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Developer updates council on Austin Colony; requests PID-fee changes and flags Tigner Street drainage costs
Summary
Developer Sandy Ray told council he seeks a higher administrative percentage for sections 5–9 of the Austin Colony PID and raised a roughly $240,000 drainage extension cost for Tigner Street that he said the city should address or credit via impact fees; council asked for concrete numbers before deciding.
Developer Sandy Ray updated the Angleton City Council on progress at the Austin Colony subdivision and requested changes to the development agreement that would change how public improvement district (PID) administrative fees are collected.
Ray told council he is asking that sections 1–4 of the project be assessed at the current 5% and sections 5–9 be assessed at 10% of the value once those later sections are developed. He said the developer would accept an administrative, upfront per-lot fee instead of having that percentage taken directly from bond proceeds, following advice he said was provided by bond counsel and city staff.
Ray also raised a separate infrastructure concern: he said extending a storm drain under Tigner Street to connect to the existing ditch could cost about $240,000 (the developer’s rough estimate of an 8-by-4 box culvert at about $800 per linear foot over roughly 240 feet). He characterized that work as conveying city runoff from other areas and said he would prefer to receive impact-fee credits or city reimbursement rather than pay the full amount himself.
City staff and councilmembers sought more detail. Otis (staff member) and Julie Partain (staff/legal adviser referenced in the meeting) reiterated that bond counsel recommended the fee not be drawn directly from bond proceeds and that an upfront administrative fee could be structured to avoid commingling bond funds. City engineers also told council the developer has modelled water and wastewater capacity for the first 100 lots and staff confirmed capacity exists for those lots today, but staff warned they could not promise a future council would not impose a moratorium or other restriction.
Councilmembers asked for estimates and bid-ready figures before committing to any change. Councilman Booth said he wanted to see detailed bids on box-culvert work and the cost difference between building Tigner Street with and without the oversized pipeline. Several members said they were willing to consider a split cost or partial contribution but wanted firm numbers and a revised development agreement to review. Staff advised returning the developer agreement to council in formalized form with the proposed section-by-section fee structure and any deadlines changes included.
No formal action was taken; staff and the developer agreed to return with a revised draft development agreement and detailed cost estimates for the drainage work and waterline oversizing reimbursements.
