The Pilot Point City Council held an in-depth discussion on impact fees at the July 23 Pilot Point Council meeting.
Pete Kelly, a transportation engineer with Kimley-Horn, presented on the roadway, water and wastewater impact fee studies, as well as some changes to roadway impact fees.
“State law requires that roadway impact fee service areas be no longer than six miles,” Kelly said. “So, due to some additional annexations in the last five years, we coordinated with city staff to create a second service area in the city of Pilot Point that's divided by north and south by FM 1385.”
He added that Service Area 1 is west of FM 1385, and Service Area 2 is east of FM 1385.
Both water and wastewater are each a service area, and they incorporate the CCN and parts of the extraterritorial jurisdiction.
“The next component that we calculated for the roadway, water [and] wastewater impact fee studies was land use assumptions,” Kelly said. “This is what determines the growth and how much infrastructure is recoverable through impact fees over a 10-year period.”
Based on that information and planned developments, he estimated that over 10,000 single-family units and over 4,000 multi-family units will be added between both service areas, with more development in Service Area 2.
For roadways, the maximum impact fee per single-family home is $9,073 in Service Area 1 and $6,127 in Service Area 2.
“I want to stop to remind everybody that these are for new homes, for new development,” Kelly said. “These are not for existing homes. This is a one-time fee, and it's also the maximum that this body can choose to collect.”
For water infrastructure, over 5,000 service units are expected to be added over 10 years, with the maximum impact fee per service unit of $6,809.
Wastewater is also projected to have over 5,000 service units, with the maximum impact fee of $14,137 per service unit.
Kelly shared the Capital Improvements Advisory Committee’s recommendation for singlefamily homes with the council: $6,809 for water, $7,775 for wastewater, $9,073 for roadway Service Area 1 and $6,127 for roadway Service Area 2.
The city’s current rates are $2,228 for water, $3,899 for wastewater and $4,373 for roadways.
Kelly added that part of the reason maximum impact fees is higher is “because there is more growth to plan for.”
Council unanimously approved setting up the public hearing for Aug. 27 to discuss impact fees.
In June, the council rejected the three bids they received for solid waste and recycling services.
After readvertising the bid for a five-year contract instead of a threeyear one to lower service costs, the city received four new bids.
“Currently, residential services [are] trash and [recycling] on a weekly basis and twice a month bulk services, as well as sponsorship of two cleanup events on an annual basis,” Assistant City Manager Michele Sanchez said, adding that the current rate for those services is $17.
The lowest rate the city received was from Republic Services at $21.10, which was recommended.
The rate is not fixed, and Republic Services does reserve the right to increase prices based on the consumer price index.
However, the contract will state that the city may terminate it if Republic Services is not up to standard and any issue persists.
The council approved negotiating a contract with Republic Services for solid waste collection, including twice-monthly bulk pickup.
Sanchez discussed the water and sewer debt repayment schedule over a 10-year period, and council authorized the publication of the Notice of Intention to Issue Certificates of Obligation.
Also, Sanchez provided a budget and tax rate calendar. Important dates include Aug. 6, a draft budget will be sent to the council and posted online, and then, on Sept. 10, there will be a public hearing and adoption.
Also at the meeting, the council unanimously approved a development agreement for Heritage Ridge that is similar to the one with Hat Creek, City Manager Britt Lusk said.
The developer of the project asked to establish a Public Improvement District. A public hearing is scheduled for Aug. 27.
Pilot Point also recognized the May and June Pilot Point PROMISE Champions.
The May recipient was Parks Tech's Chris Caperton, who was recognized for going the extra mile, both on and off duty, to help residents.
The June recipient was the Fire Department’s B Shift Crew Station One for their efforts in saving a man who was experiencing cardiac arrest from electrical shock.
The man required three AED defibrillations, “with a reported downtime of up to 25 minutes,” Lusk read.
“We're so excited to have these kinds of people represent our organization,” Lusk said.
