The Prosper Town Council, on Jan. 13, quietly but decisively killed a developer-backed proposal for a 7-acre neighborhood park in the Creekside subdivision, on the east side of Legacy Drive south of Frontier Parkway. The plan called for a concrete perimeter trail, irrigation, sod, and trees, effectively creating a new green space for the 221-lot community.
What the plan would have included
The town packet put the park’s construction cost at about $710,000, to be covered through a mix of park-improvement fees, a cash contribution from the developer and a town reimbursement. According to the Town of Prosper, the developer’s park fee obligation penciled out to $331,500 (221 lots at $1,500 per lot). The documents also showed an estimated $45,000 credit…..