Title
Resolution - A Resolution to Establish a Date for the Public Hearing to Consider the Proposed Amendment and Imposition of Updated Roadway Impact Fees
Requested Action
Approval of the attached resolution.
Recommendation
Engineering Services recommends approval of the attached resolution.
Description/History
On August 24, 2020, Council approved Resolution 3673-20 which authorized a contract with Kimley-Horn and Associates Inc. to provide an update to the Master Thoroughfare Plan and Roadway Impact Fees.mChapter 395 of the Local Government Code requires the City Council to update impact fees and their associated documents (i.e., the land use assumptions and capital improvements plan) every five years.
Concerning an update to the roadway impact fees as prescribed above, amendments to the land use assumptions and roadway capital plan were adopted on November 14, 2022.The City Council now must hold a public hearing to update the impact fee rate. The proposed public hearing and first reading date is scheduled for June 12, 2023.
Justification
According to the Local Government Code, the public hearing date must be established by resolution. The Capital Improvements Advisory Committee (same members as the Planning and Zoning Commission) has previously forwarded its recommendation to the City Council. The public hearing notice must be posted 30 days prior to the public hearing.
The Director of Engineering Services will attend the meeting to answer Council’s questions regarding the resolution.
Funding Source
N/A
Prepared By
Raymond Coffman, P.E.
Director of Engineering Services
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