![]() ![]() Proponents of MUDs and similar development districts point out that, becasue up-front costs are essentially deferred by way of repayment on property tax bills, builders are able to sell new construction homes at much lower prices. This arrangement reduces financial investment by land developers and County governments, shifting the cost of new construction to eventual property owners, payable as taxes on the property over a period of 30 years. Created at the pre-construction stage – with oversight from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) – the MUD board of directors is hand-picked by the developer. The MUD is a special purpose governing district, established by a developer for the purpose of financing construction of new infrastructure by issuing bonds. At the time, developers worked with the Texas State Legislature and Fort Bend County to create the first Municipal Utility District (MUD), and 10 “baby-MUDs” for the initial phases of Cinco Ranch’s 34 distinctive neighborhoods. That is abundantly apparent following devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey in southeast Texas.Ĭinco Ranch, a Fort Bend County association governed community of 8,700 homes for 12,000 households serves as a troubling case study of unnecessary bureaucracy and poor developement planning.Īccording to a recent investigative report written by James Drew of the Houston Chronicle, Cinco Ranch began in 1991. ![]() In the past 20-30 years, local governance for communities has become a complicated hot mess. How to navigate its complex governance hierarchy to address sewer plant failure Flooding in unidentified neighborhood ( free image) ![]()
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