Attendees to Tuesday’s Post Oak Subdivision open house in Fair Oaks Ranch were due to hear a surprise development — the elimination of the 90-degree turn on Ammann Road.
Fair Oaks Ranch officials conducted the open house to give residents a chance to see for themselves exactly what the new Post Oak Subdivision — formerly The Reserve at Fair Oaks Ranch — entails.
After 12 years of legal wrangling and continued negotiations, the city reached a proposed agreement with the owner of the property. The new development, the Post Oak Subdivision, will feature an updated, lower-density development that City Manager Scott Huizenga said more closely aligns with the city’s values and vision for responsible growth.
The Reserve had proposed 645 units on 345 acres, roughly half-acre lots, he said, “which, for the most part, is uncharacteristic of development in Fair Oaks Ranch.”
Delays included disputes and litigation on water service, whether the property was going to be annexed, and plans for a wastewater treatment system.
“We negotiated with the current developer to get us something that is powerful, and meets the needs of the neighborhood. So that’s how we got to the development agreement we have proposed now,” Huizenga said. Instead of 645 units, Post Oak will contain 248 units — a 60% reduction in housing. The Post Oak one-acre, or bigger, lots will be serviced by Fair Oaks Ranch water, but each household will be on septic service, which Huizenga said follows Kendall County wastewater/ septic regulation.
The property will be annexed into the city, he said, and funded by a Public Improvement District (PID), which must be approved by City Council, but is funded solely by the property owners.
“The city approves the funding mechanism, which then gets assessed on each of the property owners who buy in to the development,” he said.
Ultimately, once Post Oak is developed out, Fair Oaks Ranch will become responsible for the roads and infrastructure. “It’s not a gated community, the open space will be open to the public,” he said.
All motorists who frequent that stretch of Ammann Road will no doubt enjoy the elimination of the road’s 90-degree turn.
With the city ready to reconstruct Ammann Road, Huizenga said the Post Oak developer is going to allow a portion of land in the southwest corner to be used, as Huizenga said, “to soften the curve” at Ammann.
“This 90-degree turn on Ammann, we’ll make it more gradual, and the developer is going to pay for that piece,” he said. “It’s part of the Ammann Road bond project by nature of this development going in. In this agreement, they will contribute to the Ammann Road construction project.”
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