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 * City Financials and Growth
 * Property Taxes
 * Capital Improvement Plan
 * All Downloads
   * Obfuscation of Info
   * Current Water Fees
   * Current Roadway Fees
   * Current Wastewater Fees
   * Proposed Fees
   * Public Hearing Notice


COLLEGE STATION CITY HALL IS MAKING A BIG MESS.
It's about to get much bigger and more expensive for the citizens of College
Station. The problem is that City Hall is double-dipping their citizens, and the
Impact Fees are the mechanism they're using to inflate their budgets.
DID YOU KNOW...?

- They want to charge almost 7X higher impact fees on homes, restaurants, and
businesses in South College Station where more taxpaying citizens live?

- Impact fees will make EVERYONE’s property taxes go up? (When new home prices
increase, so do the existing homes and so do the tax appraisals for all)

- Impact Fees are much harder on the hard-working middle class?

- Impact Fees will kill all plans for new restaurants, offices, and retail South
of Rock Prairie Rd.?

- Rents on homes will go up and rent on businesses will soar out of reach?

- The statement, “Impact Fees make development pay for itself” is a politically
motivated lie?




How are they dipping?

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DIP 1

rent & property taxes will rise

All the citizens pay property taxes and sales tax to the city, and you've
probably noticed that we have a beautiful city with many new city buildings. Our
property taxes are sufficient to keep us thriving. (Even if you rent, you pay
property taxes because it is factored into your rent-- and your rent will go up
from Impact Fees.)


DIP 2

we pay 2x for old projects

Calculating the Max Impact Fee includes over $30,000,000 in projects the
citizens are already paying for in the current tax rate. The law allows them to
include “old debt” that is still being paid out of the current tax rate. So,
unless they lower the tax rate, then we are paying for it twice.


DIP 3

we pay for infrastructure that's already covered

Calculating the Max Impact Fee includes a massive amount of infrastructure the
city knows it will never build. Up to 60% of the infrastructure included in
their cost estimate will be built and paid for by the developer. This is simply
factored into the price of the lot or home - the city NEVER pays for it, so they
are making the citizens pay for it a third time.


DIP 4

they overstate the need to increase their surplus

When calculating the Max Impact Fees, a hyper-inflated amount of potential
infrastructure is used for the costs and a grossly understated amount of growth
is used to divide it by. This creates the impression of greatly over-stated
needs. The result?  A government surplus that can be used for whatever they
desire. And the citizens are paying for it a fourth time.


DIP 5

by driving up pricing on everything, the city gets more revenue

Finally, new Impact Fees make prices go up significantly AND everyone's taxable
values increases, therefore the city gets more revenue AGAIN! The citizens pay
for it a fifth time!

A vote for IMPACT FEES is a vote for double and triple dipping all citizens.

A vote for IMPACT FEES is a vote for stopping young family and middle-class
growth in College Station.

A vote for IMPACT FEES is a vote for imposing the ultimate regressive tax.

A vote for IMPACT FEES is a vote to make College Station a retirement community.

A vote for IMPACT FEES is a vote against lifestyle improvements, against
restaurants, against entertainment and the like.

We need our City Council to
commit to opposing IMPACT FEES–
ask them to 'stop double-dipping me!'

How do I get involved?

 I know enough, 
what can I do?

Easy– you should contact your City Council member and say:

Good afternoon City Council Member.

I am a citizen of College Station and I care about growth, small businesses, and
keeping College Station affordable for all of us. Please take action to stop our
City Hall from leveraging these Impact Fees- please stop double-dipping my tax
dollars!


Sincerely, [Your Name]
URGENT: THEY VOTE 11.22.21!

SPEAKER PROTOCOL
"An individual who wishes to address the City Council regarding any item on the
agenda other than those items posted for Executive Session shall register with
the City Secretary two (2) hours prior to the meeting being called to order.
Individuals must register to speak or provide written comments through the
online form or provide a name and phone number by calling 979.764.3500."

979.764.3541 – City Hall Line to Council Members

Bob Brick: rbrick@cstx.gov

John Crompton: jcrompton@cstx.gov

Linda Harvell: lharvell@cstx.gov

Elizabeth Cunha: ecunha@cstx.gov

John Nichols: jnichols@cstx.gov

Dennis Maloney: dmaloney@cstx.gov

Councilman Dennis Maloney is in a runoff with David Levine, but he will vote on
Impact Fees before the runoff!

What led to this?
2016
Impact Fees Imposed
2018
IMPACT FEES IN EFFECT – Bryan begins to outperform CS in building permits.
2020
PROPOSED INCREASE TO IMPACT FEES - they tried to sneak it in amid COVID-19
confusion, but the citizen spoke up.
2021
THEY'RE AT IT AGAIN - trying to double-dip the citizens of College Station
2022
WHAT WILL THEY TRY NEXT YEAR?
Bryan passed College Station in building permits in 2018, which is the first
year CS imposed Impact Fees and Bryan waived their normal fees. We are pushing
the growth to Bryan! See the chart below:
SEE THE DETAILS



COLLEGE STATION BUSINESSES NEED OUR SUPPORT LIKE NEVER BEFORE



THIS MESSAGE IS SUPPORTED BY THE CITIZENS FOR COLLEGE STATION

CONTACT@CITIZENSFORCOLLEGSTATION.COM


BUILT BY FIDELIS
 * City Financials and Growth
 * Property Taxes
 * Capital Improvement Plan
 * All Downloads
   * Obfuscation of Info
   * Current Water Fees
   * Current Roadway Fees
   * Current Wastewater Fees
   * Proposed Fees
   * Public Hearing Notice