Special Called Meeting of the Impact Fee Advisory Committee January 07, 2025, 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 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 Monday, January 06, 2025, at 12 p.m. If you experience technical difficulties 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 Bobak Tehrany, Chair Harrison Hudson Susan Turrieta, Vice Chair Channy Soeur Vacant (2) CALL TO ORDER – January 07, 2025, 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. APPROVAL OF MINUTES DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS 1. Discussion and possible action to recommend to Council changing the Street Impact Fee service area boundaries to better administer fees and fund Capital Improvement Projects. This discussion is related to the State-required 2025 Street Impact Fee study update. 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 are planned with wheelchair access. If requiring Sign Language Interpreters or alternative formats, please give notice at least 2 days (48 hours) before the meeting date. Please call Nathan Aubert at the Austin Transportation Department at 512-974-7136, for additional information; TTY users route through Relay Texas at 711. For more information on the Impact Fee Advisory Committee, please contact Nathan Aubert at nathan.aubert@austintexas.gov, (512) 974- 7136 or visit www.austintexas.gov/ifac.
Impact Fee Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes Tuesday, January 7, 2025 IMPACT FEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE SPECIAL MEETING TUESDAY, January 7, 2025 The Impact Fee Advisory Committee convened a regular meeting on Tuesday, January 7, 2025, at 6310 Wilhelmina Delco Drive in Austin, Texas, and remotely via WEBEX. Committee Members (CM) in Attendance: HARRISON HUDSON CHANNY SOEUR BOBAK TEHRANY, Chair Committee Members in Attendance Remotely: SABA HATAMI SUSAN TURRIETA, Vice Chair Committee Members Absent: Committee has 2 vacancies. Staff in Attendance: Nathan Aubert (Transportation & Public Works, TPW) Tyler Farrar (Transportation & Public Works) CALL TO ORDER Committee Chair Tehrany called the meeting of the Impact Fee Advisory Committee to order at 4:39 p.m. PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL No speakers. APPROVAL OF MINUTES DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS 1. Discussion and possible action to recommend to Council changing the Street Impact Fee service area boundaries to better administer fees and fund Capital Improvement Projects. This discussion is related to the State-required 2025 Street Impact Fee study update. 1 Impact Fee Advisory Committee Meeting Minutes Tuesday, January 7, 2025 Nathan Aubert, Consulting Engineer (Transportation and Public Works), along with Ben Plett and Jeff Whitacre, Engineers at Kimley-Horn, presented proposed changes to the Street Impact Fee Service Areas. Chair Tehrany asked a few questions on how these proposed changes affect plating, SIF Max and other items. He asked if there are issues with moving the Service Area lines and if those changes have cascading issues in other areas of the program. CM Soeur asked a few questions regarding how Service Area boundaries and Council Districts align and if there are issues with the Service Area update. The motion to recommend the Staff proposal, changing the Service Area boundaries, was approved on Vice Chair Turrieta’s motion, CM Soeur’s second on a (4-0-1) vote (CM Hudson abstained). FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ADJOURNMENT Chair Tehrany adjourned the meeting at 5:30 p.m. without objection. The minutes were approved at the 03/24/2025 meeting on VICE CHAIR TURRIETA’s motion, CHAIR TEHRANY’s second on a (5-0-1) vote (CM URBAN was absent). There is currently one (1) vacancy for this committee. 2
