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Council grants conditional consent for Hillwood’s proposed Lockhart Municipal Utility District; consent expires if no development agreement in 180 days
Summary
Council approved a resolution granting conditional city consent to the creation of the Lockhart Municipal Utility District for approximately 889.3 acres (720.681 acres in the city's extraterritorial jurisdiction). Consent is conditioned on negotiating a development agreement and expires after 180 days if no agreement is reached; vote was 7–0.
The City Council voted 7–0 to grant conditional consent to the creation of a Lockhart Municipal Utility District (MUD) related to a Hillwood Communities proposal.
Jennifer Ritchie, appearing for city legal/administrative staff, explained that state law requires city consent before land in a municipality’s extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ) can be included in a MUD. The resolution under consideration provides conditional consent for 889.3 acres, of which 720.681 acres lie in Lockhart’s ETJ. Ritchie said the developer asked for conditional consent because its due‑diligence period would end before the city could conclude negotiations over a development agreement.
“Included in tonight’s resolution is a conditional consent for 889 acres, 720 of which are in our ETJ,” Ritchie said. She described the consent as conditional upon the parties negotiating a development agreement and noted the consent will expire in 180 days if a development agreement is not executed.
Duke Kerrigan of Hillwood clarified that the acreage Hillwood is purchasing is larger (about 900 acres) but the developer chose to request MUD inclusion only for the parcels that are in the ETJ or outside city limits; property already inside the city limits is not part of the MUD request. Councilmember Larson moved approval and Councilman Mendoza seconded; the resolution passed 7–0.
The conditional consent does not constitute final approval of any development agreement or annexation; it only authorizes the city to conditionally consent to the MUD request while negotiations proceed.
