Conroe City Council discussed several agenda items on Thursday, including the oath of office ceremony for a new police chief and the expansion of several municipal utility districts in the area.


1. Christy sworn in as Conroe Police Department chief of police
Conroe Mayor Toby Powell administered the oath of office for newly appointed Conroe Police Department Chief Jeff Christy. Christy replaces former CPD Chief Philip Dupuis. Christy has served at the department for 26 years.





2. Conservation easement placed on 55 acres of land
The city approved a memorandum of understanding with the Bayou Land Conservancy. The city agrees to allow the conservancy to hold a 55-acre conservation easement along Stewarts Creek. The MOU allows the city to comply with a 2010 U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers permit that was issued for the city's unauthorized fill in Valwoods Branch and Stewarts Creek in 2004, according to the agenda.





3. Conroe prepares for bond sale
The council preapproved the parameters of an approximate $27 million bond sale from its Texas Limited Tax Refunding Bonds 2018 series. The approval gives city staff the authority to give final approval of a bond sale in the near future as a mechanism to respond to volatility in interest rates in the market.






4. City approves incorporation of 12.6 acres of land into Municipal Utility District No. 1
Council members approved a resolution allowing MUD No. 1 to incorporate 12.6 acres of land into the district. The MUD already serves 188 in-city homes, and the additional acreage would allow developers to add 42 single-family homes. Developers include Barton WP LLC, Gehan Homes and D.R. Horton.





5. City approves incorporation of 104 acres of land into MUD No. 132
The city approved a resolution allowing MUD No. 132 to incorporate 104 acres of land into the district. The MUD already serves the Cayden Creek, Wedgewood Forest and Wedgewood Falls subdivisions. The new acreage will accommodate the new 104-acre Madison Ben single-family home subdivision by Academy Development and Legend Homes, according to the city. The development is expected to include about 355 new homes at an average pricepoint of $300,000.





6. City supports creation of MUD No. 164
The city agreed to support the creation of a MUD No. 164 in the city's eastern extraterritorial jurisdiction near Grangerland. The MUD would encompass 420 acres of land owned by developer Signorelli Co., and the proposed name for the subdivision is Granger Pines. The development could include 652 homes.