The CIAC assesses and updates the city’s impact fees at least once every five years. Impact fees are levied against new developments to pay for off-site construction or infrastructure that’s necessary to support the new developments, according to McKinney’s website.
McKinney’s Planning and Zoning Commission has operated as the city’s CIAC in the past but after Senate Bill 1883 takes effect, the state will prohibit the commission from doing so.
“Instead we have to have a self-contained committee that is comprised of at least five members,” city Attorney Alan Lathrom said. “At least 50% of those members of the CIAC have to be representatives of the real estate, development or building industries.”
In a nutshell
Lathrom was asking McKinney City Council members for input on the size of the CIAC during a July 15 work session. City officials expect to bring an amendment forward to the council for consideration in September, Lathrom said.
“The great news is we don’t have a hard deadline because we don’t utilize the CIAC for anything except in conjunction with the adoption and the update of our impact fees,” he said.
Assistant City Manager Jennifer Arnold said the CIAC typically meets twice a year to review the city’s semi-annual impact fee report. It will meet much more frequently when looking to update the impact fees.
Council member Patrick Cloutier said he was fine with the CIAC having five members. Five is the minimum number of people required by SB 1883.
The bill also requires that members of the CIAC are not employees or officials of a political subdivision or government entity, according to a staff presentation. The CIAC must also include a representative from McKinney’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.
Council member Justin Beller voiced his preference for a seven-person CIAC.
“I think we should all be able to appoint one spot to each board,” Beller said. “A seven-person board allows us to do that.”
Also of note
City staff will soon post meeting agendas earlier for public meetings like City Council. House Bill 1522, which will go into effect Sept. 1, requires that public meeting agendas are posted three business days before the scheduled meeting date.
Currently, agendas are made available to the public 72 hours before the meeting, according to McKinney’s website. Under the new model, agendas will be posted on Wednesday instead of Sunday, Deputy City Secretary Tenitrus Parchman said.
“This is for all public meetings,” she said. “This covers all the boards and commissions that belong to the city of McKinney."
