Council approves amendment to Grand Oaks Town Center development agreement to allow more multifamily units and up to four-story buildings

Indira Madrivarian of the Growth Management Department briefed the board on DMA25-0001, an amendment to an amended and restated Chapter 163 development agreement affecting the Grand Oaks Town Center planned development (formerly described in the record as Stolen Hours PUD). The agreement, originally dated April 2, 2013, governs concurrency, traffic and other developer obligations and must be amended to implement prior rezoning actions approved by council.

Madrivarian said the request would increase the number of residential units authorized under the agreement from the previously stated figure to 528 units total; the proposal described 480 multifamily units and 48 townhomes. It also would allow apartments in phase 2 to reach four stories, update the project’s traffic information according to a traffic study update now under review (TIA25-0001), cap tolling of the agreement’s expiration at 48 months, and include grammatical and organizational cleanups to certain sections. Staff recommended approval.

Jimmy Gooding, the applicant’s agent, explained much of the document’s length derives from Chapter 163 requirements and that the amendment implements the rezoning changes council previously approved. He said the amendment updates provisions from earlier agreements that are now obsolete because of later code and comprehensive-plan changes. Gooding also said the four-story height allowance had been discussed and approved during prior planning commission and city-council proceedings; he described the planned units as higher-end apartments that would include elevators where four stories are proposed.

The board held no public comment on the amendment. A motion to approve DMA25-0001 passed by roll call; the recorded affirmative votes included Mister Martin, Mister McDonald, Mister Carlock, Miss Boudreaux, Mister London and Mister Lopez (Mister Branson was absent for that vote). Staff noted that failure to finalize the amended agreement by the August 20, 2025 condition attached to the prior rezoning would prevent the PD rezoning from taking effect.

The transcript records the approval of the amendment; it does not include the full text of the amended agreement or the traffic study update under review. Those documents are referenced by staff as part of the record and remain the basis for follow-on implementation steps.