Special Called Meeting of the Impact Fee Advisory Committee December 13, 2022, 4:30 PM Hybrid Meeting held via WebEx and in person at: The City of Austin Permitting and Development Center, Room 1203 6310 Wilhelmina Delco Drive, Austin, Tx Some members of the Committee may be participating by videoconference. Members of the public who would like to join the virtual meeting may do so by selecting this link: https://austintexas.webex.com/austintexas/j.php?MTID=mc3f773ea4c0dbbdedc5cde065fc09e3b or by dialing 1-408-418-9388 (Toll) or 1-844-992-4726 (Toll Free). Meeting number/Access code: 2482 367 9727 / Yq6SW7bwuK3 Members of the public wishing to speak during public communication must register in advance by emailing their name, email address and/or phone number to lauren.t.king@austintexas.gov no later than Tuesday, December 13, 2022, at 12 p.m. If you experience technical difficulties logging in or calling in, please call Lauren King at (210) 854-6654. Please indicate in your email if you’d like to speak on a specific item. CURRENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Kris Bailey Lance Parisher Susan Turrieta Dick Kallerman Channy Soeur Chi Lee Bobak Tehrany, Chair CALL TO ORDER – December 13, 2022, 4:30 p.m. AGENDA PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL The first 10 speakers signed up prior to the meeting being called to order will each be allowed a three-minute allotment to address their concerns regarding items NOT posted on the agenda. Speakers who would like to address items ON the agenda will be called on by the Chair to speak for up to three-minutes when that item is taken up. 1. Approve the minutes of the Impact Fee Advisory Committee Special Meeting on APPROVAL OF MINUTES November 15, 2022. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS 2. Discussion and possible action on the water and wastewater Semi-Annual Impact Fee Report for April 1, 2022, through September 30, 2022, as set forth in the functions of the advisory committee, Austin City Code and Chapter 395.058 of the Texas Local Government Code. 3. Staff briefing and committee discussion on draft service areas and land use assumptions for water and wastewater impact fees under development in accordance with Chapter 395 of the Texas Local. 4. Discussion and possible action on future Impact Fee Advisory Committee meeting dates for 2023. Impact Fee Advisory Committee December 13, 2022 Page 2 of 2 FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ADJOURNMENT The City of Austin is committed to compliance with the American with Disabilities Act. Reasonable modifications and equal access to communications will be provided upon request. Meeting locations …
CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS AUSTIN WATER SEMI-ANNUAL IMPACT FEE COLLECTIONS REPORT April 1, 2022 through September 30, 2022 City of Austin | Austin Water P.O. Box 1088 Austin, TX 78767 AustinWater.org Martin Tower, P.E., Managing Engineer, Austin Water Nam Nguyen, Financial Manager II, Austin Water December 2, 2022 Semi-Annual Impact Fee Collections Report for April 1, 2022 to September 30, 2022 MEMORANDUM To: From: Date: Subject: The Semi-Annual Impact Fee Collections Report as of September 30, 2022, is attached for your reference. The report is based on financial information reported in the City’s accounting system, ADV3, and in AMANDA, one of the City’s accounts receivable systems. Water fees collected during this six-month reporting period were $5,393,695 lower than the amount collected during the April through September reporting period a year prior; wastewater fees collected were $2,428,124 lower than those collected during the same period one year ago. Interest earnings for the six-month period equaled $242,377. The combined utility impact fees collected, plus interest, during the six-month period totaled $22,629,867. Of this total, $15,521,119 was for water and $7,108,748 was for wastewater. Total combined utility impact fees collected, plus interest, since the adoption of the current ordinance on June 20, 1990, through September 30, 2022, equal $447,505,990. Of this total, $302,374,928 was collected for water and $145,131,062 was collected for wastewater. As of September 30, 2022, the cash balances in the water and wastewater impact fee funds were $37,601,304 and $18,420,623 respectively, for a combined total of $56,021,927. Please let me know if you have any questions or need additional information. I can be reached at 512-972-0048. Cc: Robert Goode, Interim Director Joseph Gonzales, Assistant Director, Financial Services Christina Romero, Financial Manager III, Financial Services Aurora Pizano, Financial Manager II, Financial Services Jonathan Orenstein, Financial Manager III, Consumer Services Division Teresa Lutes, P.E., Managing Engineer, Systems Planning Division Attachment: Semi-Annual Impact Fee Collections Report Semi-Annual Impact Fee Collections October 1, 2016 through March 31, 2017 Texas Local Government Code, Chapter 395, Section 395.058, requires that the Impact Fee Advisory Committee “file semiannual reports with respect to the progress of the capital improvements plan and report to the political subdivision any perceived inequities in implementing the plan or imposing the impact fee.” This report supports the committee by providing financial information about the collection of impact fees, and the value of fee waivers and exemptions. Waivers are granted for policy reasons or …
WATER & WASTEWATER IMPACT FEE REPORTS: ASSESSED AND COLLECTED FEES LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN December 6, 2022 – DRAFT TABLE OF CONTENTS ASSESSED AND COLLECTED FEES Table of Contents .....................................................................................................................................ACF-i I. Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... ACF-1 II. Assessed Fees ...................................................................................................................................ACF-2 III. Collected Fees ...................................................................................................................................ACF-2 IV. Adopted Fees .....................................................................................................................................ACF-3 LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS Table of Contents .....................................................................................................................................LUA-i List of Maps ...............................................................................................................................................LUA-i List of Tables .............................................................................................................................................LUA-i I. Introduction .......................................................................................................................................LUA-1 II. Service Area .......................................................................................................................................LUA-2 III. Growth Projections ...........................................................................................................................LUA-4 IV. Service Units ......................................................................................................................................LUA-7 Appendix A – Description of Impact Fee Boundary for 5-Year Update ..........................................LUA-A-1 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN Table of Contents .......................................................................................................................................CIP-i List of Maps ...............................................................................................................................................CIP-ii List of Tables .............................................................................................................................................CIP-ii I. Introduction..........................................................................................................................................CIP-1 II. Facility Planning – Defining Level of Capacity Usage & Reserve Capacity Needs ......................CIP-2 III. Impact Fee Facilities and Fee Calculation Methodology ...............................................................CIP-29 IV. Service Unit Demand and Capacity Relationships.........................................................................CIP-30 V. Service Unit Demand Projections ....................................................................................................CIP-33 VI. Capacity and Cost Attributable to New Growth..............................................................................CIP-33 VII. Maximum Allowable Fee Calculation and Rate Revenue Credit ...................................................CIP-53 Appendix A – Water Rate Revenue Credit Table.................................................................................CIP-A-1 Appendix B – Wastewater Rate Revenue Credit Table.......................................................................CIP-B-1 Appendix C – CIP Projects Targeted to Meet Existing Needs – Water & Reclaimed .......................CIP-C-1 Appendix D – CIP Projects Targeted to Meet Existing Needs – Wastewater....................................CIP-D-1 Appendix E – Descriptions of the Zones for Fees...............................................................................CIP-E-1 WATER & WASTEWATER IMPACT FEE REPORT: ASSESSED AND COLLECTED FEES TABLE OF CONTENTS ASSESSED AND COLLECTED FEES Table of Contents ......................................................................................................................ACF-i I. Introduction ....................................................................................................................... ACF-1 II. Assessed Fees ....................................................................................................................ACF-2 III. Collected Fees ....................................................................................................................ACF-2 IV. Adopted Fees .....................................................................................................................ACF-3 ACF-i I. INTRODUCTION Austin Water (AW) has developed this periodic impact fee update in close collaboration with the Austin City Council appointed Impact Fee Advisory Committee (IFAC) and other City of Austin (City) departments in accordance with state law. This required 5-year update takes a fresh look at Land Use Assumptions (LUA) and the impact fee Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) that will serve new development in the next 10 years. The basic requirements for determining the costs “Necessitated by and attributed to” new development are prescribed in the Impact Fee Act, Section 395.016 of the Texas Local Government Code. These requirements state that facility capacity that will be used by new growth and its cost are determined by first projecting the demand on the system (the LUA), and then deriving the facility plan for serving that demand (the CIP). The end-products are the maximum allowable impact fees for water and …
