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Pflugerville advisory committee reviews draft roadway impact fee study; final recommendation set for March 2
Summary
City consultant Ben Plett told the Capital Improvement Advisory Committee that the draft update sets the maximum per‑unit roadway impact fees by three service areas and that the committee will consider a recommendation on March 2 after staff and consultant final review.
Ben Plett, a consultant working for Kimberly Horn, told the Pflugerville Capital Improvement Advisory Committee on Tuesday that the draft update to the roadway impact fee study establishes the technical basis for new maximum fees and that the committee will be asked to recommend a ceiling for the city council on March 2.
The advisory committee’s role, Plett said, is to review the study’s land‑use assumptions, the capital improvement projects list and the resulting maximum fee calculation, then advise the council whether to adopt the update. “Growth pays for growth,” Plett said to summarize the principle guiding the study: one‑time fees charged to new development to recover capacity‑adding roadway costs.
Plett walked members through the study inputs: a 10‑year planning horizon for land‑use forecasts, service‑unit calculations expressed as vehicle miles (using ITE trip generation and average trip length), and the city’s Mobility Master Plan as the CIP basis. He emphasized legal and accounting constraints: service areas are limited to six miles under the local development code and fees collected in a service area must be spent there, and proceeds must be tracked and spent within 10 years of collection.
The draft shows large differences by service area. Plett presented a total CIP cost for Service Area A of about $147 million and estimated roughly $60 million of roadway‑impact‑fee‑eligible costs within that total; Service Area B’s total CIP appeared around $114 million. He said the consultant is finalizing the financial review used to compute the maximum fees and expects the draft maximums to rise modestly above current collection rates, with the final numbers available before the March 2 meeting.
Committee members asked technical questions about the traffic manual edition used for trip rates; Plett said the study uses the 11th edition now and the 12th (and future editions) will be incorporated in later updates. He also explained outreach rules: because this is an update, the draft will be posted publicly (and advertised) and available online for 60 days before any adoption vote.
The committee will receive the full draft report and supporting slides before the next meeting. Plett said, “You will see me back up here on March 2 to talk about the final report and for you all to make a recommendation.”
