The Frisco City Council on March 3 denied a request for a letter of support for a project that would bring a 93-unit, low-rent apartment complex in the city's extraterritorial jurisdiction west of Custer road and south of Westridge Boulevard. Anderson Development & Construction LLC was asking for the city's support as it submitted an application to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs for housing tax credits. After numerous Frisco and McKinney residents spoke mostly in opposition to the project, the Council voiced its own concerns, primarily based on the challenges the location presents and concern that the apartments would not meet Frisco's building standards. As the 4.9-acre project is not within Frisco's city limits, it currently is not subject to the city's building standards, although AD&C President Terry Anderson said she would work with the city to do what needed to be done to comply with the city's standards. Although the Council denied writing a letter of support, that does not mean the apartment project is going away. The City Council at the meeting also began the process to involuntarily annex 38 acres that includes the proposed apartment complex land. City Development Director John Lettelleir said the reason for the annexation is to have control over areas that at some point will become part of Frisco's city limits anyway. Annexation allows the city to prevent issues, such as the self-storage facility near the proposed apartments that is built too close to the road, he said. The Council agreed to move forward with public hearings and based on that timeline the city is expecting the annexation to happen in May. Lettelleir said there is still time for the landowners to come to the city to be voluntarily annexed. One of the major landowners as well as Anderson said they were surprised by the city's move to put the involuntary annexation on the March 3 agenda.