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Schertz council hears detailed proposal to raise water and sewer impact fees; phase-in debated
Summary
City staff and consultants presented a revised 30-year water and wastewater capital improvement plan and proposed maximum impact fees — $8,814 for water and $5,556 for wastewater — and council debated how quickly to phase them in, with a final adoption scheduled for April 1.
City of Schertz staff and outside consultants presented a revised 30-year water and wastewater land-use assumptions and capital improvement plan (CIP) on March 18, outlining how the city calculated maximum allowable impact fees and asking the council for direction on a proposed phase-in schedule.
The presentation said the maximum allowable water impact fee would be $8,814 per living-unit-equivalent (LUE) and the maximum wastewater impact fee $5,556, based on impact-fee-eligible project costs, utilization factors and credits. “In our opinion … the accompanying financial statements present fairly in all material respects,” auditor Travis Rogers said earlier in the meeting when summarizing the city’s audited financial statements; Rogers later assisted in framing the city’s fiscal capacity during the impact-fee discussion.
The proposal and numbers City staff and consultant Lee Ham of LAN described how the study used the 2018 land-use plan, changes reported through April 8, 2022, and proposed developments to model growth over 30 years and to…
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