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Residents press Flower Mound for action on drainage at Knights Landing; town says staff has contacted 32 of 38 households
Summary
Residents who say runoff from the Knights Landing development is eroding private property pressed the Flower Mound Town Council for help; town staff and the town manager said engineers have contacted most residents and that drainage decision packages are being prepared for the FY26 budget with a public update planned for July.
Several Flower Mound residents told the town council that recent construction and storm runoff from the Knights Landing development have caused ongoing erosion and property loss, and they asked the town to follow up after earlier promises of site visits.
Stephen Wood, who said much of the Knights Landing development drains onto his property, told the council he had commissioned an engineering review and has repeatedly sought follow-up from town staff. “I cannot wait much further ... I'm already losing more land and more dirt every time it rains,” he said at the public-comment period.
Other residents, including David Wenzel and Jeannie Ferrier, reported that town staff had promised inspections or phone calls that either did not occur or were not returned. Wenzel said he had called the number left on a voicemail five or six times with no reply.
Town Manager James responded in the meeting with a status update: staff and drainage consultant Blake Hummel have contacted 32 of the 38 households who signed up with drainage concerns. “Blake Hummel... has made contact with 32 people, and have met with this gentleman,” James told the council. He said six contacts were still outstanding because of scheduling conflicts or lack of response.
James said the information Blake Hummel is compiling will be used to put together several decision packages for the town’s FY26 budget that target drainage in the Cross Timbers and other townwide needs. He said those packages include both capital and personnel requests and that staff plans to present findings and proposed decision-package outlines to the council in July. “We're tentatively looking at during the month of July to set something up, where we can have the conversation of those findings,” James said.
What the town is doing vs. what residents described. Residents asked for on-site mitigation and more direct, timely follow-up. Town staff characterized their response as an outreach and data-gathering phase intended to produce a set of budget decision packages rather than immediate, parcel-level construction work. James said staff has been balancing outreach with other duties and that the engagement round is nearing completion.
Next steps. Staff said it will continue outreach to the remaining residents, coordinate meetings between residents, town staff and the Knights Landing engineering firm MMA (which earlier prepared a drainage plan for the development), and present consolidated findings and recommended FY26 decision packages to the council in July. Residents asked to be kept on a meeting schedule; at least one resident asked for staff to meet with MMA in the presence of affected property owners.
Clarifying detail: the town manager said staff has contacted 32 of 38 sign-ups; six remain outstanding because of scheduling conflicts or no response.
The council did not take a formal vote on the matter at this meeting; the town manager committed to the July update and additional outreach.
