Terrell TIRS board approves final project plan and agreement for Fairfield TIRS No. 5 near Amazon site

The Terrell Tax Increment Refinance Zone (TIRS) board voted April 30, 2025, to approve resolution 2025-2 adopting the final project and finance plan for TIRS No. 5 and to approve resolution 2025-3 authorizing the form of the TIRS No. 5 agreement and recommending City Council adopt the documents.

The actions set the financing framework for the Fairfield Municipal Utility District area — roughly 2,600 acres south of Interstate 20 and along FM 429 — where the first project is planned on Airport Road near Wilson Road and where a large distribution facility identified in the meeting as Project Spitfire (the Amazon distribution center) is sited. Mr. Sims, the city staff presenter, said the final plan aligns definitions and exhibits between the project plan/finance plan and the TIRS agreement and clarifies eligible public improvements.

The plan and agreement define eligible public improvements to include roads, water, wastewater, drainage, parks and trails, soft costs and contingency, and "public safety related improvements such as, but not limited to, outdoor warning systems, security camera detectors, supporting 9-1-1 service, and other police, fire, and emergency preparedness elements," Mr. Sims said. He gave the example that an additional outdoor warning siren near the Amazon site would likely cost in the $40,000–$50,000 range and that license-plate–reading "flock" cameras could also be eligible.

Why it matters: the exhibits in the packet estimate the full build-out of public infrastructure in TIRS No. 5…