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Burleson council leans toward creating a stormwater utility fee after long debate; street fee tabled
Summary
After a detailed consultant presentation and extended council debate, Burleson staff and the infrastructure committee recommended a tiered stormwater utility (ERU‑based) and a staff‑crafted hybrid scenario around $8 per median ERU; council favored moving forward with the stormwater approach with outreach and deferred the street‑maintenance fee for later.
The council spent extensive time reviewing a study from Friese Nichols on two possible new dedicated fees: a stormwater utility and a street‑maintenance fee. Staff framed the stormwater fee as a user charge tied to impervious area (an equivalent residential unit, ERU, set at about 3,500 sq ft in the analysis) and showed scenarios that would fund existing stormwater costs, add a dedicated drainage crew, and/or seed a capital program to address known problem areas.
Trey Shanks of Friese Nichols summarized options: a flat residential rate that covers current storm‑related general‑fund spending (~$6.80/ERU per…
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