Might need to consider attending Coppell City Council Meeting on 1/13/2014. Seems Coppell City Council will be considering extending the replats of The Avalon and The Avenue mixed use / higher density projects.
So the developers are coming back asking for extensions at tomorrow’s city council meeting on their replat. See here:
https://coppell.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=369510&GUID=E7AEB273-FB67-482D-BD1E-F16435E7C3C6
These are normally approved, but having some commentary would make sense.
Three arguments to make on this at this stage:
1) Clearly there must be a buying / financing issue at this stage. Allada is asking 168/sqft for his triplex development on Kimbell Kourt. The Avenue prices per sqft are 225. This is outrageous and will not see when you can full home in Villas Westhaven for less, say the lower end is $156. Old Town Coppell is $172. So neither of these projects is economically viable, given the amenities.
2) Both have come in with late requests. So in my mind this is a rule of law issue and one should have anticipated this. Granted Council typically gives these, but they need to set a standard. I realize Council is meeting for the first time this month, but “A failure to plan on your part does not constitute a crisis” for anyone else. Rules matter.
3) The City of Coppell is now being sued about turning down the mixed use Trinsic project at Beltline and 635 last year (South Beltline between Chartwell and Dividend). Federal suit link is here. This was based on the precedents sent by the approval of The Avenue. So now the council’s failure to listen to and get citizen input on mixed use in Coppell comes at a greater set of costs — a multi-million dollar lawsuit. We have had enough of those: Cypress Waters.
Enough. Council starts in Executive Session at 5:30, and Public Session at 7:30.