Remarks by Doug Weiss
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“So James over here is offering me what sounds like an appropriate compromise. And what he told me here, because he's whispering in my ear, is he doesn't want the goalposts to change. If we pass tonight and then we change it in a month or two weeks, but what he can do is go ahead and get started. Again,”
“Are there any changes, you think, to how high-risk is defined?”
“We're not going to slide something in under the radar because we postponed it for two weeks.”
“I think that is appropriate. Now, I am going to ask, and I want to be clear about this, because staff has spent a lot of time reviewing this policy already. Who is getting together to sort this out?”
“So you three, go get together, go figure it out. You know what you've already negotiated. Make sure... That doesn't come back.”
“Did you hear what he said? And I don't really want to engage staff for the final review until y'all are done.”
“All right, we got it. She said a bell. Yeah, it was totally a bell. We got it. All right, we feel confident and comfortable on that. Okay. All right, then that, everything else on our regular agenda was completed during our work session. That takes us back to our consent agenda and the two items that were pulled. we're going to begin with item 4c an ordinance on second reading with cash and reading an ordinance of the city of pflugerville texas amending chapter 152 subchapter b roadway impact fees of the city code of ordinances to include approving an updated roadway impact fee service area…”
“All right, having read in 4C, James, do you have any introduction to that? Mentioning that... we are keeping the existing fees at their current level in order to review and revise and make sure that we've got our projections correct. That's great. All right.”
“And that's exactly the reason why you want to delay this.”
“No, there is a challenge because one of the challenges that we do face is the idea, the whole purpose of impact fees. is ensuring that development pays its own way. So if we cut impact fees in order to encourage growth, we're putting the onerous expense of the infrastructure on the existing homeowners.”
“As long as you have access to water. Give us some strategic time on that.”
“David, you mentioned that Georgetown recently increased theirs. Now how do theirs compare to ours?”
“So what's your expectation on future impact fee updates? Yeah.”
“Tell me timeline for this. When are we going to revisit impact fee? Yeah.”
“More often than not, I have developers tell me that our fees are way too high, even though they're lower than most places they build. I mean, let's not ignore... Our development staff is too slow, even though they're quicker than everyone else.”
“And it sounds like economic development may be a top priority.”
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“So this is a motion to cut the impact fees in half.”
“I counsel your ballot is in front of you.”
“Second. I have a motion and a second to approve 4C.”
“seven one what are you voting twice kimberly this is a motion to approve the item is written all right motion passes uh four three that takes us to our next item and they're gonna fix the study they're gonna fix the study what is four three four three”
“Item 4e is a professional services supplemental agreement with STV Inc. in the amount of $1,940,480 for additional schematic layout development, hydrology, hydraulic analysis, surveying, and project management for the extension of Melbur Lane across Willbarger Creek north of Pleasanton Parkway to Ashton Woods future development of Carmel East Phase 5. Plans, specifications, and estimates PS&E from Cameron to Pleasanton Parkway and bid in construction phase services associated with the tr 1906 melbourne lane project uh melody you pulled this item what questions do you have uh councilmember…”
“one three that the whole blue area is one point one three that's correct okay i misunderstood and then all of the areas in orange are currently annexed into the city and they're part of the city no that's that's no no no carmel phase five is is outside city but uh isn't it i thought is out no because because two thirds of carmel is in one third is out we disagreed with a”
“No, I believe they'll be paying a traffic impact analysis.”
“They will be contributing, they'll just be contributing through a less efficient method.”