Results from the charter proposition election Flower Mound voters considered May 4 were a mixed bag, as four items passed and three were rejected.

A public improvement district for the new Flower Mound Ranch was one of three items voters rejected. A charter review committee approved suggestions given to council members, who approved the election in February. The public improvement district was rejected by 55.6% of the vote.

The details

As explained on the town website, town officials in October received a public improvement district creation request for land designated as the Flower Mound Ranch development, a planned, mixed-use development that will have single-family homes, apartments and commercial operations to be located in the area of US 377 and FM 1171.

In early February, council approved a resolution for the implementation of the district and approved a resolution calling a special election putting forward the question of whether the voters wanted to support or oppose the establishment of the requested district. Town officials explained a public improvement district is a defined geographical area established to provide specific types of public improvements or maintenance within the area that are financed by assessments against the property owners within the area.


“Disappointed but not discouraged,” said Jack Furst, Flower Mound Ranch land owner and master developer, in an email. “We will continue to work with the town to bring first-class amenities to western Flower Mound.”

What else?

Four propositions approved by voters centered on:
  • Removing all references to two-year terms, as Flower Mound voters approved three-year terms for the mayor and council in 2016, which received 80.7% approval
  • Allowing the mayor to approve the town manager to sign off on contracts of up to $50,000, an increase from $15,000, which received 54.1% approval
  • Allowing town officials to continue to publish ordinance captions in the council minutes, Town Code Book and on the town website instead of the newspaper of the record, Denton Record-Chronicle, which was approved with 84.1% of the vote
  • Requiring the town to file its budget with Tarrant County along with the county clerk’s office within its boundary and the state comptroller, which received 74.9% approval
Besides the public improvement district, voters turned down a residency requirement for new town managers—by 50.2% against—and rules for council entering into public-private partnership for an economic development project, with a vote of 54.9% against.

More information on the propositions can be found here.