Water/ Wastewater Impact Fee Adv. Committee - Regular Meeting

Welcome to the city of New Braunfels water wastewater impact fee advisory board committee. We have an agenda I'd like to call to order. And take a roll call please.

Member Allen. Here. Member Nolte. Here. Member Rudy. Here. Member Schaeffer.

Here.

Member Schwarz? Here. Member Kelso? Here. Member Peters? Here. Vice Chair Taylor? Here. And Chair Songye? Here. And we have

a quorum. Thank you. Do I have a motion on the approval of the minutes from February 4 meeting?

Make a motion to approve. Second. Roll call. Member Taylor I'm sorry, Vice Chair Taylor. Aye. Member Nolte. Aye. Member Schaeffer. Aye. Member Schwartz. Aye. Member Rudy. Aye. Member Allen. Aye. Member Peters? For approval of the minutes and Member Kelso? Aye. And we have Chair Soniac? Aye. Motion carries.

Thank you. This is the time for citizens communications to address the water and wastewater impact fee advisory committee on any issues or items not on the agenda. It is a violation of Texas open meetings acts for the committee to address, discuss, or take action on any items not on the agenda. In addition to this venue, citizens may also email any comments to planning@newbronthals.gov. Email comments will be distributed to the committee.

First item for discussion and and action item is to consider a report from New Braunfels utilities regarding water and wastewater impact fees for the period of 01/01/2025 through 07/01/2025 and make a recommendation to city council. Come forward.

Good evening. Jessica Coleman, finance and risk manager for MBU. This impact fee is being presented to the New Braunfels Impact Fee Advisory Committee in accordance with chapter three ninety five of the state government code. The reporting period is 01/01/2025 through 06/30/2025. I'd also like to mention that MBU, is aware of some recent legislative changes in regards to chapter three ninety five.

We're currently working with the city staff, and we will have more on that in the future. The impact fee balances at 12/31/2024 were 8,400,000.0 with the majority of that balance being held in water impact fees. Receipts for the reporting period were 15,800,000.0 with just under 12,000,000 being water impact fee fee collections. Net expenditures for the period of impact fees were approximately 10,000,000, and the impact fee balance for the period ended 06/30/2025 is 14,100,000.0. I would like to note for this that while water impact fees are higher, there are a few projects that will be coming on and be kicking off in FY '26 and FY '27 that will impact our usage of these fees going forward.

In FY '26, we have our FM ten forty four elevated storage tank plan for about 14,000,000, and Salms Pump Station about 8. And then in FY twenty seven, the bulk of our surface water treatment plant expansion will begin and has a total five year budget of $57,000,000. With that being said, the two largest projects for this reporting period were our Conrad's elevated storage tank, and then on the sewer side, the McKenzie Water Reclamation facility expansion. You guys have any questions about this report at this time?

Commissioners, any questions for MBU staff? Thank you. Hearing none, do I have a motion to recommend this to city council?

I make a motion the City Council. Second.

I have a motion and a second. All in favor? Aye. All opposed? That is the meeting. We are adjourned.