Residents, parks board press Eden Ranch developer to place public park by pond, not inside buffer

The Flower Mound Parks Board on June 5 reviewed park-related plans for the Eden Ranch zoning-plan-development and urged the developer to relocate the proposed public park from a narrow buffer along Shiloh/1171 to a site adjacent to a larger pond or other open space the broader community could access.

Board members, neighbors and the developer discussed the parkland required under the town's parkland dedication ordinance, as well as alternatives including dedication of nearby acreage. The developer said he's willing to pursue acquiring adjacent land and donating it as parkland and asked staff about next steps and timing.

The discussion matters because the property would add to the town's park supply in an area with fewer parks and trails. The developer's plan proposes 168 single-family lots across roughly 334 acres with nearly 150 acres of open space; the current concept shows about 23.35 acres of on-site parkland. Under the town's…