Approved Minutes — original pdf

Approved Minutes

Impact Fee Advisory Committee March 4, 2020 6:00 PM Town Lake Center, Room 100 721 Barton Springs Road Austin, Texas For more information go to: www.austintexas.gov/ifac MEETING MINUTES - APPROVED Kris Bailey Lance Parisher Susan Turrieta Lottie Dailey Channy Soeur Dick Kallerman Bobak Tehrany CALL TO ORDER – March 4, 2020, 6:00 p.m. Chair Bailey called the meeting to order at 6:00 pm with a quorum present. Committee Members in Attendance: Kris Bailey, Dick Kallerman, Lance Parisher, Channy Soeur, Bobak Tehrany, Susan Turrieta. City of Austin Staff in Attendance: Liane Miller (Austin Transportation Department), Christina Romero, Aurora Pizano, Jonathan Orenstein (Austin Water). CITIZEN 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. None 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a. Approval of minutes from the January 28, 2020 Impact Fee Advisory Committee meeting. Committee Member (CM) Kallerman moved approval, CM Tehrany seconded and the minutes were approved 5-0 with CM Turrieta abstaining. 2. NEW BUSINESS a. Briefing on the waivers reported in the approved water/wastewater Semi-Annual Impact Fee Report for April 1, 2019 through September 30, 2019. Christina Romero presented additional information on affordable housing waivers and updated the relevant page in the semi-annual Impact Fee Report. Jonathan Orenstein discussed the various waivers including those for SMART Housing and Council-approved exemptions for specific developments. Chair Bailey requested future reports include a breakdown of Council-approved exemptions. a. Committee discussion and possible approval of comments on the Street Impact Fee Study final 3. OLD BUSINESS draft report. Jake Gutekunst (consultant with Kimley-Horn coordinating the street impact fee study) presented 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 at least 4 days’ notice before the meeting date. Please call Liane Miller at Austin Transportation at 512-974-7922, for additional information; TTY users route through Relay Texas at 711 Impact Fee Advisory Committee Page 2 of 2 the action requested of the committee to approve the Street Impact Study report, as required in Local Government Code Chapter 395. Mr. Gutekunst reviewed changes that had been made since the previous draft, including the updated foreword based on committee feedback and updated land use tables (Tables 10 and 11 in the report). The committee discussed adding clarity to the applicability of the land use tables for multifamily developments. CM Tehrany motioned to approve the report contingent upon the tables being updated to clarify that townhomes and other smaller multifamily developments can be classified based on the number of stories. CM Turrieta seconded the motion and the motion passed 6-0. b. Staff presentation and committee discussion of policy options for the street impact fee. Mr. Gutekunst recapped the presentation at the January 28, 2020 meeting and presented the policy questions that the committee would be answering as they develop their recommendation, including effective date of the ordinance, effective rate of the fee in each Service Area, and possible fee reductions. Liane Miller and Mr. Gutekunst facilitated a discussion on these various topics to see where the committee agreed. The committee discussed the impacts of the various options and their preferences. c. Discussion and possible action on future Impact Fee Advisory Committee meeting dates for 2020. The committee discussed that the next IFAC meeting date would be March 24 or 25, 2020 pending consultation with members not in attendance by Ms. Miller. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS Discussion and approval of committee comments on the street impact fee policy proposal. ADJOURNMENT Chair Bailey adjourned the meeting at 7:45 pm.