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GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THIS UH, MEETING OF THE BAYTOWN AREA WATER AUTHORITY.
I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AND ANNOUNCE THAT WE DO HAVE A QUORUM WITH THE TWO PRESENT AND THE TWO ON ZOOM.
[a. Consider approving the minutes of the Baytown Area Water Authority Regular Meeting held on June 16, 2021.]
BUSINESS TODAY WILL BE TO CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE AUTHOR'S REGULAR MEETING HELD ON JUNE 16TH, 2021.I'LL SECOND HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ARE YOU OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
OPPOSED? I SIGN THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
[a. Conduct a public hearing concerning the Baytown Area Water Authority Fiscal Year 2021-22 Proposed Budget.]
WILL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE AUTHOR'S FISCAL YEAR 20 21, 22 PROPOSED BUDGET.THE PUBLIC HEARING TODAY IS BEING HELD FOR THE PURPOSE OF GIVING RESIDENTS OF THE DISTRICT THE RIGHT TO BE, SPEAK AND BE HEARD.
EVERYONE DESIRING TO SPEAK AT TODAY'S HEARING SHOULD HAVE EITHER SIGNED THE APPROPRIATE LIST IN THE FOYER OR EMAILED THE DISTRICT ASSISTANT SECRETARY PRIOR TO THE POSTED TIME OF THIS MEETING.
EACH SPEAKER SHALL GIVE HIS HER NAME AND ADDRESS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A PROPER RECORD OF THIS HEARING.
THE RULES ALLOW EACH SPEAKER THREE MINUTES TO PRESENT INFORMATION.
HOWEVER, I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO BE AS BRIEF AND TO THE POINT AS POSSIBLE.
IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE DIRECT THEM TO ME.
AND WITH THE EIGHT OF THE STAFF, I SHALL ATTEMPT TO HAVE THE QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
IT IS NOW 4:34 PM AND I NOW CALL TO ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE BAYTOWN AREA WATER AUTHORITY FISCAL YEAR 20 21, 22.
I WOULD NOW LIKE TO REQUEST THE STAFF SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, JUST A KIND OF A QUICK SUMMARY.
BUDGET WAS PRESENTED LAST MONTH, BUT JUST SOME, SOME QUICK HIGHLIGHTS OF THAT PRESENTATION.
UM, AND BEFORE I DO THAT, I DO WANT TO SAY, UH, A PERSONAL THANK YOU TO OUR FINANCE STAFF AND OUR PUBLIC WORK STAFF WHO, UM, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A MUCH BIGGER BUDGET THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT WILL BE PRESENTING THURSDAY TO CITY COUNCIL.
BUT YOU KNOW, THE BAWA BUDGET HAS ITS OWN COMPLEXITIES AND, UM, THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB AND PUT IN A LOT OF WORK TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS A REALLY SOUND BUDGET PUT IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY.
SO SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS, UM, THE BUDGET DOES INCLUDE, UH, RATE INCREASES, WHICH WERE, UH, CONTEMPLATED IN THE RATE STUDY THAT WAS COMPLETED IN 2020.
UM, I WILL SAY, I WILL TELL YOU THAT FROM WHEN IT WAS PRESENTED LAST TIME TO NOW, I, I CAN LET YOU KNOW THAT NONE OF THE RATE INCREASES, UM, FROM THE CITY SIDE WILL BE PASSED ON TO CUSTOMERS.
SO, ALTHOUGH BAWA RATES TO THE CITY WILL INCREASE, UM, THE CITY WILL NOT BE INCREASING RATES TO CUSTOMERS.
UM, AND I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE.
UM, WE FEEL LIKE WITH SOME PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING IN THE NEAR FUTURE, UM, THAT MAY ALSO ASSIST US IN KEEPING BA RATES DOWN IN THE FUTURE.
UM, BUT THIS RATE INCREASE IS AN IMPORTANT ONE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE, UM, IN A GOOD FINANCE FINANCIAL POSITION.
UM, WE DO ALSO, UH, HAVE IN THE BUDGET, UH, ADDITIONAL DEBT ISSUANCE FOR THREE LARGE PROJECTS, THE FILTER SCOUR IMPROVEMENTS, UH, RAW WATER REHABILITATION AND THE GROUND GROUND STORAGE TANK REHAB.
UM, AND THEN WE'VE ALSO GOT CIP CASH FUNDING FOR, UH, PLANT WINTERIZATION, UH, A DA IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING AND THEN, UH, AN EAST PLANT TRANSMISSION LINE.
SO, UM, IT, IT'S A BUDGET THAT'S VERY AGGRESSIVE IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THE, THE MAIN PLANT IS, UM, THE OPERATIONS CONTINUE.
WE, WE HAVE THE MAINTENANCE PROJECTS DONE THAT WE NEED.
UH, IT ENSURES WE HAVE THE REVENUE, UH, TO SUPPORT THE, THE DISTRICT.
AND IT ALSO LEAVES THE, UM, UH, ALSO LEAVES BAWA WITH $3.4 MILLION IN ENDING FUND BALANCE, WHICH IS 131 DAYS OF OPERATING EXPENDITURES.
SO, UM, WE BELIEVE IT'S A VERY, A GOOD BALANCE BUDGET.
AND WHEN WE GET TO IN THE NEXT ITEM, STAFF WOULD, WOULD CERTAINLY RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS OF STAFF? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UM, THERE BEING NO ONE DESIRING TO SPEAK.
I NOW CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE BAYTOWN AREA WATER AUTHORITY FISCAL YEAR 20 21, 22, PROPOSED BUDGET.
[b. Consider a resolution adopting the Baytown Area Water Authority's Fiscal Year 2021-22 Proposed Budget.]
CONSIDER A RES RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE AUTHORITIES FISCAL YEAR 20 21, 22 PROPOSED BUDGET.[00:05:01]
SO MOVED THAT WE ADOPT THE BUDGET.QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
OPPOSED? LIKE SIGN THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
[a. Receive and discuss a report concerning the land use assumptions, capital improvements plan, the possible imposition of impact fees, and the associated schedule.]
WILL BE TO RECEIVE AND DISCUSS A REPORT CONCERNING THE LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN, THE POSSIBLE IMPOSITION OF IMPACT, FEES, AND THE ASSOCIATED SCHEDULE.UH, AS YOU RECALL THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS, UH, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT, UM, IMPACT FEES A LITTLE BIT.
UM, COROLLA ENGINEERING, WHO ALSO DID OUR RATE STUDY, UH, PERFORMED OUR IMPACT FEE STUDY AND THEY'RE GONNA COME UP AND GIVE OUR PRESENTATION ON THEIR FINDINGS FOR YOU TODAY.
SO JENNIFER, HI, UH, I'M JENNIFER IVY WITH COROLLO.
UM, AND SO I WILL BE GOING THROUGH, UM, A BRIEF INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW OF THE IMPACT FEE PROCESS, UM, AND HOW THAT RELATES TO BAWA.
UM, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE THREE COMPONENTS OF THE IMPACT FEE CALCULATION, WHICH ARE THE LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN, AND THEN THE CALCULATION OF THE FEES THEMSELVES OR THE MAXIMUM FEES.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL LOOK AT A COMPARISON TO SOME PEER AGENCIES IN THE AREA.
AND, UH, THERE'LL BE TIME FOR QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS.
ALTHOUGH I SHOULD SAY, FEEL FREE TO STOP ME AT ANY TIME IF YOU DO HAVE A QUESTION.
SO, UH, IMPACT FEES ARE ONE SOURCE OF REVENUE, UH, FOR THE AUTHORITY.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THE, THE RATES THAT ARE CHARGED ON THE MONTHLY BILLS.
SO THIS TABLE IS A SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON OF THESE TWO REVENUE SOURCES.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE, UM, WHAT EACH FUNDS AND WHO IS PAYING THESE.
UM, SO YOUR UTILITY RATES, UH, WHICH, YOU KNOW, WERE PART OF THE BUDGET, UM, THAT IS BASED ON THE MONTHLY USAGE.
UH, YOU GET A BILL EVERY MONTH THAT REFLECTS THAT USAGE AND THAT IS PAID BY YOUR EXISTING CUSTOMERS.
UM, THAT FUND, UH, THE, THE REVENUE FROM THOSE, UH, MONTHLY BILLS GOES TO HELP PAY FOR THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE EXPENSE, REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT OR UPGRADE OF EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE.
UM, YOU ONLY PAY IT ONE TIME WHEN YOU CONNECT TO THE SYSTEM.
AND SO THESE ARE PAID BY NEW CUSTOMERS WHO ARE JUST NOW COMING ONLINE.
UM, THEY'RE OFTEN PAID BY THE DEVELOPERS AS THEY'RE DEVELOPING PROPERTY AND CONNECTING TO THE SYSTEM.
AND SO THEY ARE PAYING FOR THE CAPACITY IN THE SYSTEM THAT WILL BE UTILIZED BY THE NEW DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND SO WE WANNA DISTINGUISH THOSE TWO THINGS.
'CAUSE I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DO TEND TO GET CONFUSED AND THINK IMPACT FEES, I'M GONNA, THIS IS GONNA MAKE MY BILL GO UP.
THIS IS NOT, THIS DOES NOT IMPACT, UH, EXISTING CUSTOMERS OTHER THAN THAT THE REVENUE YOU GET FROM IMPACT FEES DOES OFFSET WHAT YOU NEED TO BRING IN FROM THE RATES.
UM, BECAUSE THESE, UM, THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS RELATED TO GROWTH ARE GOING TO HAPPEN, EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE IMPACT FEES AS A SOURCE OF REVENUE, YOU STILL HAVE TO BUILD THOSE PROJECTS.
SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE REVENUE FROM THE IMPACT FEES TO PAY FOR THAT GROWTH, THEN IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO COME FROM ANOTHER SOURCE OF REVENUE, WHICH IS OFTEN FROM THE, THE RATES.
AND SO THEN YOU END UP WITH YOUR EXISTING CUSTOMERS THAT WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE GROWTH.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO PREVENT.
SO LET ME, LET ME ASK YOU, CAN I JUMP IN THERE? SURE.
UM, GO, GO BACK TO THAT OTHER SLIDE PLEASE.
UM, WE DON'T USUALLY GET INTO THE INDIVIDUAL BILLING RATE PER SE, AND THE FEES AND SUCH.
UH, HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT THAN, UM, THE CITY OF BAYTOWN DOING THE NORMAL BILLING, I GUESS? YEAH, FRANK, THIS IS NICK.
UM, AND, AND THIS IS IN BAYTOWN IT'S A LITTLE BIT COMPLICATED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, BA WAS ACTUALLY PRODUCING THE WATER AND THE CITY IS DISTRIBUTING IT TO CUSTOMERS.
AND IT'S WHERE WE'VE KIND OF RUN INTO THE PROBLEM.
AS WE STARTED LOOKING AT IMPACT FEES, UM, THE CITY WAS NOT ABLE TO INCLUDE ANY OF BAA'S, UM, COSTS RELATED TO GROWTH RELATED INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO, UM, IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE CONFUSING LOOKING AT THE CHART WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE ACTUAL, UM, YOU KNOW, MONTHLY CHARGES TO CUSTOMERS.
'CAUSE THE CITY IS THE ONE THAT'S CHARGING THAT.
UM, BUT JUST KIND OF, KIND OF KEEP IN MIND THAT WE'RE SET UP A A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.
AND THAT'S PROBABLY WHY BABA HASN'T HAD IMPACT FEES IN THE PAST, BUT THAT'S WHY WE'RE LOOKING AT IT
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NOW BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S REALLY SOMETHING THAT OTHER CITIES, UM, ARE INCLUDING AND WE JUST HAVEN'T IN THE PAST, WHICH MEANS ULTIMATELY WE'RE, WE'RE CHARGING MORE TO OUR EXISTING RATE PAYERS FOR THIS GROWTH RELATED INFRASTRUCTURE.SO THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN JUST TURNING ON A METER ON AND OFF.
THIS IS ABOUT IF YOU'RE SETTING UP A LINE AND, AND YOU NEED TO RUN A WATER LINE SOMEWHERE, IS IS WHAT I'M HEARING, IS THAT CORRECT? AN IMPACT FEE IS, IT IS WHEN A NEW CUSTOMER CONNECTS TO OUR SYSTEM.
SO WHEN A NEW CUSTOMER CONNECTS TO THE SYSTEM, THERE'S OFTEN A CONNECTION FEE THAT IS PAID AND THAT IS THE COST TO SEND A CREW OUT THERE TO JUST PHYSICALLY TAP THE LINE AND MAKE THE CONNECTION.
UM, IT MAY INCLUDE THE COST TO PUT THE METER IN PLACE AND, AND, AND SO THERE IS THAT FEE.
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT FEE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE COST FOR THE AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CAPACITY THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM THAT WOULD SERVE THOSE NEW CONNECTIONS.
YOU KNOW, THAT YOU HAVE TO BUILD THE TREATMENT PLANT A CERTAIN SIZE BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT NEW CON CUSTOMERS ARE GOING TO COME ONLINE AND WE WANNA RECOVER THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT CAPITAL INVESTMENT IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH THIS CHARGE.
AND IT'S STILL A ONE TIME CHARGE, IS THAT RIGHT? IT'S JUST PAID ONE TIME.
THE ONLY TIME YOU WOULD EVER HAVE TO PAY AGAIN WOULD BE IF FOR SOME REASON YOU NEEDED TO, UM, GET A LARGER METER AND THEN YOU WOULD PAY THE INCREMENTAL DIFFERENCE BECAUSE THE FEE IS BASED ON METER SIZE.
SO, WELL, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT.
FEEL FREE TO INTERRUPT ME ANYTIME YOU HAVE A QUESTION.
I KNOW THAT THIS IS A, A COMPLICATED TOPIC AND WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH IT RELATIVELY QUICKLY.
UM, AND I DO REALIZE THAT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT YOU ALL HAVE SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
UM, AND SO, SO LET ME BACK UP A LITTLE BIT AND EXPLAIN A FEW THINGS THAT AREN'T IN THE SLIDES.
IMPACT FEES IN TEXAS ARE GOVERNED BY THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 3 95.
AND SO WITHIN CHAPTER 3 95, IT DOES TELL US EXACTLY HOW WE CALCULATE THESE FEES.
UM, AND IT TELLS US THE PROCESS THAT WE MUST GO THROUGH IN ORDER TO GET THEM ADOPTED.
UM, AND THE PROCESS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FOR BAWA THAN IT WILL BE FOR THE CITY THAT'S ALSO GOING THROUGH THIS.
AT THE SAME TIME, THE REASON FOR THAT BEING, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME BAWA IS GONNA BE CHARGING AN IMPACT FEE IF IT IS ADOPTED.
ONCE YOU HAVE THE FEE IN PLACE, THEN UPDATES TO THE FEE, THAT PROCESS IS A LITTLE BIT EASIER.
UM, AND SO WE WILL HAVE, UM, A FEW EXTRA STEPS TO GO THROUGH FOR BWA.
AND AS WAS MENTIONED, MOST UTILITIES THAT HAVE THE ENTIRE PROCESS ALL THE WAY FROM WATER SUPPLY THROUGH TO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, HAVE THAT ALL IN ONE FEE.
BUT HERE WHERE BAWA HAS, YOU KNOW, THE WATER SUPPLY THROUGH TO PRODUCTION AND THEN THE CITY TAKES THAT AND DELIVERS THAT TO THE HOMES, IT'S SPLIT.
AND SO RIGHT NOW THE CITY IMPACT FEE IS NOT ABLE TO RECOVER THE COST OF THAT WATER PRODUCTION THROUGH THEIR IMPACT FEES.
AND SO THAT IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO TONIGHT, IS TO PRESENT TO YOU THE PRELIMINARY LOOK AT WHAT THAT FEE WOULD BE FOR BAWA TO CHARGE FOR THAT PORTION OF IT SO THAT BOTH BAWA AND THE CITY ARE COLLECTING THE FULL COST JUST LIKE OTHER UTILITIES DO.
OKAY? SO THE IMPACT FEE CALCULATION IS TRULY A SIMPLE CALCULATION.
WE'RE GONNA LOOK, FIND OUT WHAT ARE THE DOLLARS ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING THAT CAPACITY, AND WE'RE GONNA DIVIDE THAT BY THE NUMBER OF NEW CONNECTIONS THAT WE EXPECT.
OKAY? SO IT'S JUST A SIMPLE DIVISION PROBLEM.
SO THE TWO PIECES OF THAT, UM, FOR WHATEVER REASON, WE TEND TO LOOK AT THE DENOMINATOR FIRST.
SO WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF NEW CONNECTIONS THAT WE EXPECT TO ADD.
THAT'S WHAT WE CALL THE LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS PLAN.
OKAY? THE STATE OF TEXAS IN CHAPTER 3 95 LIMITS THAT TO 10 YEARS.
WE HAVE TO, UM, USE PROJECTIONS, POPULATION PROJECTIONS, INFORMATION FROM MASTER PLANS AND SO FORTH TO TRY TO ESTIMATE HOW MANY NEW CONNECTIONS DO WE EXPECT TO COME ONLINE IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
AND SO WE LOOK AT THE POPULATION PROJECTIONS.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE HERE WE STARTED WITH FISCAL YEAR 2020, THE POPULATION FOR THE SERVICE AREA WAS 117,358.
AND SO WE HAVE A PROJECTION, UH, FOR THAT SERVICE AREA THAT IT WILL GROW TO 143,313.
AND WE'RE GONNA USE THIS INFORMATION TO ESTIMATE THE NUMBER OF CONNECTIONS THAT WILL COME ONLINE.
AND I SHOULD BE MORE SPECIFIC AND SAY
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IT'S NOT JUST A CONNECTION.WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT WE CALL, UM, AN EQUIVALENT DWELLING UNIT.
SO, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN HAVE A ONE CONNECTION THAT'S A SINGLE FAMILY HOME AND THEY USE THIS MUCH WATER, BUT THEN YOU COULD HAVE A LARGE BUSINESS THAT'S STILL ONE CONNECTION, BUT IT MAY USE THREE TIMES AS MUCH WATER.
AND SO THAT WOULD COUNT AS THREE EQUIVALENT DWELLING UNITS.
SO WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT IT IN TERMS OF EQUIVALENT DWELLING UNITS.
SO THAT IS OUR SERVICE UNIT FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY.
AND SO WE LOOKED AT WHAT IS THE AVERAGE DAILY DEMAND TODAY? AND IF WE DIVIDE THAT BY THE AVERAGE CONSUMPTION THAT WE SEE PER SERVICE UNIT OR PER EQUIVALENT DWELLING UNIT, THEN HOW MANY SERVICE UNITS IS THAT? AND SO THAT'S HOW WE DETERMINE HOW MANY SERVICE UNITS THERE ARE CURRENTLY.
AND THEN WE PROJECT USING OUR POPULATION PROJECTIONS, WE CAN PROJECT HOW MANY THERE WILL BE IN 2030.
AND THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT INCREMENTAL AMOUNT THAT BECOMES OUR DENOMINATOR IN OUR CALCULATION.
AND SO WHEN WE DID THAT MATH, WE HAD, WE, UH, CALCULATED OR WE ESTIMATED 9,270 ADDITIONAL SERVICE UNITS OR EQUIVALENT DWELLING UNITS THAT WE EXPECT TO BE ADDED IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
SO THIS TABLE SHOWS THAT CALCULATION IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL.
SO OUR CURRENT AVERAGE DAY DEMAND IS A LITTLE OVER 14 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY.
AND THE TYPICAL SINGLE FAMILY HOME OR ONE SERVICE UNIT USES 339 GALLONS PER DAY.
AND SO WHEN WE DO THE MATH THERE, THAT COMES OUT TO BE 41,914 SERVICE UNITS THAT ARE CURRENTLY CONNECTED TO THE SYSTEM.
AND THE POPULATION GROWTH WOULD GENERATE, UM, ANOTHER 9,270 SERVICE UNITS.
SO WE WOULD HAVE 51,183 SERVICE UNITS BY 2030.
OKAY? SO THAT'S THE LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS PIECE OF IT.
THE SECOND PIECE OF IT IS CALLED THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN, WHICH CAN BE CONFUSING BECAUSE YOU ALREADY HAVE A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN THAT INCLUDES ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE PLANNED FOR THE UTILITY.
AND THIS IS A SUBSET OF THAT, BUT IT CAN ALSO INCLUDE SOME EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE.
UM, SO I, I'M SORRY THAT IT'S CONFUSING TO CALL IT THAT NAME.
THAT'S WHAT THE STATE DECIDED TO CALL IT IN THE LEGISLATION.
UM, SO THAT FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS, WE CAN LOOK AT TWO THINGS.
THE STATE OF TEXAS SAYS WE CAN ONLY CALCULATE THIS FEE BY LOOKING AT THE COST OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S GOING TO SERVE THOSE NEW CUSTOMERS THAT COME ONLINE IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
SO WE CAN'T GO BACK AND SAY, WELL, ON AVERAGE WE'VE SPENT THIS MUCH PER HUNDRED GALLONS PER DAY.
AND SO IT'S GONNA BE BASED ON THAT.
WE HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW MUCH DOES IT COST FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT SERVES THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
SO WE HAVE TWO COMPONENTS OF THAT.
WE LOOK BACKWARDS AT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE BUT STILL HAS CAPACITY THAT'S NOT BEING USED.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE PRODUCTION FACILITY ISN'T 100% UTILIZED RIGHT NOW.
THERE'S STILL SOME UNUSED CAPACITY.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THAT UNUSED CAPACITY AND SAY, WELL, HOW MUCH, WHAT'S THE VALUE OF THIS UNUSED CAPACITY? UM, AND SO WE'RE ABLE TO INCLUDE THAT IN OUR CALCULATION AS WELL AS LOOKING FORWARD AND SAYING, OKAY, WHAT ARE THE PROJECTS THAT ARE PLANNED IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS AND WHAT PORTION OF THOSE PROJECTS IS GOING TO PROVIDE CAPACITY FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS? SO WE CAN'T INCLUDE A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE COST OF THESE FUTURE PROJECTS, BUT WE CAN'T INCLUDE A PORTION OF IT.
AND SO WE DO THE CALCULATION AND WE LOOK AND WE HAVE FOUND THAT WE HAVE, UM, ABOUT EIGHT AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS OF, UM, COSTS, WHETHER IT'S EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE OR FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WILL PROVIDE CAPACITY TO SERVE THESE NEW CUSTOMERS THAT ARE EXPECTED TO COME ONLINE IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
SO WE INCLUDE THAT IN OUR CALCULATION.
WE ARE ALSO ALLOWED TO INCLUDE FINANCING COSTS.
SO THE LEGISLATION RECOGNIZES THAT OFTENTIMES, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE BUILDING FOR FUTURE CUSTOMERS, YOU MAY NEED TO BORROW, UH, FUNDS, YOU MAY NEED TO GO INTO DEBT TO BUILD THAT INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, RATHER THAN PUT IT ON THE BACKS OF YOUR EXISTING RATE PAYERS RIGHT NOW.
AND SO IT ALLOWS YOU TO INCLUDE THE INTEREST COST FOR THOSE PROJECTS.
AND SO WE'VE INCLUDED, UH, SOME ESTIMATED, UH, FINANCING
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COSTS.WE ASSUMED A 4% INTEREST RATE.
AND THEN WE HAVE ALSO ADVISORY COSTS.
AND THAT CAN BE FOR STUDIES THAT HELP US TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH THESE IMPACT FEES SHOULD BE.
IT COULD BE FOR A MASTER PLAN STUDY, THE STUDY FOR US FOR COROLLA TO CALCULATE THIS IS INCLUDED.
AND SO THAT'S THE NUMBER THAT YOU SEE THERE.
AND SO YOU CAN RECOVER THE COST OF THAT STUDY THROUGH THESE IMPACT FEES.
AND SO WHEN WE TOTAL THAT AMOUNT, IT COMES OUT TO BE JUST UNDER $9 MILLION.
AND THEN YOU SEE THERE THIS CREDIT FOR UTILITY REVENUES, ONE THING THAT THE STATE LEGISLATION DOES IS IT'S YOU, IT HAS, YOU BASICALLY REDUCE THE FEE OR REDUCE THAT, UM, CAPITAL PORTION OF THE FEE BY 50%.
AND THAT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO DOUBLE COUNTING.
AND THE DOUBLE COUNTING HAS TO DO WITH THE TIMING OF COLLECTING THE REVENUE AND THEN PAYING FOR PROJECTS.
AND SO THERE IS, THEY RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT A NEW CUSTOMER COULD PAY THE IMPACT FEE AND CONNECT TO THE SYSTEM, BECOME A RATE PAYER START PAYING RATES.
AND THOSE RATES MAY ALSO INCLUDE SOME OF THE COSTS THAT WERE IN THE IMPACT FEE JUST BECAUSE OF THE TIMING OF PAYMENTS.
AND SO THEY RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF THAT AND TO ENSURE THAT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN AND THAT NO CUSTOMER PAYS FOR ANY PORTION OF THEIR CAPACITY TWICE, WE APPLY THIS 50% CREDIT, UH, TO THE CALCULATION.
THIS LISTS SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE LOOKED AT FOR THIS CALCULATION.
UM, IT SHOWS THE TOTAL PROJECT COSTS.
NOW WE DID DO AN ANALYSIS THAT WILL BE DETAILED IN OUR REPORT THAT SHOWS HOW WE DETERMINE WHAT PORTION OF EACH OF THESE PROJECTS WE INCLUDE IN THE FEE.
BUT JUST SO THAT YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS THAT WE TOOK A LOOK AT AND, AND THAT WE INCLUDED, UM, AT LEAST IN IMPART IN THE CALCULATION.
SO THOSE ARE THE TWO COMPONENTS.
AND FOR THE PROCESS TO ADOPT A NEW IMPACT FEE, IT SPLITS IT IN HALF.
AND SO THE FIRST THING THAT YOU WOULD BE ASKED TO DO WOULD BE ONCE WE FINALIZE THESE PIECES TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THOSE FIRST TWO PIECES AND PRESENT, YOU KNOW, OUR ESTIMATE OF THE NEW CO CONNECTIONS AND OUR ESTIMATE OF WHAT PORTION OR WHAT'S THE COST TO PROVIDE CAPACITY TO THOSE NEW CONNECTIONS, YOU PRESENT THOSE TWO PIECES AND YOU HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT TO, TO PROVIDE THE PUBLIC WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN.
AND THEN WE DO THE CALCULATION, WE ACTUALLY DO THE DIVISION PROBLEM AND COME UP WITH WHAT THAT MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE IMPACT FEE IS.
AND SO THEN YOU WOULD HAVE A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING TO PRESENT THAT TO THE PUBLIC AND GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON THAT.
AND SO WHEN WE DO THE MATH, WE TAKE THAT $9 MILLION, WE DIVIDE IT BY THE 9,270, UH, ADDITIONAL UNITS AND THAT GIVES US OUR FEE BEFORE WE APPLY THE 50% CREDIT.
AND SO THAT COMES OUT TO $968.
UM, ONCE YOU APPLY THE CREDIT, THAT IS NOW $484 PER SINGLE FAMILY EQUIVALENT OR PER EQUIVALENT DWELLING UNIT.
AND SO AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE FEE IS ASSESSED BASED ON THE METER SIZE AND TYPE.
SO THE ONE SERVICE UNIT IS YOUR SMALLEST METER OR YOUR MOST COMMON METER.
SO THE FIVE EIGHT INCH BY THREE QUARTER INCH METER, UM, WOULD PAY $484 FOR THEIR IMPACT FEE.
THAT FEE IS INCREASED, UM, BASED ON A SERVICE UNIT EQUIVALENT.
AND THAT SERVICE UNIT EQUIVALENT IS CALCULATED BASED ON THE SAFE MAXIMUM OPERATING CAPACITY THROUGH EACH OF THESE DIFFERENT METER SIZES AND TYPES.
AND WE GET THAT INFORMATION FROM THE AMERICAN WATERWORKS ASSOCIATION.
SO THEY HAVE PUBLISHED, UH, STANDARDS THAT SAY, OKAY, THROUGH THIS SIZE METER, THE SAFE MAXIMUM OPERATING CAPACITY IS 30 GALLONS PER MINUTE, AND THEN FOR A ONE INCH METER IS 50.
AND SO JUST THAT RATIO GIVES US THE FACTOR THAT WE USE AND THEN APPLY TO OUR CALCULATED FEE PER ONE SERVICE UNIT.
AND THAT TELLS US WHAT THE FEE SHOULD BE
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FOR THESE LARGER METERS.AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE SCHEDULE THERE OF WHAT THAT MAXIMUM FEE WOULD BE FOR EACH OF THESE, UM, METER SIZES AND TYPES.
UM, AS I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND ALL THIS, WHICH IS VERY DIFFICULT.
WHERE IS A NORMAL, UH, RESIDENTIAL, UH, METER SIZE, THE FIVE EIGHTS INCH BY THREE QUARTER INCH OR A, OR SOMETIMES A THREE QUARTER INCH, THAT'S WHERE YOU MOST OFTEN WILL SEE A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNIT.
UM, AND SO, UM, YEAH, THAT'S WHY WE DO BASE THAT ONE SERVICE UNIT IS BASED ON WHAT WE EXPECT FROM A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNIT.
AND ARE YOU GONNA GIVE US ANY DETAILS ON THE REST OF 'EM? LIKE WHO'S GONNA PAY 31,460? WHAT KIND OF BUSINESS IS GONNA DO THAT? SO FOR A SIX INCH METER, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY, CAN THINK OF ANY EXAMPLES OF OF WHO OUT THERE HAS IT, BUT I MEAN THIS WOULD BE A VERY LARGE BUSINESS, PROBABLY A MAYBE AN INDUSTRY OR MANUFACTURER.
SO JUST KIND, UM, IN PERSPECTIVE, UH, I KNOW THERE'S A DEVELOPMENT ON, UM, CHAMBERS COUNTY, UM, FOR THE RESIDENTIAL, UM, DEVELOPMENT MULTIFAMILY, UM, ON KILGORE PARKWAY I BELIEVE, AND 1 46.
SO JUST USING THEM AS AN EXAMPLE, THEY HAVE A SIX INCH.
UM, SO THAT'S SERVING, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE AREAS, UM, SINGLE FAMILY AND MULTIFAMILY.
BUT WE'RE GONNA BE, WE'RE GONNA GONNA BE CHARGING RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL WITH THIS ACT IMPACT FEE.
THAT, THAT EXAMPLE WAS A A LITTLE CONFUSING 'CAUSE IT'S A, UM, THERE'S A MUD OUT THERE.
SO THEY'VE GOT, IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN HOW THEY'RE METERED, BUT MAJORITY OF IMPACT FEES CHARGED IS GONNA OBVIOUSLY BE SINGLE FAMILY AND THAT THAT WOULD BE THAT $484.
SO, UM, BUT YES, E EVERYBODY IS CHARGED COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, SINGLE FAMILY MULTIFAMILY, EVERY, EVERYBODY GETS CHARGED THE IMPACT FEE.
AND, AND DO WE KNOW WHAT KIND OF EFFECT THIS IS GONNA HAVE AND IS IT, DO WE EXPECT THAT ANY GROWTH OF INDUSTRY OR OR NEIGHBORHOODS TO BE SHUNTED BASED ON THESE EXTRA FEES? NO, WOULD NOT EXPECT THAT.
AND YOU, YOU'LL SEE A, A COMPARISON 'CAUSE WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE CITY'S WATER AND SEWER IMPACT FEES AT THE SAME TIME.
AND THE CITY'S PRIMARY CITIES THAT WE COMPETE WITH HAVE GOT HEAVY GROWTH.
UM, WE ARE STILL, FOR THE MOST PART A DECENT WAYS BELOW WHERE THE, WHERE THEIR IMPACT FEES ARE.
SO, UM, OURS ARE CERTAINLY NOT OUTTA LINE, UM, CURRENTLY OR WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IN THE FUTURE.
AND SO YEAH, WE'LL SHOW YOU THAT COMPARISON.
SO WE ARE COMPARING TO MOSTLY OTHER, UM, UTILITIES IN THIS AREA.
LEAGUE CITY, PEARLAND, MISSOURI CITY.
UM, WE DID PUT NEW BRAUNFELS IN THERE.
THAT'S ONE OF THE HIGHEST IN THE STATE.
JUST, YOU KNOW, SO YOU CAN SEE, UM, THERE ARE SOME AREAS OF THE STATE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE CHARGING NEARLY $8,000 FOR ONE SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
UM, SO THEY CAN GET QUITE HIGH.
UM, SO CURRENTLY THE CITY CHARGES 1080 $7 FOR ONE SERVICE UNIT.
UM, THE CALCULATIONS THAT WE'VE DONE FOR THE CITY SHOW THAT THE WATER IMPACT FEE SHOULD ACTUALLY BE REDUCED TO $857.
UM, BUT KEEP IN MIND, AS I SAID EARLIER, THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE WATER PRODUCTION.
AND SO WHEN YOU COMPARE THAT $857 TO THESE OTHER CITIES, IT'S VERY LOW.
AND SO ONCE WE ADD ON THE $484 FEE FOR BAWA, THAT INCLUDES THAT WATER PRODUCTION COMPONENT, YOU CAN SEE THERE THAT IT IS, AND I APOLOGIZE, WE SHOULD HAVE PUT THE SUM THERE.
UM, BUT YOU CAN SEE IT'S A LITTLE OVER $1,300, UM, AND STILL BELOW THOSE OTHER CITIES THAT WE LOOKED AT.
UM, AND FOR THE, UH, AREAS THAT BAWI SERVES THAT ARE NOT IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD JUST BE PAYING THE $484 FEE.
SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO MA'AM.
FRANK, BRANDON, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WHO WAS THE PERSON
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WHO NOTICED THAT WE WEREN'T CHARGING THAT WELL COLLECTIVELY AS, AS WE WERE WORKING ON THE CITY'S WATER AND SEWER IMPACT FEES? AND CAN YOU GO BACK ONE SLIDE JUST REAL QUICK? UM, YOU KNOW, WE LOOKED AT THAT AND STARTED SEEING THE COMPARISON.ONE IS WE LOOK AT THE, UM, THE CIP PORTION OF THE ANALYSIS, WE OBVIOUSLY NOTICED THAT WE COULDN'T INCLUDE ANY OF THE WATER PRODUCTION COSTS.
AND SO ONCE YOU FACTOR IN THAT, AND THEN LOOK AT THE COMPARISON, WE STARTED ASKING OURSELVES, WHY WERE WE SO FAR BELOW THESE OTHER CITIES? WELL, THE MAIN RE ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WAS WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF THE WATER PRODUCTION CIP COSTS.
SO IT WAS JUST KIND OF COLLECTIVELY US LOOKING AT THAT AND SAYING, WOW, WE ARE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BASICALLY CHARGING OUR EXISTING RATE PAYERS FOR LIKE THE BWA EAST PROJECT, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENT DIDN'T PAY FOR THAT, IT'S ALL OF OUR EXISTING RATE PAYERS.
AND JUST PHILOSOPHICALLY, THAT DOESN'T REALLY MAKE A WHOLE LOT OF SENSE.
SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW IT CAME ABOUT WAS JUST US KIND OF COLLECTIVELY LOOKING AT IT AND SAYING, THIS DOESN'T REALLY MAKE ANY SENSE.
IT DOESN'T ADD UP AND WE NEED TO, WE PROBABLY NEED TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, CHARGING THE IMPACT FEE FOR WATER PRODUCTION.
THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT IS TO DO IT THROUGH, THROUGH BAWA.
AND THE BEAUTY OF ALL THIS IS THAT WE DON'T GET CRITICIZED FOR BEING A, UH, MONEY HUNGRY CITY COMPARATIVELY.
AND AND AGAIN, YOU'RE YOU'RE ONLY DOING IT, YOU SAW THE ANALYSIS AND THERE'S A LOT OF DATA THAT IS EVEN, YOU KNOW, DEEPER THAN WHAT YOU ALL SAW.
IT'S A VERY THOUGHTFUL PROCESS.
STATE LAW DICTATES HOW YOU COME UP WITH THE RATES AND ULTIMATELY WHEN REVENUE COMES IN HERE, YOU'RE IMPACTING THE RATE PAYERS ON THE POSITIVE SIDE.
SO YOU'RE NOT BRINGING IN MONEY JUST TO BRING IN MONEY.
YOU'RE JUST BRINGING IN A DIFFERENT SOURCE TO PAY FOR YOUR EXPANSION PROJECTS, YOUR GROWTH RELATED PROJECTS.
AND INDEED, INDEED, COMPARATIVELY IS WHERE I WAS GETTING TO.
UH, THERE WON'T BE VALID CRITICISM THAT BAYTOWN IS TRYING TO JUST COLLECT MONEY TO COLLECT MONEY COMPARATIVELY.
LIKE YOU SEE, WE'RE ON THE, WE'RE ON THE BOTTOM.
SO, AND I GUESS WHEN DO YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE RESULTS EVERY 10 YEARS AND, AND RE RESET YOUR RATES? THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
SO CHAPTER 3 95 REQUIRES YOU TO LOOK AT THIS AT LEAST EVERY, UH, FIVE YEARS.
I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS, BRENDA.
[b. Consider a resolution setting the public hearing to consider the land use assumptions and capital improvements plan.]
BRING US TO CONSIDERING A RESOLUTION, SETTING THE PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.DO WE SET A DATE? SO YOU'RE ON B, IS THAT CORRECT? YES MA'AM.
THE DATE WOULD BE, UM, AUGUST 15TH IS WHEN WE PUBLISH IT.
AND YOUR NOTICE IS ACTUALLY GONNA BE ON SEPTEMBER 15TH WOULD BE YOUR HEARING.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION SETTING THE, UH, NOTICE ON AUGUST 15TH AND THE HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 15TH.
ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
OPPOSED? LIKE SIGNED THE MOTION.
[c. Consider a resolution appointing the Baytown Planning and Zoning Commission as the Baytown Area Water Authority's Advisory Committee.]
A RESOLUTION APPOINTING THE BAYTOWN PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AS THE BAYTOWN AREA WATER AUTHORITIES ADVISORY COMMITTEE.DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVE, DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? DO WE NEED ANY DISCUSSION? DO YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF WHAT THIS IS? YEAH, WHY? THAT'LL BE GOOD.
WHY, WHY THOSE PEOPLE? I DON'T LIKE THOSE PEOPLE
SO CHAPTER 3 95 REQUIRES THAT THERE BE AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO GO OVER AND REVIEW THE, UM, THE LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS AND IMPACT FEES.
AND, UM, IT PRESCRIBES ALSO WHO HAS TO BE ON THERE.
IT REQUIRES BUILDERS AND IT REQUIRES, UM, REAL ESTATE PEOPLE AND DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO FORTUNATELY OUR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION COMPLIES WITH THOSE REQUIREMENTS.
AND SO THEY HAVE DONE BEEN THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN FOR YEARS.
AND SO THIS JUST ALLOWS THEM TO DO THAT ALSO FOR THE BAYTOWN AREA WATER AUTHORITY.
AND THEY JUST HAPPEN TO, UH, BE MADE UP OF WHAT IS REQUIRED EXACTLY AS YOU JUST SAID.
SO IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO APPOINT A TOTALLY NEW COMMITTEE WHEN YOU'VE GOT A
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CAPABLE COMMITTEE ALREADY IN PLACE.COMMITTEE THAT ALREADY KNOWS HOW THE COW EATS THE CABBAGE IN THE CITY WITH DEVELOPMENT.
SO, SO NICK, WILL WE BE GETTING ADVICE FROM THIS COMMITTEE BY ANY CHANCE OR, YES, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO FILE WRITTEN COMMENTS ON THE REPORT AND THEY WILL GIVE THOSE TO YOU.
JUST RELATED TO THE IMPACT FEES THOUGH, NOT ON RUNNING THE WATER AUTHORITY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
YEAH, I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WERE OPENING A CAN OF WORMS HERE OR NOT, BUT NO, I, I WOULDN'T SAY SO.
AND, AND NONE OF, AND AND AGAIN, ALL OF THIS IS THE STARTING POINTS OF THIS PROCESS.
UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS RELATED TO THE IMPACT FEES AND THEN YOU'LL ACTUALLY GET TO VOTE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF 'EM.
SO UNTIL THAT DATE, THERE'S NO IMPACT FEES THAT ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED.
THERE'S STILL SOME TIME LEFT IN THIS PROCESS, YOU KNOW, FOR YOU ALL TO KIND OF THINK THROUGH IT.
IF YOU'VE GOT OTHER QUESTIONS THAT COME UP, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL HAVE THE CHANCE TO TO ASK THOSE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS.
SO DID WE ALREADY MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT THE P AND Z? YES.
WE MADE, THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND ARE, ARE THERE FURTHER QUESTIONS OR NEED FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED? LIKE SIGN MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
[d. Consider a proposed resolution adopting procedural rules for the Advisory Committee to following in carrying out its duties.]
CONSIDER A PROPOSED RESOLUTION ADOPTING PROCEDURAL RULES FOR THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO FOLLOW IN CARRYING OUT ITS DUTIES.DO I HAVE A MOTION? I SO MOVE.
QUESTIONS, DISCUSSION, EXPLANATION.
EXPLANATION 3 9 5 IS PRETTY PRESCRIPTIVE AND SO IT ALSO REQUIRES THAT, THAT THIS, THIS BOARD ESTABLISHES THE PROCEDURAL RULES THAT THEY WILL USE TO CONDUCT THEIR, UM, THEIR, THEIR, UH, DELIBERATIONS, I GUESS IF YOU WILL, REGARDING THEIR PUBLIC COMMENTS CONCERNING IMPACT FEES.
AND SO THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT THE BOARD HAS.
WE JUST DESCRIBED SOME GENERAL RULES REGARDING QUORUM VOTE PARTICIPATION.
WE HAVE SOME DUTIES AND REQUIREMENTS OF THE PRESIDING OFFICER.
WE ALSO HAVE SOME, UM, REQUIREMENTS IN THE RULES ABOUT, UM, JUST THE PROCEDURE OF EVERYBODY SIGNING UP IF THEY WANT TO DISCUSS ANYTHING OR ADDRESS THE, THE, YOUR ADVISORY BOARD PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION.
THAT'S WHAT EXHIBIT A IS ALL ABOUT.
ARE THERE ANY, UM, MORE QUESTIONS? I HEARING NONE.
OPPOSED? LIKE SIGN THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
[a. Receive the Baytown Area Water Authority’s Quarterly Financial and Investment Reports for the Quarter Ending June 30, 2021.]
REPORT SECTION AND WE WILL RECEIVE THE AUTHORITIES QUARTERLY FINANCIAL AND INVESTMENT REPORTS FOR THE QUARTER ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2021.UH, NOT TERRIBLY MUCH TO, TO, UH, HIGHLIGHT ON THAT OTHER THAN TO SAY REVENUES ARE RUNNING, UH, ALMOST EXACTLY ON TRACK THREE QUARTERS OF THE WAY THROUGH THE YEAR.
YOU HAVE RECOVERED 73% OF YOUR ANTICIPATED REVENUES.
ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE A LITTLE BIT DOWN, WE'VE HAD SOME VACANCIES, UH, IN TERMS OF PERSONNEL, UH, AND, UH, HAVE LAGGED BEHIND BUDGET IN TERMS OF, UH, EXPENDITURES ON SUPPLIES, ALL IN ALL, LEAVING YOU IN A HEALTHY FINANCIAL POSITION.
ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT SIDE, OBVIOUSLY, UM, YOU HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING AN AGGRESSIVE APPROACH TO INVESTMENT IN CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND THAT'S REFLECTED IN THE, UH, UH, THE SPEND AGAINST BUDGET BEING OVER THAT, THAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED.
IN TERMS OF YOUR INVESTMENTS, UH, YOU HAVE RECEIVED A PRINCELY SUM OF $421.
UH, BUT AGAIN, UH, MADAM PRESIDENT OVERALL, UH, BAWA REMAINS IN A HEALTHY FINANCIAL POSITION.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, THANK YOU.
[a. The next Baytown Area Water Authority meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, August 18, 2021, at 4:30 p.m., in the Council Chamber located at City Hall, 2401 Market Street, Baytown, Texas 77520. ]
BRING US TO THE MANAGER'S REPORT.JUST A REMINDER THAT OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING WILL BE AUGUST 18TH AT FOUR 30 AND WE'VE GOT THE RIBBON CUTTING IF WEATHER HOLDS UP.
CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT SINCE IT'S BEEN RAINING BASICALLY EVERY DAY.
BUT, UH, RIBBON CUTTING SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 11TH AT 9:00 AM AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING Y'ALL OUT THERE ON SITE.
AS THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS ON OUR AGENDA, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.