2018-176 Utilizing Water and Waste Water Impact FeesDate: December 7, 2018 Report No. 2018-176
INFORMAL STAFF REPORT
TO MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
SUBJECT:
Projects utilizing water and wastewater impact fees over the past 5-10 years.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
During the November 13, 2018 City Council meeting, information was requested regarding how impact fees
have been used in the past and how staff monitors impact fee revenue. Below is an overview of how staff
currently monitors impact fee revenue and expenditures.
DISCUSSION:
In 1998, the City of Denton started collecting water and wastewater impact fees to fund the cost of growth-
related infrastructure. The City has successfully completed four impact fee studies since 1998, each study
calculates the appropriate recovery fee to fund eligible impact fee projects for a ten-year period. The State of
Texas requires that these studies are updated every five years, allowing the City to confirm and identify growth
-related infrastructure and the appropriate recovery fees to pay for that infrastructure. The City of Denton
charges impact fees based on plat date, fees are then collected at the time of permitting. Each year, the Water
and Wastewater Departments utilize impact fee revenue to fund debt service on eligible impact fee projects.
Several impact fee-eligible projects service all zones across the City, such as treatment plants and transmission
lines. For this reason, it’s difficult to track impact fee revenue by individual project or impact fee zone. Staff
tracks the total revenue for water and wastewater separately, this process insures that the total amount of impact
fees collected do not exceed the total recoverable cost of eligible water and wastewater projects. Since 2014, the
Water Department has received $25.7 million in total impact fee revenue and has utilized $18.5 million to fund
debt service of projects. The Wastewater Department has received $12.4 million total in revenue and utilized
$10.4 million to fund debt service. The two tables below, summarize impact fee revenue and the amount of
revenue used to fund debt service since 2014.
Water Impact Fees
Fiscal Year Total Revenue Impact Fee Project Debt Service
2014 $ 3,524,313 $ 3,100,000
2015 $ 4,429,296 $ 3,600,000
2016 $ 4,983,401 $ 4,000,000
2017 $ 4,998,751 $ 4,000,000
2018 $ 7,837,963 $ 3,755,000
Total $ 25,773,724 $ 18,455,000
Wastewater Impact Fees
Fiscal Year Total Revenue Impact Fee Project Debt Service
2014 $ 1,667,574 $ 1,100,000
2015 $ 2,046,725 $ 1,800,000
2016 $ 2,303,008 $ 2,000,000
2017 $ 2,410,274 $ 3,520,000
2018 $ 3,966,842 $ 2,000,000
Total $ 12,394,423 $ 10,420,000
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Staff has summarized the water and wastewater eligible impact fee projects below, these projects were
identified in the 2013 and 2018 impact fee studies. The debt service listed above is associated with the
following water and wastewater projects.
CONCLUSION:
Staff will be glad to provide any additional information upon request.
ATTACHMENT(S):
Water Impact Fee Projects
Wastewater Impact Fee Projects
STAFF CONTACT:
Nick Vincent
Utility Business Manager
(940) 349-8063
nicholas.vincent@cityofdenton.com
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Water Impact Fee Projects
Lake Ray Roberts
2 Lake Ray Roberts Wtr Treatment Plant
3 54" Transmission Line
4 Loop 288 Water Main, Sherman-UNT
5 Loop 288 Water Main, Sherman-380
6 NW Elevated Storage Tank
7 SW Pump Station
8 SW PS Oversize Discharge Line (30-36")
9 Vintage Oversize Line (12-20")
10 North-South Water Line, Phase I
11 Roselawn Elevated Storage Tank
12 Roselawn Water Line
13 Masch Branch Road Water Line Ext
14 US 380 Urban Utility Relocation
15 Rayzor Ranch Oversize Line (16-20")
16 North-South Water Line, Phase II
17 I-35 Parallel Line Crossing
18 High School Booster Pump Station
19 Elm/Loop 288 Water Lines
20 Alfred/John Paine Water Line
21 Southwest Elevated Storage Tank
22 McKinney Water Line and PRV
23 University Water Line and PRV
24 New McKenna Booster Pump Station
25 I-35W Water Line
26 I-35W /Corbin Water Line
27 South Central Transmission Lines
28 Riney Road Booster Pump Station
29 Ray Roberts WTP Expansion
30 I-35 E Frontage Road Water Line Betterment
31 Locust Water Line Upsize
32 Hickory Water Line Upsize
33 Jim Christal Oversize Line (16" to 20")
34 Jim Christal Oversize Line/I-35 Crossing
35 Water Impact Fee Report Preparation
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Wastewater Impact Fee Projects
1 Pecan Creek WRP (15 mgd)
2 Pecan WRP (6 mgd) Expansion
3 S Wet Weather Lift Station/Detention Pond
4 Cooper Creek Outfall (Loop 288)
5 Krum Sewer Line
6 Graveyard Branch Interceptor
7 Pecan Creek Interceptor (Ph 1 & 2)
8 Pecan Creek Interceptor I
9 Roark Branch Interceptor
10 State School Interceptor I
11 Carroll Ave Interceptor
12 Cooper Creek Interceptor I
13 Cooper Creek Interceptor II
14 Cooper Creek Interceptor III
15 Cooper Creek Interceptor IV
16 Cooper Creek Lift Station/Detention Pond
17 Dry Fork Hickory Crk Trib 1 Interceptor
18 Elm Street Sewer Replacement
19 Hickory Creek Interceptor I
20 Hickory Creek Interceptor II
21 Hickory Creek Interceptor III
22 Hickory Creek Interceptor IV
23 Hickory Creek Lift Station/Detention Pond
24 Hickory Creek Outfall
25 Pecan Creek Interceptor II
26 Pecan Creek Interceptor III
27 Pecan Creek Interceptor IV
28 Pecan Creek Interceptor V
29 State School Interceptor II
30 US 380 Utility Relocations
31 West Peak Flow Lift Station/Det. Pond
32 Westgate Heights Interceptor
33 Woodhaven Interceptor
34 Eagle Drive Sewer
35 Leatherwood Interceptor
36 State School Interceptor II
37 Audra Interceptor
38 Bonnie Brae Connector
39 Bonnie Brae Relocation
40 Mulberry Interceptor
41 Ranch View Interceptor
42 Wastewater Impact Fee Report Preparation
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