Georgetown advances stepped increases to water, wastewater and transportation impact fees after public hearing

The Georgetown City Council on July 22 held a public hearing on updated water and wastewater impact fees and approved first readings of ordinances to amend both those fees and the city's transportation impact fees, advancing stepped increases intended to have new growth pay for new infrastructure.

City staff and consultants told the council the updates reflect revised land-use assumptions and capital improvement plans reviewed by an impact-fee committee. Wes (last name not specified), a city staff member leading the presentation, said the water capital-improvement plan includes roughly $1.9 billion in projects for the next 10 years, of which about $825 million is eligible for impact-fee reimbursement. He said the wastewater CIP is approximately $1 billion with about $400 million eligible for reimbursement.

The proposed fees use a stair-step approach to reach higher…