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Council authorizes development, annexation agreement for Mashburn Drive expansion
Summary
Copperas Cove City Council authorized the city manager to execute a development and annexation agreement covering about 66.242 acres in the city's extraterritorial jurisdiction for the Mashburn Drive Expansion Project; the agreement sets a 15‑year term and anticipates future annexation, land‑use and zoning proceedings.
The Copperas Cove City Council on June 3 authorized the city manager to execute a development and annexation agreement with the Copperas Cove Economic Development Corporation and developers James W. Clark II and Wesley Atkinson for the Mashburn Drive Expansion Project, a roughly 66.242‑acre site along the southeast side of U.S. Highway 190 Bypass and Old Copperas Cove Road.
The action matters because it commits the city to a long‑term (approximately 15‑year) agreement that begins the process of annexation and frames future land‑use amendments and zoning proceedings for a site planned for retail, commercial and industrial uses.
Bobby Lewis, director of development services, told council the EDC has worked with the developers to prepare the property for retail, light industrial and heavy industrial uses and that the tract lies inside the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction. The agreement will commence on its effective date and continue for about 15 years. Lewis said that upon annexation and formal submittals by the developers and the EDC, the city will “initiate proceedings to zone the property.”
Council member Dale Treadway moved to authorize the city manager to execute the agreement; Vania Hart seconded. The motion carried on a voice vote.
The agreement locks in a framework for annexation proceedings and future zoning review; specific project approvals, platting, infrastructure commitments and permitting will follow the standard development review and public hearing process required by city code and any applicable state rules. Lewis recommended council authorize the manager to sign the documents so the EDC and developers can proceed with detailed planning and engineering.
