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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:
Approval of this resolution will approve 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.
In January 2019, City Council adopted a roadway capital recovery fee ordinance. The Developer, on behalf of MUD 80, wish 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 and included in the City’s Roadway CRF Capital Improvements Plans.
In May 2020, City Council approved the MUD 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 TDA for MUD 80 was executed in April 2021 with a former landowner, Wilbow-Westleigh LLC, instead of the MUD. This was the first TDA that the City executed and as more have come forward, the agreement has transitioned to an agreement between the City and the MUD instead of the property owner. In the case of MUD 80’s TDA, the former owner has sold this property to Hillwood Enterprises, LP, but there was not a provision in the previous agreement that allows ...
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