Oct 22, 2024 Regular Meetings

THING IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES, OCTOBER 8TH, 2024, REGULAR MEETING.

UH, I WOULD SAY THAT PRETTY ROUNDLY BEATS WHAT WE NORMALLY DO.

SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR COMING.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING THE SECOND AND FOURTH TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH, BUT, ALRIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU AND WE'LL JUMP INTO IT FROM HERE.

FIRST

[3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

IF THERE'S NO CORRECTIONS, THESE MINUTES STAND APPROVED.

UH,

[5. PUBLIC COMMENTS BEFORE CITY COUNCIL]

NEXT IS PUBLIC COMMENTS.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE INVITED TO GIVE COMMENTS AT THIS TIME LASTING NO LONGER THAN THREE MINUTES.

COMMENTS MAY BE GENERAL IN NATURE OR MAY ADDRESS A SPECIFIC AGENDA.

ITEM.

FIRST PERSONS MS. LIBBY JOHNSON.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS LIBBY JOHNSON.

I LIVE AT 4 0 4 AVONDALE STREET IN LAKE CITY.

UH, BEEN HERE 20 SOMETHING YEARS.

UH, I REPRESENT TONIGHT THE LAKE CITY PROUD ORGANIZATION AND HOLIDAY IN THE PARK.

AND, UM, TONIGHT WE HAVE FOR YOUR PLEASURE.

THEY JUST SANG, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

FOR TONIGHT, THEY HAVE, UH, THEY'RE GONNA BE SINGING TO YOU SOME CHRISTMAS SONGS IN HONOR OF OUR EVENT COMING UP.

THERE YOU GO.

UH, LOOK AT THE SELECTED FROM, UM, DO, AND YOU'LL UNDERSTAND WHY SANTA CLA, SANTA CLA RIGHT DOWN SANTA CLAUS LEG, ALL OF RANGER SANTA CLAUS COMES TONIGHT BY LIKE, RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU ARE PART OF THE LITTLE MERMAID, UH, CAST.

SO THEY'RE GONNA BE SINGING A CHRISTMAS SELECTION.

THIS IS THE CLEAR FALLS TROUBADOURS.

THEY'RE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF JILL TY, AND THEY'RE A FANTASTIC GROUP.

THEY PERFORM SUNDAY AT OUR EVENT AT 2 25 IN THE AFTERNOON FOR 20 MINUTES.

SO THEY GO TILL ABOUT 2 45.

I'M NOT GONNA USE THIS BECAUSE MY VOICE IS LOUD.

SO, UH, OUR TROUBADOURS, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STARTING THIS OFF AND THIS STUDY, IT'S ALL YOURS.

THIS IS GREAT.

AND SO WE ARE A LITTLE BIT EARLY IN OUR PREPARATION.

I'M SURE YOU CAN IMAGINE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO, UH,

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SO, UM, WE DO HAVE AMONG US, UM, PRAISE ERIC AND OUR VERY OWN ARIEL TRITON SAVANNAH.

ANYWAY, UM, OUR, OUR, UH, PRODUCTION OPENS NOVEMBER 15TH AND IT'S GUARANTEED TO BE ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL.

SO WE HOPE YOU JOIN US FOR THAT.

WELL, THANKS Y'ALL FOR COMING.

AND THOSE OF YOU THAT YOU KNOW COME, THIS IS YOUR FIRST CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

WE HAVE THIS AT EVERY, EVERY ONE.

WE HAVE A ENTERTAINMENT SECTION BEFOREHAND, UH, .

BUT NEXT ON THE LIST, ANGIE MARTINS.

I, SO I'M HERE TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE NEXT MONTH'S ENTERTAINMENT'S GONNA BE NICK .

HE'S GONNA BE DOING A SOLO PRESENTATION.

IT'S A, UM, MY NAME IS ANDREW BURNS.

I'M THE CO-CHAIRMAN OF, UH, THE LEAGUE CITY PROUD ORGANIZATION.

AND WE PUT ON HOLIDAY IN THE PARK, THIS IS OUR 27TH YEAR TO DO HOLIDAY IN THE PARK THE FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBER OF EVERY YEAR.

SO THIS YEAR, UM, IT'LL BE A SPECIAL WEEKEND.

UM, THE PARADE ITSELF WILL BE ON PEARL HARBOR DAY, DECEMBER 7TH.

WE DO HAVE SOME SPECIAL THANKS TO HONOR THE MILITARY AND EVEN OUR FIRST RESPONDERS HERE IN LAKE CITY.

SO WE ASK YOU TO COME OUT AND BE A PART OF THAT SPECIAL CELEBRATION, UM, FOR THE WEEKEND.

THE CELEBRATION ALWAYS LASTS THREE DAYS.

THE FIRST DAY IS FRIDAY, UM, DECEMBER 6TH, OF COURSE.

UM, LOTS OF THINGS FOR THE KIDS.

WE DO FOUR PARADES, UH, CHILDREN'S PARADE, A PET PARADE.

WE HAVE AN EXTRAORDINARY INDIVIDUALS SPECIAL NEEDS, LOW SENSORY PARADE.

AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAVE THE GRAND NIGHT PARADE.

SO THIS IS JUST OUR FIRST DATE.

A WELCOME Y'ALL, PLEASE PUT IT ON YOUR CALENDARS FOR THE FIRST WEEKEND OF DECEMBER THE SIXTH, SEVENTH AND EIGHTH.

AND PLEASE THINK ABOUT MAKING A FLOAT.

GOING TO THE LEAGUE CITY PROUD ORG.COM AND YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR THE PARADE THERE.

UM, FOR THE BIT, THE GRAND KNIGHT PARADE, UM, WE DO SAY ALL THE VENDORS ARE SOLD OUT.

WE HAVE MORE THAN A HUNDRED VENDORS AND THEY'VE BEEN SOLD OUT FOR OVER A MONTH.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED, UM, LOTS OF FOOD VENDORS AND VENDORS FOR Y'ALL TO PARTICIPATE.

SO WE HOPE TO SEE ALL OF Y'ALL ON THE CITY FLOAT AND ALL OF Y'ALL COME OUT AND PARTICIPATE.

THANKS SO MUCH.

[6. CONSENT AGENDA]

ALL RIGHT.

AND NOW, UH, THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM SIX A THROUGH M.

MOVE TO APPROVE.

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GOT IT.

ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT, PLEASE VOTE.

ITEM SEVEN, PUBLIC HEARINGS.

NONE AGAINST

[7A.24-0537 Hold a public hearing on the League City 2024 Master Mobility Plan Update as an element of the Comprehensive Plan of the City of League City (Executive Director of Development Services)]

HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING ON LEAGUE CITY 2024 MASTER MOBILITY PLAN UPDATE AS AN ELEMENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY.

THIS PUBLIC HEARING STARTS AT SIX 10.

THERE'S NOBODY SIGNED UP.

AND THIS MEETING WILL, THIS WILL CLOSE AT SIX 10.

[7B. 24-0538 Consider and take action on an ordinance approving the League City 2024 Master Mobility Plan Update as an element of the Comprehensive Plan of the City of League City (Executive Director of Development Services)]

AND THEN SEVEN B, CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE APPROVING LEAGUE CITY 2024 MASTER MOBILITY PLAN UPDATE AS THE ELEMENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF THE CITY, OF LAKE CITY.

CHRIS, COULD YOU JUST GIVE US KIND OF A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF ANY CHANGES THAT YOU FORESEE, UH, CHANGES TO? WELL, WELL, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT'S GONNA BE A CURVE BALL? BE A CURVE BALL? BECAUSE I'M HEARING SOME THINGS ON THE, ON THE WEB.

I, I'M NOT FOR SURE IF THAT'S IT.

SO IS MAIN STREET, LET ME JUST GET TO THE POINT IS MAIN STREET BEING AFFECTED MAIN STREET, EAST EAST MAIN STREET.

IT'S SHOWING, I BELIEVE FOR THE SECOND TIME THAT IT NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED TO SIX LANES IN THE FUTURE.

UM, I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE IT.

CHRIS, COULD YOU SPEAK IN THE MIC? I THINK SOME PEOPLE ARE HAVING TOUGH TIME HEARING.

I'M SORRY.

CAN, CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME BETTER NOW? YEAH.

SO THE, THE MOBILITY PLAN, UH, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE MOBILITY PLAN UPDATE IS A THOROUGHFARE MAP.

MM-HMM.

, THIS IS, UH, DONE EVERY FIVE YEARS.

THE MAP WAS SHOWING SIX LANG SEGMENTS ON MAIN STREET LAST TIME IN 2018 IS CONTINUED NOW, BUT IT IS NOT SHOWN IN OUR CAPITAL RECOVERY FEES AS A NEAR TERM PROJECT.

JUST STILL A LONG RANGE PROJECT.

I, I THINK THE CONCERNS, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS FOR MANY TIMES IN THE PAST, PROBABLY THE OAK TREES ON MAIN STREET, PEOPLE ARE ALREADY TALKING ON SOME OF THE, UH, YEAH.

THE WEB AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

IS ANY OF THAT GOING TO BE AFFECTED? NONE OF THAT IS IN THE PLAN.

I THINK WHAT IS BEING RECOMMENDED ARE SOME ACCESS MANAGEMENT STUDIES.

UH, SO TYPICALLY, I KNOW WE WENT THROUGH AN ACCESS MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION, UH, WITH TDOT AND COUNCIL THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO NOW, UH, FOR MAIN STREET, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT.

UH, WHEN YOU HIT A CERTAIN VOLUME, A FIVE LANE ROAD IS NOT QUITE AS EFFICIENT OR SAFE AS PUTTING IN SOME MEDIANS.

UH, SO THAT WOULD BE A STEP THAT WOULD BUY SOME CAPACITY BEFORE YOU WOULD NEED TO GO TO A SIX LANE.

SO THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE, UH, PROPOSED FOR NEAR TERM EITHER, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

SO TO THAT END RIGHT, AND, AND I KNOW WE HAVE IT IN THE CURRENT PLAN SHOWING SIX LANES OR EVENTUALLY GETTING THERE, UH, AND WE WENT, LITERALLY WENT THROUGH THIS LAST TIME.

AND SO BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GONNA BE KNOCKING DOWN THE OAK TREES AND, AND PUTTING IN TWO MORE LANES OF TRAFFIC, SHOULD WE JUST REMOVE THAT? AND THEN ALSO TO THAT END, I DO THINK IT'S WORTH CONSIDERING SOME OF THE ACCESS CONTROLS AND DOING WHAT THEY DID IN, UH, IN FRIENDSWOOD AT THE OTHER END OF FIVE 18.

IT DOES LOOK NICE.

IT DID HELP WITH THE KIND OF FEELING OF THEIR ENTIRE LITTLE AREA DOWN THERE NEAR CITY HALL AND THEIR LARGE OAK TREES.

AND SO, I DON'T KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT RE THE SIX LANES REMOVED AND THEN REALLY START GETTING, MOVING FORWARD ON THE ACCESS CONTROLS.

AND THE YES, SIR.

SO WE, WE DON'T SHOW THE SIX LANES SPECIFICALLY THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE OAK TREE CENTER.

SO WE'RE STOPPING IT AT ROUGHLY THREE, I BELIEVE HIGHWAY THREE.

YES, SIR.

AND IT'S GOING BASICALLY ALL THE WAY TO THE WEST IS WHERE WE WOULD LOOK.

UH, I SAID THAT IT'S NOT FUNDED.

THERE ACTUALLY IS A SMALL ACCESS MANAGEMENT PIECE THAT'S FUNDED AND THIS YEAR, CIP, UH, IT'S A STUDY THAT LOOKS FROM LANDING TO 45.

UH, BUT THAT'S A STUDY ONLY.

ANY, AND, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, MOST OF OUR, OUR HEAVILY TRAVELED ROADS ARE TECH STOCK ROADWAYS.

SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE CAN JUST FLIP A SWITCH AND, AND FUND THOSE PROJECTS EITHER.

IT HAS TO GO THROUGH THE FEDERAL PROCESS.

WE WORK WITH HGAC, NONE OF THOSE ROADWAYS FOR THAT WE SHOW FOR EXPANSION IS IN THE HJAC TIP PLAN.

THE ONLY THING THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW FOR EXPANSION IS TWO 70, THE MISSING TWO LANES FROM, UH, BASICALLY KROGER'S TO 6 46.

AND THAT'S IN THE RTP, WHICH IS KIND OF A 10 YEAR LOOK AHEAD, NOT A SHORT TERM PLAN EITHER.

CHRIS, I THINK THE KEY PART OF YOUR ANSWER THERE, YOU COULD HAVE JUST LED WITH WAS NOT NO HISTORIC BUSINESS.

YES, SIR.

UH, MR. COLLINS IS GOING TO BE VOTING FRIDAY ON, UH, SOME, SOME CONGESTION IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS WITH HJC.

UH, AND THEN ALSO, IS THERE MONEY FROM TDOT TO ACTUALLY DO SOME OF THESE MEDIANS, UH, CONTROL CONTROL ACCESS STUFF ON FIVE 18 THERE? I KNOW THERE HAD BEEN IN YEARS PAST THERE.

THERE IS, WE, WE, WE ARE,

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WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY $6 MILLION WORTH, UM, THAT GOT PROMOTED UP TO, TO THAT LEVEL.

IT WOULD BE IMPROVEMENTS AT LAKE CITY PARKWAY AND TWO 70 LAKE CITY PARKWAY AND COLUMBIA MEMORIAL.

AND THEN THREE INTERSECTIONS ADDING RIGHT TURN LANES ON TWO 70 AT, UH, CORELLE WEBSTER AND I, I THINK, UM, IS IT HEWITT THAT SIGNALED OR AUSTIN? I CAN'T REMEMBER IT.

IT'S ONE OF THOSE TWO.

AND WHAT ABOUT THE AMENITIZED, UH, OR, OR LANDSCAPE MEETINGS? SO THE LANDSCAPE MEDIAS, I, I'M NOT, UH, THAT'S NOT IN THIS PROGRAM FOR, FOR THE HGAC PROGRAM.

I KNOW IT'S A-H-G-A-C PROCESS, BUT, BUT IT'S NOT IN THIS MASTER PLANNING DOCUMENT.

NO, MAYOR, JUST A A, A SHOUT OUT AND I THANK YOU AGAIN TO CHRIS BECAUSE THEIR TEAM DOES A GREAT JOB PUTTING GRANTS IN THROUGH HGAC AND IT GOES THROUGH THE, UH, TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE AND THEN BACK UP TO THE BOARD AND, AND WE GET A CHANCE TO VOTE ON THE, ON THE GRANT.

SO, UH, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH THROUGH YOUR STAFF, CHRIS.

SO MAYOR, I THINK IF, IF I UNDERSTOOD WHAT YOU WERE ASKING, IS THERE MONEY TO DO ACCESS MANAGEMENT OR IS THERE MONEY TO DO LANDSCAPING? AND THE ANSWER'S THE ANSWER'S GENERALLY YES.

YOU KNOW, TXDOT HAS BROUGHT FORWARD ACCESS MANAGEMENT TO US A COUPLE DIFFERENT TIMES AND WE'VE HAD A DIFFICULT TIME DEVELOPING A CONSENSUS BOTH ON THE OLD PART OF FIVE 18 AND HIGHWAY THREE.

AND SO THEY'LL NEED SOME SORT OF PRETTY STRONG STATEMENT FROM US IF WE WANNA PURSUE THAT.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, LANDSCAPING ON THOSE TWO ROADWAYS, WE JUST GOTTA, WE HAVE TO DECIDE KIND OF WHAT WE WANT AND HOW WE WANT TO DO IT.

SO, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S MORE LIKE THE WEBSTER SECTIONS WHERE THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, FIVE LANE ROADWAYS AND TRANSITIONING THEM, THE MEDIAN DIVIDED STUFF, YOU KNOW, THAT PROJECT I THINK HAS RESTARTED.

I THINK ALL THE WATER METERS ARE IN AND WE SHOULD SEE SOME ACTIVITY AND SHOULD BE COMPLETE BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

THAT'S GREAT.

I WAS MORE TALKING ABOUT THE FIVE 18 STUFF AND I THINK IN THE PAST THERE'VE BEEN A LOT OF, UH, RETICENCE FROM BUSINESS OWNERS ACROSS FIVE 18 ON WHAT IT WOULD DO TO THEIR BUSINESSES AND WHAT IT WOULD HAPPEN.

HOWEVER, I MEAN, WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHAT WOULD HAPPEN.

RIGHT.

YOU CAN JUST LITERALLY GO INTO FRIENDSWOOD AND LOOK AT IT.

YEAH, IT'S, IT'S, I THINK, I MEAN IT'S PART OF THE WHOLE THING.

IT'S NOT THE ONLY REASON, BUT IT'S SPURRED DEVELOPMENT.

FRIENDSWOOD HAS REDEVELOPED A LOT OF FIVE 18 YES, SIR.

AND IS VERY GOOD LOOKING.

AND ALSO THERE'S THE SAFETY ASPECTS AS WELL.

SO IT IMPROVED SAFETY.

IT HAS NOT HURT BUSINESSES, IN FACT THAT THERE'S MORE SMALL BUSINESSES ACROSS FIVE 18 AND FRIENDSWOOD NOW, AND IT LOOKS GREAT.

SO IF THERE'S MONEY FROM TDOT, I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD COME BACK TO COUNCIL, MAYBE IN A WORKSHOP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE ALL TALK ABOUT IT AND THEN WE'LL GO ASK FOR THAT MONEY.

WE, WE'LL REACH, I THINK THE BEST THING TO DO ON THAT IS REACH BACK OUT TO THE AREA OFFICE.

I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY A MEETING WITH CHRISTOPHER AND I TO REAFFIRM SOME LEVEL OF SUPPORT FOR THAT IF THERE'S SUPPORT THROUGH THE COUNCIL.

WELL, I THINK THAT, I THINK THAT IF YOU FINISH THE LEAGUE CITY PARKWAY PROJECT AND PEOPLE CAN SEE JUST HOW BEAUTIFUL THIS IS GONNA BE.

I THINK YOU'LL, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU COULD PROBABLY DEVELOP A CONSENSUS FROM THAT.

I THINK THAT THE LAST TIME PEOPLE JUST COULDN'T IMAGINE IT, EVEN THOUGH YOU COULD DRIVE RIGHT DOWN TO FRIENDSWOOD AND SEE.

CORRECT.

AND WE, YEAH, NO, WE, AND WE HAD SOME VISUALS AND, BUT, BUT THE LONG TIME BUSINESSES, THEY JUST HAVE A TENDENCY TO RESIST IT BECAUSE IT'S CHANGED, RIGHT? YEAH.

SO THEY DON'T, I GET IT FULLY APPRECIATE IT.

BUT NO, I THINK THE FRIENDSWOOD IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT.

SO LET'S GET THROUGH, LIKE, LET'S GET THROUGH THE LANDSCAPING PIECE OF THE, THE, THE MEDIAN DIVIDED STUFF.

AND THEN CHRISTOPHER AND I WILL AT LEAST REVISIT WITH TECH STOCK.

THEY HAVE, LIKE I SAID, THEY HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST IN THE ACCESS MANAGEMENT AND THE SAFETY PIECE WITH THAT, WHERE YOU HAVE THE OVERLAPPING DRIVEWAYS AND THE CONFLICTING LEFT TURNS THAT RESULT IN MAYBE PEOPLE NOT PAYING AS MUCH ATTENTION AS THEY SHOULD.

SO YEAH, WE CAN REVISIT THAT, TOM.

SO THIS RIGHT HERE, YOU KNOW, I USED TO, OUR OFFICE USED TO BE, UM, RIGHT THERE WHERE THE MILK PILL USED TO BE.

WE WERE THERE FOR SEVERAL YEARS RIGHT OFF OF MAIN STREET IN HISTORIC SECTION.

THE IDEA CAME UP THEN ABOUT PUTTING MEDIANS TO BASICALLY TAKE OUT THE CENTER LANE.

THAT IS A DISASTER WAITING.

AND FOR THE BUSINESSES, I, I MEAN, UNLESS THIS DESIGN IS JUST SOMETHING THAT ABSOLUTELY, UH, IS WONDERFUL, I CANNOT SEE HOW THIS WOULD EVER HELP THE BUSINESSES DOWN THERE.

GETTING AROUND IS ALREADY DIFFICULT.

WHEN SOMEBODY WANTS TO TURN, EVERYTHING SHUTS DOWN.

I, I HOPE THAT WHATEVER WE'RE DESIGNING OR PLANNING THAT THE MEDIANS ARE UP FOR, UH, DISCUSSION.

THANK

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YOU.

BEFORE WE VOTE, DO YOU HAVE AN OVERALL PITCH ON THIS? BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN NO TALK OF THE WEST SIDE, WHICH IS WHAT, WHERE A LOT OF Y'ALL'S DEVELOPMENT? CORRECT.

SO WE, WE DO, UH, THIS IS THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.

THE NEXT ITEM IS THE CAPITAL RECOVERY FEE UPDATES WHERE WE BREAK OUT INTO THE ZONES.

ZONES THREE AND FOUR ARE HEAVY ON THE WEST SIDE DEVELOPMENT.

A LOT OF PROJECTS IN THERE IDENTIFIED, UH, AND HOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR CAPITAL RECOVERY FEES AND RECOMMENDATION THERE.

IT'S QUITE COMPREHENSIVE.

, THERE'S NOT OVERALL WE CAN GO GOOD ON IT.

IT'S FINE.

I MEAN, I READ THROUGH IT AS MUCH AS I COULD.

[7C. 24-0539 Hold a public hearing approving updated land use assumptions and capital improvements plan for Roadway Facilities and amending capital recovery fees pursuant to Texas Local Government Code Chapter 395 (Executive Director of Development Services) (Part 1 of 2)]

HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING, APPROVING UPDATED LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN FOR ROADWAY FACILITIES AND AMENDING CAPITAL RECOVERY FEES PURSUANT TO TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 3 9 5.

PUBLIC HEARING STARTS AT 6 21.

THERE'S NOBODY SIGNED UP.

IT CLOSES AT 6 21.

[7D. 24-0540 Consider and take action on an ordinance updating land use assumptions and the capital improvement plan for roadway facilities and updating roadway impact fees for League City pursuant to Texas Local Government Code Chapter 395 (Executive Director of Development Services) (Part 1 of 2)]

SEVEN D CONSIDERING TAKE ACTION ON ORDINANCE.

UPDATING LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR ROADWAY FACILITIES AND UPDATING ROADWAY IMPACT FEES FOR LEAGUE CITY PURSUANT TO TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 3 95.

MOVE TO APPROVE.

SECOND MAYOR.

ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM OUR CONSULTANT ON THIS ONE.

EDDIE HAAS WILL, WILL WALK US THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

VERY GOOD.

THANK VERY MUCH.

IF YOU COULD START, IF YOU COULD START IN THE EAST AND GO TO THE WEST, THAT'D BE .

MAYBE I CAN SING THROUGH IT.

YOU KNOW, PROBABLY NOT AS GOOD AS THE TROUBADOR THERE, BUT, UH, EDDIE HAASS WILL FREEZE THE NICHOLS.

UH, WE'RE THANKFUL TO BE BACK TO ASSIST IN THE UPDATED THE MOBILITY PLAN AND THE CAPITAL RECOVERY FEE PROGRAM PRESENTATION.

I HAVE A PRESENTATION OR I CAN HIT HIGH LEVEL, UH, OVERVIEW.

I'M SORRY.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, UH, AS YOU AS UH, IDENTIFIED AT THE OUTSET, CHAPTER 3, 9 5 REGULATES THE, THE MANDATED UPDATE, UH, TO THE CAPITAL RECOVERY PROGRAM.

A COUPLE OF KEY ELEMENTS THAT ARE REQUIRED AS PART OF THAT, THE DEVELOPMENT OF LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS.

HOW IS THE CITY GONNA GROW OVER A 10 YEAR PLANNING PERIOD, THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CORRESPONDING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM.

HOW WILL GROWTH BE ADDRESSED? UH, AND THEN THE CALCULATION OF THE COST PER SERVICE UNIT.

WHAT DOES IT COST TO PUT A UNIT OF SERVICE ON THE GROUND? FOR THOSE THAT ARE NEW TO CAPITAL RECOVERY, FEES ARE ASSESSED TO NEW DEVELOPMENT AS A ONE-TIME CHARGE TO NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT COMES INTO THE CITY.

THE MORE CAPACITY THAT'S CONSUMED BY PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, THE HIGHER THE FEE THERE ARE.

UM, METHODOLOGICALLY, IT'S THE SAME APPROACH THAT WAS TAKEN AS THE INITIAL PROGRAM IN 2018.

UH, FOUR SERVICE AREAS WERE DEFINED AS PART OF THAT PROGRAM.

THOSE SAME FOUR SERVICE AREAS HAVE BEEN, UH, MAINTAINED.

UH, THE SERVICE UNIT ALSO IS ALSO THE SAME, UH, AS THE INITIAL PROGRAM.

THE VEHICLE MILE, THE SERVICE UNIT ENABLES THE ABILITY TO QUANTIFY HOW MUCH CAPACITY IS MADE BY PROJECTS, HOW MUCH UTILIZATION IS CONSUMED ON EXISTING ROAD NETWORK.

BUT THEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, UH, WHAT IS THE, THE DEMAND GENERATED BY NEW DEVELOPMENT? A LAND USE EQUIVALENCY TABLE THAT HIGHLIGHTS MAJOR LAND USE CATEGORIES, OFFICE, COMMERCIAL, RETAIL, RESIDENTIAL, INSTITUTIONAL AND SUBCATEGORIES, UH, IDENTIFIES A CORRESPONDING SERVICE UNIT GENERATION BY LAND USE TYPE.

SO WHEN STAFF RECEIVES A DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION, THEY CAN USE THIS EQUIVALENCY TABLE, THEY CAN QUANTIFY THE SPECIFIC IMPACT OF PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, AND THEN BASED ON THE COST PER SERVICE UNIT AND THE COLLECTION RATE CAN GENERATE THE CAPITAL RECOVERY FEE.

THE COST PER SERVICE UNIT, UH, WILL VARY.

EACH SERVICE AREA IS, IS QUANTIFIED AND CALCULATED SEPARATELY.

SO IT VARIES.

SO FROM THE 2018 PROGRAM TO THIS UPDATED PROGRAM, THERE ARE NEW NUMBERS PER SE.

UH, THE CIP, THE CAPITAL RECOVERY FEE, CIPA, SPECIFIC CIP, UH, IS ROOTED IN YOUR MOBILITY PLAN.

UH, CORRIDORS IDENTIFIED AS ARTERIAL CLASS OR COLLECTOR CLASS ARE ELIGIBLE, UH, FOR INCLUSION INTO THE PROGRAM.

WE HAVE 83 PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED SPANNING THE, THE CITY FOR THE MOST PART ON THE WESTERN SECTOR.

A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF PROJECTS THERE IN SERVICE AREAS, UH, THREE AND FOUR.

BUT THERE ARE OTHER PROJECTS SPANNING, UH, SERVICE AREAS ONE AND TWO.

UH, AND, UM, REAL QUICK, SORRY TO CUT YOU OFF, BUT IF WE COULD GET THE PRESENTATION UP THAT GOES WITH THIS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

AND THEN WE'RE ON THE WRONG ITEM HERE TOO.

HEY, NICK, HAVE ONE.

I'M LOOKING AT IT.

IS THERE NOT A PRESENTATION THAT GOES WITH IT? IT'S

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IN OUR AGENDA.

I DON'T HAVE IT IN THE POWERPOINT.

OKAY, THAT'S COOL.

SORRY.

YOU, YOU ALL, YOU, YOU CAN SEE IT ON YOUR SCREEN.

I'VE SEEN SCREENS.

I'VE, BUT I THINK IT THE YEAH, NO, THE PURPOSE IS, IT'S FAIRLY COMPLICATED TOPIC.

IT IS.

AND IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE CITIZENS TO SEE THE PRESENTATION.

MR. MAYOR, DO YOU NEED TABLE? IT COULD, NO, I DON'T WANNA TABLE IT, BUT COULD WE DO THIS? COULD YOU GUYS WORK ON GETTING THE PRESENTATION UP AND THEN WE'LL JUST RESTART THIS AND WE'LL LET CHUCK DO HIS PART, THEN WE'LL PUT THE PRESENTATION BACK UP AND WE'LL MOVE FROM THERE.

SO I'LL SAY WE'RE GOING TO MOVE PAST THIS ITEM FOR NOW.

WE'LL GO TO SEVEN E.

WE'LL LOOP BACK WHEN WE GOT THE PRESENTATION READY.

SEVEN E HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING ON A REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT.

[7E. 24-0543 Hold a public hearing on a request for a Special Use Permit, SUP-24-0002 (Bukhari Convenience Store), for a gas station with a convenience store, “vehicle fueling station” use, on approximately 0.5 acres zoned “CG” (General Commercial), generally located on the northwestern corner of the Gulf Freeway (Interstate Highway 45) and West Main Street (Farm to Market Road 518), with the address of 101 North Gulf Freeway (Director of Planning)]

SUP DASH 24 DASH 0 0 0 2.

CONVENIENCE STORE FOR GAS STATION WITH CONVENIENCE STORE VEHICLE FUELING STATION USE ON APPROXIMATELY 0.5 ACRES.

ZONE CG GENERAL COMMERCIAL GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE GULF FREEWAY INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 45 AND WEST MAIN STREET, FARM MARKET ROAD FIVE 18 WITH THE ADDRESS OF 1 0 1 NORTH GULF FREEWAY.

PUBLIC HEARING STARTS AT 6 26.

NO ONE, NO ONE ON IT.

WE'LL CLOSE IT AT 6 26.

ALRIGHT,

[7F. 24-0544 Consider and take action on an ordinance adopting a Special Use Permit, SUP-24-0002 (Bukhari Convenience Store), for a gas station with a convenience store, “vehicle fueling station” use, on approximately 0.5 acres zoned “CG” (General Commercial), generally located on the northwestern corner of the Gulf Freeway (Interstate Highway 45) and West Main Street (Farm to Market Road 518), with the address of 101 North Gulf Freeway (Director of Planning) Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval, 7-0-0, on October 7, 2024, subject to conditions, with one member absent.]

CONSIDER SEVEN F.

CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT.

SUP DASH 24 DASH 0 0 0 2 FOR A GAS STATION WITH CONVENIENCE STORE VEHICLE FUELING STATION USE ON APPROXIMATELY 0.5 ACRES.

ZONE CG GENERAL COMMERCIAL, GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE GULF FREEWAY, INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 45 WEST MAIN STREET, FARM TO MARKET ROAD FIVE 18 WITH AN ADDRESS OF 1 0 1 NORTH GULF FREEWAY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

WITH SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS, ONE MEMBER ABSENT, I WILL MOVE TO APPROVE SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS RECOMMENDED SECOND.

ALRIGHT, EVERYBODY ELSE? GOOD.

BE ANYBODY COMMENT ON THIS ONE? MY ONLY COMMENT IS THAT'D BE A GREAT CORNER FOR A FOUR BY EIGHT .

SO THE, UH, I GUESS THEY HAVE LIKE 18 MONTHS, UH, FROM DEVELOPMENT TO, UH, THE FINISH OR TO, TO SUBMIT THE DESIGN.

YES, SIR.

FROM, FROM BUILDING PERMIT ISSUANCE.

PERMIT ISSUANCE.

AND, UH, YOUR OFFICER APPROVED THE, UH, THE MURAL.

SO, UM, COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE WOULD BE IN CHARGE OF APPROVING THE MURAL.

IT'S PROBABLY BEST.

YOU DON'T WANNA PUT THAT IN THE YEAH, CHRIS STER.

I LOOK AT SIDE PLANS.

I MEAN, THAT IS RIGHT AT THE FRONT DOOR OF OUR CITY, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY IS.

YES SIR.

ALL RIGHT.

SEEING NOBODY ELSE, PLEASE VOTE.

UNANIMOUS.

WE'LL GO BACK TO SEVEN C.

NONE AGAINST, WE'LL GO BACK.

ABSOLUTELY.

UH,

HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING APPROVING UPDATED LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR ROADWAY FACILITIES AND AMENDING CAPITAL RECOVERY FEES PURSUANT TO TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE 3 9 5.

THIS PUBLIC HEARING NOW OPENS AT 6 28.

AND WE HAVE CHUCK FALCO, CHUCK FALCO, 2118 EASTLAND COURT.

UM, I WAS AT THIS EXACT CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND AUGUST 24TH, 2021.

AND MY, UM, LITTLE SPIEL CAME BEFORE THE DELIBERATIONS, WHICH KIND OF BLINDSIDED ME.

SO I REVIEWED ALL THAT AND I HOPE TO FRONT RUN IT THIS TIME.

BUT FIRST ABOUT THE ROADWAY IMPACT FEES, WHICH THANKFULLY LEAGUE CITY HAS IMPLEMENTED, UH, SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

THE RECENT COMMITTEE MEETING, UH, UH, RECENT COMMITTEE TO DO ALL THE DETAILS TO PREVENT, UH, TO PRESENT IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT.

UM, I'M, I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE CHART FULL OF NUMBERS, UM, WITH THE, UM, THE VOLUMOUS, UH, MATERIALS.

UM, THIS IS PROBABLY THE KEY ONE, AND I CAN ACTUALLY READ IT KIND OF QUICKLY BY COMPARISON.

AND, UH, JUST A FEW NOTES ABOUT THIS.

UM, IT LOOKS LIKE THAT THE COMMITTEE WANTS TO RAISE, UM, UH, RESIDENTIAL ROADWAY IMPACT FEES.

UM, THE PERCENTAGE NUMBERS ARE KIND OF HIGH, ESPECIALLY FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

WELL MULTIPLY 'EM AS WELL GENERALLY, BUT THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS AREN'T THAT MUCH, AREN'T, AREN'T AS SHOCKING AS THE PERCENTAGE INCREASE, BUT THE INCREASE IS,

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IS OKAY WITH ME.

IT DOESN'T BOTHER ME A BIT.

UM, THE, UH, THE COMMERCIAL WAS ANOTHER STORY BECAUSE THOSE WEREN'T RAISED IN 2021.

UM, NOW THEIR PROPOSAL IS TO RAISE SOME OF THEM, UM, DEPENDING ON THE SERVICE AREA.

UM, AND, AND, AND TO ME, THAT'S OKAY.

UM, AND I'LL POUND THE TABLE MORE IN JUST A SECOND, BUT, UM, IT ALSO LOOKS LIKE THERE WAS JUST AS MUCH EFFORT BY THE COMMITTEE TO STANDARDIZE SOME OF THE IMPACT FEES ACROSS SERVICE AREAS, UM, FOR THE, FOR THE ROADWAY IMPACT FEES.

UM, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING.

UM, IN GENERAL, UH, THE A HUNDRED MILE AN HOUR, UM, UH, REVIEW OF THIS, WHAT THE COMMITTEE'S PRODUCED, I, I THINK IS OKAY.

UM, AND I'D LIKE TO GET TO A LITTLE HIGHER LEVEL POLICY, UH, THAN, THAN THE, YOU KNOW, RAW NUMBERS AND SERVICE AREAS AND AND WHATNOT.

SO THERE WAS A COMMENT IN THE 2021 MEETING THAT WE, LAKE CITY, ARE LOSING SOME COMMERCIAL DE DEVELOPMENT TO CITIES SURROUNDING US.

AND THAT IS UNFORTUNATE TO ME.

NO, IT'S NOT.

I DON'T FEEL THE NECESSITY FOR ME, THE TAXPAYERS AND ALL OF LAKE CITY BEING A COMPETITION WITH WEBSTER TO PUSH WHEELBARROWS OF TAX MONEY FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, PRO COMMERCIAL PRIVATE PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT LIKE THE WOLF LODGE.

I AM OKAY WITH A LITTLE LESS CONCRETE HERE IN LEAGUE CITY AND PERHAPS A LITTLE HIGHER PROPERTY TAXES THAN WEBSTER.

IN FACT, BEFORE I MOVED TO LAKE CITY, I LIVED IN WEBSTER AND ME AND MY WIFE HAD NO DESIRE TO LIVE IN WEBSTER.

AND THERE'S MORE CONCRETE NOW THAN THERE WAS BACK THEN.

A WHOLE LOT MORE.

SO THE, THE, THE BOTTOM LINE, SOME PEOPLE MIGHT SAY, WELL, IT'S EXPENSIVE FOR PROPERTY DEVELOPERS IN LEAGUE CITY, WHETHER THEY'RE RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL.

UM, SO YOUR PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT IS EXPENSIVE TO SUPPORT.

IT CAUSES IMPACTS TO MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND THERE ARE MULTIPLE, IN FACT, P IN FACT IMPACT FEES.

UH, THERE'S ONE FOR WATER AND SEWER AND THERE'S ONE FOR PARKS.

WE HAVE ONE FOR ROADWAYS.

THANK GOODNESS.

'CAUSE TRAFFIC WAS A NIGHTMARE BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, AND IT HASN'T BEEN THE NIGHTMARE QUITE THAN IT WAS BACK THEN.

AND HOPEFULLY THESE ROADWAY IMPACT FEES WILL HELP NOT GET US BACK TO THE TRAFFIC JAMS WE HAD 5, 8, 10 YEARS AGO.

D CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON ORDINANCE UPDATING LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR ROADWAY FACILITIES AND UPDATING ROADWAY IMPACT FEES FOR LEAGUE CITY PURSUANT TO TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 3 9 5.

ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU CHUCK.

AND WE'LL CLOSE THIS AT 6 33 7

AND WE'LL MOVE TO APPROVE AGAIN, , WHATEVER.

I DON'T WANT TO MARK UP MY PAGE.

ALRIGHT, WE'RE GOOD TO GO.

I'M GONNA INTRODUCE EDDIE TO GIVE THIS PRESENTATION.

FANTASTIC.

I HAVE IT PULLED UP.

ALRIGHT, THAT'S SOME GREAT TAP DANCING THE FIRST TIME AROUND .

AWESOME.

WELL, LET'S JUST TRY IT.

BUT I, I HAVEN'T TOLD I NEED TO SAY NEXT TO DANCE.

THE SLIDES HERE, SO THE CLICKER'S NOT WORKING.

BUT, UH, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND ONCE THAT, THAT SLIDE GETS PULLED UP ON THE NEXT SLIDE THERE, UH, BASICALLY IS THE, THE OVERVIEW AND, AND THE, THE BOX HIGHLIGHTED THERE, GROWTH, PAYING FOR GROWTH.

THAT'S KIND OF AKIN TO THE COMMENT WE JUST HEARD AS PART OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THE POLICY DIRECTION IN 2018 WHEN THE PROGRAM WAS ADOPTED IS THAT NEW GROWTH SHOULD SHARE IN THAT BURDEN.

AND, AND THERE'S A VARYING LEVEL OF, OF WHAT THAT, THAT DETERMINATION IS.

AND SINCE THE INCEPTION, UH, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAM, THERE WAS A LOW COLLECTION RATE THAT HAS INCREASED OVER TIME, MEANING THAT THE CITY WAS FRIENDLY TO DEVELOPMENT AND OVER TIME THE FEES HAVE BEEN RAISED, UH, CORRESPONDINGLY SO THAT THERE APPROPRIATELY PAYING THEIR FAIR SHARE OF COST, THEY'RE NOT PAYING, UH, ALL OF IT.

THERE STILL IS A BURDEN THAT THE TAX BASE PICKS UP, BUT THAT POLICY, UH, HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 2018.

AND AS PART OF THE MANDATED UPDATE, UH, THAT POLICY CONTINUES TO BE THERE.

WE, WE DID WORK WITH A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

WE MET WITH THEM, UH, THREE TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF THE UPDATE.

THEY PROVIDED US, UH, FEEDBACK ON GROWTH RATES, THE CIP, ULTIMATELY THE COST PER SERVICE UNIT.

AND THEIR FINAL ACTION WAS THAT RECOMMENDATION LETTER, UH,

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TO YOU.

UH, ALL OF THE NOTIFICATION, UM, THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU ALL PASS, CALLING FOR THIS PUBLIC HEARING, THE AVAILABILITY OF THE REPORTS, UH, THE NOTICING IN THE PAPER.

THOSE ARE ALL, UH, IN ALIGNMENT WITH CHAPTER 3 95.

ON THE NEXT SLIDE, I KIND OF HIT, IT'S KIND OF A TECHNICAL SUMMARY THAT I STARTED TO TALK ABOUT.

WE'RE MAINTAINING THE SAME FOUR SERVICE AREAS.

THIS, THE VEHICLE MILE, THE COST OF THE CIP THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS, IS ABOUT $395 MILLION.

ON THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, THE, UH, SERVICE AREAS ARE DEPICTED.

THOSE ARE THOSE SAME SERVICE AREAS, UH, THOSE SAME SERVICE AREAS THAT WERE, UH, ADOPTED AS PART OF THE INITIAL PROGRAM.

UH, AND THEN WENT THAT THROUGH THAT LITTLE MINI UPDATE IN 2021.

AND THE REASON THAT THERE ARE SERVICE AREAS ARE SO THAT MONIES COLLECTED ON ONE SIDE OF TOWN AREN'T SPENT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN.

THEY GO TO FUEL THOSE SPECIFIC PROJECTS IDENTIFIED, UH, WITHIN THOSE SERVICE AREAS.

AND THAT'S THE MAIN REASON FOR THE LAW.

WE, WE KEEP THOSE SERVICE AREAS THE SAME BECAUSE OF ACCOUNTING PURPOSES, MONIES THAT COME INTO THOSE SERVICE AREAS THAT ARE BEING EXPENDED ON PROJECTS.

AND YOU SEE THOSE AS PART OF THAT CIAC UH, UPDATE REPORT.

UH, ON THE NEXT SLIDE IS KIND OF A SNAPSHOT OF THE LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS.

BASICALLY OVER THE 10 YEAR WINDOW, ABOUT 31,000 ADDITIONAL, UH, RESIDENTS, UH, COMING TO LEAGUE CITY, UH, ALMOST, UH, IN A GROWTH RATE OF ABOUT 2.3%.

UH, ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE HIGHLIGHT THE, THE MOBILITY PLAN.

THIS WAS WHAT WAS ADOPTED, UH, EARLIER THIS EVENING.

THIS REPRESENTS THE ULTIMATE NETWORK, UH, WITHIN, UH, THE COMMUNITY.

AS I IDENTIFIED EARLIER, ARTERIAL AND COLLECTOR CLASS FACILITIES ARE ELIGIBLE INTO THE, INTO THE PROGRAM.

ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE HAVE THE ROAD, UH, CIP THAT IDENTIFIES 83 PROJECTS.

NOW WE ARE SHOWING, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I SAY THIS.

WE'RE, WE'RE SHOWING THE STATE HIGHWAY, UH, 99 ONLY FOR LOCATIONAL PURPOSES.

THAT IS NOT IN THE CAPITAL RECOVERY, JUST SO THAT ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN, THERE'S, THERE'S AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE THOSE PROJECTS ARE RELATIVE TO WHERE THE FUTURE LOCATION OF, OF 99 WILL BE.

UH, $395 MILLION IS THE TOTAL COST OF THE, OF THE, UH, PROJECT, UH, I'M SORRY, THE OVERALL PROGRAM.

AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE EVALUATE, UH, EACH ONE OF THESE BY INDIVIDUAL SERVICE AREAS.

UH, WE DID DEVELOP COST ESTIMATES, UH, ON A SERVICE, UM, USING, UH, INDIVIDUAL WORKSHEETS.

THESE WORKSHEETS ARE ON, UH, APPENDIX G, ARE WE NOT? THANKS A LOT.

YEP.

OKAY, GO AHEAD.

ONE MORE IS THIS HIGHLIGHTS THE, UH, FOR EACH PROJECT.

THERE'S AN ENUMERATION OF THE, THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH, WITH EACH OF THE PROJECTS.

THAT'S AN APPENDIX G THAT HAS ALL THE, THE DETAILS.

IT ALSO HIGHLIGHTS THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE ON SYSTEM AND WHAT THE CITY'S PORTION OF COST WOULD BE ONLY THAT IS INCORPORATED, UH, INTO THE PROGRAM.

ON THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, IT, THERE'S A HIGHLIGHT OF KIND OF THE OVERALL, UM, SUMMARY BY WAY OF THE COST AND, AND THE FAR LEFT, UH, WE'RE SHOWING $168 MILLION FROM THAT 3 95.

THE COST NECESSITATED BY GROWTH IS 168 MILLION.

SO IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE NOT PASSING THE WHOLE COST ONLY.

THAT PART, THAT'S NECESS, NECESSITATED.

THEN THERE'S A QUANTIFICATION OF THE INTEREST COSTS, INTEREST EARNINGS, UH, COST THAT'S IN THE PRO THAT'S ALREADY BEEN COLLECTED, BOTH INTEREST EARNINGS AND, UH, EXISTING FUND BALANCE THAT WAS NETTED OUT OF THE, UH, CALCULATION.

SO WE HAVE A PRE-CREDIT TOTAL OF ABOUT 212, 12 MILLION.

UH, AND THEN THE FINAL SUMMARY THERE, THE RECOVERABLE PORTION, WHICH THEN FROM THAT TWO 12 NETS OUT THE CREDIT, UH, FOR THE, THE INCREASE IN VALOREM TAXES LEAVING ABOUT 95 MILLION.

THAT'S, THAT'S THEN ALLOCATED TO, UH, THE FUTURE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.

SO IN THE FAR RIGHT COLUMN DEPICTS THAT COST PER SERVICE UNIT, THE COST PER VEHICLE MILE OF ROAD, UH, TO PUT ON THE GROUND.

THAT IS NOT THE CAPITAL RECOVERY FEE.

THAT'S JUST WHAT IT COST TO PUT A UNIT OF ROAD ON THE GROUNDS.

THAT'S THAT CALCULATED MAXIMUM.

UH, THE NEXT SLIDE IS A COMPARISON OF THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE 2018 PROGRAM AND THE, UH, 2024, UH, CALCULATION.

AND YOU CAN SEE VARIATIONS IN THE COST, UH, SERVICE AREA ONE IN 2018 WAS WAY LOW.

THAT'S BECAUSE DEMAND OUTSTRIP CAPACITY DRIVING THAT COST PER SERVICE UNIT DOWN.

WE HAVE MORE PROJECTS IN SERVICE AREA ONE, THAT'S WHY THAT COST, UH, WENT UP.

BUT YOU CAN SEE THE VARIATIONS AS A RESULT OF THE NEW COSTS, UH, NEW COSTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED.

BUT THEN IT'S ALSO A FUNCTION OF THE, THE DEMAND, UH, NECESSITATED BY GROWTH OVER THE 10 YEAR WINDOW.

THE NEXT SLIDE KIND OF HIGHLIGHTS THAT EQUIVALENCY TABLE.

THIS IS, UH, TABLE SIX ON PAGES 18 AND 19.

THIS, THIS LITTLE SNAPSHOT SHOWS RESIDENTIAL AND A PORTION OF OFFICE, UH, OF THE OFFICE CATEGORIES.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE SUBCATEGORIES, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY YOU SEE THE DEVELOPMENT UNIT, UH, THE TRIP ASSOCIATED TRIP GENERATION, TRIP LENGTH, GETTING TO THAT FAR RIGHT COLUMN, WHICH IS THAT SERVICE UNIT EQUIVALENT.

SO FOR ONE SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT OR ONE SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING UNIT, THAT GENERATES 3.18

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VEHICLE MILES OF DEMAND.

OKAY, ON THE NEXT SLIDE, IT KIND OF WALKS THROUGH THE CALCULATION OF WHAT IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

UH, BY WAY OF EXAMPLE, IF SERVICE AREA THREE WAS SELECTED THAT HAD A COST PER SERVICE UNIT OF 1671, YOU MULTIPLY THE, THE, THE AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT.

IN THIS EXAMPLE CASE, IT'S ONE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE TIMES THE SERVICE UNIT EQUIVALENT.

THAT BECOMES THE NUMBER OF VEHICLE MILES GENERATED TIMES THE IMPACT FEE OR THE CAPITAL RECOVERY FEE.

THAT BECOMES YOUR FINAL FEE.

OKAY? SO ONE SINGLE FILING DWELLING UNIT WOULD GENERATE ABOUT A CAPITAL RECOVERY FEE OF 6,300, A LITTLE OVER $6,300 PER SERVICE UNIT.

SO THIS JUST IS INTENDED TO SHOW YOU HOW THE CALCULATION WORKS.

SO WHEN YOU SEE THAT SUMMARY TABLE, THAT'S NOT THE FEE, THAT'S THE COST PER SERVICE UNIT.

ON THE NEXT SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS THE COLLECTION RATES THAT WERE DEFINED AS PART OF, UH, THE 2021 PROGRAM.

THERE WAS A BREAKOUT OF COLLECTION RATES.

YOU SEE THE FOUR DIFFERENT SERVICE AREAS IN THE WHITE COLUMN.

THAT WAS THE CEILING AT THE TIME.

THEN THERE WAS THE DECISION TO HAVE A COLLECTION RATE FOR SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL, RESIDENTIAL NONS, SINGLE FAMILY, AND THEN NON-RESIDENTIAL.

SO MEANING EVERYTHING ELSE, OFFICE, COMMERCIAL, RETAIL, UH, THERE WAS THE DESIRE TO HAVE BREAKOUTS WITH DIFFERENT COLLECTION RATES FOR EACH.

THIS IS JUST TO KIND OF SET THE CONTEXT.

SO ON THE NEXT SLIDE WE'RE WE'RE FACED WITH HOW DO WE, HOW WILL A COLLECTION RATE BE DECIDED? THAT'S, THAT'S GONNA BE YOUR, WITHIN YOUR PURVIEW THIS EVENING, UH, FROM WHAT WE HAD IN THE 2018 PROGRAM, UH, THAT WAS CARRIED THROUGH 2021.

UH, SO KIND OF SUMMARIZING ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

WE HAVE A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE, WHICH SHOWS IN THE GRAY, THE COST PER SERVICE UNIT IN THE DARK BLUE, THE CORRESPONDING FEE.

AND THIS WOULD BE THE CALCULATION, UM, WITH THE NEW RATES IF YOU WERE TO GO TO THE MAX.

OKAY, NOW WHAT WE ARE SHOWING, THIS IS KIND OF THE WEIGHTED, THE, THE AVERAGES, UH, IN THERE.

SO, UM, BUT YOU, YOU, YOU SEE THE 20 18, 20 14 FEE IN THE BLUE BOX.

YOU SEE THE, THE DIFFERENCE.

AND THAT'S THE IMPORTANT PART THAT THERE WILL, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL CHANGE IN COLLECTION UNIT.

ON THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, WE HAVE THE, UM, WHAT WE DID WAS THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO ASSIST THEM IN IDENTIFYING WHAT MIGHT BE AN APPROPRIATE COLLECTION RATE.

WE DID WHAT WAS CALLED BENCHMARKING.

AND SO WE DID SEVERAL LAND USE SCENARIOS.

UM, AND WE LOOKED AT NOT ONLY LEAGUE CITY CURRENT IN BLUE, BUT WE ALSO LOOKED AT OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE IMPACT FEE PROGRAMS. UM, UH, IN GENERALLY IN THE AREA, THERE'S REALLY ONLY ONE, UH, COMMUNITY THAT HAS ROAD, UH, IMPACT FEES.

NOW THAT'S REALLY CLOSE.

THAT'S MONT BELLEVUE.

THERE ARE SEVERAL COMMUNITIES THAT ARE CONTEMPLATING THAT.

BUT WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO IDENTIFY WERE OTHER SUBURBAN TYPE CITIES TO A METROPOLITAN AREA.

SO YOU SEE A RANGE OF CITIES, YOU SEE FRISCO, YOU SEE ALLEN WAXAHATCHEE, THERE'S SOME NEW BRAUNFELS, A RANGE OF CITIES JUST TO KIND OF SHOW WHERE MIGHT LEAK CITY BE RELATIVE TO THESE OTHER CITIES.

AND THESE ARE IN NORTH TEXAS AND ARE IN CENTRAL.

SO THEY'RE KIND OF ACROSS THE BOARD, UM, HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN IS WHAT, WHAT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION IS.

SO, UM, AND WHAT THAT IS, UH, $6,367, WE'LL TALK ABOUT HOW THEY DERIVE THAT.

BUT GREEN SHOWS WHERE, WHERE ONE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE WOULD BE UNDER THEIR RECOMMENDATION.

I DO WANNA POINT OUT ANOTHER ITEM THERE THAT IN ALONG THE BOTTOM, ALONG THOSE PIER CITIES, YOU SEE THE, THE NAME OF THE CITY AND THE DATE.

SO LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, BETWEEN GREEN AND BLUE, THERE'S MCKINNEY 2020, THEN YOU HAVE SYBIL SHIRTS, AUSTIN, YOU SEE THE, THE YEAR THAT THE PRO THE PROGRAM WAS WHAT IT'S PREDICATED ON THE CALCULATIONS PREDICATED ON, THAT'S THEIR CURRENT ORDINANCE.

BUT I, I'M POINTING THAT OUT BECAUSE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PORT ARANSAS AND LOCKHART, EVERY CITY IS ABOUT TO GET READY TO GO THROUGH AN IMPACT FEE UPDATE.

SO THAT'S GONNA TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE SIGNIFICANT JUMP IN, INCREASE THE COST, COST OF CONSTRUCTION, UH, FOR GETTING FACILITIES ON THE GROUND.

SO WHAT LOOKS LIKE MIGHT BE KIND OF LOW, THOSE WILL BE CREEPING UP DEPENDING UPON ULTIMATELY COLLECTION RATE.

ARE THESE FEES AVERAGE ACROSS ALL THE SUB SERIES? SO YES.

SO THESE, THESE ARE BASED ON EACH CITY'S ORDINANCE AND THEIR COLLECTION RATE.

BUT BECAUSE YOU, AND THERE'S A OTHER, THERE'S ANOTHER NUMBER THERE.

YOU SEE, UM, LET'S SAY MCKINNEY, THERE'S 13, THEN YOU SEE, UH, CIVIL O THREE SHIRTS, FOUR, AUSTIN 16, THOSE ARE THE NUMBER OF SERVICE AREAS AND IT VARIES WILDLY BY EACH CITY.

SO WE JUST TOOK THE AVERAGE JUST SO THAT WE COULD HAVE SOMETHING TO COMPARE TO.

WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE POINTED THAT OUT.

YOU DIDN'T WAIT THE AVERAGE IN WAY, YOU JUST LITERALLY TOOK 'EM ALL AVERAGE AMOUNT.

WE, WE, YEAH, WE KIND OF LOOKED AT THE BELL CURVE.

MIDDLE, MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.

AND WE, WE, THERE WERE SO MANY WAYS WE COULD HAVE DICED THAT WE COULD HAVE SAID, OKAY, SERVICE AREAS IT WITHIN THE CORE OF THE COMMUNITY VERSUS SUB.

BUT SOMETHING TO AT LEAST TRY TO CREATE APPLES TO APPLES WITH A STRAIGHT COMPARISON.

SO ANYWAY,

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WE DID SEVERAL OTHER SCENARIOS.

20,000 SQUARE FEET OF SHOPPING CENTER.

ON THE NEXT SLIDE THERE YOU SEE IN THE BLUE UNDER YOUR CURRENT COLLECTION RATE.

AND YOU SEE UNDER THE PROPOSED IN THE GREEN, YOU KIND OF SEE, EH, A, A, A NOMINAL INCREASE.

ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE DID A COMPARISON OF 20,000 SQUARE FEET OF GENERAL OFFICE.

AND AGAIN, THESE SIZES WERE AIMED AT SOMETHING THAT'S SCALABLE IN YOUR MIND.

SO IF YOU'RE THINKING OF SOMETHING IN A PARTICULAR AREA, HOPEFULLY IT'S EASY JUST TO EITHER DOUBLE OR TRIPLE THE SIZE.

AND THEN THE CORRESPONDING FEE, UH, 20,000 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE, SAME THING.

YOU SEE, UH, THE, THE, THE, UH, LEAGUE CITY IN BLUE, UH, CURRENTLY FOR 20,000 SQUARE FEET'S, 91,000.

THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION AT THE PROPOSED COLLECTION RATE WAS, IT WOULD RESULT IN 134,000.

AND THEN THE FINAL ONE WAS SOMETHING KIND OF BIG DISTRIBUTION, UH, FULFILLMENT TYPE CENTERS, BIG WAREHOUSE TYPE THING.

UM, YOU, YOU SEE THE CURRENT COLLECTION RATE ABOUT 251,000 FOR DEVELOPMENT THAT SIZE.

UH, AND THE CURRENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION THAT WOULD RESULT IN A FEE OF 303,000 ON THE NEXT SLIDE KIND OF HIGHLIGHTS.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF TECHNICAL THAT GETS TO THAT COST PER SERVICE UNIT, HOW IT ROLLS OUT.

IT THEN BECOMES POLICY ON THE COLLECTION RATE.

AND THERE'S A, ANY NUMBER OF WAYS ON COLLECTION COULD HAVE A UNIFORM FEE ACROSS.

YOU COULD HAVE SEPARATION OF TYPES OF LAND USES OR OTHER, OR, OR OTHER CONSIDERATIONS.

AND REALLY LEAGUE CITY IS GONNA HAVE KIND OF A COMBINATION OF ALL OF THOSE.

UM, I'M GONNA SKIP THE NEXT SLIDE IF YOU COULD THEN, AND GO ON TO THE NEXT ONE HERE.

SO WE GO TO THE CIAC RECOMMENDATION.

UH, SO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, AFTER TALKING THROUGH THE SCENARIOS AND TALKING THROUGH A LOT OF WHAT IFS, UM, DECIDED THAT THERE, THERE SHOULD BE AN INCREASE IN SOME AREAS IT WAS A LITTLE MORE DRASTIC THAN OTHERS, PARTICULARLY SERVICE AREA ONE, BECAUSE IN 2018 IT WAS SO LOW THEY FELT THAT THE SAME TYPES OF CATEGORICAL COLLECTIONS WAS APPROPRIATE.

THE RESIDENTIAL, THE RESIDENTIAL NON SINGLE FAMILY AND THE NON-RESIDENTIAL.

BUT YOU CAN, YOU CAN CONCE THE, WHAT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS RATES WERE.

BUT LET'S JUST STICK WITH, WITH RESIDENTIAL.

THEY LOOKED AT THE, THE COST PER SERVICE UNIT FOR SERVICE AREAS TWO THROUGH THREE OR TWO THROUGH FOUR.

THEY TOOK THE LOWEST ONE AND SAID, LET'S GO WITH THAT ACROSS THE BOARD.

AND THEN FOR SERVICE AREA ONE, AN INCREMENTAL INCREASE.

SO IT'S NOT GOING FROM 3 23 UP TO 1172, SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE, SEVEN 50, THEN 1172 PER SERVICE UNIT, UH, IN THE RESIDENTIAL NONS, SINGLE FAMILY.

SO MULTIFAMILY, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, UH, THEY FELT THAT THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT FOR EACH SERVICE AREA WAS APPROPRIATE.

AND THEN FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL, UH, COLLECTION, THEY FELT THAT, UM, THERE WAS, THERE'S THE NEED FOR MORE COMMERCIAL.

THEY FELT THE THE CURRENT COLLECTION RATE OUGHT TO SERVE, UH, GOING FORWARD.

SO ALL THAT IS HIGHLIGHTED IN THAT RECOMMENDATION LETTER TO YOU.

UM, WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, IS KIND OF THE DISCUSSION AND Q AND A ON THE ANYTHING L-U-A-C-I-P COST PER SERVICE UNIT, UH, OR THE, UH, RECOMMENDATION BY THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

WOULD YOU JUST PUT THE FEES BACK UP? SO THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT SLIDE.

THERE YOU GO.

THE WESTWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE COASTAL POINT NEIGHBORHOOD.

ANYBODY COMMENTS? YEAH, I'VE GOT JUST ONE QUESTION BACK OF THE ENVELOPE QUESTION FOR I MAY FINANCE.

HOW MUCH HAVE WE COLLECTED SINCE WE STARTED THIS PROGRAM? JUST A ROUGH ESTIMATE.

I'M GONNA HAVE TO DEFER TO STAFF ON THAT.

I'LL GET IT IN 50 BUCKS.

UH, I'M GONNA EDUCATED GUESS WAS A FEW HUNDRED TO SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

WE'LL GET YOU A SUMMARY OF WHAT WE'VE COLLECTED AND IF AND WHERE WE'VE INVESTED THAT.

AND SOME OF IT HAS BEEN ALSO, UM, IN CREDIT.

SO LIKE FOR THE HILLWOOD DEVELOPMENT AT THE END OF LEAGUE CITY PARKWAY, THEY BUILT THOSE IMPACT FEE STREETS FOR CREDITS AGAINST THEIR FUTURE ROADWAY IMPACT FEES.

AND SO THERE, THEY ACTUALLY PAID IN ADVANCE 'CAUSE THEY BUILT BOTH OF THOSE ROADS BEFORE THEY STARTED BUILDING HOUSES.

BUT LET ME GET, I'LL HAVE TO GET BACK WITH YOU ON THE EXACT AMOUNT, BUT IT'S PROBABLY WHAT, A COUPLE HUNDRED MILL YOU THINK? I MEAN 'CAUSE JUST THAT ONE ROAD, A FEW HUNDRED, HUH? NOT A COUPLE HUNDRED MILLION.

NO SIR.

BUT, BUT A FEW.

THAT ONE ROAD WOULD'VE DONE EIGHT 10 MILLION.

THE ONE ROAD YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 4 MILLION.

YEAH, THAT'S PROBABLY LEAGUE CITY PARKWAY, THE GAP AS WELL AS THE EXTRA TWO LANES, PROBABLY FOUR OR FIVE.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE, THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS OVER THE LAST, UM, SINCE WE UPDATED, SINCE WE CREATED THE PROGRAM, MOST OF THEM HAVE BEEN ON THE WEST SIDE.

SO IT WAS THE TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS THAT, THAT WE EXECUTED WHERE THEY'RE BUILDING THE FULL ROADWAY.

WE'RE GIVEN CREDITS TOWARDS IT.

UM, SO THAT WILL BE DONE AS, AS THOSE DEVELOPMENTS MOVE FORWARD.

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SO ONE ON THE FAR EAST, ONE ON THE FAR WEST ARE THE TWO THAT, THAT DID NOT HAVE THOSE TYPES OF AGREEMENTS IN PLACE.

AND THOSE LOTS PAID THOSE FEES AS THEY WERE PLATTED, UM, OR AS THE BUILDING PERMIT WAS, WAS PULLED, UH, COMMERCIAL, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF AS THEY, AS THEY DEVELOPED OUT.

SO LIKE SOME SAMARA AND PETAL BUILT ROADS INSTEAD OF PAYING FEES, ISN'T THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR.

SO MY, UH, MY OPINION IS WE JUST GO TO THE MAX ON ALL OF THEM AND THEN ON COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS IF THEY WANT, AND IF THEY NEED A LOWER RATE, THEN THEY CAN COME AND WE CAN WORK OUT OF, UH, THREE 80 OR WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GETTING OUT OF THIS IN ORDER TO LOWER OUR, LOWER OUR RATES.

I, I SEE NO REASON TO LOWER THE RATES BECAUSE EVERY TIME WE LOWER THE RATES, THAT ESSENTIALLY JUST MEANS THE TAXPAYERS PICK UP THE DIFFERENCE, RIGHT? THERE'S NO FREE LUNCH.

THESE RATES ARE ALREADY SUBSIDIZED, SO WE ALREADY CANNOT BUILD THE ROADS AT THESE RATES.

AND SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF YOU WANT TO BUILD IN LEAGUE CITY, WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOUR DEVELOPMENT.

YOU GOTTA PAY YOUR OWN WAY ON IT.

AND THEY'RE PRETTY QUICK TOO.

I CAN'T HELP BUT NOTICE NOT IMPUNING Y'ALL'S FINE WORK, BUT UH, YEAH, THOSE DEVELOPERS CAN LAY DOWN THOSE STREETS PRETTY QUICKLY, I'VE NOTICED ON WEST SIDE BETTER THAN WE CAN.

AND, AND THEN THIS IS THE UNIT RATE.

SO THESE NUMBERS ON SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES GET MULTIPLIED BY JUST UNDER FOUR, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT THAT'S CORRECT.

BY THAT SERVICING EQUIVALENT 3.81.

SO THEY'RE AVERAGE AROUND $6,000, IS THAT WHAT I SAW? YEAH, SOMEWHERE IN THERE.

PER SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE.

AND THEN THE 20,000 SQUARE FOOT OFFICE BUILDING WAS BASED ON WHEN YOU SAW THAT EXAMPLE, THAT WAS THE, THAT WAS THE, UM, THE BLUE WAS THE AVERAGE, THE WEIGHTED AVERAGE AND THEN THE GREEN IS THE, THE RECOMMENDED RATE.

SO THAT WOULD BE THAT THE, UH, 8 65.

AND, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE GETTING REALLY INTO THE MINU MINUTIA, BUT IF YOU'RE A CITIZEN, WHAT THIS MEANS IS YOU'RE NOT PAYING THIS IN PROPERTY TAXES.

WE'RE SHIFTING SOME OF THESE COSTS TO THE DEVELOPERS WHEN THEY'RE COMING IN TO BUILD.

SO I, I THINK THAT'S THE KEY TAKEAWAY FROM, FROM OUR DISCUSSION HERE, YOU KNOW? YEAH.

SO, SO A NEW SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE, WHEN THEY GET PERMITTED, THEY WOULD PAY JUST OVER $6,000 ON AVERAGE PER HOUSE, EITHER IN FEES OR BUILDING ARTERIAL ROADWAY EQUIVALENT.

JOHN.

UH, SO IF WE PASS THIS AT THE MAX, WHAT IF WE ADD THE TOTAL OF OUR IMPACT FEES? WHAT WOULD THAT BE WITH THIS MAX OUT? SO CURRENTLY WATER WASTEWATER CAPITAL RECOVERY FEES ARE JUST OVER $15,000.

SO IF YOU ADD ANOTHER 6,500, THAT'S 21,500 AND THEN PARK FEES ARE $3,000.

SO APPROACHING $25,000 FOR EVERY NEW HOME MEANS A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT FEE AND THEN BUILDING PERMIT FEE ON TOP OF THAT.

AND SO THAT JUST GETS ADDED ON TO THE PRICE OF THE HOME BY THE BUILDERS.

ABSOLUTELY.

THE NEW HOME BUYER PAYS.

YEP.

I MEAN, IT'S A LOT OF MONEY, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE DECISION THAT WE'RE MAKING HERE TONIGHT ISN'T ABOUT THE COST OF IT.

'CAUSE THE COST IS THE COST, THE COST, THE DECISION WE'RE MAKING HERE TONIGHT, ARE THE TAXPAYERS GONNA PICK UP THE BILL OR ARE THE PERSON THAT'S CAUSING IT, THE DEVELOPER OR THE THE NEW HOMEOWNER, ARE THEY GONNA PICK UP THE BILL? SO I THINK IT'S PRETTY EASY FOR ME TO SAY, OBVIOUSLY IF YOU CREATE THE IMPACT, YOU SHOULD PAY FOR SET IMPACT.

AMEN.

COUN COUNCIL'S BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH THAT.

AND THEN AS FAR AS THE MIGRATION FEE FROM THE OLD FEES TO THE NEW FEES, I THINK YOU HAD A TIMELINE LIKE THREE MONTHS OR SIX MONTHS.

YEAH, I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH, UH, PROPERTIES PLATTED IN APRIL THAT WOULD ALLOW THOSE ONES THAT ARE CLOSE TO BEING READY TO GO INTO CONSTRUCTION, THE ONES IN CONSTRUCTION TIME TO FINISH UP.

I THINK THAT'S REASONABLE.

MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO, UH, MODIFY MY MOTION.

MOTION.

I'VE GOT COUPLE QUESTIONS REAL QUICK.

YEP.

COULD WE GO BACK TO THE MAP SHOWING ALL OF THE ROAD PROJECTS? OKAY.

MOST OF THE ROADS, LET'S JUST TAKE ZONE NUMBER FOUR.

MOST OF THE ROADWAYS THERE ARE BUILT BY THE DEVELOPERS, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR.

SO THEY'RE BUILDING THE ROADWAYS? YES, SIR.

AND THEN THEY'RE PAYING A FEE? NO, SIR.

NO, IT'S ALL, THEY'RE NOT PAYING A FEE, THE FEES FEE, BUT IN LIEU OF THE FEE THEN.

BUT THEY'RE PAYING THE FOR THE ROADWAYS? MOST OF THEM, YES, SIR.

THE NEW GROWTH, UH, TECHNOLOGY OR SCENARIOS TO LET THEM PAY FOR THEIR OWN WAY.

THE ONLY PROBLEM THAT I HAVE WITH ALL OF THIS IS THE FACT THAT WHAT YOU DO HEAR FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE TRYING TO COME INTO LEAGUE CITY IS THE FACT THAT THEY WANNA PAY THEIR, THEIR SHARE.

BUT IT SEEMS LIKE LEAGUE CITY HAS A EXTREMELY HIGH PRICE WHEN IT COMES TO LEAGUE CITY FOR ROADWAYS, FOR CAPITAL RECOVERY, FOR PERMIT FEES, SO FORTH.

I DON'T MIND, I'M, I'M NOT AGAINST THE,

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BUT YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALSO PROVIDING A SERVICE WHEN YOU GET A COMMERCIAL BUILDING THAT COMES IN HERE, THEY'RE PAYING SALES TAX, THEY'RE PROVIDING A SERVICE FOR THE COMMUNITY, LIKE A GROCERY STORE OR, OR, UM, RESTAURANTS OR ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

SO I, I JUST, WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT THE CITIZENS PAYING FOR THESE ROADWAYS, THERE'S NOT MANY OF THEM JUST IN ZONE FOUR THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PAYING FOR.

UM, THE DEVELOPER IS PAYING FOR HIM UPFRONT AND THEN HE CAN EITHER CHOOSE TO PAY THE FEE OR WHATEVER, BUT MOST OF THEM IN, IN NEW DEVELOPMENT IS PAID FOR BY DEVELOPERS.

CORRECT.

WOULD YOU SAY THAT'S CORRECT? YES.

HOW MANY ROADS HAVE WE BUILT IN THE LAST YEAR? I MEAN, I'M TALKING ABOUT ROADWAYS, LAKE CITY PARKWAY, SO WE, WE'VE YEAH, WE, YEAH, THE GREEN STREET.

SO, SO YOU HAVE, UM, YEAH.

AND MOST VALUE IN ZONE.

YOU ALSO HAVE IRVIN COMING ACROSS.

YOU HAVE, UH, AND WHY IS, WHY IS VIN NOT BEING PAID BY A DEVELOPER? IT, IT IS.

OH, OKAY.

THESE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE EITHER WRAPPED UP, THEY'RE PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION OR CLOSE TO TRAFFIC DEVELOPER.

CORRECT.

BUT MOST OF THE ROADWAYS ARE BEING PAID BY DEVELOPERS.

THAT'S CORRECT.

EXCEPT MAYBE A ROADWAY, LIKE CALLED A ROAD THAT'S EXISTING CALLED I CALL WOULD NOT, WHICH WE PAID FOR ALREADY.

HOBBS WOULD NOT THINGS LIKE THAT.

I JUST THINK SOMETIMES WE GET WAY UP THERE ON THE PRICE AND WE DISCOURAGE GOOD DEVELOPMENT FROM COMING IN THAT WE'LL PAY A LOT OF SALES TAX, LARGE DEPARTMENT STORES, LARGE BOX STORES AND SO FORTH THAT PRODUCE A LOT OF SALES TAX FOR THE CITY.

AND I MEAN, YOU ASKED ANYBODY THAT'S COMING IN, THAT'S ONE OF THE, THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE COMMITTEE WAS WHY ARE WE SO MUCH MORE, I DON'T MIND BEING AVERAGE OR A LITTLE BIT ABOVE AVERAGE IN BEING FAIR, BUT I THINK WE LOSE A LOT OF GOOD COMMERCIAL BUSINESS BECAUSE I WOULD MINUS THE MINUS THE SINGLE, I THINK, I THINK YOU MAKE A GOOD POINT ON THE, ON THE BIG BOX STORES THAT ARE GONNA GENERATE SALES TAX.

RIGHT? I THINK THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

AND I THINK WHAT WE DO IS WE PUT THEM TO THE MAX AND THEN IF WE SEE A DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING TO GENERATE OTHER THINGS THAT WE NEED, IT'S GOING TO GENERATE THOSE.

WE CAN ALWAYS IN A THREE 80 AGREEMENT REDUCE THOSE.

AM I I'M CORRECT WITH THAT.

YES.

AND SO THAT'S WHY I THINK YOU PUT IT TO THE MAX AND THEN THAT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO, AND GIVES THE, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOLKS THE ABILITY TO LOWER THOSE FEES LATER TO GET THE STUFF WE WANT.

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT, IF IT'S JUST A GIANT WAREHOUSE THAT'S NOT GONNA GENERATE ANY SALES TAX.

WELL, OKAY, YOU'VE CAUSED THE IMPACT.

YOU'RE GONNA PAY FOR THE IMPACT IF IT'S A, THE SAME EXACT BUILDING, BUT IT'S GONNA GENERATE THAT SALES TAX.

WE NEED TO TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT, LOWER THE FEES ACCORDINGLY.

NO, I AGREE WITH YOU, BUT THERE'S VERY LITTLE THREE 80 AGREEMENTS WE HAVE IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW.

BUT HOW MANY, HOW MANY THREE 80 AGREEMENTS, JOHN? ONE? UH, TWO.

TWO OR TWO OR THREE, YEAH.

SAY, SO IF THAT'S THE PHILOSOPHY, THEN WE PROBABLY NEED TO START GOING DOWN THAT ROAD A LITTLE BIT MORE.

I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, TOMMY, JUST WHENEVER YOU, WHEN IT COMES TO THE WEST SIDE, THE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS PLANNED AND THE DEVELOP DEVELOPMENT THAT COULD BE UNBURDENED BY WHAT HAS BEEN, UM, I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE A BIG DEAL.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY HARM IN JACKING THESE UP AND THEN USING IT AS A, UH, YOU KNOW, AS A TOOL TO CUT A DEAL FOR SOMETHING BIGGER LATER.

YOU KNOW, IF, IF I, IF I CAN PERHAPS COMMENT ON COUNCIL MEMBER CES'S UH, COMMENTS, UM, AS IT RELATES PARTICULARLY TO AREA FOUR AND THE SOUTHERN PART, WHERE THE NEW ROADS ARE GOING.

SO WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IS WHEN THEY COME FORWARD, WE ENTER INTO A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND THEY GET CREDIT FOR THE ALL THE ROADWAY THAT THEY BUILD.

THE ONE THING THAT WE DO WITH THAT IS WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO FILL IN MISSING GAPS AND THEN GET REIMBURSED FIRST.

WE HAVEN'T HAD TO DO THAT, BUT AS WE LOOK AT MULDOON AND WE LOOK AT PERHAPS WHERE FIRE STATION SEVEN'S GOING, WE MAY WANT TO EXERCISE THAT ROUTE SO THAT WE HAVE A FUNDING, A FUNDING MECHANISM FOR THAT PORTION OF MULDOON.

BUT, BUT FOR EVERY PIECE OF ARTERIAL ROADWAY, THE BUILDER OF THAT ROADWAY GETS CREDIT AGAINST HIS CAPITAL RECOVERY FEES.

AND SO THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE TOOL WE'VE USED.

AND IN MANY CASES WE FEEL, UM, WE GET A LITTLE MORE ROAD BUILT THAN THEY ACTUALLY PAY IN CAPITAL RECOVERY FEES.

IS THAT, THAT'S ACCURATE.

IS THAT FAIR? YES.

IS THAT BECAUSE THEY CAN DO IT MORE EFFICIENT THAN WE CAN? UH, WE DIDN'T ASK THE QUESTION THAT WAY.

WE JUST SAID, IF YOU WANT THAT DEAL, I'M JUST, THAT'S PROBABLY REASON.

BUT YOU WANT A FOUR-LANE ROADWAY.

GREAT.

WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT.

YOU KNOW, BAY AREA BOULEVARD'S, ONE OF THOSE THAT'S IN THE LLOYD TRACK THAT WE'RE HAVING LOTS OF CONVERSATIONS, WHETHER THEY BUILD TWO LANES OR FOUR LANES IN WHAT, IN WHAT WORKS PARTICULARLY WHEN THEY'RE BUILDING OUT IN ADVANCE AND THEY'RE NOT BUILDING, THEY'RE BUILDING THE NORTHERN PART, NOT THE SOUTHERN PART, BUT WE WANT THE ROAD TO GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO FIVE 17.

SO YOU SEE US LIKE,

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AND SO IT GIVES US A LITTLE MORE FLEXIBILITY TO GET SOME CONTINUITY.

AND AGAIN, THEY GET FULL CREDIT AGAINST THEIR CAPITAL RECOVERY FEES FOR EVERY ONE OF THE ROADS IN RED THAT THEY, THAT THEY BUILD.

SO IT'S NOT, WE DON'T, WE GET A FEE AND MAKE 'EM BUILD A ROAD AT THE SAME TIME.

AND JOHN, THEY GET CREDIT BASED ON WHAT WE SHOW IN HERE FOR THE ROAD NEEDING TO BE, AND THE RATES THAT WE USE FOR THIS.

SO IF THEY'RE ABLE TO DO IT CHEAPER, THEY STILL GET THE HIGHER CREDIT.

RIGHT.

THEY, THEIR FEES ARE BASED OFF OF, I MEAN THEIR CREDITS ARE BASED OFF OF FINAL COSTS.

SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE RECTIFYING IT AT THE END.

WE SET THE BASIC AGREEMENT UP OFF OF THE ESTIMATES, BUT ONCE IT'S FINAL, THAT'S HOW IT'S, THAT'S HOW THE CREDITS ARE DONE.

HAVE MORE, MORE CLIENTS THAT ARE COMING IN AND THEY'RE PUTTING EVERYTHING TOGETHER.

THEY GENERALLY BUILD MORE ROAD THAN CREDIT.

THAT IS CORRECT.

JOHN, OUT OF, YOU KNOW, OUT OF, YOU'VE BEEN CITY MANAGER OF ALL SEVERAL DIFFERENT CITIES, LARGE AND SMALL, IN YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS, RAISING THEM TO THE MAX HERE FOR THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON TRYING TO GET COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES IN HERE.

IN YOUR EXPERIENCE, WOULD SOMETHING LIKE THIS DETER COMMERCIAL GROWTH? UM, SO WHAT WE, WHAT WE SEE RELATIVE TO COMMERCIAL WITH CAPITAL RECOVERY FEES IS THE BIG STORES.

IT'S NOT EVEN MATERIAL.

THE LITTLE, I'M GONNA BUILD A 10,000 SQUARE FOOT OFFICE BUILDING OR A RETAIL CENTER AND I'M A SMALLER DEVELOPER LOCAL, IT BECOMES PERHAPS A CHALLENGE FOR MOVING FORWARD WITH THEIR PROJECTS.

WE'VE SEEN SOME OF THAT.

I THINK WHAT WE'VE HEARD, WHAT WE'VE HEARD TONIGHT PERHAPS IS UM, SOME CONSIDERATION BY COUNSEL TO LOOK AT THREE 80 AGREEMENTS RELATIVE TO CAPITAL RECOVERY FEES USING SALES TAX GENERATED IN EXCESS TO PROPERTY TAXES.

AND WE HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT, I DON'T WANNA SAY RELUCTANT, JUST HAVEN'T BEEN VERY AGGRESSIVE AT USING THAT.

IF SCOTT'S NOT IN THE OFFICE, HE'LL HEAR THAT AND WE'LL LOOK AT PERHAPS OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICY AND TRY TO COME UP WITH A WAY TO MEASURE THAT SO THAT THERE'S SOME CONSIDERATION THAT WE CAN GIVE THEM SOME RELATIVE ASSURANCE THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH OR HAVE A PROCESS THAT'S FASTER TO GET IT IN FRONT OF COUNCIL GOING FORWARD RELATIVE TO THE COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES.

SO JUST, JUST WANT TO KIND OF REHASH SOMETHING YOU SAID, JUST SO I MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR ON IT.

UM, SINCE THE BIG BOX STORES AREN'T AFFECTED BY IT, BECAUSE IT'S NOT MATERIAL TO THEM, SO IS THIS REALLY GONNA PUT MORE OF A SQUEEZE ON A SMALL BUSINESS WANTING TO BE HERE IN LAKE CITY? I THINK OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS WE HEAR COUNCIL MEMBER CONE SAID IT, WE HEAR FROM FOLKS BUILDING SMALLER RETAIL CENTERS OR OFFICE BUILDINGS THAT, THAT IT'S, THAT THE ROADWAY CAPITAL RECOVERY FEES ARE SIGNIFICANT.

WE SAW THAT, FRANKLY WE SAW THAT WITH TOYOTA AS WELL AS, UM, THERE WAS AN OFFICE BUILDING GOING UP OFF OF 96 NEAR, UM, BAY RIDGE THAT THEY PAUSED AND YEAH, I MEAN IT ABSOLUTELY PROBABLY IS, RIGHT? I MEAN, IT'S ABSOLUTELY IS GONNA IMPACT THE SMALLER DEVELOPERS AND COMMERCIAL, BUT THE HONEST PART IS ARE WE THE TAXPAYERS GONNA SUBSIDIZE SOMEBODY ELSE'S DEVELOPMENT? ARE THE TAXPAYERS GONNA SUBSIDIZE SOMEBODY ELSE'S FOR PROFIT PROJECT? THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

SO THAT'S WHY I THINK YOU JUST HAVE TO BE HONEST WITH WHAT THE COST, COST OF THE COST SHOULD THE TAXPAYERS SUBSIDIZE IT OR SHOULD YOU PAY YOUR OWN WAY.

I I ALSO WANNA WEIGH IN HERE, Y'ALL AREN'T TALKING THE SAME TERMS. UM, WHEN, WHAT, WHAT THE MAYOR AND, AND MR. BAUMGARTNER BROUGHT UP WITH SMALL, UH, COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, SO THAT'S LIKE A SMALL STRIP MALL, YOU KNOW, THE KIND WHERE WE GET OUR MATTRESS STORE, NAIL SALON AND VAPE SHOP.

UM, HE'S NOT TALKING SMALL BUSINESS.

YOU BROUGHT UP SMALL BUSINESS, SMALL BUSINESS RARELY BUILDS ITS OWN STRIP CENTER WHEN IT COMES IN.

A NEW SMALL BUSINESS IS GOING INTO A, A MULTI ZONED PLACE IN, IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT, IT'S GOING INTO ONE OF THE LOCATIONS IN THE EXISTING STRIP MALLS.

IT'S NOT PUTTING UP THE STRIP MALL.

SO VERY RARELY, OCCASIONALLY, MAYBE YOU'LL SEE LIKE A RESTAURANT THAT BUILDS ITS OWN STANDALONE AS AS A SMALL BUSINESS, BUT THAT'S NOT REALLY WHAT'S BEING IMPACTED.

I I AND I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT I

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THEY'VE GOT THEIR FAMILY MONIES AND THEY'RE TRYING TO BUILD A, THESE, A SMALL CENTER AND THEY WANNA PUT THEIR BUSINESS IN IT.

AND SO IT IT IS STILL A SMALL BUSINESS.

I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN AND I GOT THE ANSWERS, SO THANK YOU.

JUST, JUST ONE OTHER QUESTION REAL QUICK.

DOES THIS AFFECT BUSINESSES THAT COME IN THAT DO NOT REQUIRE ANY ROADWAY? SO IF, IF ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT IS SUBJECT TO THE FEE, OKAY, THAT'S, THAT'S MY WHOLE POINT HERE.

WE HAD AN OFFICE COMPLEX, A DOCTOR'S OFFICE, AND I'M TALKING ABOUT FIVE OR SIX BUILDINGS.

SURE.

NO NEW ROADWAYS WERE REQUIRED.

HE WAS GONNA PULL IN RIGHT OFF THE LAKE CITY PARKWAY, HAVE TWO DRIVEWAYS, AND IT WAS GONNA COST HIM $225,000 FOR ROADWAY, UH, UH, CAPITAL RECOVERY FEES HERE.

AND, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.

I JUST, SO I I THINK IF IT'S A NEW BUSINESS WAY OUT ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN, WE COULD, WE COULD LOOK AT THAT, BUT IT DOES AFFECT EVERY BUSINESS THAT COMES INTO THE CITY ON A PERMIT FEE.

WHAT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER IS THAT DENTIST OFFICE, THAT THAT IMPACT IS NOT STRICTLY RIGHT THERE ADJACENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT.

THE, THE EQUIVALENCY TABLE HAS AN ASSOCIATED TRIP LENGTH.

LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, THE HOME TO WORK TRIP IS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 10 AND 14 MILES.

SO IT AFFECTS NOT ONLY RIGHT NEXT TO THE DEVELOPMENT, BUT 10, 14 MILES UP AND DOWNSTREAM ON YOUR ARTERIAL NETWORK.

SO OFFICE THAT HAS A, A LONGER TRIP LENGTH.

SO IT'S IMPACTING OTHER PARTS OF THE NETWORK THAT ARE, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE OTHER PROJECTS TO GO TO BUILD THAT THOROUGHFARE SYSTEM.

SO WE'RE JUST ASKING YOU DEVELOPMENT TO PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE BASED ON THE IMPACT THEY'RE PUTTING, WHICH IS ULTIMATELY ON THAT SYSTEM.

WAS THERE ANY STRATEGY IN, UH, DESIGNING THE SERVICE AREAS? I KNOW YOU HAVE SIX MILES.

YEAH, SO WHEN WE STARTED THE PROGRAM THERE, THERE'S A LIMITATION.

SERVICE AREAS CAN'T BE GREATER THAN SIX MILES.

AND SO WE WANTED TO TRY TO MAKE THEM GENERALLY EQUAL IN SIZE AT THE SAME TIME.

UH, WE WANTED TO BE COGNIZANT OF WHERE THE TRAFFIC ANALYSIS ZONES ARE FOR QUICK DATA, UH, AS PART OF THE UPDATES.

THAT'S WHY THEY'RE GENERALLY THE SAME SIZE.

UH, THE CONCERN WE WERE TRYING TO AVOID IS, UM, SAY WE WANTED TO HAVE THAT, WE HAD THE FOUR, BUT WE WANTED TO HONE IN ON, UH, THE HISTORIC DOWNTOWN.

SOMETHING REAL SMALL.

WELL, THAT TRIP LENGTH WOULD BE, YOU'D HAVE TO ADJUST THE EQUIVALENCY TABLE.

YOU'D HAVE MULTIPLE EQUIVALENCY TABLES.

WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT SIMPLE ACROSS THE BOARD.

AND AND YOU DON'T WANT TO CHANGE IT OTHERWISE THERE'S TWO SETS OF BOOKS, HOW MUCH YOU'VE COLLECTED AND THEN WHERE THE MONIES ARE GOING, IF THE SERVICE AREA STRUCTURE WAS, WAS CHANGED.

THAT'S SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS.

YEAH, I DID GET AN ANSWER TO COUNCIL MEMBER MANN'S QUESTION.

SO WE'VE COLLECTED 3.4 MILLION TO DATE, 3.4 MILLION IN CASH AND THEN WHAT'S THE EQUIVALENT IN ROAD VALUE? I GUESS THAT THAT WOULD ALSO BE PART OF IT, RIGHT? I'D HAVE TO DO, I'D HAVE TO DO, I'D HAVE TO DO YOU DON'T NEED IT.

YOU DON'T NEED IT.

IT'S, YEAH, IT'S SEVERAL.

AND THEN I JUST HAD 'EM BRING UP THIS TABLE JUST FOR AN EXAMPLE.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT A 20,000 SQUARE FOOT SHOPPING CENTER, THE FEE WOULD BE $72,000.

SO THAT'S ABOUT, UH, $3 AND 50 CENTS A SQUARE FOOT.

AND SO YOU CAN KIND OF, YOU KNOW, ANTICIPATE HOW MUCH, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL.

IT'S A PERCENT OR TWO PROBABLY.

SO, SO AS A PERSON WHO MADE THE MOTION, I'D LIKE TO MODIFY MY MOTION TO HAVE BEEN, UH, UH, APPROVE AT THE MAXIMUM RATES ALLOWED.

CAN, CAN I ASK ON THAT BEFORE Y'ALL VOTE? IS THAT TO BE STEPPED OVER TIME OR JUST NEXT DAY? UH, UH, APRIL 1ST AT THE DATE THAT YOU WANTED TO IMPLEMENT IT.

NOT STEPPED, BUT AT THE IMPLEMENTATION EVEN FOR ZONE ONE THAT HAS THE, THE BIGGEST CHANGE.

PLEASE VOTE.

I THINK WE HAVE TO RAISE OUR HANDS.

AND TAKE ACTION ON AN ORDINANCE REMOVING THE MAXIMUM CONTRIBUTION RATE LIMIT OF 15.5 FOR TMRS RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTIONS.

PLEASE RAISE OUR HANDS.

ALRIGHT, THAT IS 7 4 1 AGAINST.

ALL RIGHT, CONSIDER

[10A. 24-0512 Consider and take action on an ordinance removing the maximum contribution rate limit of 15.50% for TMRS retirement contributions (Director of Human Resources and Civil Service) Staff requests approval on first and final reading.]

MOVE TO APPROVE AND I'LL SECOND.

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TMRS WAS FOUNDED, THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE, THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SYSTEM, TEXAS MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

WHEN TMS WAS FOUNDED BACK IN THE 1940S, THEY SAID A STAT STATUTORY MAXIMUM OF 15.5%.

AS THE YEARS HAVE PROGRESSED, OUR ACCRUED ACTUARIAL LIABILITY, UH, FOR UM, FUNDING OUR PROGRAM HAS, HAS INCREASED AND EVERY YEAR OUR PERCENTAGE HAS GONE UP TO WHAT WE ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THE, WHAT WE NEED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE FUND TO MEET THE FUTURE VALUE OF THAT LIABILITY.

WITH, UM, THIS CURRENT LAST YEAR WE WERE PAYING AT 15.4%.

THE STATUTORY MAX IS 15.5% IN ORDER TO THE, THE NEWEST ACTUARIAL, UH, AMOUNT WAS AT 16.2%.

AND SO IN ORDER TO MEET THAT, WE HAVE TO BY ORDINANCE, REMOVE THE STATUTORY MAXIMUM THE, FOR WHAT OUR CITY IS, AND THEN WE CAN BYPASS THAT AND GO TO THE 16.2%.

THE SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE ARE THE BUDGETARY EVERY YEAR WHEN THE BUDGET, UH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BUDGET AND THEY SEND AN ACTUARY ANALYSIS.

SO THIS, UH, THE COUNCIL CAN DETERMINE AT THAT TIME ON THE BUDGET OF WHAT THEY'RE GONNA PAY INTO THAT FUND IN THE FUTURE.

AND SO THE 16.2 IS ALREADY IN THE BUDGET, RIGHT? CORRECT.

YES SIR.

THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

AND THE OTHER PART WE HAD TALKED ABOUT IS OUR, OUR UNFUNDED LIABILITY IS CREEPING UP OVER TIME AND THAT JUST HAPPENS AS YOU HIRE MORE EMPLOYEES AND AS, UH, PEOPLE LIVE LONGER, THE ACTUARIAL TABLES CHANGE AND, AND SO THAT, THAT'S KIND OF GROWING.

AND SO I, I THINK PROBABLY WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE HERE WOULD LIKE TO SEE AS WELL IS NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.

LET'S FIGURE OUT A WAY THAT WE CAN PUT IT ON A GLIDE PATH TO BE CONSTANTLY REDUCING OUR UNFUNDED LIABILITY, UH, AND BE CLOSING THAT OVER TIME AS OPPOSED TO CREATING A WIDER AND WIDER GAP.

YES SIR.

PERFECT.

FEWER F1 FIFTIES MORE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE RETIREMENT.

NONE AGAINST I GET A FIRST AND FINAL.

SO MOVED.

YOU SAY FIRST AND FINAL? YES SIR.

ON ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER ONE 10, SECTION 1 6 6 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY TEXAS ENTITLED, SPEED LIMITS PER FUNCTIONAL USE REGARDING SPEED LIMITS FOR DIFFERENT STREET CLASSIFICATIONS.

NONE AGAINST 10 B.

CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION

[10B. 24-0541 Consider and take action on an ordinance amending Chapter 110, Section 166 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of League City entitled, “Speed Limits per functional Use” regarding speed limits for different street classifications (Executive Director of Development Services)]

MOVE TO APPROVE.

NONE AGAINST, THERE ARE NO SUPPLEMENTAL ITEMS. REPORTS FROM STAFF MEMBERS.

I'LL YIELD MY TIME, SIR.

REPORTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MR. HICKS.

MR. MAYOR, I'LL YIELD MY TIME.

OF LAKE CITY, TEXAS WILL NOW GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION PURSUANT TO SUB CHAPTER D, THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT SECTION 5 5 1 ETAL TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE IN THIS 22ND DAY OF OCTOBER, 2024 AT SIX 13

SEAN SAUNDERS.

I YIELD MY TIME AND A MAN YIELD MY TIME.

TOMMY COMBS YIELD MY TIME.

CHAD TRESSLER YIELD MY TIME AND I WILL CONTINUE THE, CONTINUE THE WHAT I'LL DO, I'LL GO WITH THE CROWD AND, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY

[14. EXECUTIVE(CLOSED) SESSION(S)]

[15. ACTION ITEM(S) FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION(S)]

OR EVALUATION OF A PUBLIC OFFICER EMPLOYEE TO WITT CITY SECRETARY.

I MOVE THE, WE, UH, DIRECT THE, UH, THE CITY TO PROCEED WITH THE SALARY ACTION AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

FANTASTIC.

ANOTHER GLOWING REPORT FROM EVERY COUNCILMAN.

SO THANK YOU DIANA.

ARE WE, OH YEAH, NO, I THINK, UH, THE OTHER, EVEN IF YOU MAYBE FORGET CHUCK ON THAT LIST, MOTION PASSES EIGHT FOUR, NONE AGAINST 13 B.

CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON DISCUSSION REGARDING THE EMPLOYMENT APPOINTMENT OR EVALUATION OF A PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE TO WIT CITY AUDITOR THAT WE DIRECT, UH, SAY TO PROCEED WITH THE SALARY ACTION AS DISCUSSED IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SECOND, WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.

WE APPRECIATE, I THINK WE'VE GOTTEN SOME GREAT AUDITS AND WORK OUT THIS YEAR.

SO VERY HAPPY WITH EVERYTHING.

APPRECIATE IT.

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