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SUBJECT: Transportation Impact Fees
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TPW staff would like to take this opportunity to update the City Council on the status of development of
the Transportation Impact Fee policy. Transportation Impact Fees will be the mechanism by which the
City will collect developer contributions to be used for constructing regional transportation
infrastructure following policy adoption later this year. Developer contributions are currently collected
under the CFA, although the existing policy disregards the impact on the overall transportation
network. Additionally, consideration of proportionality (i.e., the amount of infrastructure the City
requires the Developer to fund/construct must be "roughly proportional," both in nature and extent, to
the projected impact of the development) is not inherent to the existing policy. The proposed
Transportation Impact Fees will be based on a calculation of proportional share and will, therefore, be
more legally defensible in accordance with rulings from two previous Supreme Court cases dealing
with developer exactions.
While the new policy will comply with State and Federal proportionality requirements, it will likely not
represent a large increase in the amount collected from developers for regional transportation
improvements. However, impact fees will dramatically increase the City's flexibility in utilizing
6 developer contributions and will allow for the timely construction of useable segments of the arterial
network. Impact fees will also enable the City to more closely track collected funds financially and
geographically on a service area basis. As you recall, the City of Fort Worth will be divided into
separate service areas with each service area being roughly six miles in diameter per State Law
governing impact fees.
A. A Capital improvement Advisory C-ommittee (CIAC.) is required by State Law governing Impact
Fees (Section 395.0158) and its role is defined as,
* To advise and assist in the adoption of land use assurnptions;
* To review the capital improvements plan and file written comments on same-,
* To monitor and evaluate implementation of the capital improvements plan"
* To file serniannuall re-o wiih respect to the progress of the capital improvements plan and to
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* To advise of the need to update or revise the land use assumptions, caprtw nnprovemenfs
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ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS
INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
To the Mayor and Members of the City Council
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SUBJECT: Transportation Impact Fees
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No. 8762
April 11, 2006
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The statute also explicitly states that the City Planning and /or Zoning Commission may be
appointed in the role of a CIAC. Fort Worth's City Plan Commission is well suited to this role:
• The real estate, building, and development industries are adequately represented;
• All Council districts are equally represented;
• As the recommending body for the City's Comprehensive Plan and Master Thoroughfare Plan,
the Commission is uniquely familiar with the City's land use plan, growth assumptions, roadway
plan, and the current difficulty in providing adequate infrastructure to support new development.
B. The Impact Fee Policy is scheduled for adoption in late 2006. General project milestones are
scheduled as follows and will include regular updates to the City Council:
• Presentation of Pilot Service Area study results: May 2006
• Completion of land use documentation and capital improvement plans for all service areas: July
2006
• Completion of fee calculations for all service areas: August 2006
• Stakeholder meetings and public hearings: September /October 2006
• Fee consideration and adoption: November 2006
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�< C. The implementation phase of the Transportation Impact Fee Policy development is scheduled to
begin following policy adoption. The proposed FY 06/07 budget currently includes $250,000 for
the implementation phase that includes:
a. Development of a tracking mechanism for collection and expenditure of fees by service
area
b. Financial and administrative staff
c. Management of the Impact Fee CIP
If you have any questions, please contact Katherine Beck at 817 -392 -7918 or Mark Rauscher at 817 -392-
2446.
Charles R. Boswell
City Manager
ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER
FORT WORTH, TEXAS