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File #: 2018-5721   
Type: Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 7/23/2018 In control: City Council
On agenda: 8/9/2018 Final action: 8/9/2018
Title: Consider a resolution setting the date, time, and place for a public hearing to consider the adoption of a Roadway Impact Fee.
Attachments: 1. Resolution, 2. DRAFT Roadway Impact Fee Study

Title

Consider a resolution setting the date, time, and place for a public hearing to consider the adoption of a Roadway Impact Fee.

 

Body

The purpose of this specific agenda item is to set the date for the second public hearing as September 13, 2018.  The public hearing on September 13th will include information on the maximum rate that the Council can adopt by enabling legislation.  On July 26, 2018, Council held a public hearing and adopted the land use assumptions and capital improvement plan, the first step of the process.

 

Background:

On January 11, 2018, the Round Rock City Council approved a contract with Kimley-Horn & Associates, Inc. to evaluate, develop and create an implementation plan for Roadway Impact Fees.

 

According to the 2017 Transportation Master Plan, over $1 billion in new roadway capacity is needed to accommodate future growth in the City of Round Rock. Impact Fees are a mechanism for funding the public infrastructure necessitated by new development. Impact fees are meant to recover the incremental cost of the impact of each new unit of development. In the case of Roadway Impact Fees, the infrastructure need is the increased capacity on arterial and collector roadways that serve the overall transportation system.

 

The purpose of the 2018 Roadway Impact Fee Study is to identify the maximum impact fee per unit of new development necessary to fund these improvements in accordance with the enabling legislation, Chapter 395 of the Texas Local Government Code.  The actual fee amount ultimately assessed is at the discretion of the Round Rock City Council, so long as it does not exceed the maximum fee allowed by law. The study looks at a period of 10 years to project new growth and corresponding capacity needs, as required by state law. The study and corresponding maximum fees must be restudied at least every five years. However, the study can be updated at any time to accommodate significant changes in any of the key variables of the impact fee equation.

 

A stakeholder’s meeting and open house will be held on August 7, 2018, from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm and 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm, respectively at the Rabb House.  At these meetings, the maximum rate the Council can adopt will be presented and discussed.

 

The Capital Improvements Advisory Committee (CIAC) will review the maximum impact fee per unit of new development necessary to fund these improvements and provide the Committee’s findings for consideration by the City Council. This meeting is scheduled for August 15, 2018 and is required by Chapter 395 of the Texas Local Government Code.

 

The City of Round Rock has had a type of impact fee allowed by Chapter 395 and previous legislation since 1989 for water and wastewater projects. The basic methodology and premise for determining and implementing these type of fees is the same.  Water and wastewater impact fees have allowed growth to pay for growth in the Utility Fund. Roadway Impact Fees are another tool the City Council can use to build roadway capacity to accommodate new development.