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Balch Springs council creates CIP advisory committee, moves toward impact fees and Elam Road city center work
Summary
Council approved an ordinance creating a Capital Improvement Plan advisory committee as part of steps to study developer impact fees and implement the Elam Road City Center master plan; staff described a $1.6 million grant and timeline for design work.
Balch Springs City Council voted July 14 to add a Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) advisory committee to the city code and directed staff to proceed with the engineering analyses that would support development of impact fees and city-center projects.
City staff described why the committee and impact fees are needed: to recover a portion of capital costs tied to new development, particularly water and wastewater system capacity, and to align with the city—s recently updated comprehensive plan. "Impact fees are one-time charges assessed to new development," staff said, adding they typically cover water, wastewater and street projects and are set using population projections, land-use assumptions and capital cost allocations.
The vote authorizes amending Chapter 2…
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