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Palm View council backs resolution supporting RST Mandalay senior housing; waives up to $500 in fees
Summary
The City of Palm View voted unanimously to support RST Mandalay’s application for 2025 competitive 9% housing tax credits from the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs and to waive up to $500 in permit/inspection fees as an in‑kind contribution.
The City of Palm View City Council voted unanimously to approve a resolution supporting RST Mandalay’s application to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs for 2025 competitive 9% low‑income housing tax credits and to commit up to $500 in waived fees, Mayor Rick Burrell said at the council meeting.
The resolution is a formal letter of support and a limited financial commitment in the form of waived city fees (permit or inspection fees), city staff said. Clifton Phillips, representing the applicant, told the council the project is a proposed senior housing development on a roughly 5.8‑acre tract across from Veterans Drive; the building footprint would use about 4.1 acres in the rear while the frontage would remain for future commercial use.
Clifton Phillips said the planned building would contain 104 rental units targeted to seniors (generally 62 and older, with a small portion potentially at 55+) and would include a mixture of one‑ and two‑bedroom apartments (the one‑bedroom plan shown in the packet was 631 square feet), elevator service, a clubhouse, fitness center and a dog park. Phillips said the developer typically hires a third‑party management company rather than self‑manage and has built similar properties in other Texas cities.
“This deal would be funded. We just need to get a few more items,” Phillips told the council, and said the developer planned to submit the state tax‑credit application at the end of the month and expected award notifications in July. He asked the council and local officials to provide the usual support letters the state scoring system requires.
Mayor Rick Burrell made the motion to approve the resolution and to authorize the city to waive fees not to exceed $500; the motion was seconded and carried unanimously. Commissioners Flores and Ramirez were excused from the meeting and did not vote.
City staff and the developer said the next steps are to complete the state application, secure a letter from the state representative and finalize plan details with city planning and permitting if the credits are awarded.
The council’s resolution of support and the fee waiver are intended to increase the project’s score in the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs competitive review. If awarded, the developer said it anticipates moving toward final plans with the city and breaking ground once financing and permits are secured.
