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HomeMy WebLinkAboutP&Z Minutes 2003-09-25 Special[ [ Minutes of a Special Meeting of the Friendswood Capital Improvements Advisory Committee September 25, 2003 A spec ial meeting of the Friendswood Capital Improvements Advisory Committee was held Thursday, September 25, 2003 at 7:00 p.m. in the city hall council chambers located at 910 S. Friendswood Drive, Friendswood, Texas. The following members were present: Bob Bertrand David Brakebill Tom Burke Kevin Holland Loren Smith-City Attorney Mike Hodge-Director of P.W & C.D. Dan Johnson-Deputy Director of C.D. Diana Steelquist-City Planner Cheri" Skelton-Development Coordinator With a quorum present, Michele Brekke, Jim Gibson, and Steve Y eretsky absent, Bob Bertrand called the Special Meeting to order to discuss the following: Call to Order: 1.Consideration and possible action regarding the Update Study of Impact Fees 2003. Motion: Holland -to approve the Impact Fee Study Second: Brakebill Bob Bertrand read into the minutes the list of items of concerns the Committee had at the August 21, 2003 meeting. These items were as follows: 1.A chart or table showing residential impact fee rates from 1997, 2000, and what is being proposed on the cunent update study. 2.Fmiher clarifications regarding the proposed water meter and service unit approach as opposed to water consumption quantities. 3.If they do not already exist, establish guidelines for determining impact fee-worthy projects as identified in Appendix C and D. These could be included in the Capital Improvements Program. 4.Reword Administrative Item #1 on page 3 of the Impact Fee study to clarify that impact fees are assessed at the time the plat is filed and collected at the time a building permit is submitted. 5.Clarify Administrative Item #6 on page 3 of the Impact Fee study to address the procedure for assessing impact fees if a water meter size is decreased. Sam Kluse, Project Manager, representing Claunch & Miller, presented the changes requested on August 21, 2003, by the Advisory Committee. Mr. Kruse addressed Item #1 by adding the requested chart to the draft. Item #3 was addressed by requesting staff audit the projects identified in Appendix C & D to verify they meet legislative guidelines. It was also verified that Item #4 had been corrected in the revised draft. The fifth Item of concern was addressed by revising statement #8 of the Admini stration Items to read, "When meters are changed out for the same size or smaller, no fee will be assessed". In revising this statement, it was determined that item #7 of the Administration Items could be deleted from the draft. Page 1 of 2 9/25/03 The last concern to be addressed was Item #2. The draft was revised to add a strong recommendation to use the meter size and not the meter use for this Impact Fee study. Bob Bertrand requested to read into the record the proposed meeting minutes from the September 3, 2003, meeting of the Community Economic Development Committee. It was reported from Dan Johnson, Deputy Director of Community Development Department on Impact Fee study. Dan Johnson gave a report on the Impact Fee study regarding changes that are being currently proposed at the study. He said that the City's current method of assessing impact fees is determined by the land acreage size, and zoning. In this study one of the goals is to re-align the assessment of impact fees to make it more equitable for commercial development. As such different methods were considered before deciding that assessing by meter size without distinction between commercial and residential use was the most equitable for all futme developments. Dan fu1ther explained that since most of the special assessment district service areas are almost fully developed future impact fees can be assessed uniformly throughout the City. Regarding the status of implementing the new changes and the study, Dan said the study was reviewed by the Advisory Committee, Planning and Zoning Commission on Thursday, August 21, 2003. The Advisory Committee had some questions and will be addressed in September. This hope that the resolution for the study will be presented for consideration by City Council in November. Dan asked the committee for a consensus on the Impact Fee study . The CEDC complied and gave consensus in moving forward with the recommended changes. The Capital Improvements Advisory Committee recommends that City Council adopt the Clauch and Miller Impact Fee Update for 2003. However, the committee felt that City Council should also address the issue of equity, more pruticularly that using the simplified method of using meter size as the only criteria for assessing the impact fees may not take account of the ratio of potenti al to actual consumption. Amended Motion: Holland -to approve the Impact Fee Study and add verbiage regru·ding a staff audit, add the verbiage from recommendation regarding equity, delete item #7 and aad item #8, and a stronger recommendation from staff for basis of their decision. Second: Brakebill Voted For: Bertrand, Brakebill, Burke, and Holland Motion Carried 2.Adjournment With no further comment, the special meeting adjourned at 8:37 p.m. � �· I /2 1 ;,-fr»v Ceri Skelton Development Coordinator Page 2 of2 9/25/03