Here are a few things Montgomery residents should know from Tuesday’s city council meeting, including impact fees and a closed roadway. 1. During a public hearing, council members discussed the possibility of imposing impact fees on new developments within city limits to recuperate city expenditures for extending public utilities to areas in which there is development. City officials said the fees, which would take effect one year after the council’s approval date, would help the city offset costs that come with long-term growth. Developments that have already been started  within the area would not be affected by impact fees, city officials said. The impact fees would be imposed under the land use assumptions and the capital improvements plan, which the council adopted Tuesday. However, no impact fees have  been adopted by the council yet. The public can comment on the implementation of impact fees for water and wastewater connections within city limits at a Dec. 13 public hearing at Montgomery City Hall, located at 101 Old Plantersville Road, Montgomery. “I really can’t speak to the practice of what has happened [as a result of impact fees implemented] in any cities that I would know about,” City Attorney Larry Foerster said. “I would tell [the council] that impact fees are deemed to be a very prudent and very popular mechanism to deal with rapid growth in a community.” 2. Flagship Drive is closed to traffic due to a storm sewer pipe under the road that failed in late October. The pipe was damaged in the April and May floods, and the repair project will be funded by FEMA. According to city engineers, the road is expected to open next week with temporary paving. The damaged pipe will be replaced, but the permanent paving on the roadway will be completed at a later date to avoid unnecessary interference with traffic from Montgomery ISD. Until the roadway opens, the traffic light at Hwy. 105 and FM 149 will be manually controlled by police department officials during the morning and evening rush hours to manage traffic. 3. Council members purchased Wade Street to make it a public roadway. Portions of the street were previously owned privately by three individuals. City Administrator Jack Yates said Wade Street has been used by the public for more than 10 years, but the city had not compensated the property owners for the use of the street. The council approved respective payments of $1,876.71, $6,547.62 and $2,160.82 to the residents. “That will essentially dedicate the street to the public,” Yates said. 4. Section two of Lake Creek Village, a residential community, is in the works. The council approved the final design of section two. According to city engineers, the preliminary design of section three has been submitted to city officials for review.