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Georgetown staff outline transportation impact fee update, seek council direction on collection rates and service areas
Summary
City staff and consultants reviewed how Texas law and the city's 2021 ordinance shape the Transportation Impact Fee update, presented cost and collection figures from the 2021 study, explained a required five-year update and an expiring legislative grace period, and asked council for direction on collection-rate policy and service-area changes.
City of Georgetown staff and consultants briefed the city council on an update to the Transportation Impact Fee (TIF) study, saying the work will recalibrate fees to reflect a 10-year capital improvement plan and recent changes in construction costs.
The presentation, led by Matt Wagner of Engineering Services with consultant support from Ben (consultant) and staff member Nat, reviewed the legal basis (Texas Local Government Code, Chapter 395), the methodology for calculating maximum assessable fees, and several numerical results from the 2021 study that staff plan to recost and revalidate for the 2025 update.
The consultants described the calculation method: the numerator is the recoverable cost of projects in the 10-year CIP; the denominator is the projected growth expressed in service units (vehicle miles). They noted the city's 2021 study used a $246 million CIP numerator (costed at that time), roughly $123 million of which was considered within the five-year horizon, and that the city has collected about $994,000 to date under a phased…
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