Title
Discuss the Surface Drainage Utility System Fee and Ordinance
Summary
MEETING DATE: December 1, 2014
DEPARTMENT: Development Services / Engineering
CONTACT: Michael Hebert, PE, CFM, CPESC, Assistant Director of Engineering
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
* Authorize Staff to draft the revised ordinance and initiate the 30 day public posting and comment process to adopt the new fee as stated below:
o Set the Surface Drainage Utility fee at $4.00 per Single Family Living Unit Equivalent (SFLUE, 3,000 square feet of impervious area)
o Maintain a flat rate of $4.00 per single-family household per month
o Remove the cap on commercial/industrial properties
o Calculate multi-family properties based on impervious surface and not number of units
o Set an implementation date of February 1, 2015
ITEM SUMMARY:
* In August of 2013 Council appointed a Stormwater Management Focus Group to review and recommend modifications to the Stormwater Management Ordinance.
* That ordinance was revised in September 2014 per the recommendations of the Focus Group.
* These revisions included simplifying requirements in the ordinance to make development in McKinney less complicated and more predictable.
* The focus group also recommended increasing the surface drainage utility system (SDUS) fee, acknowledging that some of the changes may create impacts on McKinney's drainage system.
* The focus group recommended increasing the SDUS fee to an average of approximately $5.00 per home and creating a tiered system based on lot impervious area.
* City Council created a subcommittee to work with City Staff in order to further review the recommendations of the focus group and provide recommendations on the best method of amending the SDUS fee.
* Three meetings were held, attempting to best determine the cost of service and how to assess the costs.
o In order to better understand the financial implications of system wide drainage improvements staff an...
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