Easement Encroachment Licenses Before Construction (26-0144)

Context: The financing zone amendment redirecting incremental hotel-tax revenue into the trust account passed via consent, 9-0, on first reading 2026-02-10, with no recorded debate.

Recommended: Pull the ordinance text defining 'qualified project activities' for the new hotel-tax trust account before advising any client on eligible expenditures — the term was adopted via consent agenda with no floor discussion to clarify its scope.

Context: The record states 'over half' of the 109 acres was rezoned single-family in the 2026-02-17 second-reading vote (9-0), not the full tract.

Recommended: Only part of the 109-acre FM 2444 annexation was rezoned single-family on second reading — pull the ordinance's legal description before assuming the whole tract is subdivision-ready, since the remainder likely keeps its prior agricultural designation.

Context: The record notes 29 total motions with only one non-unanimous result at the same 2026-02-17 meeting where this ordinance passed 9-0 on second reading.

Recommended: Request the full roll-call minutes for the meeting where 'all but one of 29 motions passed unanimously' — this matter's two items were both 9-0, so the outlier vote is elsewhere on the same agenda and worth identifying.

Context: Council approved the FM 2444 rezoning 9-0 on second reading on 2026-02-17, converting over half the annexed tract to single-family use.

Recommended: More than half of the newly annexed 109-acre tract along FM 2444 was rezoned to single-family, so expect grading, road work, and utility construction as the developer moves toward platting — contact the planning department for the site plan and timeline.