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Key votes and actions

- Town administrator contract authorization (executive session follow-up): Council authorized the town attorney to execute the contract for the town administrator as discussed in executive session. Motion recorded after executive session; council voted and the motion carried unanimously. (Meeting reference: returned to open session at 21:26; motion at 21:37, vote recorded at 21:43.)

- Final plat: High Plains Trail (FP-25-003): Council approved final plat FP‑25‑003 for High Plains Trail (7.66 acres in the F.W. Thornton survey in the Argyle ETJ). The plat enables a road connection through Argyle’s ETJ linking to US 377; the applicant requested a variable-width right-of-way variance to accommodate meandering alignments and larger landscape/open-space corridors. Planning staff recommended approval; P&Z recommended approval with the condition that the applicant obtain a TxDOT right-of-way permit along US‑377. Council approved the final plat as presented.

- Budgets and appropriations:
• Parks fund appropriation: Council approved Ordinance 2025‑13, appropriating $100,000 from the unappropriated balance of the general fund to establish a parks line item for maintenance and projects. Staff said this creates clearer separation between parks and public-works budgets and provides funding for park upgrades and maintenance.
• Tree reforestation fund adjustment: Council approved Ordinance 2025‑14, appropriating $11,635.22 from the tree reforestation fund unassigned balance to fund the current year’s annual tree-rebate program and to make available remaining rebate payments.

- Clerk/boards software subscription: Council approved Resolution 2025‑18 to purchase an electronic board and commission application suite through CompBase Inc. (ClerkBase) at up to $4,095 annually for an initial three-year term with two one-year renewal options. Staff said the platform will streamline board/commission applications, retain historical appointment data and manage notifications.

- Final plat and other development items: Council approved the High Plains Trail final plat (ETJ connection to US‑377). Staff noted the applicant is coordinating a TxDOT permit and a potential signal warrant study for the eventual US‑377 intersection.

Procedural notes: all listed motions were carried as recorded in the April 21 council meeting minutes; where roll-call tallies were not read into the record the meeting voice vote was recorded as unanimous.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Argyle - Town Council - Apr 21, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","This quick summary lists noncontroversial votes and routine approvals from the Argyle Town Council’s April 21 meeting, including land-planning, budget appropriations and software procurement.","taxTitle","Argyle, Denton County, Texas","taxId",52239,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6582621,"Argyle authorizes master engineering agreement and $330,000 task order for multi-site drainage work and master plan",667,7243000,7910000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3074635-6283bb1a94c59e8e1c48a37e35ca860d&start=7243&end=7910","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3074635-6283bb1a94c59e8e1c48a37e35ca860d/thumbnail_7243000.jpg","/articles/6582621/Argyle/Denton-County/Texas/Argyle-authorizes-master-engineering-agreement-and-330000-task-order-for-multi-site-drainage-work-and-master-plan","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6582621-a300a94a3b6d407a07487d64e3617946/orig.mp4?Expires=1770442646&Signature=F~pwkB-JIfnhAfpxzVqeGqKltgTHMQD9EG3b0IHubED7tnK83alu~0i8vyNjChwgRuuqiwxsISnBLJrZopr3WrSNa0NRzINDPT2Ncn6tMesJP94HBkOlUozq9aN7B3MEKLAK55hHMuEnH~1h0KixBEd0tisEKv0gviUP5zfBW3S1w4UCzfEFtiDV49JuFye0N2fVbcoPipp4cuuWPil~K4ZWTYerC7kgXP9-0n5UM0GvvEWJHGaHBjfgiPXt-0wGLXeykKp076ovA83zCOUHJiu~Rpa7Vv1OgSAwTGYwXjiu0sEhbkHlnPpr9e4HSu~lxO7NvgJ9dUamcOFGiaUHAg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Argyle Town Council on April 21 approved a master professional services agreement (MPSA) with Friese & Nichols Inc. to provide on-call engineering for drainage projects, and separately approved Task Order No. 1 under that agreement for an amount not to exceed $330,000 to produce design documents for three priority maintenance locations and to develop a comprehensive townwide drainage master plan.

Scope and purpose: Harrison (staff member) said the MPSA establishes contract terms and allows the town to issue individual task orders for ditch maintenance, design and other stormwater work without renegotiating a full contract on each project. Task Order No. 1 covers detailed design and construction documents for three prioritized maintenance sites — Ben Boyd Road, Hickory Ridge Circle and Harpole Road East — and the creation of a drainage master plan that includes GIS asset inventory, hydrologic modeling, public input and a prioritized list of future improvement projects.

Cost and what’s included: staff presented an estimated $330,000 cost for engineering, data collection, design and construction-phase services over a roughly 24-month schedule. The anticipated construction costs for the three priority sites were discussed in workshop terms; staff estimated a separate ballpark construction cost on the order of several hundred thousand dollars (staff cited an aggregate order‑of‑magnitude figure during discussion); Task Order No. 1 covers engineering and plan development only, not construction contracts.

Why it matters: the town has reported repeated localized drainage issues (standing water, erosion, failing culverts) at the three named locations. Council members described the master plan as a “baseline” that the town and future developers can use for downstream assessments and for coordinating mitigation as growth and development continue.

Operations model: Friese & Nichols representatives explained the practical benefit of a single master agreement: the MPSA contains boilerplate, indemnity and insurance language and then each task order lists scope and compensation — simplifying procurement and permitting. Staff and consultants also discussed strategies to keep the master plan current by feeding development-related updates into the model as new plats and drainage reports are reviewed; council directed staff to include a requirement on subdivision/plat checklists so updates occur as part of the development review process.

Votes and next steps: the council first approved the master professional services agreement by resolution, then approved Task Order No. 1 authorizing the scope and up to $330,000 in funding for engineering services. Friese & Nichols will begin data collection, modeling and design work and will deliver a draft drainage master plan and task-engineering deliverables for the three identified sites. Construction funds will need separate authorization once designs are complete and bids are solicited.

Ending note: council members said they want the master plan to be a living document maintained as development occurs and to be the basis for charging developers for incremental updates when a development’s drainage work alters the townwide model.","The council approved a master professional services agreement with Friese & Nichols for on-call drainage engineering and authorized Task Order No. 1 — up to $330,000 — to design three priority ditch/maintenance projects and to develop a townwide drainage master plan.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6582626,"Argyle amends form-based code to allow small restaurants and fitness studios in commercial village transition areas; residential parcels excluded",2418,4284000,6702000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3074635-6283bb1a94c59e8e1c48a37e35ca860d&start=4284&end=6702","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3074635-6283bb1a94c59e8e1c48a37e35ca860d/thumbnail_4284000.jpg","/articles/6582626/Argyle/Denton-County/Texas/Argyle-amends-form-based-code-to-allow-small-restaurants-and-fitness-studios-in-commercial-village-transition-areas-residential-parcels-excluded","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6582626-4a8e115d632200c92dfbfc9973dfe94e/orig.mp4?Expires=1770442646&Signature=mX2CvQI6m~buzswyKBFneGGsgSsp052RQlMnNuTr2GFnpARXK0r1wIS20TF~0G47Y6a03phWpl9K5fyyL2ymQ3MNZ16YTJ8ysuQQzq-9cOn-AZVCxspG2tBuEmYwOX401b1aBVcdTiKCXabUYjs8kpve9JBIcSjcrRwQ5~MJf21F45fMHMZ6G7~1IupyoapUVzdbxnylaqIDPmzAV~AArZRnCUTbmkuXYK0uiJ2Fxg49lrB66m8~WAuYgefio8EyCuYzMClEEQznxDVhuOpKwZXtAS91JbVLSKqIDEiRJ0-RWuT2yrQtB6bGDq-YmB2QTEoK5xHYbRMzEHcElGy7TA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Argyle Town Council on April 21 approved an amendment to the town’s form-based code (Town Development Standards TDS‑25‑2) to permit limited food-service and fitness uses in Village Center Transition (VCT) districts — but the council excluded existing single-family residential lots from the change and accepted Planning & Zoning edits to the use definitions.

Why it matters: the change opens commercially zoned parcels within the Waterbrook/Heritage developments to smaller restaurants and boutique fitness studios. Councilmembers said they supported the amendment to encourage a more pedestrian-oriented, mixed-use corridor on FM 407 while avoiding larger or 24-hour operations that would conflict with neighborhood character.

What the amendment does: Harrison (staff member) explained the form-based sections designate three character zones — Village Center Mixed Use, Village Center Transition and Village Center Neighborhood — and the VCT band had not previously allowed food service or fitness uses. Planning & Zoning recommended adding food service and fitness to the VCT schedule of uses but asked staff to replace the terms “cafeteria” and “snack bar” with “limited service” and “counter service” to better match the intended scale and operations. Council approved the P&Z recommended language.

Developer concept and design guardrails: developer and local resident Ryan Kage (presenter) described a plan under consideration for a commercial parcel in Waterbrook that would be built in two phases as two separate roughly 10,000-square-foot buildings (each building occupying about a 5,000-square-foot footprint): the concept would place a Gracie Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu academy on an upper floor and limited counter-service retail (juice/acai/yogurt) or small local restaurants on ground floors. Kage asked the council to permit the uses as-of-right for the undeveloped commercial parcels rather than require a special-use permit for franchise or fitness uses. Councilmembers said they preferred a guardrail focused on building size and no drive-through facilities and asked staff to exclude existing single-family residential parcels from the new permitted uses.

Council concerns and resolution: council members raised two recurring concerns: (1) preventing larger corporate 24-hour fitness centers or drive-through restaurants from establishing in the small-scale Village Center setting; and (2) avoiding unintended conversions of existing homes in VCT-zoned areas into commercial uses. The council and staff agreed on two limiting measures: (a) allow the new food service and fitness uses in VCT only in buildings at or below a defined square-foot threshold (staff and P&Z suggested the existing pattern of “10,000 sq ft or less” used elsewhere in the code as an initial guardrail), and (b) exclude currently developed residential parcels from the change so the amendment applies only to undeveloped commercial tracts in the VCT band.

Outcome: the measure passed unanimously after an amendment to include Planning & Zoning’s recommended wording for food-service definitions and the exclusion of existing residential areas. Staff will return revised ordinance language for publication and codification reflecting the size limitation and the exclusion language.

Ending note: proponents said the change aims to diversify uses in the Waterbrook commercial areas, enable small, walkable retail and fitness options near neighborhoods, and avoid large, nonpedestrian uses; opponents on P&Z had earlier expressed concerns about certain use terms (cafeteria/snack bar) that the council addressed by changing the definitions.","Council amended the Town Development Standards to permit limited food-service and fitness uses in Village Center Transition areas of Waterbrook and similar form-based developments, adding a size-based guardrail and excluding existing residential lots from the change.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6582631,"Argyle council approves AISD elementary school site plan, denies extra tree condition",1684,2166000,3850000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3074635-6283bb1a94c59e8e1c48a37e35ca860d&start=2166&end=3850","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3074635-6283bb1a94c59e8e1c48a37e35ca860d/thumbnail_2166000.jpg","/articles/6582631/Argyle/Denton-County/Texas/Argyle-council-approves-AISD-elementary-school-site-plan-denies-extra-tree-condition","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6582631-12ddb0016680816e156517a7387b8c61/orig.mp4?Expires=1770442646&Signature=Mkt8fzvlysimTCQInv7zdXB7fh2Z9urs6W2TEJP5sOgXcl0Z1ikXJD~ISVK96zMbn42BA4Ta3mVKciXhA8OpNynb-cSGTXbNKxlTx5APpzqCXeImv3GhjSstE4ctW0Vz2rgz18~eqzKcR36fKTfsbc8irK-RQ8Dw9j2BBMNJRyEQk~QYHAyLNYLqb1VzfsT~vsqPsjsAMc01~-lwPHfoqAn4VTo2-usdxt2gKN7jt~~7eG9pH61Ev8dwvVvnb9RbV1WVjqWWc~Dqj9L6n37WWlEpnARibnZbgij-giZWLDY1bI935VMx~3lUVm5l-fyQyYXmCdudcuszobgiAaZERw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Argyle Town Council on April 21 approved a site plan for a proposed two-story Argyle Independent School District elementary school on the district’s campus off FM 407, granting two variances to the town’s agricultural zoning standards and declining a Planning & Zoning Commission condition requiring additional trees in playground areas.

The approved plan covers the parcel adjacent to the middle school currently under construction; the elementary building is proposed at 104,685 square feet with 61 classrooms and a stated maximum enrollment of 850 students. Harrison (staff member) said the district’s traffic impact analysis, prepared earlier for the middle school, estimates the combined middle- and elementary-school development will generate about 4,450 average weekday trips and includes recommended mitigation measures, including a signalized east driveway on FM 407 and a Postmaster Lane emergency access gate paid for by the town.

Why it matters: the site sits beside the middle school already under construction and uses shared infrastructure and approved traffic mitigation. Council approval clears engineering and permitting steps that allow the district to proceed toward its target opening schedule.

Key facts: Harrison told council the elementary plan keeps substantial on-site queuing for drop-off — staff reported 1,850 feet of on-site queue space, exceeding the district’s standard methodology — and that building elevations and façade articulation generally match the middle school. Council packet materials and Harrison’s presentation noted the campus would include two playgrounds and parking shared between the two campuses.

Construction and circulation: Jeff Goen, Argyle ISD construction manager, described the planned circulation pattern: most parent traffic would enter the campus on the east drive, loop behind the middle school and return south to the elementary drop-off area, with a dedicated bus entry on the west driveway and the east driveway configured for two inbound lanes and one outbound lane; the west driveway is intended primarily for bus access. Goen said the district is coordinating a signal warrant study with TxDOT for the east entrance and the project’s traffic plan includes striping on FM 407 to provide a left-turn lane near the site.

Variances and landscaping: the district requested two variances tied to the agricultural-district site-plan standards: one related to the extent of parking and the location of some stalls in front of the elementary building (the town’s standard triggers a variance when more than 10% of parking is in front of a structure), and a second to allow smaller-caliper trees than the Town Development Standards require (proposed 3-inch understory and 4-inch canopy trees versus the usual 4-inch and 6-inch). Planning & Zoning recommended approval by a 4–2 vote but attached a condition requiring three additional 3-inch-caliper trees and three additional 4-inch trees in the playground perimeter area to offset the smaller caliper sizes.

Council action and reasoning: councilmembers debated the Planning & Zoning condition. School officials and the district’s construction manager said planting trees within playground areas raises safety, visibility and maintenance concerns (stakes, camera sightlines, limb failure and leaf/seed litter). After discussion, a council member moved to approve the site plan request SP‑25‑2 with the two variances and no additional condition; a second was recorded, and the motion carried unanimously.

Next steps: the district and town will continue coordination on signal design and queuing, and the district will proceed with detailed site construction documents and permitting. The district indicated the elementary’s target opening is the 2027–28 school year (the middle school remains on the initial schedule shown in prior approvals).

Ending note: Planning staff and the district said the site plan relies heavily on traffic mitigation previously analyzed for the middle school; the council’s approval preserves that plan while declining to require the additional playground trees requested by Planning & Zoning.","The Argyle Town Council approved a site plan for Argyle ISD’s proposed elementary school on the same campus as the district’s middle school and granted two variances, rejecting a Planning & Zoning condition that would have required additional trees in the playground area.","actionData","errors"]

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