Regulatory Process and Infrastructure Provision

Land and property developers must obtain all the necessary entitlements for a future development; therefore, much of their time can be spent gaining approval for specific infrastructure provisions. After negotiations are concluded with a city, a developer and the respective municipality will often draft a facilities agreement. A facilities agreement is a legal contract that details each party's responsibilities in providing the required infrastructure materials. For a developer to become fully vested in a project, he or she must "break ground" and begin providing infrastructure. Below, I have included memorandums that concern the vested interests and facilities agreement of the Heatherwood Planned Development in McKinney, Texas. I've also included a memorandum that was drafted by fellow colleagues and I, following the review of a Planned Development Project (PDP) in Florida. Our team concluded that the proposed project was not feasible, mainly due to the extensive amount of time that would have been required for the developer to obtain all of the necessary approvals in accordance with the following laws, agencies, and programs:

• The Clean Water Act,

• Clean Air Act,

• Waters of the United States Act,

• National Flood Insurance Program,

• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

• TX Department of Transportation, and the

• Occupational Safety and Health Act.