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Sugar Land council adopts public-improvement-district policy, approves $20,000 PID application fee and fee changes on first reading
Summary
Council adopted Resolution No. 2510 to add a public improvement district (PID) policy and approved changes to the city fee schedule—including a $20,000 PID application fee—on first reading; both actions passed 7–0.
The Sugar Land City Council voted 7–0 to adopt a policy governing public improvement districts and to approve fee-schedule changes that include a $20,000 PID application fee and an updated fire-protection service charge in the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.
Kareem Heshmet, senior planner, presented Resolution No. 2510 and the draft City Council policy (Policy 5,025) for creation of public improvement districts, saying the tool is available to cities under Chapter 372 of the Texas Local Government Code and "are an incentive tool to promote development," including redevelopment and vertical construction. He said the policy sets objectives, petition and bond requirements, assessment rules and administration provisions and reflected changes made after a December workshop.
Heshmet said staff recommends adoption of Resolution No. 2510 to adopt Policy 5,025. Council Member Jennifer Lane moved approval; a second was recorded by Council Member Carmaley. The council voted 7–0 to adopt the resolution.
The council also considered first reading of Ordinance No. 2364 to amend the fee schedule. Staff described three fee changes: adding a redevelopment concept plan review fee, adding the public-improvement-district application fee (raised from an earlier proposed $15,000 to $20,000), and updating a fire-protection-service fee applied in the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction to $23.03 per fire-service connection per month. "The proposed application fee is $20,000," Heshmet said, and staff recommended approval on first reading.
Council Member Carmaley moved the ordinance on first reading; Council Member Stuart Jacobson seconded. The council voted 7–0 on the first reading of Ordinance No. 2364.
During the fee discussion a council member asked, "Kareem, what's a fire service connection? 23.03 per fire service connection." Staff replied the charge is an out-of-service fee charged to Plantation, Riverstone and Greatwood Lakes under existing development agreements and that the rate had not been updated since 2020; staff said the fee is being adjusted by CPI to today’s dollars.
The resolution adopting Policy 5,025 and the first-reading approval of the fee amendments were taken during the council’s ordinances and resolutions agenda and were recorded as 7–0 votes. Staff said the PID policy and fee schedule changes are intended to support complex financing options for redevelopment; staff did not present any site-specific PID petition or assessment at the meeting.
The council will consider additional ordinance readings, implementation details and any developer-specific petitions in later proceedings.
