A bill for an ordinance establishing new funds in the Grant and Other Money Projects Fund for the “Gateway Area Development Fees”. Establishes two interest-bearing capital special revenue funds, Fund 38424 and Fund 38425, for depositing revenues from Gateway Area Development Fees in lieu of dedication to support the Gateway Areas’ major park, open space, and trail system in Council District 11. The Committee approved filing this bill by consent on 2-13-18.
Hi. Madam Secretary, please close voting. And now the results. Lebanese Lebanese Council Bill 115 has been ordered published. Final consideration will be Monday, March 12th. Madam Secretary, if you could put the next item on our screens and Councilman Cashman, will you please put Council Bill 151 on the floor? Yes, Mr. President. I move the council bill 18 0151 be placed upon final consideration and do pass. It has been moved and seconded questions by members of council. Councilman Espinosa, you have questions on this one? Yes. Can somebody explain to me what's the difference between this? You know, I see we're changing the fund name and the number. What is the significance of that? Yes. Good evening. Members of Council Jackson Brockway in the Budget Management Office representing community planning and development. So in relation to the different. Types of let me interrupt just for the public's understanding. So we have been collecting fees. We've had the ability to collect development and and and infrastructure fees at the Gateway area for the better part of eight years. And we have been collecting them and putting them in a fund. And now we're changing the name of that fund in the number of that fund and moving those funds over. Thanks. Thanks for the opportunity to clarify that one. So within this area, in the Gateway area, there are two sets of fees. There are impact fees. Which have been assessed and collected since 2000. And then there's development fees. Historically, these have been paid actually through land dedication. Instead of paying the fee. Just recently we have begun to receive. Payments. And therefore will need to actually set up these new funds in order to deposit those dollars. So these are actually new funds and there is just is a need to create the fund or create. These new funds in order to have somewhere to put them instead of just absorbing them within. Agency budgets. And the like I said, the the ability is 18 years old and so was it. I mean, is there something structural in the in the impact fee and the development fee that it actually grew over time as the rate of the that fee grew over time? Or are we still stuck in a 2000 fund? I mean, a fee assessment? I mean. Right. That's that's a great question. I'd be happy to follow up with. Some additional information historically on that. Again, the age of this of these funds, we've been they've been on the. Books for quite some time. My understanding. Is, is the land dedication has been the preferred method of. Paying these fees. And there has not been a unforeseen. Need to pay the fees and have just done land dedication instead. But I'd be happy to provide some. Yeah. Great information. Wow. If, if that's a fee that needs to somehow, uh, it'll be, I'd like to know more and less we can do that in, especially in a private briefing because, you know, that's a tool that we don't use very often. And yet we have one here that's 18 years old. Thanks, Bob. Thank you. I don't see any other questions on this one. Councilman Espinosa, did you want to make comments before we vote? No, thanks. All right, Madam Secretary, roll call. Espinosa. I. Flynn, i. Gilmore. Herndon. Cashman. Carnage. Lopez I knew. Sussman Black. I. Mr. President. Hi, Madam Secretary. Please close the voting and announce the results. Sorry. Get a plug in. I got for 11 eyes. 11 eyes, Constable. 151 has passed. If you could please put the next item up on our screens. And, Councilman Cashman, will you put Council Bill 137 on the floor?