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Alright, we're gonna go ahead and get started.

May 20th.

Fort Worth Capital Improvement Advisory Committee meeting.

Our first order of business is going to be the approval of our previous meeting minutes from February 25th, 2026.

Are there any questions?

No questions.

Alright.

I'll second that motion.

We have a motion by Mr.

Edmonds and a second by Ms.

Cranz.

Motion is approved.

Moving on to staff comments.

Come on.

I'll take a voice vote.

All in favor?

Any opposed?

Motion passes.

Staff comments.

Mr.

Kamal Cruz.

Testing.

All right.

I learned from the last time I need the mic to be a little bit taller for me.

So hopefully everybody can hear me this time.

Alright, again, I'm Kamal Cruz, Senior Capital Projects Officer with the Development Services Department.

I oversee the transportation impact fee program.

So for the staff comments, we wanted to run through a few of the items, not specifically in the presentation, but a few items that came up from our discussions last meeting that we need to address.

Item number one, there was a request that there be uh updates to the presentation to reflect the the changes over time of service areas from fee to no fee service areas.

So we have included those revisions within the presentation that we're going to see today.

And currently this is primarily addressed through the neighborhood empowerment zones, and those specific um projects, they they go through uh an application process through our neighborhood uh services department, and those projects are uh it is codified that those uh projects are exempt from the the um transportation impact fees now for projects that are outside of the neighborhood empowerment zones, they have a similar process.

Uh basically for for those projects, um they will need to um council will need to determine how much of those uh fees will be eligible for waiver or exemption, um, and they would also apply through the neighborhood services department um to be uh to have those fees essentially waived.

Um, and that application and MNC would also be initiated with the neighborhood services department.

Any any questions on that item?

We leave that subject.

Um I'm just wondering what what can you give us some idea of what the breadth of these exceptions are and credits and how they're deserved.

Yeah, so they they truly are for uh a public purpose, public benefit, um, and that is determined by by city council uh to determine whether or not they they meet that criteria and there are adequate protections in place to be able to ensure that they meet the requirements that that they have stated that they would meet for the public's uh benefit.

Uh so that is a part of the um the MNC um process that that is uh detailed what their uh public benefit truly is, and is and that is ultimately taken to to council for uh approval and authorization of that um exemption or or waiver.

Um, you know, these these don't happen very often.

Um they truly must um meet the criteria that's very similar to what we see in the in the for the uh the NES, the neighborhood empowerment zone applications.

Um so that's really the standard that um is currently followed.

All right, so it's a small percentage.

That's correct.

That's correct.

All right.

Um next item was the request to clarify how MNC actions affect service areas and um identify associated projects and ensure maps reflect those updates.

So, for for that particular request, um the MSC actions, they typically impact the service areas by really authorization of the funds that that are applied to projects within those service areas.

That's really the primary function of the MNC in reference to the transportation impact fee program.

Other than that, our transportation impact fee study, of course, is uh adopted by uh city council, uh and which also defines really the limits of the service areas themselves and uh the associated collection rates for those as well.

So all that happens through MNC.

Um and then, of course, as I mentioned earlier, in some instances, council will consider a waiver of fees uh for a public purpose or benefit if not otherwise codified.

And then lastly, there was a request that we include uh information comparing Fort Worth's uh impact fee rates uh with those of other sister cities, and to be able to accomplish that, what we're going to do is we're gonna uh we have an upcoming study update uh with the with a consultant uh 2027 uh transportation impact fee program study update uh and we're going to ask uh our consultant once we bring them on board uh to be able to prepare the information as a part of the 2027 uh study update.

So that's going to be forthcoming.

All right.

Do you know when that's gonna be?

Yeah, so we're we're actually in the process of uh procuring a consultant for that, um, and we we anticipate of going to council to authorize that agreement very soon here, uh, but then the and so that'll be the initiation of the the contract with that consultant, and then that uh contract essentially will you know continue on and the study will be prepared and uh adopted or anticipating uh in late 2027, but we should be able to have that information that you're requesting earlier on in the contract.

Thank you.

Thank you.

If you have time for just one more two-part question, I'd like to ask.