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[1. CALL TO ORDER]
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING IS HEREBY CALL TO ORDER.WE DO HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT WITH US ON TONIGHT.
THIS IS MS. LUCAS PRESENT SILVA, GRIFFIN, AND WE ARE MISSING TONIGHT.
O'MALLEY BRIGHTWELL AND THAT'S IT.
ALRIGHTY, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE RIGHT ON THROUGH.
[3. READING OF MINUTES]
IS THERE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE NOVEMBER 10TH, 2021 MEETING MINUTES.THANK YOU MR. GRIFFIN, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, ANY NAYS OR EXTENSIONS THAT MOTION CARRIES REPORTS ON TONIGHT? I DON'T HAVE A REPORT.
ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE A REPORT.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.
[4. REPORTS]
STAFF REPORTS OF JENNIFER.PRETTY GOOD AND HIGHLY FAVORED.
WELL, I WANT TO INTRODUCE OUR PLANNING MANAGER.
SHE HAS NOT MADE IT BACK IN YET, SO WE WILL, I WILL, UH, INTRODUCE HER, UH, FORMALLY, UH, IF THE COMMISSION ALLOWS A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE MEETING.
UM, BUT THEN I ALSO JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE, UH, THE SNOW FEST PARADE, UH, THAT WAS THIS PAST SATURDAY.
AND WE DID HAVE, UH, A COMMISSIONER TRUCK FLOW.
UM, AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE IS QUITE FESTIVE, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THE COMMISSIONERS THAT WERE ABLE TO JOIN AT A GOOD TIME, UH, WE HAD SOME YOUNGSTERS, UH, JOIN AS WELL.
AND SO IT WAS A VERY GOOD ATMOSPHERE.
UM, EVEN, UH, SUCH AS, UH, WE KEPT THAT TRADITION ALIVE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE, UH, THE COMMISSIONERS ON THAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH ENGINEERING, JEREMY.
COMMISSIONERS ENGINEERING HAS NO REPORT TONIGHT.
AT THIS TIME, THIS IS THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE IN THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK TO US, UM, PARTICULARLY IN REGARDS TO MATTERS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA.
SEEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE RIGHT ALONG
[CONSENT AGENDA]
THE CONSENT AGENDA.WE DO CONSIDER THESE ITEMS JUST ROUTINE ONE, CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A CONCEPT PLAN FOR SIANNA THREE H TO CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR SIENNA APARTMENTS.
PLEASE DO NOTE THAT ITEM THREE HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN BY THE APPLICANT FOR CONSIDERING AN APPLICATION FOR A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR ISLAND EXPRESS FIVE.
CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR VU V N I N C DEVELOPMENT.
CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A PRELIMINARY PLAN FOR LEXINGTON VILLAGE ASSISTED LIVING SEVEN, CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A FINAL PLATFORM, VICKSBURG SINGLE FAMILY RENTALS, AND EIGHT.
CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A FINAL PLAN FOR WATERS LIKE BOULEVARD, STREET, DEDICATION, MOTION.
WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THANK YOU, MR. HANEY, IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL TAKE YOUR SECOND, MR. GRIFFIN, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
[7.A. ZONING MAP AMENDMENT – FORT BEND MUNICIPLE UTILITY DISTRICT.]
ITEM SEVEN, EIGHT.THIS WILL BE A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT AND IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST A REQUEST BY FORT BEND COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NUMBER 26 TO ZONE AND APPROXIMATE 6.69 ACRE TRACT OF LAND TO COMMUNITY FACILITIES TO ALLOW FOR A LOCATION OF A PUBLIC PARK.
SO YOU MENTIONED THERE'S, I'M GOING TO PRESENT THIS ITEM.
UM, IF YOU HAVE NOT HEARD THE TALK, UH, FORT BEND COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT, NUMBER 26 PURCHASED ABOUT SEVEN ACRES JUST UNDER THAT, THE UNIMPROVED LOT THAT IS AT THE INTERSECTION OF PORT ROAD AND, UH, COLUMBIA BLUE, UM, OVER NEAR THE GLOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
UH, THIS PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED L C2, WHICH IS, UH, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL ZONE.
UH, IT'S BEEN ZONED THAT WAY SINCE THE EARLY 1980S OF THE MUD DISTRICT, UH, PURCHASED A PROPERTY LATE LAST YEAR, UH, WITH THE INTENTION OF PROVIDING RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR DISTRICT RESIDENTS.
UM, AND THEY'RE ALSO IDENTIFYING THIS LOCATION FOR A FUTURE WATER PLANT SITE.
UM, SO THEY INTEND TO DEVELOP THIS IN PHASES, UH, WITH THE FIRST PHASE THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO, UH, DEVELOP, UH, PRETTY QUICKLY IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
UM, THE WATER PLANT WOULD BE A FUTURE PHASE, UM, THAT WOULD REQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL ZONING TO SUP SPECIFIC
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USE PERMIT.UM, AT THIS TIME THE FIRST FEW PHASES TO, UH, DEVELOP THE PARK SITE ITSELF, UM, WOULD JUST REQUIRE, UH, COMMUNITY FACILITIES, ZONING DESIGNATION.
SO THE MUD HAS MADE THIS APPLICATION TO ZONE THE PROPERTY, UH, TO ALLOW FOR THAT FUTURE PARKSIDE.
UM, SO THERE'S A FEW SCHEMATICS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE PACKET, UH, SHOWING A CONCEPTUAL LAYOUT OF WHAT THEY WANT TO CONSTRUCT HERE.
YOU SEE THE FUTURE WATER PLANT SITE.
THAT'S NOT THE SUBJECT OF THIS ZONING TONIGHT, UM, THAT WOULD BE TOWARDS THE EAST OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, AND THEN THE BALANCE OF THE PROPERTY THEY WOULD USE, UH, FOR BALL FIELDS, UH, PLAY FIELDS, A SPLASH PAD, UM, POSSIBLE RESTROOM FACILITIES, UM, IN A, UM, OUTDOOR TRAIL, THEY WOULD PROVIDE PARKING, UM, ON THIS PROPERTY AS WELL.
UM, THEY ARE PLANNING FOR A MASONRY WALL ALONG THE BACKSIDE, UM, WHERE TO JASON, UH, TO THE SUBDIVISION, UM, WELL ALONG THE BACKSIDE AND ALONG, UH, COLUMBIA BLUE AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN THERE WOULD BE A DECORATIVE ORNAMENTAL FENCING ALONG THE COURT ROAD PORTION STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL, UM, FOR THIS.
AND THERE HAS BEEN, UH, ONE SUPPORT LETTER RECEIVED, UH, FOR THIS APPLICATION.
UM, IF THE COMMISSION HAS ANY QUESTIONS, THEN WE CAN RECEIVE THAT AT THIS TIME AS WELL.
SO THE CITY'S NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS PARK OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
IT'S JUST, SO AT THIS TIME THIS WILL BE A MUD FACILITY.
UM, THE MUD IS, THIS IS THEIR PROJECT.
THE MUD IS REACHING OUT TO THE CITY INTO OTHER PUBLIC ENTITIES, LOOKING FOR PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, BUT THIS IS A MUD FACILITY, UM, MUD FUNDED PARK.
YOU SAID THAT THE MUD PURCHASED THE PROPERTY IN 2020.
WHO DID THEY PURCHASE IT FROM? THE PRIVATE DEVELOPER THAT'S HELD IT.
UM, SO IT, YEAH, IT WAS, IT WASN'T A CITY.
NO, NO, THIS WAS NOT CITY PROPERTY.
SO WILL THEY BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD IF THEY DON'T HAVE THESE PARTNERSHIP FROM THE CITY AND WHOMEVER ELSE? SO A PORTION OF IT, I BELIEVE SO THE PHASE ONE WOULD INCLUDE THE PARKING LOT.
YOU SEE THE PLAYGROUND, A SMALL PICNIC AREA.
UM, AND THEN, UH, SOME OF THE MORE EXPENSIVE PORTIONS, INCLUDING THE RESTROOMS, UM, SPLASH PADS, SOME OF THE PLAY FIELDS WILL COME IN FUTURE PHASES.
UM, SO THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE EXHAUSTING, UH, THE RESOURCES THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE FOR THAT.
UM, THEY'RE STILL BUILDING, UH, THAT FINANCE PACKAGE OR THE RESTROOM AND A SPLASH PADS AND THINGS.
THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR PARTNERSHIPS.
WELL, JUST TO FUND, UH, SOME OF THE, THE RECREATIONAL USES.
SO THEY DON'T, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES.
SO I THINK THEY'RE TRYING TO MAXIMIZE THEIR ABILITY TO PROVIDE THE RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE, THE DISTRICT RESIDENTS.
UM, REGARDLESS, UM, IF, UM, IF THEY DON'T, UM, WE'RE JUST, WE'RE REZONING IT TO CF COMMUNITY FACILITIES.
SO IT'LL STAY THAT UNLESS SOMEBODY COMES BACK IN AND WANTS TO REZONE IT BACK TO SOMEBODY AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT WILL DO RIGHT NOW, LET'S COMMERCIALLY ZONE.
SO IF THE MUD DOESN'T DEVELOP ANYTHING THERE, THEY SELL IT OFF AND IT COULD BE DEVELOPED RIGHT NOW FOR COMMERCIAL USES.
HAVE WE HAD ANY IMPACT FROM THE NEIGHBORS BEHIND? AND I THINK, I THINK WE HAVE ONE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK DURING A PUBLIC HEARING.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF STAFF? OKAY, GREAT.
IS THIS A PUBLIC HEARING? I DON'T HAVE ANY SIGN UP SHEETS.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, FEEL FREE TO GO OVER TO THE MICROPHONE.
AND WE DO ASK THAT YOU LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES AND STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
HI, MY, MY NAME IS LAVANYA BOUTON AND I LIVE IN QUELL GREEN WEST, RIGHT BEHIND WHERE? RIGHT IN FRONT, WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD A PARK.
AND I JUST WANTED EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT FOR ME PERSONALLY, I THINK IT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA AND I HOPE IT GETS APPROVED.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT HE GOT APPROVED AND I HOPE THEY ALSO GET FUNDING FROM THE CITY OR GET PARTNERSHIPS, WHICH WOULD MAKE IT BETTER, BUT IT'S GREAT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
WE DON'T HAVE A PARK IN THAT AREA AND THAT SPACE HAS BEEN EMPTY FOR A WHILE.
IS THERE ANY ONE QUESTION DRAINAGE ELIGIBLE DRAINERS? YES.
HAVE YOU DONE ANY? NO, I'VE LIVED IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
I LIVED RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.
MY SON WENT TO A CLOVER FOR 35
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YEARS AND IT'S NEVER BEEN A PROBLEM.I MEAN, I HAVE FLOOD INSURANCE, BUT NOTHING FLOODED, NO DRAINAGE PROBLEMS. I'VE NEVER HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT.
WELL, I DON'T THINK ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO TALK TO US.
SHOULD WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? OKAY.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AS WELL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. GRIFFIN AND MR. HANEY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
WHEN DOES THIS GO BEFORE CITY COUNCIL IN JANUARY.
IT'S A SCHEDULED DATE JANUARY 1ST, THIRD, JANUARY 3RD.
WE HAVE NO ZONING TEXT AMENDMENTS ON NOT ON TONIGHT.
[9.A. SEMIANNUAL REPORT – IMPACT FEE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN]
HAVE OUR SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON IMPACT FEES FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS TONIGHT, UH, PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS SUBMITTING OUR SEMI-ANNUAL IMPACT FEE REPORT.
UH, THE CITY CURRENTLY HAS THREE IMPACT FEES THAT ARE ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE.
UH, THE FIRST ONE IS OUR LAKE OLYMPIA PARKWAY IMPACT FEE.
THAT'S A ROADWAY IMPACT FEE THAT WE CHARGE A $236 PER DWELLING UNIT.
UH, THE SECOND ONE IS OUR NORTHEAST HORSE TO CREEK SUB WATERSHED IMPACT B THAT'S A REGIONAL, UH, DRAINAGE FEE THAT WE CHARGE.
UH, IT'S A $3,000 PER ACRE AND THE LAST IMPACT THE AREA WE HAVE AS THE MUSTANG BY YOU SERVICE AREA, WHERE WE CHARGE WATER AND WASTEWATER IMPACT FEES.
TONIGHT, OUR REPORT IS GOING TO REFLECT A PROPOSAL TO INCREASE THE FEES FOR THE MUSTANG BY YOU SERVICE AREA.
AND WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, TODD HOOVER, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.
THE, UM, WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, HOPEFULLY YOU CAN, YOU HAVE IT IN YOUR PACKET.
IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE, BUT THE GREEN THERE IS, UM, 2021 TO 2022.
THE YELLOW IS 2022 DEVELOPMENTS AND THE ORANGE IS, UH, 23 TO 24.
AND ALSO I'LL DISCUSS SOME DETAILS.
UM, THERE'S ALSO DISCUSSION HERE ABOUT, UH, THIS WATERLINE, UH, EXHIBIT TWO.
UH, THIS IS BRINGING A TRANSMISSION LINE FROM OUR SURFACE WATER PLANT TO WATER PLANT NUMBER ONE, THEN TO WATER PLANT NUMBER TWO.
AND THIS IN ESSENCE CONVERTS THE MUSTANG BY YOU SERVICE AREA FROM GROUNDWATER TO SURFACE WATER.
THAT'S ONE OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
AND THE, UH, THIRD ILLUSTRATION HERE IS THE WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.
THE FOURTH EXHIBIT IS THE WASTEWATER, UM, COLLECTION SYSTEM AND LIFT STATIONS.
AND THIS IS ALL NEW INFRASTRUCTURE THAT NEEDS TO BE PUT IN PLACE DUE TO, UH, THE RAPIDLY GROWING DEVELOPMENT DEMANDS WITHIN THE MOST THING BY YOUR AREA.
SO THE, THE PRESENTATION THAT I HAVE FOR YOU THIS EVENING, UM, I'M GONNA, UH, BE CONCISE, BUT GIVE YOU ENOUGH INFORMATION.
UM, AN IMPACT FEE BY DEFINITION REALLY IS THAT'S, WHAT'S CHARGED BY THE CITY, MISSOURI CITY FOR NEW CONNECTIONS TO OUR CITY'S WATER WASTEWATER SYSTEM TO OFFSET THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT COSTS.
THE IMPACT FEE REQUIREMENTS IS THAT THE FEE MUST BE ACCOMPANIED WITH AN UPDATED STUDY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS PARTICULAR, UH, LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE TITLE CHAPTER.
THE SPECIFICS OF THIS REQUIREMENT IS THAT THE CITY HAS TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE OR A RESOLUTION, UH, FOR THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS PRIOR TO CONSIDERING THE ADOPTION OF THIS CAPITAL RECOVERY FEE ALSO KNOWN AS THE IMPACT FEE UPDATES TO THIS IMPACT FEE ARE PERFORMING ON A FIVE-YEAR CYCLE.
THE LAST TIME THAT THIS WAS THE CFP, I'M SORRY, THE IMPACT FEES WERE PASSED WITH 2015.
SO WE'RE JUST PAST THAT, UH, FIVE-YEAR CYCLE.
AND, UH, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, YOU KNOW, UPDATING THE PROCESS REQUIRES ENGAGING IN A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER FIRM TO PREPARE THE REPORT, WHICH THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN PROVIDED IN YOUR PACKET.
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SO THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS IMPACT FEE STUDY SAYS, WE LOOKED AT THE GROWTH IN THE POPULATION OF THAT GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION.WE ESTIMATED THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE WATER AND WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE TO MEET THOSE SERVICE DEMANDS.
AND WE DID THAT OVER A TEN-YEAR PROJECTED PERIOD.
UM, AND THEN WE CALCULATED THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE IMPACT FEES THAT WERE GOING TO BE ASSESSED TO THE NEW DEVELOPMENT, TO OFFSET THE COSTS THAT REQUIRED FOR THIS NEW WATER AND WASTEWATER, UM, IMPROVEMENT TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THE NEW DEVELOPMENT.
SO JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE MUSTANG BY YOU SERVICE AREA, IT'S ABOUT SEVEN SQUARE MILES AND IT DOES ENCOMPASS, UM, MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICTS, NUMBER 47 AND NUMBER 48.
SO THERE, THERE ARE A PARTICIPANT ALONG WITH THE CITY MISSOURI CITY OF INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO THE SERVICE AREA INCLUDES ONE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.
WE HAVE SEVEN SEWER LIFT STATIONS.
UH, THERE'S ABOUT THREE THAT ARE PENDING, THAT THE CITY IS GOING TO, UM, TO TAKE OVER AFTER THE DEVELOPER'S ONE YEAR, UM, PERIOD OF MAINTENANCE WILL EXPIRE AND WE HAVE TWO GROUNDWATER, WELL PLANTS, WHICH ARE SHOWED IN THE EARLIER EXHIBIT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING THAT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND CONVERT THOSE FROM GROUNDWATER PLANTS TO SURFACE WATER PUMPING STATIONS.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE THE WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, THE CITY MAINTAINS AND OPERATES THAT AS WELL AS WE HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR A STORM WATER SYSTEM THROUGHOUT THIS AREA, THIS SHOWS THE MUSTANG BAYOU AREA.
UM, AND IT, IT KIND OF HARD TO PICK UP, BUT I'M POINTING AT THIS LEFT SCREEN OVER HERE AND IT'S KIND OF THIS AREA ENCOMPASSED ALL OF THIS AREA IS IN THE MUSTANG BY YOUR AREA.
IT'S KIND OF A CLEANER VERSION OF IT JUST KIND OF SHOWS YOU WHERE KIND OF THE BORDERS OF IT ALL.
SO OUR SURFACE WATER TREATMENT PLANT DOWN HERE, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A GEOGRAPHICAL REFERENCE OF WHERE WE'LL BE BRINGING THE, UH, TRANSMISSION LINE OVER TO THE WATER PLANTS.
THIS AREA RIGHT HERE IS OUR MUSTANG BY SERVICE, OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.
AND THEN JUST THE SOUTH OF THAT IS THE WATER PLANT.
NUMBER ONE AND NORTH OF THERE IS WATER PLANT.
NUMBER TWO, JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA.
ALL THESE LITTLE BLUE CIRCLES WITH THE BLACK DOT ARE OUR GROUNDWATER WELLS, THE SQUARES, THESE ARE ALL WASTEWATER PLANTS THROUGHOUT MISSOURI CITY.
AND THIS IS OUR SURFACE WATER PLANT WITH THE RED SQUARE WITH A BLACK DAUGHTER.
SO THIS WASTEWATER, UM, IMPACT FEE IS NEEDED BECAUSE OF THE, THIS AREA IS REALLY EXPERIENCING A EXTREME, RAPID GROWTH.
OUR WASTEWATER PLANT RIGHT NOW IS RATED AT 0.95 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.
AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, WE PURCHASED A PACKAGE PLANT.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE ALMOST DONE WITH SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION OF THE 1.95 TO 1.5 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.
THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE NEXT PHASES AND ALL THAT'S FACTORED IN THIS STUDY.
SO THAT PHASE ONE WILL BE DONE BY THE END OF THIS MONTH, UH, FOR SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION.
AND WE'VE GOT ABOUT THREE MORE MONTHS LEFT FOR THE FINAL COMPLETION, FISCAL YEAR 22 APPROVED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT HAVE GONE IN FRONT OF COUNCIL OR THE PHASE TWO EXPANSION DESIGN WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM DESIGN SURFACE WATER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM DESIGN THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM DESIGN, AS WELL AS THE WATER PUMPING AND STORAGE FACILITIES.
AND THAT INCLUDES CONVERTING THOSE GROUNDWATER SYSTEMS TO THE SURFACE WATER PUMPING STATIONS, VERY SIMILAR TO WHERE THE CITY CURRENTLY IS THE WHOLESALER OF SURFACE WATER DELIVERED TO, UM, MANY MUDS.
AND THOSE ARE AN ESSENCE GROUNDWATER WELLS SYSTEMS, AND THEY HAVE CHANGED OVER TO SURFACE WATER AND PUMP IT OUT.
SO IT WOULD BE DOING SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY'RE DOING FOR THOSE TWO WATER PLANTS, JUST TO GIVE YOU COMPARISON.
SO THE CURRENT IMPACT FEES SINCE 2015 FOR WATER, AND THIS IS, UM, PER CONNECTION IS $1,009 AND 84 CENTS.
THE WASTEWATER PER CONNECTION IS TO $2,276 AND 29 CENTS.
SO WHEN WE DID ALL OF THE ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE WHAT
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THE INFRASTRUCTURE COST, UH, WOULD, WOULD NEED TO BE, UM, THEN USING THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 3 95 0.01, FOUR OF THE 50% OF TOTAL PROJECTED COSTS, UH, THE NEW PROPOSED IMPACT FEES PER CONNECTION WOULD BE WATER WOULD GO TO $2,460 IN WASTEWATER WOULD BE $5,090.SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, EVERYONE UNDERSTOOD OR HAD AN IDEA OF WHERE WE KIND OF FIT IN THE SCHEME OF OTHER CITIES WITHIN OUR AREA, UM, ARE KIND OF SIMILAR SIZED CITIES.
AND I HAD TO GO A LITTLE FAR OUT, UH, IN ORDER TO GET SIMILAR SIZE CITY.
SO A GOOD EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, TEXAS CITY IS NOT TOO FAR OFF FROM OUR POPULATION WHERE CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT 3,286 COLLECTIVELY FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER, WHERE THE LOWEST OF ALL OF THESE CITIES WITH A LEAGUE CITY BEING AT 7,668.
NOW I WILL, UM, EXPRESS THAT I AM VERY SURE THAT SEVERAL OF THESE CITIES, IF I KNOW FOR SURE SUGARLAND IS LOOKING AT AN INCREASE IN THEIR IMPACT FEES, BECAUSE THEY'RE CONSIDERING A VERY, ARE ACTUALLY THEY'RE WORKING ON A VERY LARGE SURFACE WATER TREATMENT PLANT EXPANSION.
AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEFRAY THAT COST BY INCREASING, UH, NOT ONLY WATER RATES, BUT, YOU KNOW, IMPACT FEES TOO.
SO A LOT OF CITIES ARE GOING UP BECAUSE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THEY'RE HAVING TO PUT IN, BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT THE, THE, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING NOW IS GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, CLOSE TO 7,000 FOR $550 ROUGHLY.
SO THAT PUTS US, YOU KNOW, KIND OF RIGHT THERE WITH SUGAR LAND IN LAKE CITY, UM, BEFORE THEY LOOK AT RAISING THEIR FEES AGAIN.
SO THE 10 YEAR PROJECTED GROWTH RATE FROM 21 TO THE 2031, UH, THIS IS THE BREAKOUT OF W WHAT I EXPLAINED EARLIER ABOUT THE CONNECTIONS GOING UP.
SO WE WERE EXPECTING THAT, UM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 7,069 NEW WATER CONNECTIONS AND, UH, 6,405 NEW WASTEWATER CONNECTIONS.
SO WE OBVIOUSLY NEED TO ACCOUNT FOR, UM, THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THAT IN THAT THEIR IN-LAWS, OH, HERE'S A REPRESENTATION OF WHAT REVENUE WOULD BE REALIZED IF WE INCREASE THE IMPACT FEES ABOUT ALMOST $50 MILLION OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
SO REMEMBER THAT WHEN WE DO A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, WE USUALLY GET FUNDING FOR 20 YEARS.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHILE THIS IS A 10 YEAR, UM, PROJECTION, THINK OF, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD IN ESSENCE, BE PAYING FOR THOSE, THOSE LOANS OVER THAT 20 YEAR PERIOD.
SO THAT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS OVER THE 20 YEAR TIME PERIOD.
UM, AND THAT THIS ONE IS THE WASTEWATER SPECIFIC, UH, WE'VE ALREADY, THIS IS WHAT WE SPENT ABOUT $9 MILLION FOR THAT WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT EXPANSION FROM 0.95 TO 1.5.
SO THE NEXT, UM, TARGET IS, UH, UP TO THE 2.88, AND THAT'S ABOUT $44 MILLION.
AND THE WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM THAT WAS ABOUT 35 MILLION.
I MEAN, WHILE WE HAVE, WELL, WE'RE WORKING ON THE WASTEWATER PLANT, YOU NEED TO OBVIOUSLY GET THE WASTEWATER TO THAT SYSTEM.
SO WE TO PUT IN THE GRAVITY, MAINS THE LIFT STATIONS AND THE FORCE MAINS TO PUMP IT, TO TREAT IT.
AND ALL OF THOSE COSTS, WE'RE LOOKING AT $88 MILLION AND 68 OF IT REALLY IS NEW, UM, ADDITIONAL FUNDS WE'LL NEED BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY, YOU KNOW, ALLOCATED OR TAKEN ACCOUNT OF THE 9 MILLION FOR THE, UM, PHASE WE'RE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW.
BUT OBVIOUSLY WE'RE PAYING FOR THAT LOAN, UH, WATER RELATED PROJECTS.
WE JUST WRAPPED UP THE EXPANSION FROM 10 MILLION GALLONS TO 20 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY AT THE SURFACE WATER PLANT.
THAT PROJECT WAS ABOUT $27 MILLION.
THE WATER PUMPING AND STORAGE CONSTRUCTION THAT I MENTIONED ABOUT CONVERTING THE WATER PLANTS FROM THE GROUND WATER, THE SURFACE WATER SCHEME, THAT'S ABOUT 8.5 MILLION.
THEN WE TALK ABOUT THE SURFACE WATER TRANSMISSION LINE IN ORDER TO GET THAT SURFACE WATER FROM THE SURFACE WATER PLANT OVER THE MUSTANG BAY AREA, WE'RE LOOKING ABOUT 15 MILLION, THE WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IN ORDER TO PUT THE WATER LINES TO THE DEVELOPERS IS ABOUT 15 MILLION.
SO A TOTAL WATER COST ABOUT A 65.6 MILLION.
AND THE NEW PROJECTS WOULD BE THE 49.3,
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SINCE WE'D ALREADY ALLOCATED THE 26.6 FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE SURFACE WATER PLANT, WHICH WAS COMPLETED, UM, IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR.SO THE SUMMER OF MY PRESENTATION, UH, CITY STAFF RECOMMENDS AN INCREASE IN THESE MUSTANG VALUE WATER, UM, AND WASTEWATER IMPACT FEES AS PROPOSED TO SUPPORT THIS VERY RAPIDLY GROWING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEMANDS IN ORDER TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO DO THAT, TO DO RECOVER THE COST OF THE NEEDED UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE PROPOSED FEES AS SHOWN IN THAT ILLUSTRATION THEY'RE COMPETITIVE AND COMPARABLE WITH CITIES IN OUR AREA.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET UP TO THAT LEVEL IN ORDER TO, TO MEET ALL THE CAPACITY DEMANDS OF DEVELOPERS.
SO, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT LAST SLIDE? I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, DO YOU THINK THAT US WAITING FIVE YEARS KIND OF KEEPS US BEHIND A LITTLE BIT IN TERMS OF BEING COMPETITIVE WITH THE FEES IN COMPARISON TO OTHER CITIES TH THAT THAT'S, I'M NOT QUITE SURE THE DIRECTION OF THE QUESTION, BUT I'M ANSWERING IT WHERE I THINK THAT YOU'RE GOING WITH IT, UM, EVERY FIVE YEARS WHERE WE NEED TO LOOK AT, UH, DOING THE IMPACT PHASE AND WHETHER OR NOT WE NEED TO INCREASE THEM.
NOW, COULD WE THAT MORE FREQUENTLY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE IN LINE WHERE WE NEED TO BE? ABSOLUTELY.
THE, UM, THE REQUIREMENT, UM, OF THE STATUTE REQUIRES US AT MINIMUM TO DO FIVE YEARS NOW.
ONE OF THE NICE REASON THINGS ABOUT HAVING LOW IMPACT FEES, THAT OBVIOUSLY IS ATTRACTIVE FOR DEVELOPERS TO COME IN AND THEY'RE PAYING A LOWER RATE.
AND SO THAT MAKES OUR CITY VERY, UM, ENTICING FOR DEVELOPMENT.
BUT WHEN YOU HAVE DEVELOPMENT KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR AND YOU CAN'T, YOU DON'T HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT IT.
WE CERTAINLY GOT TO MOVE FORWARD VERY QUICKLY IN ORDER TO GET THAT GOING.
HOPEFULLY ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
AND THE ONLY REASON WHY I ASKED IS BECAUSE I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO SEE US GET INTO A POSITION WHERE WE WERE UNDERFUNDED.
AND SO IF WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH IN AN IMPACT FEE TO CHARGE BACK TO THE DEVELOPER, THEN, YOU KNOW, WHERE DOES THE MONEY COME FROM? YOU'RE RIGHT.
AND, AND ALSO, I WANT TO RE-EMPHASIZE, AGAIN, THAT THE ANALYSIS FACTORS IN ALL THE COSTS AND THE IMPACT FEES ARE, WE'RE ONLY ASKING FOR LESS THAN HALF OF THAT, AND THEN YOUR PACKET IT, UM, ON THE IMPACT FEE STUDY, IT SHOWS WHAT THAT 50% IS.
AND WE'RE ACTUALLY ASKING A LITTLE LESS THAN THAT.
SO, UM, OTHERWISE IF YOU ASK FOR THE FULL AMOUNT IS VERY LABORIOUS PROCESS TO GET, GO THROUGH THAT.
SO THAT'S WHY WE WERE ASKING TO DO THE 50% MODEL AND, UM, WE'LL RECOVER SOME OTHER COSTS, UM, THROUGH OTHER WATER RATES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
DID SHE SAY THE FEES HAVE ALREADY BEEN DEPLETED? YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT FEES OR SOMETHING.
I NEVER MENTIONED ABOUT THE PLEADING PHASE THAT WE'RE AND LACK OF ANY FUNDS WITHIN ACCOUNTS THAT WASN'T MENTIONED, WHAT WAS JUST MENTIONED WAS WHAT THE CALL STAR AND WHAT WE NEED TO WEAR TO BE IN ORDER TO PAY FOR THAT INFRASTRUCTURE OR HELP SUPPORT IT.
BECAUSE REMEMBER, THERE'S ONLY LESS THAN 50% OF IT THAT WE HAVE FUNDS AND OTHER AREAS TO HELP OFFSET THAT.
AND THEN, UH, OTHER REVENUES WITH OUR RATES THAT WHERE WE WHOLESALE THE WATER AND WASTEWATER, YOU SAID SOMETHING THAT WAS ALREADY DEPLETED.
I DON'T, I DIDN'T JOT IT DOWN, BUT YOU SAID SOMETHING, UH, PERHAPS MAYBE IT WAS THE CAPACITY, OUR CAPACITY IS DEPLETED OR THE WASTEWATER.
SO, I MEAN, YEAH, THAT, THAT PROBABLY LIKELY IF, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU PICKED UP ON, UM, WHEN THE DEVELOPERS ARE COMING INTO OUR AREA, WE HAVE HAD TO, UM, ASK TO WAIT TILL WE GOT APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE PROJECTS, FOR THE DESIGN IN ORDER FOR US TO GIVE A CONDITIONAL CAPACITY LETTERS.
SO, UM, I GUESS IF DEPLETED WAS USED OR IN A CONTEXT OF THIS PRESENTATION IS THE CAPACITY AVAILABILITY WITHIN
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OUR AREA THAT WE, THAT WE DO NOT HAVE IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT.AND SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO HAVE THESE PROJECTS IN ORDER TO ALLOW THE DEVELOPMENT TO OCCUR.
AND SO WE'RE ON, ON THE PATH, UH, FOR THE DESIGN.
AND THEN WE'LL BE GOING BACK TO COUNCIL, REQUESTING THE MONIES TO DO THE CONSTRUCTION PART, TO GET THAT FORWARD IN ORDER TO MEET THE DEMAND OF THE CAPACITY.
I'M JUST CURIOUS, THE INCREASE IN FEES, DOES THAT HAVE ANY IMPACT ON MUD RESIDENTS FEES, BUT CUSTOMERS? NO, NO, NO.
THE, AN IMPACT FEE IS ONLY FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT AND CONNECTIONS TO THE SYSTEM.
MY OTHER QUESTION IS THE RECENT INFRASTRUCTURE BILL THAT IS JUST PASSING CONGRESS.
IS THERE ANY WAY THIS WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON, UH, YOUR PROJECT? IT'S STILL, YOU KNOW, THE INK ISN'T BEEN DRAWING ON IT, BUT THAT INFRASTRUCTURE BILL THAT WAS PASSED HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH AS FAR AS, UH, WASTEWATER AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN CITIES.
SO WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS, IS THE CITY, UH, MAY BE ALLOWED TO, UH, TO OBTAIN SOME FUNDING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE RELATED TO WATER AND WASTEWATER PROJECTS.
UM, A LITTLE BIT OF THAT HAS A FIM FACTORED IN, AND, BUT WE DON'T KNOW FULLY YET HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE, UH, FOR THAT.
BUT IT CERTAINLY IS DIMINIMOUS IN COMPARISON TO WHAT OUR TOTAL INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS ARE AND THAT WE DON'T KNOW THAT AMOUNT WHEN THAT AMOUNT IS KNOWN, AS FAR AS WHAT FEDERAL FUNDS WOULD BE USED.
WOULD YOU SHARE THAT I'M NOT PRIVY TO HOW THAT'S YOU HAVE TO HAVE THIS BEEN FINALIZED? UM, SO I REALLY CAN'T COMMENT ON THAT.
I'LL JUST GIVE YOU AN ASSUMPTION AND I PREFER NOT TO GO THERE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR REPORTS OR WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH ON TONIGHT.
WE HAVE TO CONSIDER APPROVING A SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT AND FORWARDED ALL TO CITY COUNCIL.
UM, IS THERE A MOTION TO DO SO? THANK YOU, MR. HANEY.
IS THERE A SECOND? THANK YOU, MS. LUCAS, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, ANY NAYS? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SEEING NONE THAT MOTION DOES CARRY.
WE HAVE NO OTHER MATTERS TONIGHT TO DISCUSS.
IS THERE A MOTION THAT WE ADJOURN? THANK YOU, MS. LUCAS.
THANK YOU, MS. OVERTON, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
GOOD NIGHT AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS.