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Avenue Communities previews 730‑acre 'Aurelia' master plan; council presses on drainage, density and TxDOT coordination
Summary
Avenue Communities and Meta Land Partners presented Aurelia, a proposed ~730‑acre PUD north of SH‑6 with mixed‑use town center, lakes and trails. Council praised the design but asked for major thoroughfare and drainage analyses, and expressed concern about density in areas the draft comprehensive plan marks for rural preservation.
Avenue Communities on behalf of the Belcher tract presented the vision for “Aurelia,” a master‑planned community of roughly 700–730 acres along Masters Road at the north end of Manvel. Srini Gogineni said the team intends a mixed residential and commercial PUD with concentrated commercial/mixed‑use along Masters, numerous amenity lakes, a town center, sports fields and a trail network. “We went on‑site and we kind of looked at all the trees... we’re trying to maintain as many as we can,” landscape architect Joanna Sabra said, describing a plan that keeps live‑oak groves and spreads amenity lakes through the site.
Staff and council quickly focused on drainage, lot sizes and transportation. Staff noted a substantive portion of the site lies within a draft “rural preservation” future land‑use designation and underscored the need to reconcile the applicant’s proposed density with the draft plan. Council members voiced concern about Mustang Bayou and downstream flooding and asked whether earlier oil‑field operations have left legacy contamination that could affect excavation and drainage decisions. Councilman Rossy Knox and others asked for TxDOT coordination on Masters Road intersections and a traffic‑impact analysis; the applicants said a TxDOT meeting was scheduled and that they have met with the drainage district.
Developers said the project would seek a PUD and had begun preliminary due diligence, including drainage‑district discussions, and offered to partner with the city on regional water/wastewater infrastructure or construct on‑site utilities where required. Council members welcomed the aesthetic vision but said they would need evidence that the infrastructure, drainage mitigation and lot sizes align with Manvel’s preservation goals before endorsing any formal application.
