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Consider and take action on a resolution approving the Transportation Development Agreement associated with Galveston County Municipal Utility District No. 80 as it relates to conditions set forth in the City’s Master Mobility Plan and the existing Utility Agreement between the City and Galveston County Municipal Utility District No. 80 (Director of Engineering)
Background:
In May 2020, City Council approved the M.U.D. 80 Utility Agreement (UA). Section 8.03 of the UA requires the City and the Developer to enter into a Transportation Development Agreement (TDA) whereby the City shall award Impact Fee Credit to the Developer equal to the costs associated with the design and construction of certain roadways shown on the City’s Master Mobility Plan.
The UA assumed that the Developer would develop a subdivision of approximately 407 single family homes and estimated that a total Roadway Capital Recovery Fee (CRF) of $1,986,160 would be collected. In lieu of collecting these fees, the Developer will construct the remaining 2 lanes of League City Parkway (LCP) from approximately Magnolia Creek to the Maple Leaf Drive intersection (referred to as “Additional Extension Project”). The UA also noted that (a) if the 2-lane section of LCP cost more than the fees collected, the City would reimburse the Developer for overages, or (b) if the 2-lane section of LCP did not use all of the fees expected to be collected, then the City will credit the remaining fees to the Developer towards the cost of design and construction of the 4-lane LCP segment from Campbell Elementary to the CoLC City Limits with the City of Friendswood.
The attached TDA is required per the UA and details how construction will be handled and how fees will be addressed, but a summary of this agreement is as follows:
This development falls in the City’s Transportation Service Area 4 which has a collection rate of $4,491.20 per single family home. The Developer has presented a preliminary plan for th...
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