Municipal Drainage Utility System

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Municipal Drainage Utility System

• Public Meeting
• September 8, 2009

Rimrock Consulting Company
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Introduction

• Purpose of the Meeting
• To educate
• To gather feedback

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Agenda

• Introduction
• Known drainage problems
• Funding sources
• Whats Next?

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Known Drainage Problems
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Current Projected Needs
From Cost-of-Service Analysis
Note This total could be higher. We need your
input.
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Funding Sources

• Property Tax (Ad Valorem Tax)
• Municipal Drainage Utility System (MDUS)

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Ad Valorem Tax

• Based on value of property
• Current annual rate
• 0.79 per 100 - (790 per 100,000 Home)
• Projected rates necessary to fund solutions

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Municipal Drainage Utility System

• Main points from Texas Local Govt Code Chapter
  402, Subchapter C
• Establish Utility for a minimum of 5 years
• Separate Enterprise Fund, dedicated to drainage
  related needs
• Requires Inventory of parcels and lots
• Fee based on a drainage related parameter
• Rates must be Equitable, fair reasonable among
  customer classes
• Public Hearing and Ordinance Adoption

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What can you do with the MDUS Fund?

• Can be allocated to the
• Cost of land, ROW, easements
• Cost of drainage structures facilities
• Cost of engineering for drainage
• Cost of machinery equipment
• Cost of funding and financing
• Cost of debt service

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MDUS Equitable Rates

• Rate equal for all
• Residential Non-residential per square foot of
  impervious area
• Based on Single Family Residential sampling

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Impervious Area Typical Single Family
Residential Unit
For the City of Taylor 1 ERU 2500 S.F.
Impervious Area
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Impervious Area Typical Non-Residential Unit
Total Impervious Area Calculation
Building

Driveway Parking Lot

Impervious Area
10,000 S.F. Non-Residential Impervious Area 4
ERUs
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MDUS Rate versus Property Tax
Buys 10 Million in new projects.
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MDUS Typical Rates
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Tax vs. MDUS

• Annual Cost to Typical Homeowner

- MDUS Fee assumes 7 per ERU, which would
generate 840,000 Annually.
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Whats Next

• Public feedback on MDUS versus Property Tax
• Council will consider MDUS versus Property Tax
• We need your input!

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Input

• Forms to help identify additional drainage
  problems are available
• If you have any additional questions or comments
  please send them to
• info_at_ci.taylor.tx.us

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Questions

• ?

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What has City done?

• Since 2000 - Over 60 Capital Improvement Projects
  worth 51M
• 8M of this from Grants and other funds
• Key Projects include
• Davis, North, Howard Streets Sloan St
• Mustang Creek Wastewater Interceptor
• High Plane Water Improvements
• Wastewater Inflow/ Infiltration Rehab
• Dickey St Drainage
• Parks
• Library
• Police Station / Fire Stations
• Downtown Streetscape

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MDUS Commercial Accounts