Obetz council adopts emergency ordinance authorizing land swap with Maverick Trace LLC

The City of Obetz council unanimously adopted Ordinance 11-26 on Feb. 9, 2026, authorizing the city administrator to enter a real estate transfer agreement with Maverick Trace, LLC related to a previously approved development agreement.

City Administrator Rod Davisson described the transaction as a land swap: "There will be a land swap. The City will get land along the Big Walnut Creek for park development and the developer will get land in the front for development," he said. The ordinance was presented as an emergency measure; council voted to suspend the rules and then to adopt it.

Council members present voted in favor of suspending the rules and adopting the ordinance. The motions were made and seconded on the council floor and recorded as unanimous among the four voting members present (Guiles Richardson, Mike Kimbler, Robert Kramer and Todd Gibbs).

Mayor Angela Kirk opened the meeting and presided over the vote. No public testimony or extended discussion on the substance of the transfer was recorded in the meeting minutes beyond the administrator's summary of the land-swap configuration.

Because the ordinance was adopted as an emergency, the transfer agreement can proceed without the usual waiting period set for non-emergency measures, subject to any further administrative steps required by the agreement and applicable law. The city clerk read the ordinance title aloud before the council moved to suspend rules and adopt.

Next steps cited by staff include executing the real estate transfer agreement with Maverick Trace, LLC consistent with Ordinance 11-26 and any attachments to the development agreement previously approved by Ordinance 51-25. The minutes do not specify a closing date, acreage, purchase price or easement details; those specifics were not provided in the record and are therefore not reported here.