Presenter
Presenter
Christopher Looney, Planning and Community Development Director
Contact Info
clooney@nbtexas.org
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Approval of the Water and Wastewater Impact Fee Committee's recommendation to accept the semiannual Water and Wastewater Impact Fee Report for the period of December 31, 2016, through June 30, 2017.
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BACKGROUND / RATIONALE:
Contact: Dawn Butrym
Chief Financial Officer
New Braunfels Utilities
(830) 629-8460
dbutrym@nbutexas.com
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 who then forwards such report to the City Council. On April 4, 2017, Rick Tobias, representing New Braunfels Utilities (NBU), presented the attached report to the Water and Wastewater Impact Fee Advisory Committee.
Section 2-101 under Division 4 of the City of New Braunfels Charter describes the Impact Fee Advisory Committee:
There is here and now established a committee to be known as the New Braunfels Impact Fee Advisory Committee (the "advisory committee"), which shall be under the jurisdiction of New Braunfels Utilities. The planning commission of the city as expanded hereby shall act as the advisory committee. The planning commission when it acts as the advisory committee shall be comprised of the following members: The nine members of such commission as appointed by the city council pursuant to section 10.01 of the Charter and four ad hoc members, being the mayor, general manager of New Braunfels Utilities, president of the board of trustees of New Braunfels Utilities and one representative who resides in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the city. The planning commission when it acts as the advisory committee must include at least one representative of the real estate, development or building industry who is not an employee or official of a political subdivision or governmental entity, including New Braunfels Utilities. The ad hoc member of the planning commission when it acts as the advisory committee who resides in the extraterritorial jurisdiction shall be appointed by a majority vote of the city council for a term of three years.
The Water and Wastewater Impact Fee Advisory Committee is currently composed of the following individuals:
Cory Elrod
Lee Edwards
Troy Bearden
Stanley Laskowski
Matthew Hoyt
Darin Conkright (resigned)
Chad Nolte
Jerry Sonier (absent)
Creighton Tubb
Frank Yannuzzi
Ex-Officio members are:
Barron Casteel - Mayor
Ian Taylor - CEO, NBU
Atanacio Campos - President of the NBU Board of Trustees
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COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
On September 12, 2017, the Water and Wastewater Impact Fee Advisory Committee unanimously recommended the City Council accept the report, (7-0-0 with Members Sonier absent, and Conkright resigned).