Pflugerville commission approves Windermere Park replat after residents raise drainage concerns

The Pflugerville Planning and Zoning Commission approved a replat for Lots 4 and 5 of Windermere Park Garden Villas Section 2 (RP2025-000349) intended to correct the locations of drainage easements and show floodplain boundaries for a 5.964-acre site zoned MF-10.

Planning staff described the replat as an administrative correction of drainage-easement and floodplain notation and said no zoning changes are proposed; driveway locations, lighting, parking and any required detention will be addressed at site-plan review. "This is just looking, strictly focused on looking at the location of the drainage easements and the floodplain locations," a staff presenter said.

Nearby residents urged caution. Ursha Dunbar Crespo, who said she lives about 200 feet from the site, told the commission that a prior development behind her home contributed to flood exposure and that her flood-insurance premiums rose from $251 to more than $1,000 a year. She asked the commission and staff to "take a real close look" at the drainage and the upcoming site plan. Brian Clifton, another nearby homeowner, said large trees in the buffer help prevent erosion, provide habitat and maintain privacy and asked the city to preserve vegetation where feasible.

Engineers for the project responded that a site-development permit is already in place and that they have initiated a FEMA conditional map revision process. The project team said it used Atlas 14 updated rainfall data in its hydraulic analysis and that, based on their modeling submitted to the city, the proposed work would not cause a rise in flood elevations. "We actually already have a site development permit for this particular project...we have taken into account the updated rainfall data as part of the site development that was permitted by the city as well," the engineer told the commission.

Commissioners followed up with staff and the applicant, who explained that the drainage easement dedication prevents grading in the vegetated buffer and that protected trees in the area would not be removed except where city drainage work requires it. Staff said erosion- and sediment-control measures and any required detention will be reviewed and enforced at site-plan submittal.

After public comment and responses from staff and the project's engineers, a commissioner moved to approve the replat; the motion received a second and passed by voice vote. Staff recorded the item as approved; the commission did not place additional conditions on the replat during the meeting. The replat proceeds to permitting steps where engineers and city staff will evaluate any construction-phase erosion control and stormwater detention requirements.

The commission adjourned at 8:26 p.m.