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Home My WebLink AboutP&Z Minutes 1990-01-09 Special[ 1 I I l l SPOCIAL MEEI'ING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY CCMMITTEE JANUARY 9, 1990 7:00 P.M. AGENDA THE FRIENDSWOOD CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY C(l.1MITI'EE HEID A SPOCIAL MEEI'ING ON TUF.SDAY, JANUARY 9, 1990, AT 7:00 P.M. IN THE CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE FOLLCMING MEMBERS WERE PRE.SEN!'. BAKER -CHAIRMAN COLBURN KONCABA WASSON RODGERS BLAKE -CIP WATSON -CIP BRAND -CITY MANAGER JENNINGS -ENGINEERING TOCHNICIAN HENRY -DEVELOPMENT COORDINA'IDR BRJNKMAN -SEX::RE'I'ARY FFANKOVICH -COUNCIL LIAISON ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN KEVIN JENNINGS, ADDRESSED THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY CTl-™ITTEEREGARDING THEIR ROLE IN THE CIP PROGRAM. HE EXPLAINED 'ID THE CXl•1MITTEE THAT THE CURRENT ZONING MAP, WHICH HAD BEEN ROCENTLY ADOPI'ED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, HAD BEEN USED 'ID DEVELOP THE LAND USE ASSUMPI'IONS. EACH ZONING CLASSIFICATION, AS IT HAD EXISTED IN THE CITY, WAS PROJECI'ED 'ID THE MAXIMUM ALI.OOABLE BUILDING UNITS PER ACRE. HE FURTHER EXPLAINED THE LEGEND ON THE MAP, DESCRIBING SERVICE AREAS, FORCE MAINS, TRUNK LINES, F.I'C. THE DESIGN CRITERIA, JENNINGS EXPLAINED, WAS DEVELOPED BY TAKING AN AVERAGE WASTEWATER FT.CW RATE GENERATED 'ID A GIVEN AREA. A PEAK FIDW FAC'IDR WAS ADDED 'ID THE AVERAGE TOGETHER WITH AN INFILTRATION ESTIMATE. HE DIROCTED THE COMMITTEE 'ID PAGE 30 OF' THE PRELIMINARY IMPACT FEE STUDY 'ID FURTHER ILLUSTRATE HIS FORMULA.. JENNINGS EXPLAINED THE DIFFERENT PROJECI' AREAS AND PIPE SIZING FORMULA USED FRCM INFORMATION HE HAD GATHERED FRCM THE CIVIL ENGINEERS HANDBOOK. C01MISSIONER WASSON ASKED IF THE PROGRAM HAD ADDRESSED SPENDING ADDITIONAL IDNEY IN THOSE AREAS WHICH HAD GREATER INFILTRATION. JENNINGS REPLIED THAT HE HAD Nor ALI.OCATED FUNDS 'ID CORROCT INFILTRATION. HE EXPLAINED THAT THE INFILTRATION PROBLEM COULD Nor BE ADDRESSED IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMEN.l'S PRcx;RAM, NOR COUID .M.AINTENANCE OR REPAIR OF THE EXISTING SYSTEM. IMPACT FEES, HE STATED, COUID ONLY BE USED FOR NEW DE'VEf_,QPMENT. JENNINGS 'IDLD THE Ca.1MI'ITEE HE HAD CAIJ,ED DIFFERENI' CITY SUPPLIERS IN ORDER 'ID GE!' A COST ESTIMATE ON WHICH 'ID BASE THE IMPACT FEE. HE EXPLAINED THAT HE HAD ARRIVED AT A MATERIALS COST ON A PER FOOT BASIS. THIS FIGURE WAS MULTIPLIED BY 2.25 IN ORDER 'ID CALCULATE AN INSTALLED COST. JENNINGS ADVISED THE CCMMITI'EE THAT HE HAD QUESTIONED arHERS WHO HAD DONE A GREAT DEAL OF DESIGN WORK, AND FOUND THIS 'ID BE AN ACCEPTABLE MEI'HOD. JENNINGS DIROCTED THE CCMMI'ITEE 'ID PAGE 9 OF THE PIFS (PRELIMINARY JMPACT FEE STUDY) 'ID IJ.LUSTRATE THE PLAN FOR "AN OOUITABLE SYSTEM". HE INDICATED THERE WOULD BE A CONSIDERATION OF 3,658 GALLONS PER ACRE PER DAY FOR PROPERI'Y ZONED SFR (SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE) • THIS FIGURE WAS DIVIDED BY THE 2.7� THE RESULT WAS 1,355 GALLONS PER BUIIDING UNIT, PER [ 1 [ l l l CIP 1/9/90 DAY. USING THE 1,355 GALLONS PER DAY AS AN EX).UIVALENCY FACI'OR, HE ESTIMATED THE arHER ZONES, WHICH WAS DEFINED ON PAGE 10 OF THE PIFS. JENNINGS ADVISED 'I'HE CCMMI'ITEE THAT IMPACT FEES WOUID BE BASED ON A PER ACRE BASIS. IN OI'HER W)RDS, A PERSON BUIIDING ONE HCME ON AN ACRE l«:lULD PAY THE SAME AS THE DEVELOPER WHO WAS BUILDING 2. 7 HCMES ON THAT SAME ACRE. WITH THIS CONSIDERATIOO', THE CITY 'vi"OULD RECOUP IDRE OF THE COSTS 'I'HAN IF THE CITY CHARGED ON A PER TAP BASIS. JENNINGS 'IOLD THE CCMMI'ITEE THAT SENATE BILL 336 HAD MADE A PROVISION FOR REVISING THE CIP PRCGRAM EVERY THREE YEARS. THE CITY CANNor GO BACK �.ND COJ..J..OCT ADDITIONAL FEES IF IT rs DISCOVERED THAT THE COLLECTED FEES WERE INSUFFICIENT TO COVER COSTS. Ha\lEVER, IF BUIIDING COSTS INCREASE, OR SHOULD THE CITY DISCOVER THAT IMPACT FEES ARE NOT ADEX).UATE, THE CITY CAN REVISE THEIR FEE SCHEDULE. ADDITIONALLY, JENNINGS ADVISED THAT AFTER THE CCMPLEl'ION OF IMPROVEMENTS, IF COST ESTIMATES ARE 10% GREATER THAN ACTUAL EXPENDITURES, THE CITY WilJ:.. BE RmUIRED 'IO REIMBURSE THE DIFFERENCE TO THE Ha.m::mNER WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAM. BASICALLY, SENATE BIIJ, 336 PREVENTS THE CITY FRCM MAKING IDNEY ON THIS PROJl!rl'. JOHN WATSON EXPRESSED HIS COO'CFRN, AS DID SEVERAL OF CXM-1.I'ITEE MEMBERS, THAT 'l'HE CITY MIGHT Nor BE ABLE TO BEGIN IMPROVEMEN'I'S WITHIN 'IID YEARS MOCH LF..SS FINISH THEM IN FIVE. HE STATED THAT ONCE FEES ARE REI'URNED, THE CITY CANNOI' GO BACK AND IMPACT THEM AGAIN. MS. BRAND CONFIRMED HIS STATEMENT REGARDING RETURNED FEES, ADDING THAT THE CITY MIGHT HAVE TO RETURN Sa.1E OR ALL OF THOSE FEES ALREADY COLLECI'ED. BENNY BAKER ASKED IF HE WAS CORRECT IN ASSUMING THAT IMPACT FEES WOULD BE COLLOCTED AT THE TIME OF DEVELOPMENT, AND Nor AT THE TIME IMPACT FEES ARE ADOPI'ED AND PUT INI'O PLACE. BCII'H JENNINGS AND MS. BRAND �NSWERED AFFIRMATIVELY. MS. BRAND REITERATED THE NEED 'IO GE!' THE IMPACT FEE AOOPI'ED BY JUNE 20, 1990 EXPLAINING THAT LOCATION OF THE LINES, ETC. COULD BE ADDRESSED AT ANorHER TIME. SHE ALSO 'IOLD THE CCM-iITTEE THAT IF IMPACT FEES WERE Nor AOOPI'ED BY THE GIVEN DATE, THE CITY COUID NEVER CHARGE IMPACT FEES. JENNINGS ADVISED THE CCM-1ISSION, AT PRESENT, THE IMPACT FEES WERE EXPECTED TO BE IN A RANGE OF $134 TO $472, WHICH IS LESS THAN WHAT THE CITY IS CURRENI'LY COLTKTING. JENNINGS TOID THE CCMMISSION '!'HAT THE CITY, IN THE ABSENCE OF A CITY EN'GINEER, HAD BEEN CONSULTING WITH BRONN AND GAY EN'GINEERING, WHO HAD INDICATED THAT THE CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATES MIGHT BE A LITI'LE row. IF THAT IS THE CASE, THE FIGURES WOULD CHANGE PRIOR TO ADOPTION. CHAIRMAN BAKER ASKED KE.VIN HCM MUCH IDRE WORK IS RmUIRED FOR THE SEWER PORTION OF THE IMPACT FEE STUDY. JENNINGS REPLIED THAT IF THE CCM-1ISSION LIKED WHAT HE HAD PREPARED, AND IF BRCMN AND GAY DID Nor FIND ANY GLARING ERRORS, THIS PORTION WAS CCMPLEl'E AND HE WOULD WORK ON THE WATER PORTION OF THE STUDY. MS. BRAND ADVISED THE CCMMISSION THAT THE WATER PORTION WOUID BE PREPARED CONSIDERABLY FASTER THAN THE SEWER PORTION. THE ca.1MISSION AGREED THE STUDY APPEARED TO BE A FEASIBLE PLAN AND WERE SATISFIED WITH THE WORK KEVIN HAD DONE, THUS FAR. 2 1 ·1 I l CIP 1/9/90 THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED. 0&JL�·'1r� CLAUDIA BR�Ex::RE:rY 3