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Action Items:
A: Consider an ordinance of the Town of Northlake, Texas, amending the Code of Ordinances by creating new subsections under chapter "12" "Utilities" to establish a Municipal Drainage Utility System; providing for drainage service, billing, exemptions, drainage charges, and appeals; providing a severability clause; providing a savings clause; providing that this ordinance is cumulative; providing a penalty for violation; providing for publication; and providing an effective date.
i. Public Hearing
ii. Consider Approval
• Staff stated that the Town has grown to a size that now requires a Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Permit.
• Staff explained that an MS4 permit is required by both state and federal agencies for the purposes of regulating and managing urban stormwater runoff.
• Staff stated that a $150,000 study is required as a part of the permitting process, and that a $5 monthly drainage fee would be implemented for residential households (excluding Harvest) and that commercial accounts would be charged a rate based on the amount of impervious surface area they have.
• Staff stated that a feasibility study is estimated to generate close to $300,000 in fees annually prior to exceptions.
• Staff explained that if a drainage fee is approved, it would apply to the May 2024 utility bill.
Approved by Council.
B: Consider an Ordinance of the Town of Northlake, Texas amending the Code of Ordinances Article A4.000 "Water and Sanitary Sewer Service Fees", of Appendix A "Fee Schedule" by adopting a new Section A4.004 setting charges for a drainage utility fee schedule; providing that this ordinance is cumulative; providing a severability clause; providing a penalty for violation; providing a savings clause; providing for publication; and providing for an effective date.
i. Public Hearing
ii. Consider Approval
• Staff explained the potential drainage fee structure, and how it would apply to commercial entities based off of a given fee table and commercial calculation:
Fee Implementation Denied by Council.
C: Consider an Ordinance of the Town of Northlake, Texas, amending the Adopted Budget for Fiscal Year October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024; providing that expenditures for the said fiscal year shall be made in accordance with the said Amended Budget.
• Staff stated that budget amendments fall under three different categories:
- Mid-year 3% Cost of Living Adjustment
- Additional positions
- Building finish-out expenses
• Staff stated that the total budget amendment would total $547,500, coming from four different funds:
- General Fund - $402,500
- Hotel Occupancy - $2,500
- EDC/CDC - $6,000
- Water and Wastewater - $136,500
Budget Amendment Approved by Council.
Council convened into Executive Session.
Council reconvened into Open Session.
Council considered the following:
A. Consider the use of eminent domain to condemn property and consider a Resolution authorizing the filing of eminent domain proceedings for the purpose of obtaining the necessary real property for construction and maintenance of sanitary sewer improvements for Phase 2 of the Catherine Branch Trunk Line Project and for other public purposes permitted by law.
B. Consider a resolution authorizing the Town Manager to negotiate and execute a development agreement providing municipal services and authorizing fee waivers and other economic development incentives related to the voluntary annexation and development of property consisting of a 38.1-acre tract, a 20.0-acre tract of land, and a 2.8-acre tract generally located at the southeast corner of Harmonson Road and McPherson Drive in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the Town.
Approved by Council.
Meeting was adjourned.
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