSESSED AT THE TIME OF PLATTING AND THIS IS DONE BY A NOTE THAT'S USUALLY INCLUDED ON THE PLAT FRONT PAGE WITH ALL THE OTHER NOTES THAT'LL GIVE YOU THE, UM, ORDINANCE THAT THE IMPACT FEE WILL REFERENCE.
SO SOME OLDER PLATS WILL REFERENCE OLDER ORDINANCES.
ALL TODAY'S PLATS THAT ARE BEING FINALED AND RECORDED WILL HAVE THE CURRENT IMPACT FEE ORDINANCE NOTED ON THE PLAT.
AND IMPACT FEES ARE PAID AT THE TIME OF BUILDING PERMIT, ISSUANCE OR UTILITY APPLICATION.
AND THEY'RE TRACKED IN SEPARATE INTEREST BEARING, UM, ACCOUNTS AS WE MENTIONED LAST TIME FOR BOTH THE WATER AND THE WASTEWATER.
SO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHICH IS YOU ALL, YOU'LL HELP US WITH, UM, ADVISING US ON THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT PROCESS OF NEW IMPACT FEES.
SO WHEN WE COME TO YOU WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IN, UH, UPDATES TO THE IMPACT FEES, YOU'LL GUIDE US THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND PROVIDE YOUR INPUT.
UM, THAT INCLUDES THE LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS, THE CIP THAT WE PUT TOGETHER AND CALCULATIONS FOR THAT MAXIMUM FEE.
AND THIS IS USUALLY DONE EVERY, UH, THREE TO FIVE YEARS, BUT FIVE YEARS IS THE MAXIMUM THAT WE CAN GO BETWEEN UPDATES PER STATE LAW.
SO AS I MENTIONED, OUR LAST UPDATE WAS IN 2023 HDR CAME AND PRESENTED TO US REGARDING UPDATES TO THE LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS, CIP AND THEY CALCULATED A MAXIMUM IMPACT FEE OF $7,629, WHICH IS OUR CURRENT IMPACT FEE, WHICH IS A REDUCTION FROM OUR LAST IMPACT FEE, UH, MAXIMUM RATE, WHICH WAS 9,557.
SO OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE NUMBER IS 2023 DASH 18.
ALL RIGHT, SO HERE ARE THE CURRENT IMPACT FEES ARE SCHEDULED TODAY THAT WE REFERENCE.
WE HAVE THE WATER FEE SET AT 2,509 AND WASTEWATER FEE AT 5,120 FOR THAT TOTAL THAT I MENTIONED, $7,629.
AND THAT IS BASED ON THE, UH, ONE LUE OR LIVING UNIT EQUIVALENT FOR A FIVE EIGHTS INCH METER.
SO, UM, THAT'S HOW MUCH WATER FLOW FOR A LIVING UNIT EQUIVALENT.
HOW MUCH, UH, MAXIMUM DUTY CONTINUOUS WATER FLOW THAT CAN COME THROUGH A FIVE EIGHT INCH METER AND IN EVERY SUBSEQUENT METER SIZE IS, IS A MULTIPLE OF THAT.
YOU CAN SEE AT THREE QUARTER INCHES, 1.5 TIMES THAT AMOUNT AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
HERE'S THE UPDATED LIST OF THE MUNICIPALITIES IN OUR AREA AND HOW WE COMPARE WITH IMPACT FEES.
UM, ON THE BIGGEST UPDATE I NOTED WAS BUTA WENT UP IN THEIR IMPACT FEES FROM ABOUT 7,000 TO I THINK 12,427.
NOW, UH, WE STILL LIE IN THAT TOP OR BOTTOM THREE OR FOUR AS FAR AS UM, THE IMPACT FEE TOTAL BRAUNFELS IS THAT THEY'RE UP THERE AT 25,692.
SO OUR PAYMENTS TO DATE IN 24 FISCAL YEAR 24 25, WE HAVE 145 WATER IMPACT FEE PAYMENTS WE'VE RECEIVED IN 115 WASTEWATER COLLECTIONS.
WE'VE COLLECTED 2,664,000 ALTOGETHER IN WATER AND WASTEWATER IMPACT FEES TO DATE.
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PREVIOUS YEAR.WE ARE AT 1 MILLION 492 793 AND IT'S ONLY IN THE WASTEWATER.
THIS IS LIKELY TO, UH, PAYMENTS INTO OUR DEBT SERVICE FROM PAST PROJECTS IN OUR CIPS AND OUR FUND BALANCES.
SO RIGHT NOW OUR BALANCES AT $22,041,856 AND THAT'S AN INCREASE FROM OUR PREVIOUS YEAR.
WE'RE STEADILY INCREASING, BUT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS IN THE CIP THAT ARE GONNA BE COMING UP SOON, WHICH I'LL GO OVER HERE IN A SECOND.
SO THIS IS OUR WATER, CIP AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S BROKEN DOWN BETWEEN WATER TREATMENT, PUMPING SUPPLY AND RECLAIMED WATER.
AND AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE QUITE A FEW PROJECTS, UH, COMING UP SOON.
AND THAT INCLUDES THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT EXPANSION IN THE NEXT TWO TO THREE YEARS, POSSIBLY, UH, THE AMMAN ROAD TANK AND PUMP STATION, WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY IN BIDDING.
UH, SO THAT WILL START CONSTRUCTION SOON THIS YEAR.
AND THEN WE HAVE A FEW RECLAIM PROJECTS THAT ARE IN DESIGN AS WELL.
WASTEWATER, CIP, OUR BIGGEST ONE THAT WE CAN SPEAK OF IS THE OBVIOUS.
WE HAVE IT BROKEN INTO TWO EXPANSIONS.
WE HAVE A RE-RATE, WE'RE RE-RATING OUR, UM, DISCHARGE PERMITTED FLOW TO 2.2 MGD OR 2.0 TO 2.2.
WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THAT.
AND THEN OUR OLD, OUR NEXT BIG EXPANSION WILL BE THE 3.9 MGD AND THAT'S THAT 14 MILLION YOU SEE THERE.
AND THESE OTHER PROJECTS ARE EITHER IN DESIGN OR UM, IN BID, WHICH THE SOUTH SLO COLLECTOR'S DESIGN IN SUGGS CREEK SEWER MAIN IS ACTUALLY A PROJECT THAT A DEVELOPER IS GONNA BE, UH, INSTALLING FOR THE CITY OF BURN.
BUT WE HAVE SOME MONIES IN THERE FOR REIMBURSEMENT TO THE DEVELOPER.
SO IN SUMMARY, OUR UM, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ARE DESIGN CONSTRUCTION.
WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON A LOT OF THESE.
UM, WE HAVE THE IMPACT FEE FUND GROWING TO HELP PAY FOR THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE, UM, COMING SOON.
AND OUR NEXT UPDATE THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO TO THE IMPACT FEE ORDINANCE WOULD BE IN 2028.
AND, UM, WE'LL BE MEETING NEXT WITH YOU ALL IN NOVEMBER ON NOVEMBER 3RD.
AT THIS TIME I'LL OPEN UP TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. WILKINSON.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. WILKINSON OR ANDREA? AND I SAW MIKE MANN.
COMMISSIONER FRIAR ON ONE OF THE FIRST, EITHER THE FIRST OR SECOND SLIDE THAT YOU HAD.
YOU SAID THAT THE IMPACT FEE TO THE DEVELOPER IS ESTABLISHED AT THE TIME OF PLATTING, RIGHT? YES.
SO IS THERE A TIME LIMIT ON THAT WHERE NO PROJECTS COME TO FRUITION WHEN THEN SO MANY YEARS? DOES THAT EVER GET REASSESSED OR IT'S IT'S JUST, IT IS WHAT? IT'S, SO IF THE LOT DOES NOT GET DEVELOPED RIGHT AWAY, I THINK IS YOUR QUESTION.
UM, THEY, WHOEVER WOULD COME AND BUILD ON THAT LOT WOULD BE, UM, HELD TO THAT ASSESSMENT OF IN THE PLAT.
SO IF THE PLAT IS FIVE, 10 YEARS OLD AND THEY'RE REFERENCING AN OLDER ORDINANCE, THAT'S WHAT THEY WOULD BE HA HAVING TO FOLLOW, NOT THE CURRENT ORDINANCE.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? MM-HMM
SO THERE'S NO EXPIRATION OR REPRICING OR NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF, NO.
ANYTHING ELSE, COMMISSIONER FOR? NO.
MR. VASIA, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? NO, SIR.
MR. WILKINSON, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[3. Approve minutes of December 2, 2024.]
LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF DECEMBER 2ND, 2024.SO THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PART OF THE PACKET.
UM, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MINUTES AS PRESENTED? THERE IS A MOTION I PRESUME.
MAYBE JUST NOT SHOWING UP ON MY, I DON'T SEE GREEN NOT SHOWING UP ON THE SCREEN.
I DON'T THINK ANY OF US HAVE IT.
AH, MAYBE THEY'RE NOT ON FOR THIS.
SO IS THERE A MOTION BY SHOW OF HANDS OR DOES SOMEONE APPROVE? APPROVE? I SO MOVE.
OKAY, SO, SO MOVED BY COMMISSIONER BURR SECOND IF I COMMISSIONER FARAR? GREAT.
IN ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AND THAT IS IT, RIGHT? MR. WILKINSON? FOR OUR, ANDREW, WE'RE GOOD FOR OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING? NO, NO, THAT'S PRETTY QUICK.