HomeMy WebLinkAboutIR 10199 INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 10199
To the Mayor and Members of the City Council November 13, 2018
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*a SUBJECT: EXPEDITED PLATTING PROCESS
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In response to the City Council's request, this report provides information on ways to expedite the
platting process. The platting process includes three primary steps performed by the City:
1 . Review of engineering studies where required: water/sewer, storm water, and traffic
2. Review of plats, with accepted engineering studies where required
3. Review of infrastructure plans and execution of Community Facility Agreements (CFAs)
where required
City staff has previously worked with the Development Advisory Committee (DAC) and consulting
engineers to expedite steps 1 and 3. Step 1 now takes 5 to 10 business days for first review
depending on the study type, with TPW contracting with engineering firms to help review storm
water and traffic studies. Step 3 now takes 60 days, shortened from 140 days.
Staff proposes to review step 2, including exploring whether the new building permit X-Team
model could be an option for plat review within city limits. Step 2 takes 21 to 30 days for first
review, and involves the utility companies in addition to City staff from multiple departments. The
X-Team model would have all reviewers on hand with the applicant and their engineers for review
and revisions in one day. Staff will first meet with the utility companies to explore whether
company personnel could be assigned to review plats with City staff and applicants in a one-day
session. Staff will then determine what City resources would be required and the corresponding
per hour fee for City staff and utility company personnel. The building permit X-Team fee is
$1 ,000 per hour. The X-Team model would not apply to preliminary plats requiring City Plan
Commission approval, but could apply to plats with executed CFAs or to plats not requiring CFAs.
Staff will also initiate a Lean Business Process Improvement for step 2 in January 2019, in
coordination with DAC, surveyors, engineers, and utility companies. Staff will provide an interim
update on platting process improvements to the City Council in early 2019.
If you have any questions on the platting process, please contact Dana Burghdoff, Assistant
Director, Planning and Development, at 817-392-8018.
David Cooke
City Manager
ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS