Springdale council approves agreement to transfer Trapper Circle parcel for 10-unit workforce housing project

Springdale’s Town Council on April 22 authorized an agreement to transfer parcel S-100-C at the end of Trapper Circle to Parkplace Residential, doing business as Arcilla Ridge, LLC, to develop up to 10 workforce housing units.

Town Manager Thomas Dansie told the council the deal is structured to keep the units available to people who meet the town’s active-employment criteria: "The agreement will bind Arcilla Ridge to develop the 10 workforce housing units and bind Arcilla Ridge operationally to ensure that the units are occupied by households who meet the active employment criteria in the code." He said the restriction will be recorded as a covenant running with the land for 50 years, with a reversionary clause on the deed and other protections to ensure enforceability after a sale.

The parcel is in the Central Commercial zone, measures about 0.60 acres, and was appraised at $1.9 million, according to the public notice the town posted prior to the meeting. Council members also discussed practical constraints on the site: while the project is described as a 10-unit development the town’s staff noted engineering or site-constraint issues could make the addition of a 10th unit infeasible.

Pat Campbell moved to approve the Trapper Circle Workforce Housing Land Disposal and Improvements Agreement dated April 22, 2026, including exhibits 1–8, and authorized the mayor to sign. The motion passed unanimously.

The action follows the town’s disposal process under Town Code section 7-9-2, which requires notice and an opportunity for public comment on real property disposals with appraised values above $250,000. The council accepted public comment on the disposal during the meeting before approving the agreement.

Next steps described by staff include recording the restrictive covenant on the property and completing the legal documents needed to transfer title to Arcilla Ridge, LLC. The council said standard design-review checkpoints, height and setback standards, dark-sky lighting requirements and drainage controls will still apply as part of the development review process.