Council unanimously approved item M. The posted agenda identifies Item M as the resolution setting a 6 p.m. Oct. 26 hearing in council chambers on the land-use assumptions, capital-improvements plan and associated roadway-impact-fee policy.
Staff and the study engineer discussed the roadway-impact-fee study, collection rates, council feedback, and anticipated public-hearing and ordinance-reading steps. That presentation was discussion only, separate from the vote that set the hearing.
The eventual collection-rate decision will determine what new development pays toward roadway-capacity projects across all New Braunfels council districts.
From the study to a public hearing
The city began updating the study in July 2025 and had presented the study to council on Aug. 17 and Sept. 14 before Monday's meeting. The meeting packet says the update covers land-use assumptions, the capital-improvements plan, the maximum assessable fee and possible collection-rate scenarios.
The staff report describes roadway impact fees as charges on new development that can fund or recoup the cost of road facilities or expansions attributable to that development. The advisory committee recommends a collection rate and effective date; City Council makes the policy decision.
The advisory committee is scheduled to meet Oct. 1 and hold a hearing Oct. 13; council's study hearing is Oct. 26, with a collected-fee hearing tentatively set for Nov. 9. That decision schedule separates approval of the study from the later choice about the amount developers would be charged.
What residents can track
Before Monday's action, Comal.News detailed the move from maximum fees to collection-rate options and the study's calculated fee ceilings. Those reports explain why the legal maximum and the amount the city collects are different decisions.
Residents can inspect the Sept. 28 agenda packet for the hearing sequence and staff explanation, then use the official meeting video to review the presentation and council action. The next records to watch are the Oct. 1 committee materials, the Oct. 13 recommendation hearing and the Oct. 26 council hearing record.