ATX Legacy Park developers seek Hutto water and wastewater service; offer right-of-way and phased buildout

Amanda Brown, representing ATX Capital through HG Brown Consulting, presented a conceptual mixed-use project called ATX Legacy Park located north of Limmer Loop near the Loop 79 intersection and asked the Hutto City Council on March 27 to consider service extension into Hutto's water and wastewater CCNs.

Brown said the site sits inside Hutto's extraterritorial jurisdiction but currently falls in Jonah's water CCN and in no wastewater CCN; Jonah has indicated it could serve water but pulling Jonah's infrastructure to the site would require a 9,000-foot 16-inch line duplicating an existing Hutto 16-inch main and would be costly. For wastewater Brown said ATX's Service Extension Request (SER) proposes a 7,500-foot 18-inch wastewater main from south of 79 up to the site; the developer would construct the line and oversize it to serve future properties north of 79.

ATX Capital said its development agreement would dedicate about 5.2 acres of right-of-way to the city for the future Limber Loop road, construct the north-south collector to full City of Hutto standards including 10-foot shared-use paths, and fund oversize utility infrastructure. Amanda Brown said the developer is prepared to enter a water reservation agreement to secure LUEs and to phase water deliveries; she told council that the project is expected to be years from initial construction and that phases would request LUEs over time.

Council members pressed staff on how the project's LUE reservation would interact with Hutto's existing water supply timetable and projections. A council member asked whether an interconnect or reservation could let Jonah supply the water while Hutto accounted for the demand; staff said reservations and interconnect concepts could be considered. City staff confirmed the SCR for ATX Legacy Park had been included in the city's recent water-system projection analysis presented to council in the prior fall.

Developers and staff discussed tradeoffs: annexation and Hutto access would make water and wastewater available to more ETJ properties, increasing city service area and future tax base; alternatively, developers could pursue Jonah or on-site wastewater permits through TCEQ and build without Hutto services. Jorge Canavati of ATX Capital said an estimated 225 LUEs is a current internal figure for project planning but the development is speculative and LUE demand depends on end users.

No formal council action was taken. Councilmembers asked staff to continue coordination with the developer and said they would consider a future agenda item for a service-extension or development agreement.

Ending: The developer is proceeding with planning; staff will work on reservation agreement details and report back to council before any formal annexation or service-extension decision.