Council approves municipal services agreement and begins annexation process for 15-acre site north of University Drive

The Denton City Council unanimously approved a municipal services agreement (MSA) with Double R Devco LLC and began the voluntary annexation process for roughly 15.011 acres north of West University Drive (US 380) on Oct. 14.

The municipal services agreement — approved 7–0 — specifies services the city will provide to the property following annexation, including police, fire and drainage standards, and sets the schedule for the required annexation steps. Mia Hines, senior planner, described the site as previously excluded from a local Municipal Utility District and now presented for annexation under the city’s standard template for MSAs.

The council also held the required public hearing that same evening on the annexation and conducted the first of two readings of the annexation ordinance; staff will publish the ordinance and return for final adoption at the Nov. 18 council meeting after the statutory notice period.

Hines said the annexation will bring the property under city standards and that the MSA is the initial formal agreement in a three-step annexation process the council is following. No opposition was recorded during the public hearing; the applicant is proceeding to final adoption after the required posting and publication.

The council’s vote on the MSA and the first-reading ordinance advances the developer’s plan to develop the site under city rules rather than in its current extraterritorial jurisdiction status. The MSA resolution passed 7–0 with a recorded motion and second (Mover: Representative from District 6; second: Representative from District 1).