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Keller advisory committee reviews impact-fee study, asks council to reaffirm or update plan
Summary
Keller's Capital Improvements Advisory Committee received a semiannual impact-fee report, reviewed how fees are calculated from land-use assumptions and service units, and agreed to ask the city council this year either to reaffirm the existing five-year assumptions or to authorize an update.
Alonzo Leon, the city's public works director, opened the Capital Improvements Advisory Committee meeting with an explanation of impact fees and why the committee exists. "It's a one-time fee for all new development that comes into town," Leon said, adding that fees are predictable because they are calculated from service-unit estimates tied to the adopted land-use plan.
Leon told members that a recent state statute change requires the advisory body to have at least five members, with a majority representing the development and building industries; the members introduced themselves to confirm the committee meets that requirement. "We have seven slots, only five of which have been filled," Leon said, and he noted the ordinance requires at least three of the five to represent real estate or the building industry.
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