The commission recommended approval unanimously during their regular meeting April 14.
The overview
The requested subdivision consists of 11.81 acres and is located southeast of the intersection of Bandit Trail and John McCain Road.
The subdivision will be named Holt Farms and have upscale custom-built houses developed by Calais Custom Homes starting at $2.5 million, according to the statement of planning objectives submitted by Calais Custom Homes and the land planner, The Sage Group.
The neighborhood will be built around a cul-de-sac with a singular access point on John McCain Road. There are two homes currently on the property, which will be removed for the new development.
The details
The applicant’s plan shows that drainage will be directed into an open space area east of the property, according to city documents. This land is a part of a 100-year floodplain, which is land that is covered in water during a flooding event with a 1% chance of being equaled or exceeded every year.
The adjacent property consists of single-family subdivisions with the Monticello neighborhood to the east of the property, according to city documents.
The residents of Monticello reported flooding occurs when it rains, and the applicant, Curtis Young, looked into finding a solution to help mitigate the drainage for those homes.
“We decided to take a closer look at things that perhaps had nothing to do with our development to try to see how we can make the situation better,” Young said. “One of the things we discovered was that there was significant siltation underneath Monticello Parkway.”
Young solicited a bid from a contractor to help fix those drainage problems in Monticello, he said.
“We are offering to facilitate that by perhaps managing the contractor or working with the city if the city wants to do it themselves,” Young said.
The background
The proposal was brought to the planning and zoning commission previously Feb. 10, and the commission voted 4-2 to not recommend the plan.
This triggered a supermajority in the City Council meeting March 11 but Young withdrew the item from the agenda, saying he wanted to make some changes and bring it back through planning and zoning.
The proposal previously had 12 lots in the plan for the same 11.81-acre property, and the drainage was released into the 100-year floodplain southeast of the property, instead of the current proposed plan, which releases the drainage east of the property.
Looking ahead
The proposal will be bought to Colleyville City Council during its regular meeting May 6, and the plans will be voted on during the second reading May 13.
Should council approve the plans during its May 13 meeting, the development will start soon after with houses being constructed immediately following the completion of the subdivision’s infrastructure, the statement of objectives letter noted.
