Council, staff weigh risks of proposed Everly PID as developer seeks flexibility on bond rules

Lockhart planning staff, the developer and council spent an extended portion of the March 11 meeting discussing the proposed Everly development agreement and a companion public improvement district (PID) for roughly 160 acres in the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction west of State Highway 130.

Planning Director David Fowler described the project as a three‑phase, single‑family residential neighborhood of about 535 lots that would be annexed into the city and served by two proposed entrances on Borchardt Loop. The plan proposes 17 acres of public parkland (including restroom and trail improvements) but staff said more than half of that dedication lies in mapped floodplain and therefore the developer proposed to pay a 1.74‑acre fee in lieu for the portion the city cannot accept as usable parkland.

Fowler told council the project includes 14 acres of private, HOA‑maintained open space and an amenity center. Utilities would extend to the site with water tie‑ins and a forced main for wastewater; the developer would dedicate the…