REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT Negotiations for Raveneaux Country Club stormwater detention basin fail to gain traction
BY WESLEY GARDNER
have worked with an outside group to construct a new golf course on the property previously designated for the detention basin, and the detention basin would have been constructed on the property closer to Cypress Creek. “I’m disappointed,” Zeve said in a Dec. 21 interview. “I really thought we could work together with the public utility district to get a win for the ood control district, a win for the public utility district and a win for the local community.” According to Greer Pagan, an attorney with Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP who represents the CFPUD, the appraisals of the proper- ties presented by the county did not match the appraisals presented by the CFPUD, making a deal unattainable. “The way that the county put value on their property and our property created a substantial gap,” Pagan said in a Dec. 22 interview. “We don’t necessarily agree that that gap is there, but to have two parties in a transaction, they both have to agree,
Negotiations to construct a regional stormwater detention basin at what was previously the site of Raveneaux Country Club have failed to gain trac- tion, leaving the proposed project’s future in limbo. In January 2020, the Harris County Flood Control District acquired roughly 27.6 acres of land in an $11.4 million deal that included the grounds of the Raveneaux Country Club clubhouse and adjoining facil- ities with the goal of constructing a regional stormwater detention basin. The remaining 206 acres encompass- ing the golf course are owned by the Cypress Forest Public Utility District. HCFCD Deputy Executive Director Matt Zeve said negotiations had been in the works with CFPUD o cials to swap the portion of land purchased by the HCFCD with a parcel of land owned by the CFPUD that was closer to Cypress Creek. Had the negotiations been suc- cessful, Zeve said the CFPUDwould
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The demolition of the former Raveneaux Country Club clubhouse was completed in September, however the swimming pool and tennis courts remain.
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so we’ve been looking at other options to try to nd a way to make it work for both sides.” Zeve noted a deal had been in the works to make up the di erence between the appraisals, but it ulti- mately failed to gain traction. Pagan, however, said it was not accurate to characterize the negotia- tions as stalled. “We haven’t given up by any means,” Pagan said. “We’re looking at
di erent options now. I think we just have to continue talking about what some options might be that work for both parties.” While Zeve said he thought there was potential for a deal in the future, he noted the ood control district is still moving forward with portions of the project outside the construction of the detention basin, including the demolition of the tennis courts and swimming pool.
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