The Bruceville‑Eddy City Council voted unanimously on June 20 to approve Ordinance O6-26-2025-1, rezoning 122.46 acres at 901 Eagle Drive from Single‑Family Dwelling District 1 to a Planned Development District known in the application as Eagle Prairie.

Council approved the PDD after a public hearing and presentations by the applicant. Adrienne Donatucci of WBW Development told council the project concept calls for roughly 402 lots of mixed sizes (50-, 60-, 70- and 80-foot fronts) and a park, sidewalks and streetlights; the developer agreed to a traffic impact analysis and increased side-yard setbacks beyond the city’s base standards.

The PDD was presented as an alternative to a straight SF‑1 layout. Donatucci said the SF‑1 grid shown in staff materials would have produced about 377 lots with about 3.79 miles of internal road, while the proposed PDD would produce approximately 402 lots and about 2.58 miles of road, in part by using varied lot sizes and different internal roadway geometry. She told council the development would be built in phases, with a preliminary plat expected later in 2025, construction documents early 2026, construction beginning as early as April 2026 for phase 1, and first home closings anticipated in fall 2027. Donatucci said the build‑out pace was modeled at roughly 80 home closings per year and that the overall build‑out window would span several years.

Speakers at the public hearing raised traffic, drainage and road‑width concerns near the school and along Eagle Drive and Old Moody Road. Donatucci and staff said the traffic impact analysis (TIA) required by the PDD would be scoped with the city and its engineer and could recommend off‑site improvements if the TIA shows they are needed. She said the developer would submit the TIA with the preliminary plat and the developer agreed to fund on‑site improvements specified in the PDD; council retained final approval authority over a future park plan and the city and EDC would appoint a committee for park planning.

Council members asked about sewer capacity, timing and permitting. Donatucci and staff noted the city’s TCEQ discharge permit was issued in December 2023 and must be renewed on a five‑year cycle; they said renewal would be timed to align with projected demand and that expansion planning would be part of later engineering and permitting.

Action: Council adopted ordinance O6-26-2025-1 changing the zoning classification of the property to a Planned Development District and amending the zoning map. The council vote was recorded as unanimous. The ordinance and the PDD exhibit govern this specific 122.46‑acre tract; city staff said other zoning on unrelated parcels remains unchanged.

The approval includes requirements the developer accepted in the packet: guaranteed minimum counts for larger lot types (to avoid losing larger lots during engineering), sidewalks and street lights inside the subdivision, parkland dedication with trails and a playscape, preservation of an existing pond and a TIA to be scoped with the city. Councilmembers and several citizens said they supported having a park and increased variety of lot sizes; others asked staff to ensure the TIA accounts for school traffic and detours.