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Tyler council backs Pioneer Crossing tax-credit application, waives $500 permit fee
Summary
City Council voted Feb. 9 to adopt a resolution supporting the Pioneer Crossing housing tax credit application to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs and approved a $500 waiver of development/permit fees for the project. A separate proposed project, Tyler Trails, drew zoning concerns and did not receive a recorded council vote.
The Tyler City Council on Feb. 9 adopted a resolution of support for the Pioneer Crossing proposal to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) 2025 9% competitive housing tax credit program and approved a waiver of development and permit fees up to $500 for the project.
Council support can add points to applications for the TDHCA competitive tax credit program; city staff said a local resolution is worth 17 points in the scoring process. City staff presented two proposed projects — Tyler Trails and Pioneer Crossing — and recommended the council consider adopting a resolution for one or both and approving the fee waivers.
City staff described the projects as intended to increase affordable housing supply in Tyler. The Pioneer Crossing motion, moved by Winn and seconded by McCallory, passed on a voice vote. The motion as stated on the record requested adoption of a resolution in support of the Pioneer Crossing housing tax credit project proposal and approval of a waiver of development/permit fees in the amount of $500 for the project.
Tyler Trails drew concern from council members about zoning and neighborhood fit. A council member noted that Tyler Trails does not have required zoning in place and said there is “no guarantee Planning and Zoning would approve” a zoning change; that council member also raised proximity to an odor issue cited by residents. Trinity Housing Development representative Alice Woods, who spoke for the applicant, said the application only requires a letter of local support at the time of submission and that zoning may be obtained later. Woods said, “Yes, while these sites are zoned for M1, that’s not the current use,” and described adjacent commercial and residential uses she said support a mixed-income, senior-oriented development.
Staff emphasized the city is not committing local funds to the projects beyond the fee waivers; the projects must secure any tax-credit allocation from TDHCA. The record does not show a recorded vote or formal resolution adopted for Tyler Trails on Feb. 9.
Council members did not identify project funding sources beyond the tax-credit application, and staff said the local action requested was limited to a resolution of support and the modest fee waiver. The council approved the Pioneer Crossing support resolution and the $500 fee waiver by voice vote.
