Special Called Meeting of the Impact Fee Advisory Committee January 10, 2024, 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=m7acffd4db8e732ae4c67da291e8d627f or by dialing 1-408-418-9388 (Toll) or 1-844-992-4726 (Toll Free). Meeting number/Access code: 2491 475 2803 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 Nathan.Aubert@austintexas.gov no later than Wednesday, January 10, 2024, at 12 p.m. If you experience technical difficulties logging in or calling in, please call Nathan Aubert at (512) 974-7136. Please indicate in your email if you’d like to speak on a specific item. CURRENT COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Saba Hatami Channy Soeur Harrison Hudson Bobak Tehrany, Chair Chi Lee Susan Turrieta, Vice Chair CALL TO ORDER – January 10, 2024, 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 2. Approve the minutes of the Impact Fee Advisory Committee Special Meeting on APPROVAL OF MINUTES May 5, 2023. October 24, 2023. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS 1. Discussion and possible action on the water and wastewater Semi-Annual Impact Fee Report for April 1, 2023, through September 30, 2023, as set forth in the functions of the advisory committee, Austin City Code and Chapter 395.058 of the Texas Local Government Code. 2. Discussion and possible action recommending modification to the Street Impact Fee (SIF) Ordinance after parking minimum elimination by the City Council, as well as assessing potential effects and implications of these modifications on the development landscape and community planning. 3. Discussion and possible action recommending SIF exemptions for day care land uses considering the current challenges faced by Day Care facilities in Central Texas, including the recent loss of State funding and increasing closures. …
CITY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS AUSTIN WATER SEMI-ANNUAL IMPACT FEE COLLECTIONS REPORT April 1, 2023 through September 30, 2023 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 January 10, 2024 Semi-Annual Impact Fee Collections Report for April 1, 2023 to September 30, 2023 MEMORANDUM To: From: Date: Subject: The Semi-Annual Impact Fee Collections Report as of September 30, 2023, 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 $4,876,076 lower than the amount collected during the April through September reporting period a year prior; wastewater fees collected were $2,224,149 lower than those collected during the same period one year ago. Interest earnings for the six-month period equaled $618,860. The combined utility impact fees collected, plus interest, during the six-month period totaled $15,906,125. Of this total, $10,826,393 was for water and $5,079,732 was for wastewater. The combined utility impact fees collected, plus interest, during Fiscal Year 2023 totaled $30,662,889. Of this total, $21,284,888 was for water and $9,378,001 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, 2023, equal $478,168,880. Of this total, $323,659,817 was collected for water and $154,509,063 was collected for wastewater. As of September 30, 2023, the cash balances in the water and wastewater impact fee funds were $23,021,414 and $16,783,603 respectively, for a combined total of $39,805,017. Please let me know if you have any questions or need additional information. I can be reached at 512-972-0048. Cc: Shay Roalson, Director Joseph Gonzales, Assistant Director, Financial Services Christina Romero, Financial Manager III, Financial Services Frida Guo, 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 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 …
IMPACT FEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE SPECIAL CALLED MEETING MINUTES WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2024 The IMPACT FEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE convened in a SPECIAL CALLED meeting on WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2024, at 6310 WILHELMINA DELCO DRIVE in Austin, Texas, and remotely via WEBEX. COMMITTEE CHAIR TEHRANY called the IMPACT FEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE Meeting to order at 4:38 p.m. Committee Members (CM) in Attendance: CHAIR BOBAK TEHRANY, CM SABA HATAMI, CM HARRISON HUDSON Committee Members in Attendance Remotely: CM CHI LEE, CM CHANNY SOEUR Committee Members Absent: CM TURRIETA Committee has 1 vacancy. Staff in Attendance: Nathan Aubert (Transportation & Public Works, TPW), Lauren T. King (AW) Staff in Attendance Remotely: Aurora Pizano (AW), Nam Nguyen (AW), Martin Tower (AW), Teresa Lutes (AW), Dan Hennessey (TPW), Jessica Davis (TPW) PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL No speakers signed up or in attendance to speak. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. 2. 1. Approve the minutes of the IMPACT FEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (SPECIAL) MEETING on MAY 22, 2023. Minutes were approved on CM HUDSON’s motion, CM HATAMI’s second on a (5-0, CM TURIETTA absent) vote. Approve the minutes of the Impact Fee Advisory Committee Special Meeting on October 24, 2023. Minutes were approved on CM HUDSON’s motion, CM HATAMI’s second on a (5-0, CM TURIETTA absent) vote. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS Discussion and possible action on the water and wastewater Semi-Annual Impact Fee Report for April 1, 2023, through September 30, 2023, as set forth in the functions of the 1 2. 3. advisory committee, Austin City Code and Chapter 395.058 of the Texas Local Government Code. Nam Ngyuen, Financial Manager, Austin Water presented the Semi-Annual Impact Fee Collection Report for water and wastewater. No questions or comments regarding the report. CM HATAMI motioned to accept, seconded by CM HUDSON. Accepted on (5-0) vote. Discussion and possible action recommending modification to the Street Impact Fee (SIF) Ordinance after parking minimum elimination by the City Counci, as well as assessing potential effects and implications of these modifications on the development landscape and community planning. The committee discussed the possible issues associated with removal of parking minimums and whether any changes to the SIF ordinance should be recommended. Questions were asked of Transportation and Public Works staff for clarification. No action taken. Discussion and possible action recommending SIF exemptions for day care land uses considering the current challenges faced by Day Care facilities in Central Texas, including the recent loss of State …
