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Council debates Brown Ranch development agreement; staff says negotiated MUD protects city interests
Summary
Council discussed a development agreement for Brown Ranch (MNC 26-0529) including a shift back to a municipal utility district (MUD) after state law changes; staff said the negotiated agreement secures offsite roadway improvements, park dedication and flood-plain open space.
City staff and council spent substantive time on June 23 discussing MNC 26-0529, the Brown Ranch development agreement, where the city negotiated concessions with the developer intended to secure offsite infrastructure and policy protections.
Assistant City Manager Dana Bergedorf explained state legislative changes reduced municipal authority over planning in the extraterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ), allowing property owners more latitude to seek water and sewer service from the Public Utility Commission and to create special districts without city consent. Bergedorf said the negotiated agreement was a proactive approach "to come to the table with the Brown Ranch property owner and the developer" to obtain improvements the city otherwise could not require in the ETJ.
Bergedorf listed specific concessions the developer agreed to: expanded roadway improvements on Walsh Ranch Parkway (south to Old Weatherford Road and north to White Settlement Road), improvements to West Point Boulevard, compliance with the city's park-dedication policy, and dedication of flood plain for open space. She also said the developer agreed to an initial assessment structure that could assist future annexation by carrying a higher assessment per $100 of valuation while district debt remains in place.
Councilmember Crane moved to approve MNC 26-0529 with amendments adding a master roadway network alignment exhibit and directing staff to bring forward an amendment to the master roadway network. The motion was seconded; the transcript shows the motion was on the floor though a recorded roll-call outcome is not shown in the excerpted segments.
Councilmembers asked clarifying questions about lane requirements and future annexation implications; staff confirmed the district would not possess eminent-domain authority for offsite parcels and said the concessions were intended to be "a win-win" that secured improvements exceeding rough-proportionality requirements under state law.
The record of this meeting shows the council engaged the developer and staff on alignment and public-infrastructure tradeoffs; the final vote outcome for the motion is not explicitly recorded in the provided transcript segments.
