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March 25, 1993
Mr. Ken Griffin
City Engineer
City of Coppell
P.O. Box 478
Coppell, Texas
75019
Dear Ken:
In response to our recent conversation on the potential implementation of roadway impact fees in
Coppell, I am sending you this package which includes Barton-Aschman's experience, a proposed
scope of services, and a fee estimate for your review.
Our experience in developing and implementing roadway impact fees in cities similar to Coppell is
unparalleled and includes the cities of Arlington, Farmers Branch, Garland, El Paso, and DeSoto, Texas.
We are currently involved in developing impact fees for La Plata County, Colorado.
Based on our experience, roadway impact fees can be developed and implemented within six to nine
months from the start date. This timeframe is largely dependent on the amount of public involvement.
Barton-Aschman has enjoyed working with the City of Coppell in the past and would welcome the
opportunity to assist you on this project. Please do not hesitate to call me should you have any
questions.
Sincerely,
BARTON-ASCHMAN ASSOCIATES, INC.
Karen M. George
Associate
BARTON-ASCHMAN ASSOCIATES, INC.
ADVANTAGES/DISADVANTAGES OF IMPACT FEES
The implementation of roadway impact fees offers great advantages including:
· Allows City to be in compliance with Texas law.
· Provides an additional funding source for roadway improvements.
· Provides a clear, equal distribution of costs associated with impact of new
development.
· Provides a systematic, structured approach to collecting roadway fees from new
development.
The most commonly cited disadvantages of roadway impact fees include:
Complexity of the system.
Penalties for incorrect utilization of the funds within a given time period.
System should be updated every three years.
PREVIOUS PROJECT EXPERIENCE
IMPACT FEES DEVELOPMENT; ARLINGTON, TEXAS
Barton-Aschman was retained by the City of Arlington to provide technical expertise for the
development of transportation-related impact fees for the City. To fulfill the stringent
requirements of SB 366, the enabling legislation for impact fees in Texas, Barton-Aschman
developed twenty-seven (27) transportation impact fee service areas covering the entire City,
and compiled a database which contained extensive information on all thoroughfares within the
City. Barton-Aschman then developed a series of database management programs which
calculated and reported all the transportation-related requirements stipulated in SB 336. The
City of Arlington was the recipient of a current planning award by the Texas Chapter of the
American Planning Association for its impact fee ordinance. This project was completed in
1991.
Reference:
Ms. Rose Jacobson
City of Arlington
P.O. Box 231
Arlington, Texas 76004-0231
(817) 459-6660
IMPACT FEE DEVELOPMENT; FARMERS BRANCH, TEXAS
The eastern portion of Farmers Branch, currently containing mostly light industrial and
warehouse/distribution facilities, is proposed to undergo major redevelopment activities.
Currently, there is approved zoning for over 18 million square feet of office space to replace
the existing land uses. To aid in the funding of the infrastructure necessary to support this
new development, the City of Farmers Branch retained Barton-Aschman Associates, Inc. to
develop atransportation-related impact fee for the area. Barton-Aschman developed a micro-
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computer based travel forecasting model using TRANPLAN to project future travel demand and
test alternative roadway systems to satisfy the demand. Barton-Aschman was further
responsible for identifying existing roadway deficiencies, and calculating the impact fee service
unit costs which will be used to assess impact fees on new development in the area.
Reference:
Mr. Tom Scales
City of Farmers Branch
P.O. Box 819010
Farmers Branch, Texas 75381
(214) 247-3131
IMPACT FEE DEVELOPMENT; GARLAND, TEXAS
The City of Garland, Texas retained Barton-Aschman to perform the technical development of
roadway impact fees for the entire city. Barton-Aschman developed an impact fee service area
structure covering the entire city and assessed existing usage, deficiencies and excess capacity
within each service area using a computerized data base. Barton-Aschman utilized the city's
10-year roadway capital improvements plan as a basis for the calculation of the impact fee and
developed an equivalency table that establishes the relationship between various land uses and
the demand for roadway capacity. The system developed byBarton-Aschman allows the city
to collect fees from new development to help pay for roadway projects made necessary by that
development in compliance with state law and constitutional requirements. This project was
completed in 1990.
Reference:
Mr. Tim Polk
City of Garland
P.O. Box 469002
Garland, Texas 75046-9002
(214) 205-1990
ROADWAY IMPACT FEE DEVELOPMENT; EL PASO, TEXAS
Barton-Aschman was retained, as a member of a consultant team, by the City of El Paso,
Texas to perform the technical development of roadway impact fees in the growth areas within
the city. Forty-two of these areas were identified within the city limits. The work was prepared
in compliance with state law governing impact fees and other constitutional requirements.
Barton-Aschman performed an assessment of existing usage, deficiencies and excess capacity.
The city's capital improvement program was then developed and used to calculate fees in each
service area for various types of land use.
Reference:
Mr. Tom Cardenas
701 North St. Vrain
El Paso, Texas 79902
(915) 532-1076
IMPACT FEE DEVELOPMENT; DESOTO, TEXAS
Barton-Aschman Associates has been retained by the City of DeSoto, Texas to develop a
system of roadway impact fees which can be used to assess new development of the cost of
building needed roadway capacity. The methodology is consistent with state regulations and
constitutional requirements and considers both the demand for and supply of roadway
capacity. Fees are calculated on a unit cost basis, and an equivalency table has been
developed to calculate the number of units created for agivenland use. The project includes
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an inventory of existing conditions calculation of the demand for roadways over ten years, and
development of a ten year roadway improvement program.
Barton-Aschman is working cooperatively with the North Central Texas Council of
Governments on assessing demand for roadway facilities and analyzing the effectiveness of
different roadway capital improvement programs. This project was completed in 1992.
Reference:
Ms. Pat Mitchell
City of DeSoto
200 South Hampton
DeSoto, Texas 75115
(214) 223-6316
KEY PERSONNEL
Barton-Aschman has the experienced personnel with the expertise to develop roadway impact
fees for the City of Coppell. The key element of a successful study is the project staff and their
understanding of the needs and goals of the client. The proposed key personnel bring to this
project unparalleled expertise in transportation planning. Each of the following individuals
understands the close coordination that is required between the consultant, city, and citizens
to successfully complete this project. Resumes are provided for both Mr. Wunderlich and Ms.
George at the end of this package.
Robert C. Wgnderlich, P.E., Principal Associate, will lead Barton-Aschman's portion of the
project. In this role, he will be responsible for the day to day communication with the City's
project manager. Mr. Wunderlich has analyzed the traffic impacts of new development in both
the public and private sectors. This experience has provided him with the perspective
necessary to understand review agency needs as well as private sector concerns. Mr.
Wunderlich has used ITE's trip generation extensively and is aware of its strengths and
weaknesses as well as the critical importance of trip generation in the context of overall site
impact analysis work. As Assistant Director of Transportation with the City of Arlington, Mr.
Wunderlich worked on many projects which required inter-departmental and inter-agency
cooperation and coordination such as roadway impact fees, capital improvement programs,
zoning and subdivision reviews, roadway plan review, and coordination of development impacts
with state roadway projects. Mr. Wunderlich has led the BA team in the development of
impact fees for El Paso, Garland, and DeSoto. He is currently involved in the development of
impact fees for La Plata County, Colorado. A Quick Response model will be developed to
assist in the development of the impact fees. Special attention will be given to tourism and
oil and gas interests which are predominate in the popular Durango area.
Karen M. George, Associate, will assist Mr. Wunderlich. She is currently involved in the South
Texas Medical Center Suburban Mobility Study in San Antonio and has played a significant role
in the development of the Transportation Plan for the Town of Addison. Ms. George has
participated in transportation impact fee development studies in Arlington, Farmers Branch, El
Paso, Garland, and DeSoto, Texas; traffic impact analyses for the USAA Home Office Campus
in San Antonio; a transportation plan for Fiesta Texas Theme Park in San Antonio; traffic
impact analyses of mixed-use and single-use developments in several cities throughout Texas;
atransportation plan for Dallas Grand Prix in Addison, Texas; and corridor planning as part of
the Addison Bottleneck Study.
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