BRENHAM CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER REVISIONS TO IMPACT FEE ORDINANCE
The Brenham City Council will vote Thursday on added clarifications to the city’s recently adopted impact fee ordinance.
Following approval of the ordinance in February, the council will consider several language amendments ahead of the ordinance’s effective date of July 1st. The impact fees will be imposed on developers to generate revenue or recoup costs of capital improvements or facility expansions for new development.
One of the amendments would add language that takes the 1-year grandfathering period for platted properties and applies it to all subdivision plats that are currently in review by the city’s Development Services Department.
Other amendments would ensure no impact fees are charged for services only utilized to provide fire protection, for residential irrigation meters that are a sub-meter to the main meter, or for development on properties which are determined to be a legal lot of record. Per the proposed changes, irrigation meters that are 1.5 inches or greater would be assessed an impact fee for water.
In addition, the revisions to the ordinance would clarify how impact fees are assessed in conjunction with the subdivision ordinance pertaining to platting. They would also allow for credits to be granted to properties relocating as a result of the TxDOT cloverleaf reconstruction at Highway 290 and Highway 36.
Also at Thursday’s meeting, the council will:
- Consider allocating $26,000 in additional funds to purchase a fire truck for the Brenham Fire Department from Siddons Martin Emergency Group. The city says the additional amount can be covered by accumulated interest earnings from 2022 bond proceeds.
- Act on the purchase of a Chevrolet Silverado 2500 for the city’s Gas Department from Lake Country Chevrolet through The Interlocal Purchasing System (TIPS) in the amount of $65,501.
- Consider an amendment to the city’s professional services agreement with Strand Associates, Inc. for the Community Development Block Grant pertaining to Hogg Branch Creek. As the city has decided to halt the Hogg Branch Creek project, it is looking to amend the professional services contract with Strand Engineering to reflect that all services are no longer needed.
- Act on a professional services agreement with Strand Associates, Inc. for engineering services related to Highway 105 lift station improvements in an amount not to exceed $345,000.
- Consider a professional services agreement with Strand Associates, Inc. for engineering services related to Fiscal Year 2024 water main and sanitary sewer replacements up to $270,000.
- Meet in executive session to consult with the city attorney on matters concerning the Brenham Municipal Airport and about Commonwealth Development, Inc. v. City of Brenham, Texas; Fair Housing Care No. 06-22-3294-8. The latter item involves the proposed tax-credit housing development on Pecan Street that was rejected by the city council in February 2021.
The council will meet Thursday at 1 p.m. at Brenham City Hall.
Click here to view the agenda packet for Thursday's meeting.