Dec. 12 - Agenda Questions & Responses Dec. 12 - Agenda Questions & Responses smartsheet
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12/10/23 Council Member Meltzer Item for Individual D. 23-2351 Are we wanting to get winter insurance for the DEC? Or are we trying to waive the Staffs recommendation is to not buy outage insurance for the winter.The premium has increased and coverage reduced since URI.Based on
Consideration requirement to do so? And if the former,have we addressed weaknesses in the plan our history that we have not had more than one engine out at once(the coverage would kick in after 2 engines are out)and the fact that many
versus what was in place before Uri? efforts have been made by state agencies to winterized electric and natural gas assets,the coverage is not economical.
If Council agrees with staff,then this item does not have to be voted on and a separate rejection ordinance for the RFP will be brought in
January.If Council wants the coverage,a yes vote is needed on this Item D and Item E is not needed.
12/10/23 Council Member Meltzer Item for Individual E. 23-2419 Are we wanting to get winter insurance for the DEC? Or are we trying to waive the Only needed if Council agrees with staff and this will waive the Risk Policy's requirement to buy coverage.Staff would plan to update Policy in the
Consideration requirement to do so? future to allow flexibility,with Council approval,to buy or not.That flexibility is already there for Summer and if you recall,we did not buy
coverage for same reasons this past Summer.If Council agrees with Staffs recommendation,Council would approve this ordinance and not vote
on Item D.
12/11/23 Mayor Pro Tern Beck Work Session C. 23-405 1.If the costs per region A-E vary,why is a constant VMT of 4.61 miles used? 1.4.61 is the number of vehicle-miles generated per single family home,so that value is specific to land use and not specific to service area.
Do the different regions have different VMTs? Each land use has a specific number of vehicle-miles per unit of development.This is explained further in section V.D and summarized in Table
10 of the impact fee report.
2.Can the 20-50%values for the 5 A-E region of Denton be included as a table for
comparison with the other comparable cities? Speaking of variability across service areas,we did calculate the number of vehicle-miles generated in each service area over the next ten years
and the amount in each service area does vary.That calculation is described in section IV.F and summarized in Table 7.
3.If$20,727 is 100%cost recovery:
3.1 Does less than 100%cost recovery indicate that general fund subsidization of the 2.Direction from staff and CIAC up to this point has been to pursue a flat collection rate(same rate in all service areas).For this reason,we have
missing portion? continued to use the City-Wide average rather than breaking out the numbers by service area.We will have these values available to refer to if
3.2 Why do 9 of the 11 comparable NOT engage in 100%cost recovery?What is the needed.
perceived advantage of subsidization?
3.3 Similarly,for the 2 comparable that do 100%recovery,does staff have insight on their 3.1.Yes,the City would be subsidizing the remaining cost or building fewer impact fee eligible road projects.
3 rationale vs.subsidization?
3.2.The primary discussion point in each of these communities is the need to draw a balance between being able to pay for infrastructure and
also being able to attract good development.The advantage of discounts is to not drive away good development.In some cases,strategic
discounts are offered to encourage certain types of development and discourage others.
3.3.New Braunfels:Originally adopted in 2020 at 50%for residential/25%non-residential with a plan to escalate annually.In 2022,the CIAC
recommended to increase to 100%in order to shift more of the burden to development.Council also reviewed and approved this
recommendation.
Flower Mound:The collection rate was heavily debated in council and postponed three times before passing at 100%by a one vote margin in
March 2021.The proponents of the 100%rate noted that development has not slowed down and the Town needed to be able to keep up with
infrastructure.Those opposed to 100%were concerned about driving away good development and passing costs onto new homeowners and
business tenants.The town offers a 501%discount to developments who meet their SMARTGrowth criteria.
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