PRESENTER: Presenter
Becky Wiatrek, Assistant Director of Finance
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SUBJECT: Title
Consider a report from the City of New Braunfels regarding Roadway Impact Fees for the period of April 1, 2025, to September 30, 2025, and make a recommendation to the City Council.
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DEPARTMENT:Finance
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COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: All
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Chapter 395 of the Texas Local Government Code requires a report showing impact fee collection activity to be filed semiannually with the Impact Fee Advisory Committee, which then forwards such report to the City Council with a recommendation. Chapter 100, Section 100-20(a) of the Code of Ordinances previously established that the Planning Commission shall serve as the Roadway Impact Fee Advisory Committee, however legislative changes implemented on September 1,2025 required the establishment of a new committee and an update to the ordinance, delaying this report.
Impact fees are intended to recover the incremental cost of the impact of each new unit of development, creating new infrastructure needs. In the case of roadway impact fees, the infrastructure needed is the increased capacity on arterial and collector roadways that serve the overall transportation system. The City of New Braunfels has established six service areas to collect roadway impact fees. Under the program, fees collected in a service area can only be expended on projects in that area that are part of the Roadway Impact Fee Capital Improvements Plan.
The report, prepared by the Finance Department, summarizes the revenue, expenses, and encumbrances of the Roadway Impact Fee fund by service area during the reporting period.
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STRATEGIC PLAN REFERENCE:
☐Economic Mobility ☐Enhanced Connectivity ☐Community Identity
☒Organizational Excellence ☐Community Well-Being ☐N/A