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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Capital Improvement Advisory Committee - 08/24/2023 MINUTES - REGULAR MEETING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI CORPUS CHRISTI MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & HISTORY (WATER GARDEN ROOM) 1900 N CHAPARRAL ST, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78401 THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 2023 11:30 A.M. I. Call to Order/Roll Call The meeting was called to order by Chairman Mostaghasi at 11:56 pm and a quorum was established to conduct the meeting with members Aitken, Nixon-Bice, and Tamez absent. II. Public Comment: Carl Crull, 825 (unintelligible) spoke asking when the Master Plans and Capital Improvement Plans will be available for review and how the projects will be financed. Al Raymond, Director of Development Services, stated the plans are on our website under Development Services. The financing will be discussed at this meeting and going forward. III. Approval of Minutes: July 20, 2023. A motion was made by Member Hart to approve the minutes and seconded by Member McKay. The Vote: All Aye. The motion passed. IV. Approval of Absences: July 20, 2023: Vice Chair Graham, members Mahaffey and Summers. A motion was made by Member Garza to approve the absences and seconded by Member Graham. The Vote: All Aye. The motion passed. V. Brief Review of July 20, 2023 meeting: • CIAC voted and approved to move forward for Planning Commission and Council consideration: The Land Use Map and the Water Master Plan • SharePoint access issues • Concerns, suggestions, remarks Kim Keefer, Pape Dawson, stated the land use Land and Water Master Plan were approved during the last meeting. The remaining three plans will be brought forth today. There have been SharePoint issues but now the documents are uploaded to the city’s website. Individual Workshops have been set up for further detail discussion. COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Moses Mostaghasi-Chairman Coretta Graham-Vice Chairman Tricia Aitken Bart Braselton Rudy Garza Jr. Hailey Gonzalez Jonathan Gonzalez COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Alex Harris JJ Hart Eli McKay Ramiro Munoz Melody Nixon-Bice Chad Skrobarczyk Trey Summers Velda Tamez 2 VI. Discussion or Possible Action: • A) Recommendation on adopting Land Use Assumptions and Capital Improvement Plans relating to the possible adoption of water, wastewater, stormwater, and roadway impact fees for the City of Corpus Christi and its extraterritorial jurisdiction. • B) Recommendation on Roadway Impact Fees Justin Clark, Pape Dawson, discussed the Roadway Master Plan. Comments were addressed from the last meeting in more detail from the August 9th meeting. There are 21 services areas. No local roadways. PD Looked at existing conditions and volumes of traffic and identified projects to satisfy the projected growth. Projects include roadway widening, new roadways and intersection projects to improve operations. Maintenance projects are not included in this Master Plan. Mainly widening projects. Repurposing projects are not included. The Master Plan is directly related to new vehicle trips. There were 53 comments from the April 26th CIAC meeting. Responses were provided at the small group meetings and are online. Two additional comments were also addressed related to exhibits. 14 additional comments were received at the August 9 meeting. Mr. Clark addressed the 14 comments. They are only required to look at areas inside the city limits. Mr. Clark discussed the comments related to the service areas. Exhibits have been updated to show bond projects. There is a detailed calculation for each project recommended for each service area. Roadways are identified, costs in the cross section in the IDM is addressed. Members discussed the Master Plans and projects, why are the costs included. Mr. Clark stated the costs are included because it is necessary to move forward to impact fees. The committee decides what percentages apply, how it is applied, and provides recommendations. There will be a discussion on costs for the projects. Members discussed if the Master Plan projects can be approved without approving the costs. Mr. Clark stated yes, that can be done. Costs are not part of the Master Plan. Cara Tackett, Pape Dawson, stated costs are not part of the Master Plan in any category. Members discussed TIA’s and impact fees. There is a process to amend Master Plans governed by the committee. The process is included in the codification. Director Raymond stated anytime CIAC wants to get together to amend the Master Plan, they can. 500 trips are required for a TIA. Chapter 3 deals with TIA and will be amended. Cara Tackett, Pape Dawson, stated they are not whittling roads down. The next step is they were going to go through the remaining three Master Plans: Roadway, Stormwater, and Wastewater and then do a presentation on the calculation and formulation of the Roadway Impact Fee. There is a process mandated by the State Code; at the end we have the discussion. The first round is not 100% of the cost of the impact fee. Chairman Mostaghasi stated there should have been a process to change the Master Plan while discussing the Master Plan. 3 Renee Couture, Public Works Department, stated they are clarifying the policy and the process will be online. The Charter does align a process. They are working on SOP’s. Member Munoz made a motion to accept the Roadway portion of the Master Plan (minus cost estimate). Vice Chairman Graham seconded. The Roll Call vote: Aye: Vice Chairman Graham, member Garza, H. Gonzalez, J. Gonzalez, Harris, Hart, McKay, Munoz, and Skrobarczyk. (9). Nay: Chairman Mostaghasi, member Braselton and Summers. (3). The motion passed. Jake Powell, Pape Dawson, discussed Stormwater and distributed maps to the members. 12 comments from the last meeting were addressed. There are costs for the project that will be addressed. They established eight service areas, there used to be 16. Stormwater Impact Fees can be applied in the ETJ, theirs includes the ETJ. They look at developed and undeveloped areas. The models have been refined. Everything that drains to Oso Creek is one big service area and the only area where impact fees will apply. Only five of the projects would be paid by impact fees. The rest would be paid by bonds, grants, and utilities, things like that. Storm drain improvements were made. The costs are drainage costs. Pape Dawson has met with the County to discuss the projects. Water could potentially be diverted to Laguna Madre. That is a substantial project far beyond this Master Plan. Developments within Oso would be required to detain. Mr. Powell detailed all comments in his presentation; covering flooding and drainage patterns, and why there are no projects on the Island. Major flooding on the island are storm surges. Some projects are outside their purview. Oso Creek impact fees cannot be used on the Island, and vice-versa. If you want to add a project on the Island, that can be done but the impact fees are unrelated by State law. We can have impact fees in ETJ for stormwater, but not roadways. Mr. Powell discussed the question of flooding downtown. There are no projects in the downtown area. They are making sure the flow doesn’t impact downtown. Discussion was held regarding who takes care of the detention pond. It is generally the underlying owner or HOA’s. The city would have the ability to address an emergency situation. Impact Fees cannot be used for maintenance. Big detention ponds would cost millions of dollars. Onsite detention is recommended. Mr. Powell discussed the projects in every district. Today is to approve the projects throughout the entire city. A motion was made by Member McKay to approve the Stormwater Master Plan and seconded by Member Munoz. The Roll Call Vote: All Aye: Chairman Mostaghasi, Vice Chairman Graham, members Braselton, Garza, H. Gonzalez. J. Gonzalez, Harris, Hart, McKay, Munoz, Skrobarczyk, and Summers. (12) The motion passed. Kim Keefer, Pape Dawson, discussed Wastewater and related projects; immediate projects and future projects. Some lift stations were removed and gravity systems proposed to lower maintenance on the lift stations. There are 235 projects total. Wastewater treatment plants need to be expanded. The projects have been available for several months and comments have been addressed. Index maps are available as well. Director Raymond stated the CIAC meetings were planned to cover more than one subject and the schedule will now be adjusted by one month. Member Summers made a motion to table the Wastewater Master Plan seconded by Member Braselton. The Roll Call Vote: Aye: Chairman Mostaghasi, Vice Chairman Graham, Members Braselton, Garza, H. Gonzalez, J. Gonzalez, Hart, Harris, Skrobarczyk, and Summers. Nay: Member McKay. Absent: Member Munoz. The motion passed. 4 This item will be on the agenda September 21, 2023. VII. Director’s Report: None. VIII. Future Agenda Items: None. IX. Adjournment: There being no further business to discuss, the meeting adjourned at 3:44 pm.