Title
Conduct a Public Hearing to Consider/Discuss/Comment on the Updated Capital Improvements Plans and Potential Amendments to Impact Fees for the 2019 Utility Impact Fee Update
Summary
MEETING DATE: October 27, 2020
DEPARTMENT: Planning
CONTACT: Aaron Bloxham, Planning Manager
Mitchell Corona, CNU-A, Planner I
APPROVAL PROCESS:
* The Capital Improvements Advisory Committee (CIAC) is required to provide written comments to the City Council prior to Council action on the updated Capital Improvements Plans or Impact Fee amendments for the 2019 Utility Impact Fee Update. The minutes of this Public Hearing will serve as the written comments and will be forwarded to the City Council at the December 1, 2020 meeting.
Upon receiving the Committee's written comments, City Council will hold a Public Hearing to consider adoption of the updated Capital Improvements Plans and the updated Utility Impact Fee Ordinance, including any fee amendments. As required by state law, a 30-day Legal Notice for the Public Hearing has been posted in the McKinney Courier-Gazette.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
* After closing the Public Hearing, Staff recommends that the Commission make a motion to forward the updated Capital Improvements Plans and potential impact fee amendments for the 2019 Utility Impact Fee Update to the City Council.
ITEM SUMMARY:
Status of the Utility (Water and Wastewater) Impact Fee Update:
* The consulting utility engineers (Birkhoff, Hendricks & Carter, LLP) have completed preliminary drafts of the Capital Improvements Plans for Water and Wastewater (more commonly referred to as the Water Improvements Plan and Wastewater Improvements Plan). The draft Plans identify the utility infrastructure needed to accommodate projected growth for the next ten years, the probable costs associated with each infrastructure project, and the existing oversized facilities for which excess capacity is available.
* The utility consultant team has also completed a draf...
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