Flower Mound - Highland Village - Argyle | January 2024

Government

BY DON MUNSCH

Flower Mound to look at Sunrise Circle sewer issue Flower Mound Town Council on Dec. 4 asked town sta to explore and evaluate ways to create a septic replacement program for the Sunrise Circle neighborhood and have a meeting with Texas Water Utilities ocials to discuss water quality. Zooming in Assistant Town Manager Tommy Dalton discussed options with council at the meeting. He gave a history of the Sunrise Circle area and discussed funding an extension of sewer services to the Sunrise area, located in the western side of town o US 377, as well as the town’s policy regarding wastewater extensions. He also dis- cussed water quality, zoning and septic systems. “There’s a lot of frustration, and I respect that,” Dalton said to council. “I understand why the residents were frustrated. That’s why we reached out, to try to have this dialogue. It’s a lot of history

Town Council OKs site plan for development Argyle Town Council on Nov. 20 approved a site plan for a mixed-use development on a portion of a 10.4-acre tract of land near US 377 and Rusk Street. The details The agenda memo states the site plan application proposes one tract to have a 15,000-square-foot mixed-use building fronting US 377, with 7,500 square feet for retail and a minimum of 5,000 square feet for restaurant use. Further into the development, four tracts would have 5,000-square-foot oce buildings, with a private access drive and re lanes o US 377 and Rusk Street as well as a connection to the existing parking lot of the First Baptist Church to the south, the memo states.

Flower Mound Assistant Town Manager Tommy Dalton talks to a resident about Sunrise Circle.

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and a lot of detail to manage.” Diving in deeper

Dalton said council could fund an extension of sewer services ending at the southern cul-de-sac of Sunset Circle. The project would then be rebid, and city sta anticipates increased costs because of materials and labor. It could also increase the budget to extend the project to the northern cul-de-sac. Council could also choose one of those options and then direct sta to bring forward an exception process to the mandatory sewer connection ordinance.

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