Paris council approves creation of Forest Brook PID, development and escrow agreements for 59‑acre housing project

PARIS, Texas — The Paris City Council on Oct. 14 voted unanimously to create Forest Brook Public Improvement District No. 1, approve a development agreement with Lone Star Plan Development LLC and adopt an escrow (dissolution) agreement that sets a 24‑month inactivity trigger for the district.

The measures establish the PID as a legal “shell” to allow the developer to proceed with horizontal infrastructure — streets, sewer, water and related public improvements — and outline how future assessments and bonds would be handled. "It creates the PID, and it does not obligate the city to do anything more," said Chris Settle of Miles Per Hour Legal, the council's consultant on the legal steps.

The development covers roughly 59 acres inside the city and is planned in three phases of finished lots. Developer Nathan Spaulding of Lone Star Plan Development told the council construction has begun on the first section along Jefferson Road and said the initial phase includes about 87 lots the team expects to have ready in the first quarter of 2025. The second and third phases are each described as about 102 lots; the developer said the total for the site is about 291 lots after a small area was set aside for a pocket park.

Why it matters: The PID framework allows infrastructure…