230727 -- City Council -- Agenda Questions
Council questions and staff responses for items on July 27, 2023 City Council Meeting
8.1 Impact Fee Collection Rates
Sponsors: Carol Cotter
Question: Regarding the impact fee collection rate item:
A. What revenue have we seen to date from impact fees?
B. What are the revenue projections based on the proposed increases?
C. Will the increases allow us to get more capital projects done sooner?
D. Will the increases help to lower the portion of our tax rate that goes to debt service?
Response:
A. Impact Fee Revenues collected to date (07/24/23) are as follows:
Impact Fee Type
Impact Fee Revenue
Collected
2016-2023
Water $2.22M
Wastewater $10.91M
Roadway Zone A $0.92M
Roadway Zone B $1.74M
Roadway Zone C $1.34M
Roadway Zone D $0.73M
Roadway Total $4.73M
B. Revenue projections based on the proposed collection rate increases are provided in the middle
column below. The revenue projections and costs reflected in the table are forecasts over the
10-year study horizon (2021-2031). This table is also provided in the Impact Fee Supporting Info
in the packet.
Impact Fee Revenue Projections
C. For water and wastewater projects, yes the increases will help us complete more projects sooner,
since we use water and wastewater fees to service the projects’ debt. With Roadway, depending
on the amount of revenue that the City receives, it could allow additional projects to be completed
sooner. However, since the revenue that we have historically received has been limited and
Roadway impact fees are further broken down into four zones, it has not made a material impact
on project timing, but does help to offset roadway capital costs.
D. The water and wastewater collection rate increases will have no impact on the debt service tax
rate since water and wastewater projects are paid by enterprise funds generated from utility
rates. As stated above, since the impact fee revenue for Roadway has been limited we have used
the revenues to pay for project expenses directly, rather than issuing additional debt.
Impact Fee Type Existing
Collection Rate
Proposed Collection
Rates
Recoverable CIP Costs
(at Max Rates)
Water $4.5M $11.8M $54.5M
Wastewater $24.2M $24.2M $71.9M
Roadway Zone A $3.1M $3.4M $9.1M
Roadway Zone B $2.9M $5.9M $20.1M
Roadway Zone C $3.5M $8.9M $25.7M
Roadway Zone D $2.7M $5.7M $57.4M
Roadway Total $12.2M $23.7M $112.3M
8.5 Rezonings – MH Middle Housing (privately initiated)
Sponsors: Matthew Ellis, Robin Macias, Gabriel Schrum
Question:
A. What was the building permit type for the building permit application for properties on Park
Place?
B. Are all the properties in Area 4?
C. Did the applicant indicate that these were to be single family residences?
Response:
A. When 302, 306, and 308 Park Place applied for building permits, they indicated a Single-Family
Detached use.
B. Yes, all the properties on Park Place are in Area 4.
C. No, the applicant indicated interest in submitting these as Shared Housing, but the applicant did
not indicate an intent to change the structures.