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Committee briefed on Willow Ranch MUD petition: 140 acres in Kaufman County; $28 million in improvements planned, bonds repaid by district property taxes
Summary
City planning staff and the petitioner’s attorney briefed the committee on a petition for a municipal utility district (Willow Ranch) covering about 140 acres in Kaufman County within Dallas’s ETJ; petitioners seek authority to issue tax‑exempt bonds for roughly $28 million in infrastructure.
Emily Liu, director of Planning and Development, and Andrew Gillis, deputy director, briefed the Economic Development Committee on a petition seeking the city’s consent to the creation of a municipal utility district (MUD) known as Willow Ranch. The petition concerns approximately 140 acres located in Kaufman County within five miles of the Dallas city limit and therefore subject to the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ).
Liu explained the purpose and limits of a MUD: a limited-purpose government district typically used to finance and provide water, sewer, drainage, roadway and related infrastructure; it may issue tax-exempt bonds, enforce planning and environmental regulations,…
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